The Cherokee \ Scout and Clay County Progress Volume 75 - Number 10 Murphy, North Carolina September 30, 1965 1 2 Poges This Week at murphy, north Carolina Young Murphy Mother Will Get Kidney Transplant From Inmate MURPHY- A young Murphy mother is expected to be flown to Denver, Colo, within the next few dsys for ? kidney transplant from s volunteer now serving time in the Colo rado State Prison System. Mrs. James F. DeArmond, mother of two, is in an At lanta hospital, in critical condition, while tissue and blood tests are being made to determine whether one of app roximately 100 prisoners who have volunteered as donors might provide an organ which could be transplanted succ essfully. Members of Mrs. De Armond's immediate family have been tested, but none have the same blood type, and for that reason cannot be con sidered as donors. When the trip Is made,Mrs. DeArmond will be accom panied to Denver by her hus band and by her parents .Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mauney. The DeArmonds have a 14 year-old son, now attending military school, anda9-year old daughter. Mrs. DeArmond will be tak en to the University of Colo rado Hospital in Denver, one of a comparatively few hos pitals where kidney trans plants are undertaken. Plans to fly Mrs. DeArm ond to Denver, Colo, for em ergency medical aid spotlight ed a problem with which the State Prison Commission in Raleigh is wrestling. Registration Time Running Out On PP&K MUtlPHY- Time is running out for boys who wish to regi ster for the fifth annual Punt, Pass, and Kick competition to be held Saturday, October 9. Registration at Burch Motors in Murphy will close Friday, October 8. Area boys whose ages are from 8 through 13 are again invited to pit their football skills against thousands of other boys throughout the nat ion in the fifth annual Punt, Pass and Kick competition which will culminate with a trip to Washington, D. C., and to an appearance at the Nat ional Football League Play off Bowl game for the 12 top winners. Sponsored nationally by the Ford Dealers of America and the National Football League, the Punt, Pass and Kick com petition - or PPAK - will be staged in this area by Burch Motors of Murphy as local spdhsor. The Murphy Jaycees and Radio Station WKRK will con duct the competition. Area boys will be tested for their ability to punt .pass and place-kick on the same day as legions of other boys over the country. For 8, 9, anc 10-year-olds, warm-up jack ets, footballs, and helmets will be given as first, sec ond and third prizes for each age group. Boys U. 12 and 13 will receive gold, silver and bronze plaques. There will be 18 prizes in all. Scores throughout the country ther will be compared to determine the six top winners in each of the 362 Ford Zones - a tot" al of 2172 zone winners. The six eastern NFL divi sion champions, and the sb western division champions accompanied by their mother' and fathers, will go on a "Tout of Champions" to Washington D.C. They then will travel t< Miami, Florida, site of tlx annual NFL Play-Off Bow game, for half-time competi tion to determine the six Nat ional PPAK champions. Doyle Burch of Burch Mot ors pointed out that PPfti involves no body contact;theri is no charge for entering an n? sPfcJ*1 equipment is need ed. 'Registration is now ope and will continue through Oct ?her 8," with Burch Motor 'S registration headquarters "In 1964. PPfcK's fourti year, 601,469 boys entered th competition," hesaid,"a pro gram which has received the commendation of the Presi dent's Council of Youth Fit ness." Mr. Burch also mentioned that entrants will be judged on distance and accuracy of their punting, kicking and passing. Points will be award ed for each foot of distance the ball travels on the fly and points will be subtracted for each foot the ball lands to the right or left of a center line. The area competition will be held at theMurphy High School football field on Saturday, Oct ober 9. tne story at Mrs. james F. ieArmond unfolded at a meet ng of the cotrunission called to consider whether to allow a direct appeal to prisoners for a kidney donor. Mrs. De Armond, the com mission was told, is suf.ering from diseased kidney and doctors have recommended transplant of a sound kidney to sustain her. Back of the case lies months of discussion by prison offi cials over a proposal advanc ed by a team of Duke Uni versity medical experts for a research and experimental program in kidney trans plants. Led by Dr. Delford Stickel, the medical researchers pro posed establishment of a