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Long Sought Alter
lunoluska Highway
Bids To Be Let
ANDREWS - Saw Senator
W. Frak Forsyth haa bean
advlaad by N. C. Stato High
way Commlaeton dyt the long
nought liter and much delay
ed Junaluaka Highway will be
let to contract at the High
way Cotnmis atone ra meet
Tuesday, Nov. 27, providfrg
dm right of way is obtainable
from three remaining pro
perty owners.
San Forsyth said he is hope
ful these three agreements
would bo signed in time (or
contract to be let by Nov. 27.
This long sought rfwr high
way is o( great ingtortaoce to
the a as tern area of Cherokee
County as it will not only open
to the public one af the most
beautiful scenic areas in these
mm attains, including Wsyah
Bald and Nantahala Lake, it
will provide an outlet to the
east should U. S. 19 be block
ed through slides or other
causes in the Nantahala Gorge.
Traffic Deaths
. RALEIGH - The Motor Ve
hicles Department summary
of traffic deaths through 10
a.m., Monday, October 22,
1962:
Killed To Daw 1011
Killed To Daw Last Year 946
Sensor Forsyth compll
mentsd the Sum Highway
Commission for their co
operstloo with the people of
Cherokee County and also
complimented Junaluska resl
dsnts that donated the right of
Brownie Scout*
Here Cook ? Out;
Return Contented
Murphy Brownie Scout
Troop 241 went on a cook-out
at the home of DebMePayneln
Brass own, Thursday, Oct. 18.
They left about 3:30 Thursday
afmrnoon. Upon arriving at the
slit, the girls Immediately
started gathering wood for the
fires. They had to dig a hole
and enclose It with rocks to
prevent It from spreedlng. In
no time at all, a fire was
brightly burning. Before
roasting their hotdogs, the
girls sang a few Brownie
songs. As soon as all the pot
ao chips, hotdogs, and buns
had been around, they topped
it off with banana boats.
The Brownies, their chap
erons, Mrs. Dotsy Carrlnger,
and Mr. and Mrs. Morris New
ton, arrived home at 6:30
tired and dirty, but contented.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORD ? Same and Crier
vie, ages 12 and 10 have eight years of perfect attendance
it Swday School of First Baptist Church. They are both
nembers of the church and active in the young people organi
sations and members of the Training Union. Susanne is a
nember of the Concord Choir and the GA's and Crier of the
'arol Choir and RA's.
They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Ivte of
durphy.
!ounty Democrats Rally
It Ranger, Drape Creek
RANGER - Eighty - four
Democrats gathered at Ranger
School Thursday night, Oct.
18, id hear the Cherokee
County Democrat Candidates
spek.
Among the flrsttn speak was
James C. Howse, Incumbent
candidate for clerk of court.
Mr. Howse thanked the people
for the confidence they placed
In him four year's ago, and
feels it Is a great honor ts
have received the nomi
nation id run again this Nov
ember.
Howse said, "It has been a
wonderful experience, and It
gives me greet pleasure to
have served the people of
Cherokee County In the past
four years." Howse praised
the efforts of the people on
behalf of himself and the other
Democrat candldatr 'or their
work In the reglstr*don, and
asked the stgiport of Demo
crsts and Republicans alike.
In the coming election.
Other candidates who spoke
were: Don Anderson, candl
dats for sheriff; Peul Sud
derth, register of deeds; Mrs,
Mary Faye Brumby, repre
sentative; J. H. Duncan, com
missioner for District 2; anc
W. D. Graham, Commission
er for District 3.
GRAPE CREEK RALLY
Paul Sudderth, candidate f 01
register of deeds was on hani
to give a speech to a ho us*
full of people at Grape Creel
voting precinct Monday
Oct, 22,
Sudderth told the Demo
cratic group he felt the of
flee of register of deeds L
a very Important office, am
he was proud to be a candl
date for this office, and 1
elected, he would conslde:
It a privilege to serve all th
people. Sudderth thanked th
people for the support In th
convention.
