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AndClay Coun ty Progress
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? chalice to meet arch rival Applachian High School for the
TOUCHDOWN PLAY - Murphy fullback Bobby Roberson, djrd consecutive year for the Class AA championship of the
rrow above, lunges one yard over the Reynolds High goal line vragiem district. The game will be played at Canton Thursday
ir the Bulldogs' first score. The Bulldogs won 34-6 and earned night. (Scout Photo)
PIKE STRUCK the Arbor Autel In Murphy around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, November 11. Damage
? estimated at S3,500. Five rooms were damaged by the flames, smoke and water. The fire
irted In the a trice of one of the units. Cause was undetermined. The Murphy Volunteer Fire
partment had the fire under control shortly after reaching the scene. Neighbors removed all
]tents from the units In case the fire spread. Here members of the fire department fight the
e from the roof of the motel. (Scout Photo)
ost Office To Be Completed In March
Construction of the new Post
Bee atCulberson,N.C.,was
rther advanced with the an
uncement by Postmaster
neral J. Edward Day that
contract has been awarded
Randolph Shields of Cul
rson to build and rent the
tiding to the Post Office
partment.
Under the Department's
instruction program, Ran
lph Shields will construct
s new building on N. C.
ghway 60 and rent it to the
partment for five years,
th two five-year renewal
Hons.
[he new structure will con
bute materially to the ef
forts being made by Culber
son, In cooperation with the
new Federal Area Redevelop
ment Administration, to re
vitalize the local economy and
help provide permanent new
job opportunities, (he Post
master General pointed out.
New employment will be pro
vided during the construction
phase, he said, and the com
pleted building will help com
munity efforts to sell Culber
son as a good place for busi
ness to grow.
The new Post Office at
Culberson is expected to be
completed by March 1, 1963,
and will have an interior space
of 1,200 square feet, with an
srea of 3,500 square feet for
parking and movement of pos
tal vehicles.
Murphy Personals
Mrs. Neil Sneed and Mrs.
Vinona Hughes spentlastFrl
lay in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
vith their children, Mr. and
Irs. Randall Colvard, and
dr. and Mrs. John Cannon.
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Mr. and Mrs. LloydSpauld
ng and children, Sarah and
lick, of Greenville, N. C.,
rill arrive Friday for a visit
rith her aunt. Miss Adella
deroney, who will return with
hem to spend the next two
nonths
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of Andrew*, by te CommandUn General. U. S. Army Special Warfare Ceeatr "In
Moo of the townspeople of Andrew*. N. C, dirlnf the exerdee DEVIL ARROW.- The
e was held In the Nauahela Poreet during September, with haedguertera located at the
Irawa -Murphy airport.
Murphy PTA
Nets $100
John Gill, president of the
PTA, opened the November
meeting Monday, Nov, 19, with
a report of $100.00 profltfrom
the Wednesday, Nov. 14, bar
becue.
The devotional was given by
the Rev. RobertPotler, minis
ter of the Presbyterian Church
of Murphy. His subject was
"Father, I Thank Thee."
Mr. GUI followed with a
discussion of letters to be
sent to each parent of every
chUd in the high and gram
mar schools. The letter will
ask for donations to support
the PTA's project to buy the
blinds. Futher discussion of
this matter will go before the
civic clubs of Murphy.
Mr. Walter Puett, princi
pal of Murphy High School,
suggested a prize be given
to the room for the most en
velopes returned with a donat
ion, according to percentage.
Letters wUl be maUed Mon
day, Nov, 26, and are id be
returned within the following
two weeks.
Mr. Puett and John Jordan
were elected chairmen of a
committee to work with the
students. Mr. Puett has ask
ed Mrs. Geraldine Meadows,
Mrs. Emily Minor, and Ed
win Hendrlx to assist in this
work.
Mr. Jordan wUl be assist
ed by Mrs. Robert Bruce,
Mrs. Lloyd Hendrlx, and
Mrs. Edwlna Shelton.
Mrs. Robert Minor, pro
gram chairman, showed a
fUm "Communist Target
Youth."
The December meeting was
canceled due to so many acti
vities during Christmas. The
meeting was adjourned until
January 21, 1963.
Story Of Dues
Paying Banker
Gets Big Play
Mrs. Betty Lou Warren who
lives in Virginia, found the
following article In a New
Port newspaper, and sent It to
her mother, Mrs. Mary Lou
Murray In New Orleans. Mrs.
Murray then sent the article
to her sister, Mrs. A. G.
Smith of the Martins Creek
Community.
After Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
Wells discussed! the write tg>
on the telephone, the two ladles
decided to let the Scout reprint
the artlcule about our well
known banker, Mr. John T.
GUIs.
Banker Pays
Dues Hurriedly
MURPHY. N. C. (UP!)
?PTA treasurer Mrs. Wil
liam J. Wells read out the
names of delinquent mem
bers in asking that they
pay the so cent dues.
John T. Gills, a local
?Ta
banker and preaklant of the
Murphy Paraot-Taacbera
Aaan , forked over the
talHng thoaa at
W. -Tm ana of I
Gnu. SCOUTS
? HONOR THE PAST
SERVE THE FUTURE
Murphy-Boone Clash
At Canton Thursday
For Class AA Title
Andrews-Glen Alpine Meet
As Scheduled In Asheville Friday
Two Cherokee County High
School football teams will vie
against powerful opponents for
the District 8 Class AA and
Class A championships on
Thursday and Friday of this
week.
The Murphy Bulldogs will
meet perenial rival Appalach
ian High School of Bkx>ne for
the District 8 Class AA tide
in Canton Thursday night at
8:00 p.m. Both teams are un
defeated in regular season
play.
