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VOLUME 62?Nl'MBER Si MI KPH1 NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 26. 1952
TEN PAGES THIS WEEK
FISHING SEASON IN SWING?-Hiwassee and brown of Fontana Village and nephew, Wayne Hol
olher lakes in this vicinity arc yielding up some bert of Ashcvine, in bringing in the above flva
fine fish these spring days. Sam Harding, left, Mur- pound largemouth bass on Fontana Lake March 8.
phy fisherman, aided his brother-in-law, Harry
Utilities Commission Hears
Plea For Rural Telephones
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Utilities Commission came to Mur
phy Tuesday to conduct at the
courthouse hearings on three pe
titions: Fred C. Hunter of Char
lotte. who presided; Ed MoMahan
of Br?vard, and Harry T. West
cott of Manteo.
The petition of Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Compa
ny to sell its franchise and proper
ties In Murphy and this area ot
Western Carolina Telephone Com
pany was heard. Hobart McKee
ver, representing the Murphy
Chamber of Commerce, requested
that the petition not be allowed,
stating that it is the general opin
ion that the community will re
ceive better service from Southern
Bell than from Western Carolina.
H. A. Mattox represented the
Chamber of Commerce and Uons
Club, and urged the commission
not to grant the petition. More
than 40 people in the courtroom,
practically all of the local people
present at the time, said by a ris
ing vote that they.concurred with
his opinion.
J. L. Mason stated that several
rural sections of the county had
made application to Southern
Bell for the past few years for
telephones and had not been giv
? n any service, and that If the
transfer to Western Carolina
would mean the rural people
would get telephones, he was for
the transfer. Others expressing a
imilar opinion were: Mrs. Nora
C. Spencer. E. S. Burnett, Bill
McCoy, and Gay Hawkins. All of
these stated that It does not mat
ter which company is here; all
they want is servloe.
Linn D. Garibaldi of Charlotte,
president of Western Carolina
Telephone Company, gave as rea
sons for wanting to purchase the
property here: The company serv
es much of Western North Caro
lina. especially areas adjoining
Murphy, and that he believes his
company Is good for Western
North Carolina. He stated that his
company has offered Southern
Bell $213,800 plus recent capital
i xpenditurss, for its Murphy pro
perty He said the rates in effect
at date of transfer would contin
ue.
With regard to treatment of
employees. Mr. Garibaldi said:
"Seller's employees affected by
this transaction will be offered a
transfer to any exchange of sel
ler that they may select. Employ
ees hired by the purchaser will be
given a 12 months' leave of ab
sence from the service of seller
with service credit for that period
of absence under the terms of
seller's plan for employees' pen
siuus, uisauuuy oeneius ana death t
benefits, and will retain during
this period their eligibility to pen
sions and death benefits. In event
ol absence on account of accident
or sickness disability during the
period such employees will be
compensated by seller for any loss
of wages which would have been
paid under seller'; i lan. Employ
ees who are hired by purchaser
will also have privilege of reem
ployment by seller in any other
exchange of seller during the 12
months provided -'uch employees
has experienced no impairment
which would render him unquali
fied to do the work and has not
been guilty of misconduct which
would have been proper cause for
discharge.
"Following the twelve months'
leave ,and contingent upon their
remaining in purchaser's employ,
employees will retain eligibility
to pensions and death benefits
for five years."
Western Carolina offers to em
ploy any employees of Southern
dell who desires to continue here.
This company does not have any
pension or retirement plan, ac
cording to Mr. Garibaldi.
A petition to close the L and
V railway station at Culberson,
and also the railway express agen
cy, was heard. F. O. Christopher
and G. C. Wendllng of Knoxville,
icnn., represented the L and N
Railway.
