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County Fair Opens Here Monday; Expected Best Yet
Official Report Tells
Grim Facts Of Town's
Water System
Official report of the condition
of Murphy's water system from (Ms
trict engineer E. R. Blaisdetl of
the Sanitary Enigneertag Division
of the State Board of Health it
now on file with the Murphy Town
Council.
The report's points show that:
1. The water supply of Murphy j
is derived from two sources, the
Hiawasse River and Fain Moun
tain (Marble Creek) supplies. Wat
er taken from the Hiawassee River
is processed through the Hiarwas
see filter treatment plant before
pumped to a 130,000 gallon storage
reservoir that supplies the town.
The Fain Mountain supply, a
mountain stream, receives sett
ling and chtartoation only before
entering the distribution system.
2. Detailed deficiencies at the
Hiawassee River filtration plant
have been covered in reports to
the Murphy Town Council dated
August 27, 1949; June 19, 1950;
March 27, 1951; and February. 27,
1952.
3 The Hiawassee plant, built in
1926 has been allowed to deter
iorate to such an extent that it
should be replaced or entirely
rebuilt. In addition, the plant has
consistentty been operated some
? 10 per cent above designed ca
? pacity for the past few years,
thus aggravating an already aer
t ions condition.
4. Due to lack of maintenance
and the increased filter rate, the
?aly steps in the treatment procesu
that have been functkminc for the
past few years are the sand filter*
and chtarinetion facilities. Because
of the inrcegsed load placed on the
filters, due to the failure of the co
agulation and settling of the water,
the filters are in extremely poor
condition at the present time due
to the formation of "mud balls"
and dead spots in the filter sand.
5. An inspection of the filters at
the time of my visit indicated that
untreated water is passing through
the filters without benefit of filtra
tion due to the mud balls and dead
spots in the filters. This means
that the only protection the resi
dents of Murphy have again** drink (
tag contaminated water is the
chlortoatian facilites.
6. The chlorine dosage being ap
plied at the time of my vttt was
not adequate and probably has not
been to the past. Also it is possible
to have 'a failure of the chlorina
tion equipment and when this oc
curs the town is without even this
thin line of protection.
7. The storage reservoir is con
structed to such a manner that it
is open to the atmosphere, al
though the openings are screened
to exclude birds and small animals
from access to the reservoir. How
ever, since the surface of the water
to the reservoir is in contact with
the atmosphere it permits what
little chlorine that has been in
troduced into the water to rapidly
dissipate to the atmosphere. The
reservoir should be completely
covered except for a small venti
lating area, if so desired.
g. The Fain Mountain supply
la supposedly from a protected
t means that all
unauthorized persons are exclud
ed from the watershed. How
ever, the reservoir Is not fenced
and it is very easy for any un
authorised person to enter upon
the watershed and contaminate
the water supply, the only re
straint being placards posted at
intervals warning against no
9. Thds supply is not adequate
to furnish water to the town with
out 'being augmented by water
from the Hlawassee River. The
practice has been to operate the
Uiawassee River plant during the
daytime and allow the Fain Moun
tain supply to serve the town dur
ing the night. Due to the extreme
ly dry season and mechanical fail
ure of one of the surface pumps at
the filtration plant, both supplies
were being used at the time of my
visit
10. The policy of the State Board
of Health, in regard to the intro
duction of fluoride ion into a com
munal water supply is that it may
be approved, provided the water
system is in first class condition
and that the adequate supervision
of the feeding of the chemical may
be 'had. At the present time Mur
phy has neither a first class water
system nor proper supervision of
its water treatment. Your present
operator is conscientious and does
the best he can, but he does not
have the qualifications and train
ing required for the position.
11. The situation regarding the
water supply at Mnrphy is not
hew. Descrepancies In the oper
ation and maintenance of the
water system have been brought
to the attention of preceding
councils many times during the
past few years without any action
being taken on their part.
12. The situation has ? grown
progressively worse so that at the
present time a very serious situa
tion exists and it is entirely possi
ble that the health of the residents
of Murphy may be affected from
use of the water unless an immed
iate effort is made to correct the
situation.
13.1 would suggest that as a tem
porary expedient the sand be re
placed in the filters as soon as pos
sible and the chlorine dosage rate,
both at the filter plant and the
Fain Mountain chlorination sta
tion be increased as outlined to
you in my letter of August 21.
14. If at any time there is a
failure of the chlorinating equip
ment or any question as to whether
or not the machines are feeding
properly, the people should be no
tified to boll their drinking water.
15. Until It is certain that ade
quate disinfection of the water
being obtained, the Town Council
should take immediate steps to
procure engineering advice as to
remedying the situation through
replacement of the Hiawassee fil
tration plant, renovation of the
present plant or development of
another approved sifpply.
16. In my opinion It would be
more economical to replace the
present filtration plant than to try
to renovate R.
Red Gross Work
Is Cut Here
Home Service work of the Cher
okee County Chapter, American
Red Groaa has been out from five
mornings a week to three due to
lack of funds, it was announced to
day.
Anyone wishing Information or
forms filled out are aaked to con
tact the office either "Bieaday,
Wednsday, or Thursday mornings,
between the hours of Band 12. The
office ig located in Murphy Elec
trical Shop.
River Hill Home
Coming Be Sept. 13
Tha annual home coming will
ha held at River Hill Bapttet
hptambec M. All
invited to attend.