Other candidates who spot
were Don Anderson, sheriff
J ames Howse, clerk of court
Herman Edwards, Judge; \
D. Graham, commissioner foi
District 3, Mrs. Mary Fay
Brumby, representative.
Broomsedge Reduces
County Lund Values
By David Buret and
Frank L. Woodard, Jr.
"Tha moat sickening sight
K> anyone inesresesd In Chero
kee County agriculture Is k>
sea field after field of broom -
says James M. Ste
Cherokee County desper
ately needs new agricultural
income and baa more than its
tfSfhare of broom sedge, What
~oms this plant offer today's
farmer? It means reduced land
values for the owner and his
neighbors. Nothing can do
inore to reduce land value than
broomsedge. This might be a
way of reducing individual in
crease tax rats, but hardly
profitable. Itmesns reduced
forage for livestock. Not only
fewer cattle per farm, but
those cattle that do roam these
fields show it In reduced grain
and quality. All of these lead
k> lower Income.
There Is no mysterious rea
son why fields are covered
with broomsedge. Broom
sedge does well in add soils
with low fortuity. In these
?oils. It crowds out such gras
ses gs btuegrass, orchard
grass, fescue and white
clover. Lime and fertilizer
revet ae this process and the
broomsedge Is crowded out.
Lime and fertilizer, par
ticiiaifly phospham, can
change these fields so that
they are no longer a burden,
but can produce an Income
from more grazing and hay.
This pint, broomsetfge. Is
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Cat.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2S
kl5 pjn. - Cherub aod Jinlor
Choir* a> meet at Plrat
Methodist Church.
3:30 tun. - Murphy Gardan
Club B> maat at henna of
Mr*. R. W. Bailey with
Mr*. H. B. Bishop as Joint
7:30 p.m. - Murphy Chapter
No. 10 Order of Eastern
Star will maat In Masonic
Han.
Rucm fifiifl to mett In
Murphy Power Board Bidld
MYT
Sub-dlstrlct Mooting
at Plrat Madwdtot Church.
? FRIDAY, OCTOBBR 28
MO pjn. - Bryaon City -re
Murphy football team at
Bryaon City.
SIMDAY, OCTOBBR 23
felS aum. - Mass at Provi
dence Hospital Chapel.
llri)0 ajn. ? Holy Mass at
<ba St. Williams Catholic
3(30 pjn. - MYP to maat
First Msthodlst Chwch.
7:30 pjn. - WSCS will ot
weak of prayer sad
MONDAY, OCTOBBR 29
? etna* a
JO pjn.
at Fast!
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a sickening sight to the per
son who knows that where this
plant flourishes land is being
misused and wasted by Its
Now is an excellent time to
haws lime delivered. Farmers
who lime and fertilize this
fall and winter are making the
best possible investment for
a good livestock program.
District Memorial
Hospital Census
Patients admitted 0 Dis
trict Memorial Hospital
Octobar 23, 1962:
Andrews: Mrs. Sam Pos
tell, V. L. Harness, Claude
Bradley, Harve Whi taker,
Mrs. W. H. Perkins, Floyd
Gray.
Wlnslow McTaggart, Blue
Ridge, Ga.; Harley Jones,
Nantahala, N. C.; Mrs. L. C.
Loudermilk, Murphy, N. C.;
Ben Mill tan a, Famer, Tenn.;
Mrs. Addle Garland, Robbins
ville, N. C.
Patient Dismissals: And
rews: Mrs. Gertrude Nichols,
Hardy While, Milton Mash
burn, Mrs.Christine B.Jones,
Kathrlna J ackson, Mrs. Ruthle
Marr, Leon Hardin, Wlllard
Crawford, J, Ray Sherrill.
Robbinaville: Mrs. Mary
Garland, Verlie Randolph,
Judy Nichols, Dlanne Dit
mote, Mrs. Earl Wall.
Miss Elda Queen, Atlanta,
Ga.; Mary Hode Day, Hayes
ville, N. C.: Mrs. Thomas C.
Day, HayesvlUe, N. C.; Mrs.