center cataloguing possible donors whose organs would offer the highest possible chance of success in trans plant operations. Viewing the prison popu lation as a likely source of donors, the doctors have sought permission to make direct appeals to prison in mates. The program would involve an extensive series of test ing and correlation of possi ble donors with possible re cipients in an effort to ac hieve greater success in transplants than has been possible in the past. The prison commission has been weighing the proposal for several months. Mrs. DeArmond's plight was called to the attention of Prison Commission Chair man Clyde Harriss of Salis bury by State Senator W. F rank Forsythe of Murphy. Will Not Seek Re-Election Solicitor Glen Brown Says WAYNESVILLE - Solicitor Glen W. Brown announced this week that he will not be a can didate for the nomination and re-election in the May and November election next year. He has been solicitor of the 7-county 20th Solicitorial Dis trict since January 1959. His present term of office expires December, 1966. In an interview at his Way nes ville law office, Solicitor Brown said, "For several weeks many of the people in the district have sought my decision on whether I intend to again offer myself as a candidate for re-election as solicitor of the Superior Court. After weighing the matter carefully, I have con cluded that my two young sons are entitled to have me share more of my time with them: therefore, I will not be a candidate." The solicitor went on tc point out that the decision was not an easy one to make, anc added, "1 am confident it is the right one". It is known that the sol icitor had been offered a lol of support in the coming pri mary and when questionec about this, added, "Many oi my friends had voluntarily offered their continued su pport. I am humbled by theii confidence". The solicitor then explainet "Moreover, you may rest ass ured that I shall always act ively work for good govern ment and to see that the han< of impartial justice is held hifjh". Plans of Solicitor Brown are to devote full time to the practice of law inWaynesville after December, 1966. Registration At WCC Up 20% CULLOWHEE - Regis tration at Western Carolina College ended on Thursday, September 23, with a final head count of 2921 enrolled in on-campus classes, acc ording to President Paul A. Reid. This is an increase of better than 2Oft over last year's 2431. Undergraduate enrollment jumped from 2163 last fall to 2613 for the current term, an increase of 21 rhich is one of the highest ollection records in the Jnites States. All loan acc iunts in Yancey County are ?urrent. During the past 25 rears no real estate loan has reen carried delinquent in the rounty for a period exceeding 10 days. This record has been iccomplished without renewal jf accounts since to date FHA does not have a real estate renewal policy. On May 15, 1951, Ray was iwarded the Superior Service \ward by the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture for "Mar ked improvement in the farm operations and living condit ions of an especially large number of borrowers in a mountainous and difficult area through farm and home plann ing and excellent supervision of borrowers." Mr. Ray is a native of Mad ison Coiinty. He was graduated from Beech Glen High School; and from Berea College, Berea, Ky., with a degree in agriculture. During World War II Mr. Ray spent 16 months overseas with the 83rd Infantry Divis ion. He was wounded twice in action and was decorated with the Purple Heart. In 1956 Ray was awarded the Carnegie Hero Medal for a life-saving deed on July 9, 1955 at St. Augustine, Fla. He assisted in rescuing a child from drowning in deep ocean water where strong undercur rent made swimming difficult and very hazardous. In addition to his duties with the Farmers Home Ad ministration Mr. Ray has taken time for numerous civic activities. As a member of Higgins Memorial Methodist Church he was Sunday School Superintendent from 1949 to 1955. Other church offices in cluded Church Lay Leader, Sunday School Teacher, Cha irman of the Official Board, Co-Chairman of the current Building Committee, and Pr esident of Methodist Men's Club. For the past ten years he has been associate Lay Leader of the Asheville Dis trict and District Trustee for Asheville District Methodist Church. Mr. Ray is an active mem ber of the Earl Horton Post 122 of The American Legion. He has held different post offices including Adjutant anc Post Commander. He is cur rently serving his second term as President of the Burns ville Men's; Club. A very ac tive supporter of the Unitet Fund Ray has served in diff erent offices of the Yancej United Fund, including Fuik Raising Chairman. He has alst actively supported the Yance] County Red Cross Blood Pro gram. <- n ?