Attorneys Kester Walton of;
Asheville and R. S. Jones of;
Franklin represented Western
Carolina. Representatives of Sou- j
them Bell here were: J. Lovell
Smith, district manager, Ashe-'
ville; Ralph Pate, engineer, Char
lotte; Herbert Middleton, toll en
gineer, Charlotte; Atty. Harvey
Cosper, Atlanta; and E. L. Caw
thon. engineer, Charlotte.
Extinguish Two
Brush Fires
Murphy Fire Department was
"ailed to extinguish two brush
fires Monday afternoon, one at
'he residence of Dr. A. J. Head
-ick and the other at the resi
1ence of W. D. Townson.
In both instances the brush
fires were started by burning
trash. The flames were quickly ex
tinguished. according to John
Bayiess, Town Clerk.
T. C. Day Appointed;
Cancer Chairman
Tom C. Day has been appointed 4
Cherokee County campaign chair
man for 1952 of the American
Cancer Society.
The Cancer Crusade will be con
ducted in the county during the
month of April. The drive will
seek $1,155.80 from Cherokee
County as part of the. national
goal of $18,000,000 for programs
of research, services to patients
and public and professional educa
tion.
Mr. Day said that his first step
would be to obtain chairmen for
the various sections of the coun
ty The slogan of the Crusade be
said, will be, "Cancer Strikes One
in Five, Strike Back, Give to Con
Cancer".
Mr. Day Uvea In Andrews. Ha
Is employed by the Citixens Bank
and Trust C
Sixth Graders
Visit The Scout
Twenty-three sixth graders of
Murphy Schools and their teach
er, John Jordan, visited TH1E
SCOUT office last Friday to get a
bird's eye view of the newspaper
Students were Verlln Swanson,
Harry Charles Forrester, John
Ledford. Jack McDonald, Howard
Killlan. Jr.. Hairy Bishop. Hubert
Kirk land. Harold Clayton. Hubble
Baugh, Johnny- Mulkey. Donald
Hogsed. Don Peacock, Ida Arrant,
Bobbie Taylor. Judy Davis. Ann
ette White, Mildred Killlan. Bar
bara Hogsed, Ramona
"ieorge Dockery, George Langley,
Ronnie Brittaln, H. A.
Morris Announces
Baptist Program
The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pas
tor of Murphy First Baptist
Church, will use "Men of Tomor
row" for his sermon topic Sunday
at 11 a. m.
Sunday School will begin at
9:45 a. m., Bealtown Mission ser
vice at 2:30 p. tp , and prison camp
Sunday School at 3 p. m? and
'raining union at 6:30 p. m.
At the 7:30 evening service the
pastor's topic will be "A Girl's
Influence". f. ? ?
The Junior G. A.'s will meet
with Mrs. Henry Hyatt Monday at
3:15 p. m. At 6:30 p. m. Elizabeth
Hale. Ruth Swan and Ruth Bag
well Circles will meet at the
church for a pot luck supper. A
pectal Home Mission offering wilt
be taken. Mrs. J. A. Morris will
have charge of the program.
? ee circles meeting Tuesday
at 2:30 p. m. are: Fannie Heck
ircle with Mrs. B. B. Cornwell
Mae Perry Circle with Mrs
'V. C. Kinney, Sr., and Lottie
Moon Circle with Mrs. T. P. Cal
houn.
The Sunbeams will meet at the
church 'at 3:15 p m. Wednesday
The regular Wednesday hour of
power service will be at 7:30 p. m.
?o be followed by Adult Choir
practice at 8:30.
The R A.'s will meet with Lon
nie Hoover Thursday at 3:15 p
rn? and the Youth Choir will prac
tice at 3:15 p. m.
Baptist Youth
Sponsor Banquet
The Training Union of Murphv
First Baptist Church is sponsoring
a banquet Saturday evening in the
church basement The hanquet
theme is "Rhapsody in Blue".
The guest speaker is Julian
Snyder, State Training Union wor
ker, from Atlanta, Ga.
Musical numbers and readings
will be featured.
The banquet is for those of In
termediate age and up.