P. N. Llbby, Klngsport, Tenn.;
Wayne Queen, Murphy, N. C.;
Mrs. Cas Gunter and baby,
Culberson, N. C.; Mrs. Wayne
Owenby, Nantahala, N. C.;
Mrs. W.F.Plcklesimer, Mor
gan ton, Ga.; Janice Nelson,
Topton; Mrs. Hal Crisp and
baby girl. Marble, N. C.
Miscellaneous
Area Personals
Master Sgu and Mrs. BUI
HU1 of Washington. D. C., re
turned home on Saturday after
vial ting Mrs. Cora Waddns
tod family. Mrs. Hill Is the
former Miss N?cy Waddns.
-A
Mrs. Hauls Hardin, who
recently moved lna> bar new
borne was honored en Friday
evautng by relative* and
friends with a house wanning.
-A
Mrs. O. W. Swan had ee bar
guests this past weak. Mr. and
Mrs. Rossndale of Lookout
Tetm., ?d Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Wiggins of RobMns
vllle. -A
bflss Nancy Chastain of Kyle
vial tad Mrs. Batty Oochary at
to bona of Mrs. Hackery's
parents. Mr. and Mrs Thomas
H. Grant, Saturday night.
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Jean Cross, who has bean on
to sick list for aavaral days
(a slowly tngcovtag.
Mrs. Francis
Jail.
Oct. is. u ? eja
Oct 19 7? 3$ OjQO
1 Oct. to n m
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1 Oct. n 7# a o.ss
Oct 29 ?t >9 MB
? Oct M 71
Sponsoring Committee
Training Meet Held
By Ronnie Atkinson
Assistant Agricultural Agent
In keeping up with the busy
schedule of starting the com
munity 4-H Club program in
Cherokee County, the first
sponsoring committee trail
ing meeting was held October
18, in Murphy with 34 pre
sent. These people represent
ed thefour communities where
key citizens meetings have
been held and where the pro
gram has begun. These areas
are Peach tree. Grape Creek,
Unaka, White Church.
At the meeting the sponsor
ing committees were ac
quainted with the community
4-H concept, the operation of
the community club, and the
functioning of the sponsor
ing committee Itself.
The committees are select
ed at the key citizens meet
ings by people who are in
terested in youth and its
development in their area.
The purpose of the meet
ing was to inform the people
of their Job and to help them
get started.
The sponsoring committees
duties are to serve as a pro
motional groiq> in the com
munity, help leaders in the
local clubs, and it will serve
all clubs in one community,
whether it be one, two, or
three. This committee also
serves a connecting link be
tween the 4-H Club and tin
community.
Top
a The
Morning
Cold weather struck at
struck hard in Che rota
County, along with other widi
spread areas in eastern par
of the nation in the middle
this week.
At TV A quarters the mei
cury plummedted Wednesdj
morning to a low of 25, fi
below any previous readin
of the autumn. Frost and li
were in ready evidence, li
Murphy and elsewhere.
The cold snap would pn
babiy mean the end of la'
blooming tomatoes, accor
ing to James Stewart, Cher
tee County farm agent. T
icy weather came In the mid
of brisk winds Tuesday a
Wednesday, which made fi
chilly October days.
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Mr. Theodore Orfanedee of
Homestead, Fla., Is here this
week doing some work on
Granny Squirrel Motel. Mr.
Orfanedee plans to open for
? * May 1, 1963.
-M
Mrs. W. A. Bell return
home Friday from a vl
with her son ana daughKr-t
law, Mr. and Mrs. Char!
Bell and family of Greenvll
S. C.
Prison Camp Guards
Shoot And Kill
Escaping Prisoner
A young convict was (lain
Monday, Oct. 22, when two
guards fired at him as he ran
from a Cherokee Cotmty rock
quarry where be and aeveral
other prisoners had been
working.
William Edward Johnson,
22, of Rt. 4, Franklin, was
woimded In the bead and the
shoulder by fire from the
rifles of guards Kenneth Hlg
gtns and Max Lindsay.
The Prison Department a aid
two squads of prisoners stop
ped work around noon and
gathered near the edge of the
quarry to eat lunch. About the
time they finished lunch, and
were preparing K> resume
work, Johnson suddenly broke
from the group and headed
for a patch of woods.