_ _ _if_ Mr. nay s wiie is Die lor mer Dorothy Stusrt c Fairmourrt, oeorgla end is member of the East Yance High School Faculty. Mr. an Mrs. Ray have livedInBurns ville since World War ?. The have one daughter, Caroly who is a Pre-Med Senior < Duke U Diversity. Bulldogs Loose To WF 27-14 Bullpups Are Undefeated By: Red Schuyler: The Murphy Bulldogs play ing their best game thus far this year lost to West Fannin by a score of 27-14. The Bulldogs record now two wins, and two losses. Its beginning to look like win one and then lose one, win one and lose one. If that be the case then the Bulldogs should win this week when they take on a strong Tellico Plains, Tenn. team. This will be the last of four games scheduled with "foreign" teams, or out of state teams. The "Dogs" defeated Copperhill, Tenn. in their opening game, lost to Sylva-Webster in the second game, then defeated Blairs ville, Ga. in the third game and then lost to West Fannin, Ga. in their fourth encounter. The West Fannin Yellow Jackets brought to Murphy a well balanced and smooth operating team relying mostly on the passing game to move the ball, but in Steve Cheat ham, a 154 lb. sophomore. West Fannin presented one of the shiftiest runners seen on the local field in quite some time. This Friday night the Bull dogs take on a strong Telli co Plains, Tenn. team and if the Bulldogs continue to im prove they are going to be giving the rest of their opp onents a tough time as the season progresses. The Murphy Jayvees kept their string of victories in tact last Thursday night when they defeated a strong Jay vee team from West Fannin, Ga. by a score of 6-0. The Bullpups now have victories over Swain County.Robbins ville and West Fannin. The only score of the game came as a result of a bad pass forced to kick on fourth down deep in their territory. The Bullpups took over and a few plays later carried it over for the lone score of the game. Dickey's placement for the extra point went wide and the Bullpups were off to a lead that they never relenquished the rest of the night. The West Fannin boys thr eatened to score several times and every time they knocked at the door, the Bullpups rose to the occasion, shut die door in their faces, and denied them to put a score on the board. MURPHY HALFBACK Hube Quarterback Jack Wayman i Murphy-West Fannin game Fric for 10 years, came on a fourth dc The Bullpups are to be comm ended for their numerous goal line stands, holding the Ga. boys scoreless throughout the night. These Jayvees are young and what they lack in inex rt Wells takes a pass from luring the third period of the lay night. The pass play, good >wn situation. jerience, they make up for in determination. The Bullpups trill try to make it four straight when they take on the JayveesJrom Fra nklin tonight (Thursday) Game time is 1:30 p.m. Wildcats Upset By Swain County 14-6 By: Red Schuyler: ANDREWS- The Andrews Wildcats lost their second game in a row. Having been defeated by Canton the prev ious Friday night and upset by Swain the past Friday night. This is the first time in a long, long time that any one can remember when the Wildcats even lost two games in a season much less two games in a row. But when you take in consideration that the games they have lost have been to schools much larger than the Andrews school(Can ton is a AAA team andBry son City or Swain County is AA, and Andrews is A) die boys have nothing to be as hamed of. Having only a few schools of the same classi fication in this area.theWild cats, in order to play a full schedule are called on to play a few games with larger schools. The Wildcats record thus far this year is two wins, two losses and one tie. In defeating the Wildcats, Bryson City took over die lead in the Smoky Mountain Conference. Andrews placed a score on the board in the first quarter as a result of a 70-yard drive with the score coming from a five-yard pass from Morgan to Mashburn. Morgan's placement for the extra point was not good. Bryson City tied the score in the second quarter as a re sult of a 60-yard drive and ended up with the score when Joe Myers threw a touchdown pass to Danny Dills, good for twenty four yards and six points. Bob Thomas put the Maroon Devils ahead with his placement kick. Swain scored again when they put the ball into