Puett Elected
N. C. E. A. President
C. D. Puett was elected presi
dent of the Murphy Unit of the
N. C. E A. at a called meeting to
'?ot officers Thursday. Mr Puett
succeeds Mrs. John Thuss.
Miss Wilma Tate was elected
'""-president; C. K. Olson, sec
?e?ary; Jack Barnett, treasurer.
The new officers, with Mrs
Thuss and Miss Roberta Spiers at
'Hernate. were named as dele
gates to the state meeting In Ashe
"ille, March 27. 28. and 29.
RETURN TO STATES
Mrs. Dale Lee, Mrs. Mabel Mas
?ev and Mrs. H. A. Mattox went to
Asheville Monday to meet Mrs.
'Immy Ward, who arrived In New
vnrk by plane Sunday, from Lis
bon and Porto, Portugal, where
she and Mr. Ward have been llv
for sever* 1 months. Mr. Ward
'?ft New York Monday for Port
Au' Prince Haiti. Mrs. Ward will
'?eve here Friday to }otn him
there for a month.
Paul Hill and his room mala,
t?l Holland of Idaho Falls, Idaho,
who are medical students and
class mates at Duke University,
spent the week here with Dr. MM
Mrs. J. N. HU1 and family and
Miss Jane HH1.
FIRE DESTROYS JUNALUSKA
TERRACE HOTEL AT ANDREWS
Dr. Eugene Slater
To Be First On
Methodist Hour
Dr Eugene Slater, pastor o<
I'oik Street Methodist Church,
marillo. Texas, v ill be the guc?;
>:i iki r rn the 17!) station r.nlio
i t .. inof the Methodist Series
If 1 Ir "roteslant Hour Sunday
11 Tin-. March 23rd. Dr. Slater's
-civeet will be "Where Theres
?'aitli. Ther. s Hope."
Featu'rd on this thirty ni'iiulo
public -er\ ice wvrship program
??'' I)! the Protestant Fellowship
Choir tinder the direction of ila
bel t \ Mice Taylor with Raymond
Martin at the organ. The choit
will si.'ig a special medly of the
tosp 1 songs "Must Jesus Bear the
Cross Alone" and "Amazing
Grace".
The theme for this 7th annual
Methodist Hour presentation is
being used as a part of the nation
vide promotion of "Tidings" and
the General Board of Evangelism
under the title "Give God s
Chance".
A unique "singing commercial'
by the gifted soprano, Francis
Campbell Hughes, and the malt
quartette of the choir Introduces
zach program with the theme.
Dr Slater and the Protestant
Fellowship Choir, may be heart
aver radio station WSB at 8:30 a
n. Sunday, March 23rd.
Baptists To Hold
Quarterly Meet
The Western North Carolini
Baptist Association will hold it!
quarterly meeting at Valleytowt
Baptist Church near Andre wi
March SO at 2:30 p. m
Associatlonal officers will pre
-ent reports and plans.
Mrs. Elmer Chllders. Nantahala
is the W. M. U. superintendent.
Other officers are: Mrs. Carl A
West, Andrews, Training Unior
Director; Cyrus C. White, Murphy
Sunday School Superintendent.
"Mr. White has studied the as
sociational Sunday School organ!
?ation and will be prepared t(
nake some very important recom
mendations for the consideratior
->f the association," says the Rev
\. G Brooks, associational mis
sionary.
The Rev. Ralph Matheson. pas
'or of Valleytown Church will leac
he devotional. The Rev. Ralpl
"J. Melton, pastor of Calvar?
Church, Sandy Run Association
vlll be the inspirational speaker
Episcopalians
Hear Whitmire
Roland Whitmire. an Episcopa
student at Thological Seminary a
Sewanee. Tenn.. spoke to the con
gregation and church school oi
the Church of the Messiah lasi
Sunday.