The two guards fired, but
Johnson disappeared from
sight over a rise. One guard
went over the rise id In vesti
ges and found Johnson dead.
After an Inquest Monday
afternoon, acting corner Don
Carter said Johnson died of
gunshot wounds while trying
to escape from a state felony
prison guard.
Carter noted that the :guards
were acting in accordance wltF
instructions when they shot
a fleeing felon.
Johnson entered prison in
July, 19S9, from Biaicombe
County id serve a 7-10 year
sentence for auto theft. In
December, I960, he drew an
additional six months for es
cape. He was paroled in J an
uary of this year. However,
Is parole was revoked be- they detected some InOcaOon
?use he had violated terms be "tight be planning to
t his parole by leaving the cape. For this reason, they
tate and getting married. changed his assignment from
a road squad to the rock
Prison officials said that quarry, located in the Liberty
t censoring Johnson's mall section, about 20 miles west
> his wife several weeks ago of Murphy.
"A New Meaning"
Written by an Andrews High Student.
ANDREWS ? Last week In our town a tragic accident oc
cured which struck very closely to the students In our school.
We ask the question, "Why, why would God call a boy In
his youth? Has He no compassion for His children? But
thinking deeply, we realize that He does have love, under
standing and compassion for all.
Also, as we ponder over these thoughts we remember that
every life has a purpose In this world, yet God alone knows
why things happen the way they do.
Perhaps this was to guide each of us, the students of And
rews High School, to a deeper awareness of the closeness of
life and death, and for which reason friendship and love take
on a new meaning.
HOMECOMING will be observed Friday evening. Oct. 26,
and the Queen will be chosen by the football squad. The four
candidates pictured above are, left to right, seated, Shirley
Jones, Peggy Curtis, standing, Clartse West, Vest Ward.
The queen will be crowned at half time ceremonies at the
football game with Robfainsville Friday night.
Following the game all alumni are Invited to the gym for
a "Visit-Awhile" get together.
JFK Urgea School Viaila
President Kennedy has urged parents of the nations'
19 million public school students to visit the schools
next month during American Education Week.
In a proclamation, the President designated November
11-17 as a time to give special attention to "the aims and
purposes of education and the programs and problems of
our schools and colleges.
"We should," he said, "examine the quality of our edu
cational Institutions and assess the degree to which our
educational programs and practices serve the interests
of the Individual and bring vitality and strength K> our
Nation and Its culture. Every American should be fully
committed to the advancement of education."
NEA (National Education Association) is one of the natio
nal sponsors of American Education Week.
.aundry Workshop
Held October 18
By Thelma M. Wheeler
Home Economics Agent
The laundry demonstration
nd workshop sponsored by
VA and conducted by Miss
flnnie Bowman, TV A Home
corn mist, Knoxvllle, was
aid at the Murphy Power
toard building on October 18,
rem 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
This was a most informative
nd timely meeting and was of
uch a practical and timely
lature that those attending
(ere aware of the lmpor
ance of keeping up to date
rlth scientific progress.
Dealers had placed wash
rs and dryers on the floor
o the homemakers could ob
erve the changes, compare
uchlnes and prices, and
ctually see the results with
various items under control
led conditions.
The attendance at this meet
ing points tg> the need for
homemalters id take advant
age of basic information in
this field. Obviously many do
not realize the need for know
ing recommended practices in
using detergents and bleach
es, pre-treating garments,
water temperatures, and fee
length of washing time for fee
best results. These practices
play a dual role in feet fee
appearance of fee garment as
well as its durability is de
pendent igx>n proper care.
Miss Bowman handled her
subject in such an informal
manner that she was easy to
follow and yet, one had the
feeling she was master of the
situation.
Indrews Hopes To Gain
llass A Playoff Berth
ANDREWS - The Andrews
Wildcats coached by Hugh
"Pee Wee" Hamilton have a
SMC record of 3-1-1 losing
only to Sylva-Webster, and in
defeating the Hayesvllle Yel
low Jackets last week are I
likely contenders for the right I
to represent the Smoky Mount- |
aln Conference in Class A
playoffs. However, the Wild- I
cats still meet Robbinsvtlle I
and Hayesvllle in return 1
games.