play on the Swain 18 yard line and marched all the way to pay dirt with Myers going around end for six points. Again, Thomas'place ment was good, and Swain left the field at half time ahead 14-6. The second half was a scoreless affair. In thefourth period. Swain reached the Andrews one-yard line, but could not push it over. The closest the Wildcats could come to scoring in the second half was to the Swain 20-yard line. The Wildcats were the victims of three fumbles re covered by Swain. This Friday night, Andrews travels to Hayesville for the first of two games to be play ed with Hayesville, and Bry son City will be traveling to Robbinsville for a game with the strong undefeated but once tied Black Knights. The Rob binsville-Bryson City game will in all probability be the best game played in the Smoky Mountain Conference and also have a bearing on the Champ ionship honors. Football Contest Underway Three Winners Announced The Cherokee Scout's con test got off to a flying start last week with over two hun dred entires. Of all the entires received not one person sub mined a 100 per cent correct guess. The game that stumped 98 per cent of the entries was the game between Andrews and Swain County, just every body picked Andrews to win. Several other tough ones were the University of North Car olina -vs- Ohio State; Ga. Tech. -vs- Texas A & M; and Kentucky -vs- Ole Miss. Of the entries received, six got all but three games and these had to be decided by the tie breaker. First place winner was Mrs. Fred Keener of Route 1, Mar ble. Mrs. Keener missed the Kentucky-Ole Miss. UNC Ohio State and the Swain - Andrews games. In the tie breaker Mrs. Keener picked Tennessee to beat Auburn 14 to 12. Second place went to James A. Hughes, P. O. Box 132 , Murphy. Mr. Hughes failed to mark the Kentucky Ole Miss, and the Florida Missippi games and picked Andrews to beat Swain. Mr. Hughes picked Tennessee to beat Auburn 20 to 7. Third place winner was Mr. Junior Anthony of Route 1, Brass town. Mr. Anthony missed the Sylva - Webster -vs- Robb insville, Florida -vs- Miss issippi State and Andrews -vs Swain. He picked Tennessee to beat Auburn by a score of 21 to 7 In the tie breaker. The correct score in the tie breaker, Auburn 13, Tenn. 13. These three winners have $5.00, $3.00 and$2.00 respec tively waiting on them at the Scout office and with proper identification can pick up their money at their leisure. They also have that many points credited to their name towards the Grand prizes of $165.00, $99.00 and $66.00 to be awar ded at the end of eleven weeks. Several people entered two , times and due to the fact that during the prizewords contest you could enter as many times as you wanted to, we accepted all of them, but in the future, only one entry per person will be accepted. If you enter more than once all your entires will be voided. Please read over the rules found with the contest and abide by them. Right now is a good time to turn to the football contest on Page 3 and win yourself some of that long green stuff plus points toward the grand prizes. Remember too, that your entry must be in the Scout office by closing time at 5:00 p.m. Friday afternoon or bear a Friday a.m. postmark if you mail it. Franklin Rolls Past Hayesville FRANKLIN - Halfback Homer Holbrook put on a one man scoring show with three touchdowns in leading Frank lin High to a 21-0 triumph ov er Hayesvillebeforel,800fans here Friday night. After tackle Harold Barr atte, a defensive stalwart for the wimmers throughout the game, recovered a Hayesville fumble at the 5-yard line, Hol brook ran around right end for the initial touchdown early in the 2nd period. Shortly afterward, tackle Carl Alexander blocked a Hay es ville punt and Barratte re covered on Hayesville's 19 yard line. Holbrook then rac ed around right end for anot her touchdown and then home forces led 12-0 at the half. A 33-yard pass from quar terback Bud Hens on to end Al ton Suttfin set the stage for F ranklin's final touchdown in the 3rd wuarter. Holbrook swept around left end from 20 yards out for the tally. Hen son's placement try was good. Franklin added a safety in the last stanza when Moore back to punt for Hayes ville, was smothered in theendsone by a host of F ranklin linemen when fielding a bad pass from center which went over his head. Harvest Sale Is Slated MARBLE - The Marble Ele mentary Schools annual Har vest Sale will be held at the school Saturday. October 2, at 7i30 p.m. Dean Truea. Principal of Marble Element sated that proceeds fr sale will go to PTA.