He emphasized the human sid<
of life at the Seminary and con
trasted Seminary training witl
that on any other college campus
He pointed out that the chief dlf
ference rested in the fact that al
the students went to the Seminar;
for the same purpose, to fit them
:elves for proclaiming the gospe
to others.
This purpose, said Mr. Whit
.nire, brought mert from all wa'k
of li'e together: 'awyers. engi
neers and mec-hani'-s. He said thej
discovered at the Seminary tha'
all previous training could be usct
in the ministry.
Complete 0.7 Mile
Paving In Count)'
The State Highway Commlssior
completed 0 7 mile of paving ir
Cherokee County during Febru
ary, Commissioner L. Daie Thrash
reports.
The newly-paved roads, all fi
nanced by the secondary roac
bond program, are: Cumberland
Gap Road. 0.2 mile; Graves Road
0.2 mile; Beaverdam, 0.1 mile:
Midway, 01 mile; and Slow
Creek Road, 0.1 mile.
The Tenth Highway Divlsior
brought a total of 12.55 miles oi
road work to completion in Feb
rnnrv. Commissioner Thrash an
nounced.
The Commission completed l.(
mile of paving in Clay Count]
during February.
P. T. A. To Meet
Pcachtree P. T. A. will meet al
the school March 31 at 7:30 p. m
?1th Miss Maggie Belle Klsael
burg in charge of the program.
Special music will ha given
Officers for the ensuing yeai
will be
Mrs. W. Christopher
Celebrates Birthday
Airs. W. Christopher, affection
ilely known as "Ma" Christopher,
?elebrated her 81st birthday Wed
nesday, March 12. Her daughters.
Airs. E. A. Browning and Mrs. Ed
...rnett, entertained at tea for her
ro:n 3 to 0 p. m Wednesday, and
he received many gifts, telegrams
:nd other messages
Alany friends called to wish lur
: happy birthday They included:
Airs. Art Latshaw, Aliss Medley
eo\ of Ranger, Mrs. L. D. Schuy
ler, Mrs. Clyde Sneed, Airs. W. A. ?
rioover. Miss Aodie Mae Cooke,
.irs. P. C l^yail, Airs. E. J Dar
nell, Mrs. Dale Lee. Miss Maggie
Bell Kiss:lburg. Miss Ruby Lee
Davis. Mrs Cecil Henry, the Rev.
jnd Mrs. J. Alton Morris. Mrs.
.nn Phillips, Mrs. Neil Sneed,
llrs. E L. Shields, Mrs. Harry
Christopher Mr. and Mrs Ed
Barnett and Jack Barnett.
tvlrs. Christopher's children are:
S. S. Christopher of Atlanta, F.
O and E. O. Christopher of Mur
phy. and Mrs. Barnett and Mrs
Browning of Murphy She has
several grandchildren
Red Cross Receives
$509 On Quota
Fund Campaign Chairman Don
ald Ramsey of the Red Cross an
nounces that a total of $75.50 was
realized from Miss Velma Um
phfres' benefit concert last Thurs
day evening in Murphy Primary
School auditorium. The total re
ceived to date on the $2268 quots
at $500.
Approximately 150 people at
' ended the concert presented by
Miss Umphfres. mezzo-soprano,
?ccompamed by Airs. Catherine
Cortelyou Place of Copper hill,
Tenn.. concert pianist.
G. H. Farley, cnairman of the
industrial committee, announces
hat the follovvirg committee is
erving with iiim: Mi-s Evelyn
Sneed, W D tnwnsoii Lumber
Company: Bob Easley, Timber
Products, S. Hciowit'. Commnn
?vealth l umber Company, J. M.
'lurphy. Van li->alte Cnmp-ny;
Paul Hemmerkli, Duffy Silk
Company; Mrs Rosalind Burgess,
Smoky Mountain Fiber Company;
sd Brumby. Brumby and Forsyth
Textile Mill; Dnvle Bunh, H T.