The Bulldogs, Smoky Mount
ain Conference champs for the
fourth consecutive year, ad
vanced to the finals defeat
ing the Reynolds Rockets 34-6
in a playoff game at Sylva
Saturday night. The Bulldogs
hold regular season victories
over Copper Basin, Franklin,
West Fannin, Hendersonville,
Hayesvllle, Robbinsville, Bet
hel, Swain, Andrews, and
Sylva-Webster.
Boone won its chance to
meet the Bulldongs by down
ing Hllderbrande on Monday.
The clash of the two West
em North Carolina Class AA
football powers will return
to the Canton High School
gridiron, scene of the 1961
championship game. Boone
defeated Murphy that year
$326,538 Contract
Awarded To
Brumby Textiles
Robert B. Horning, Branch
Manager, Small Business Ad
ministration, Charlotte, North
Carolina, announced that dur
ing October, small business
firms in this state received
29 awards of Government con
tracts, which amounted to
$1,366,849, through Govern
ment Procurement Officers.
Brumby Textile Mills, Inc.,
of Murphy was awarded a
$326,538.05 contract for
men's cotton, white under
shirts.
Mr. Horning said that these
awards were made as a result
of SBA's cooperative set-aside
program with Government
purchasing agencies and serve
as a means of bringing dollars
to the community. Under this
program, SBA representative,
in cooperation with purchasing
officers of civilian and defense
agencies, reserve proposed
contracts for exclusive com
petitive award to small busi
ness firms.
ANYTHING
TO SELL?
Want Ads find buyars.
14-7. Last year Boone was
victorious 20-13.
The Andrews Wildcats,
Class A pride of the Smoky
Mountain Conference, meet
Glen Alpine at Memorial Sta
dium in Asheville Friday
night. Game time is 8:00 p.m.
The Wildcats knocked off
Rosman High last Friday at
Bryson City by 34-33 score.
The Wildcats are 6-3-1 In
retular season play, losing
only to Waynesville, a Class
AAA school, and Class AA
Murphy and Sylva-Webster.
Swain and Andrews battled
to a 14-14 deadlock.
PEP RALLY
A pep rally will be held at
7:30 p.m. on the square In
Murphy Wednesday night. Stu
dent gro\g?. the Murphy Quar
terback Club, and the Murphy
School Band, plus hundreds
of Bulldog fans are expect
ed id participate In the rally.
GREEN BAR COUNCIL of Troop 412 met recently ? discuss plana for the coming year. The
troop is sponsored by the Murphy Clvitan Club. The Council is made ig> of the Club troop
committee and elected Boy Scouts. Members of the council are left to right, Mike Clarke,
Scoutmaster, John Jordan, Ricky Rollins, Walter Puett, Britney Beaver, J. C. Patton, Bunch
Nugent, Jackie Morris, and Randy Reese. Jack Owens, also a member of the troop committee,
is not pictured. He took the picture for the Scout.
Mrs. S. C. Burgess'
Brother Dies
Of Heart Attack
John Thomas Burgess, bro
ther of S. C. Burgess, died
of a sudden attack at his desk
on Monday, November 12. He
was 58 years old.
He was territorial* mana
ger of Hunt-Wesson Food In
dustries with borne offices In
New Orleans, La.
He was born In Waterloo,
S. C., where he graduated
from High School and attend
ed Clemson College.
Mr. Burgess resided In New
Orleans, was active In Church
of the Annunciation (Epis
copal) as a member of the
board of vestrymen, a for
mer teacher and past presi
dent of the Men of the Church.
He was also president of the
Grocers Manufacturers Re
presentatives Association.
Survivors Include his wife,
the former Miss Mable Carls
Dodd, one son, John C? a
daughter. Miss Carl a C. Bur
gess; his mother, Mrs. John
T. Burgess, Sr., of Lenoir
and four brothers, Hugh W.
of Los Angeles, Calif., Henry <
B. and Frank of Lenoir, N. C.
and S. Cecil of Murphy.
Religious services were
held at the Church of the An
nunciation by the Rev. William
C. Acosta on Wednesday
morning, Nov. 11, 1962, and
burial was In the Garden of
Memories cemetery.
MR. PATTON
Christmas
Club Totals
$94,796.50
Christmas Club members of
the Citizens Bank and Trust
Zo. received checks totaling
{96,796.50 this past week. The
1962 Christmas Club had 697
members in Cherokee, Clay,
and Graham counties.
This is the twelfth year the
Citizens Bank has offered this
type of savings program. The
1963 Christmas Club will open
Monday, November 26.
Teacher Of
The Week
Mr. Glenn Patton. agricul -
ture teacher at Murphy High
School, was born and reared
In the colorfully-named town
of Cartoogeehaye, In Macon
County, North Carolina. He at
tended Western Carolina col
lege and was graduated from
North Carolina State College
with a major In Agriculture.
During World War II, Mr.
Patton served four years In
the Air Force both In contin
ental United States and in the
Pacific theatre.
His first teaching exper
ience was teaching In the
grammar grades In Macon
County. Except for a year In
private business, he has ser
ved the Murphy Schools for
fourteen consecutive years.
Mr. Patton enjoys working
with boys and likes his work
because he Is Interested In
keeping tg> with modern trends
in agriculture. He cooperates
with rural workers, especially
through the Agricul or el
Workers' Cornell snd Future
Farmers of America.
Mr. Patton Is married n>
the Miss Sarah Sword, who Is
employed at the Hyde In
surance Agency.
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