The Wildcats have scored
152 points in seven games I
whild holding their opponents
id 86.
Typical of the diversified
attack which Andrews boasts,
the five touchdowns scored in
last week's game were each
scored by a different player.
Eleven different players have
tocred touchdowns so far this
season.
Leading ground-gainer for
the Wildcats is Jimmy
Waddns, Junior quarterback,
who has completed 27 of 59
passes for a gain of 496 yds.
Butch Sursavage, 6*2", 193
poind end has caught 16 passes
averaging 27.8 yards each.
Five were touchdown passes.
Sursavage also does the kick
ing, has averaged 47 yards
on his kick-offs and in 17
pints has an average of 32.5
yards.
John Gernert. also a junior
and 6*2", weighing 185 has
caught 16 passes averaging
13.6 yards each. Three were
TD passes. Gernert has kick
ed 10 extra points.
Both ends are stalwarts on
defense.
Senior full beck BertHughes
has carried the ball 67 times
and is averaging 6J yards
per carry. Alternate fullback
Jerry Haney, a sophomore,
has carried the ball SO times
and is averaging 5.5 yards per
carry.
Halfbacks George Postell,
Tbrry Marr, Randy Wast and
Mike Shaldy haw each scored
one or more TD's. Alternate
David Slagle has
>r "twichdownsT He
i TD on a pint re
183 poinds, has held the op
position to 85 points. No SMC
school has scored more than
two touchdowns against the
Wildcats.
Leaders
Leave For
Gatlinburg
By Thelma M. Wheeler
Several of the home
demonatration club leaders
will be off to Craftsman's
Fair at Gatlinburg on Thurs
day, October 25, to see what
they can aee that can be
translated Into action back in
their local club workshops.
Particular lntarest is indi
cated in the Christmas booth,
using native materials.
The illustrated lectures
given each day on how to use
crafts in home decorating so
as to enhance the interior is
of specific interest. Too often
we use every crrft we have
made in the same room and
do many well-made crafts
like any other beautiful Item,
can become clutter.
Special in la rest will be
shown in any newmaarlalsor
Interesting arrangements la
crrfts.
ce
9 Old Time Horne
Swapping
Convention Set
ANDREWS - There will be
an old time Horae Swapping
Convention at the Riding Ring
In Andrews on Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 26, and 27.
Everyone is Invited,
whether you own a horse or
not.
It Is sponsored byte West
ern Carolina Riding Club. You
can trade or sw*? anythlng
buggles, waggons, etc.
GIRL SCOUTS
'honor the past
SERVE THE FUTURE
Lottie Moon
Circle Meets
Mrs. W. C. Kinney, Sr.,
was hostess to the Lottie
Moon Circle st the First Bet
els t Church on Tuesday after
noon. Oct. 16.
The meeting opened with
prayer by Mrs. W. J. Thomp
son and Mrs. Maide Dockery
chairman, presided over the
business session ator which,
Mrs. W. A. Bell gave the
program on the WMU Emblem.
During the social hour, the
hostess served refreshments
?> Mesdames Bertha Kephart,
Ed Barnstt, B. A. Browning,
Ben Palmer, Bertha Roberts,
Bart Vandlver, Mai da Dock
ery, W. H. Murray, W. A.
Bell, and W. J. Thompson.
J. G. McDonald,
Ckorokeo County
Native, Dies
LENOIR - J. G. McDonald
o( Route 3, Lanolr, N. C?
(Had at Mm home Tuaaday,
Oenbar 23, 1962 at 5 p.m.
Ha bad baaa In dadintnc
health (or aavaral yaara, but
ta aartoua condition (or tha
paat (aw montha.
Fiawral Homa la
Punarai aanrlcaa will bo bald
Tburaday, Oct. 23, at 2 pjn^
at Boat Plat Baptlat Church.
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Murphy Company
Get* $326,538
Do font* Contract
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