Hackney Company; C. C. Crain,
Oickey-Craln Company Joe Ham
ilton. Imperial Laundry and
leaners; Everett Loudermilk.
Hitchcock Corp.; Miss Eunice
Shields, L. M. Shields Enterpri
?es; Miss Louise King, Kins Live
stocK Auction, miss noiuce i?y
lor, Coble Dairies.
Chairman Ramsey announces
hat a singing will be held at Mur
phy school on Saturday. April 5,
at 7 p. m. for benefit of the Red
:ross. Glenn Ellis and Q. Q. Lou
aermilk are making the arrange
.nents, and i. W. Donley will be
naster of ceremonies. Quartets
that are well known in the area
will be present.
Special gifts of $25 or more
which have come in this week are:
Hitchcock Corporation $100:
linerals and Metals. $50; and
Hackney Carolina Co.. $25.
Bynim Announces
Church Services
The Rev. R. Delbert Byrum,
pastor of Murphy First Methodist
Church, -announces that "Facing
t Great Curse" will be the topic
if his 11 a. m. sermon Sunday.
Sunday School will begin at
?1:45 a. m.
The pastor's evening sermon
.opic will be "Guarding the Holy".
Mid-week prayer service will be
held Wednesday at 7:30 p. m with
V pastor in charge. Choir re
hearsal will follow the service
TV A Proposes Additional
Facilities At Hiwassee Dam
Would Double I
Present Capacity |
KNOXVILLE, Tenn?The Ten
nessee Valley Authority Is plann
ing to build a power plant at its
Chatuge Dam in Clay County, a
facility now being used as a stor
age reservoir.
The TV A revealed this in a re
cent announcement which said ad
ditional power facilities also are
planned for Hiwassee in Cherokee
County and Fontana Dam in Gra
ham County, and the Nottely Dam.
Nottely actually is in Georgia
near the North Carolina line but
creates a lake in North Carolina.
Work ?t Fontana has already
been authorized by Congress,
j plans are nearing completion, and
I actual construction is ready to be
gin. The Fontana powerhouse
1 nestled at the foot of the world's
*i*th highest dam, is to have an
additional power unit, rated at
"7.500 kilowatts capacity, besides
1 'he two units already in operation.
The Hiwassee, Chatuge and Not
tely expansions are yet to be au
j thorlzed but are included in the
budget for the fiscal year 1052
53, now before Congress.
As recently revealed, TV A is
asking for $1,014,000 to be spent
at Hiwassee. $075,000 at Chatuge,
and $030,000 at Nottely.
Chatuge and Nottely are the
only ones of the 23 built or pur
chased by TVA that did not al
ready have power units.
These two dams, built early In
1043 in a record time of a little
more than six months each, have
heretofore been used exclusively
for regulation of flow In Hlwaaooe
River and Mreoma farther down
the valley.
They will still be employed for
?his purpose, TVA officials say,
lUt their released waters will also
-e made to produce power?pro
vided construction funds are au
'lorized.
The 144-foot-high Chatuge Dam
:r. Clay County is an earthlfill
structure with a concrete spillway.
It can produce 10,000 kilowatts
of electric power, engineers esti
mate.
Nottely Dam, located in Union
County, Ga? is scheduled to have
an electrical unit of 14,000 kilo
watts. Nottely is an earth-rock
'i II type dam somewhat similar to
Chatuge.
Just where the powerhouse will
be located with respect to these
dams. TVA engineers are not pre
pared to say now.
While most TVA dams have
-owerhouses just below the dams,
in a few cases they are several
niles downstream to take advant
age of additional water force or
head" as the engineers call K.
'Tiawassee Dam on the Hlwasse*
Ri\pr in Cherokee County, near
Murphy, now has a single power
unit of 57,000 kilowatts.
This .capacity would be doubled
by addition of the proposed sec
ond turbine and generator, engin
eers estimate.
Space for the additional gener
ator was provided when the dam
was built
it will be at the right of the
ire sent turbine, facing down
stream just between the present
unit and the spillway.
Ton tana and Riwassee exempli
fy the two principal types of pow
er units now used by TVA.
At Hlwasaee the top of the gen
erating units project into the
air, with no power house excel
for the nearby control building.
At Fontana, on the other hand,
he power units si? housed in a
?ructure the equa? of a six-story
uilding
Fontana now has two units. The
hird, for which :pare was origtn
illy pre ided, will be on the left
id? facing downstream, or on the
id? next to the overlook o li'd -
ng. -
TVA cificials hope tcwegin oort
tructiou at Hiwr.-see, Chatugo
nd Notieiy soon af'er the betfiti
?irg of the next f'ical yea? "on
July V
This, o' course, depends 0:1 au
norizat'on of fun- s by Congress
Whi': irrportan ?.* part of the
olal -x). r.sion, t' ese prtv-cte
?'present o:ily a f? action of the
VA e> r arsion new under way
?r com emf lated.
Other t. .-droelecMc units ir" to
>e expanded at Boone, Fort IV?
??ick Henry, Pickwick, Cherok 3
Jouglas. and Hales Bar dams.
But by far the> greatest expan
ion must come from stream pow
;r, TVA officials said.
Despite its huge dams. TVA Is
llready reaching the point where
nost of its power will be from
toal, rather than falling water.
Installed and scheduled steanq
plant capacity Is more than 3,000
900 kilowatts.
By 1055, TVA expects to have-a
total power capacity of nearly A
900,000 kilowatts.
Inst of It goes to dtfimoa In
dustries, the Atomic Energy Ooaa
Trisalon, and the Arnold irnglinm
Ing Development Center at TuB?
homa, Tenn.
By the end of Joot fiscal
TVA rrreals E
?upply for two AEC
"about as mud
1* in used hp the
Fork."
None Of Guests
Receive Injuries
The Junaluska Terrace Hotel in
Vndrdws was completely destroy
?d by fire which broke out at
5:45 o'clock this morning (Thurs
day I.
The $60,000 building burned
rapidly, and firemen were unable
?.o put out the flames.
All guests escaped from the
.laming building without injury,
ind according to Bill Teas. \ ho
I vcs next door to the hotel, aii
(ere able to save personal be
.ongings with the exception of one
nan. .vlr Teas speaking for J.
M. Baity, owner of the hotel for
the past four years, said there
"ere approximately six guests in
lie building. None of the names
were released.
Cause of the fire was reported
is yet undetermined, but Mr. Teas
stated that the origin of the fire
was in a room occupied by one
.if the guests.
The hotel was insured.
The 30-room structure had a
large lobby and mezzanine, and a
dining room that could accommo
date 150 people.
The native stone hotel, for many
jears considered the outstanding
hotel west of Ashevtlle, was built
in 1926 by W. T. Moore on a six
acre tract. The dining room was
often used by civic groups and
jther large gatherings.
Percy B. Ferebee was ownes
from 1928 until 1946, when it was
bought by W. F. Forsyth and Ar
thur Watkins. It was spW by the
latter two men to Mr. Baity.
Power To Be Off
Smday, 1-5 P. M.
Nantahala Power and Light Com
pany, serving Andrews and vicin
ity, announces that the power will
be disconnected Sunday, March
23, from 1 p. m. until S p. m.
This is necessary in order to
make possible better service to
the public.
Brown To Preach
Frank Brown of Decatur, Ga.,
student minister, will fill his reg
ular appointment at the Presby
terian Church Sunday, at 11 a. m.
Sunday School will meet at 10
a. m.
LODGE TO MEET
Sam L Davidson has announced
a meeting of Cherokee Lodge No.
146, A. F. and A. M in the lodge
i all Saturday at 7 30 p. m. for the
purpose of conferri lg the second
oogree Sam Capps. Worshipful
Master will preside.
"MA" CHRISTOPHER