Large VoteNeededlnCounty
On School Bond Election
Cherokee County schools will re
ceive a minimum $179,000 and a
possible slice from a $23,000,000
fund, If the special $50,000,000
state bond election is passed Oc
tober 3, it was said here today.
The size of the vote turned out
in Cherokee County that day. It
was reported, will be a strong indi
cation of the interest and needs of
the local schools, and will weigh
heavily on further appropriations
that will be made to the county
schools from the 25 million dol
lars which will be distributed by
the State Board of Education on
the basis of the county's needs and
ability to help itself.
Of the 50 million, the first
$10,000,000 win be divided with
$100,000 for each county. The next
$15,000,000 will be distributed a
mong the administrative units on
a pro rata basis of school popula
tion.
It was pointed out that a special
registration is not required for the
election. All persons who are now
registered on the general election
registration books will not have to
register again to vote in the special
election.
For persons not registered al
ready, the registration books will
be open Sept. 12 and 19 from 9 a.
m. until sunset at the various poll
ing places, according to P. H.
.Leather-wood, chairman of the
Cherokee County Board of Elect
ions.
Along with the 50 million dollar
school bond issue, vote wll be made
on 22 million dollars state mental
institutions bonds.
On Monday here at 7:30 p. m.
the P. T. A. of Murphy School will
meet and hear Supt. II. Eueck dis
cuss the bond election. The public
is invited to attend.
Mrs. Bryson Dies
After Illness
Mrs. Mary Wood Bryson, 63, died
at 4:30 a. m. Friday in 'her home
here after several months' illness.
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m. Sunday in Free Methodist
Church with the Rev. Russell El
der officiating. Burial will be dn
Moss Cemetery at Marble, " with
Towneon Funeral Home in charge.
She is survived by one son. Loy
al 1 and two grandchildren, Howard
and Edwin of Murphy and three
brothers, Fred B. Wood of Cul
lowhee, Walter 'P. Wood of Atlanta,
Ga., and Ed Wood of Florida.
Pallbearers were. Cliff Elliott,
Ben Akin, Roy Etheridge, Will Cook
and Gordon Hardness.
2 Women Injured
In Wreck Here Sat.
Mrs J. A. Davenport and Mrs.
James Puckett and her daughter of
Chattanooga, Tenn. who were injur
ed about 10 a. m. Saturday when
the car in which they were riding
overturned down an embankment
just inside the City limits an
Highway 64 west of here are re
parted to be getting along very well
Mrs. Davenport who is in Murphy
General Hospital suffered a fra
ctured right armj fractured ribs
and back.
' Her 11-year-old grabdson, Tom
my E. Puckett who had an Injured
back and contusions, was dismissed
from the hospital Monday.
Mrs. Puckett who is in Petrie
'Hospital, suffered two fractured
vertebrae.
The party was approaching Mur
phy in a 1941 Chevrolet sedan
when the car skidded on the wet
pavement around the curve beyond
Townson's mill and went over the
embankment, Sheriff M. G. Craw
ford reported.
Davenport and Puckett were not
injured.
AndrewsSchoolOffToGoodBeginning
More Students,
Improvements Are
Noted By School
BY EVELYN BAKER
An increased enrollment, plus
improvments and additions 'have
put Andrews Schools off to a good
start, according to Supt. J. E. Ruf
ty.
A 10 per cent increase in en
rollment was noted by Andrews
High School end Marble School,
making a total enrollment in the
Andrews system of some 1,304
pupils. The Andrews Negro School
enrolled 16 students this year, a
loss of two from last year."
I Improvments to the school bui
' Mings during the summer have in
cluded the painting of classrooms
in the elementary building, using a
pastel color scheme. New floures
cent lights have been installed in
all elementary rooms.
A new science and laboratory
class room Is being set up in the
high school.
NEW BUILDING
Work on the new agriculture
building, under the supervision of
Richard Ramsey, agriculture tea
cher, and William Dockery, teacher
in the Veterans Training Program,4
is also progressing. This cement
block building, measuring 50 by 60
feet is being constructed two sto
ries high, with the vocational shop
on the ground floor. The second
story, which will be entered from
ground level will contain a voc
ational agriculture class room and
office and a home economics class
room and laboratory and office.
Because of the increase enroll
ment in the high school, Supt. J.
E. Rufty has moved his office to
the White Building, adjoining the
high school building.
ADDED BUS
School bus facilities have also
been stepped up, with a new bus
added to the fleet. The extra bus
enables the buses to leave at
later hour in the morning and re
turn earlier in the aftenoon.
New teachers in the Andrews
High School are Robert H. Willi
ford, assistant principal and Social
studies teacher; Frank Murray,
business education teacher; and
Miss Jean Christy,, English and
library.
New elementrary teachers are
Jim Wood, 7th grade; Mrs. Betty
Bristol, 7th grade; Mr. King 8th
grade and elementrary physical ed
ucation; and Walter Bname, 8th
I
grade.
Temporary Short Feed
Won't Harm Cattle
North Carolina cattlemen'worried
about short feed supplies brought
on by this summer's drought, can
breathe a sigh of relef. attle feed
ing experiments carried out by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
have proved that temporary short
rations will not harm cattle.
The experiments, conducted over
a period of three and a half years
showed conclusively (that calves
that are fed only enough rations
to maintain their weight, with nei
their gain or loss can, remain heal
thy for as long as six months?and
Still make economical gains later
when they receive ample feed.
As one part of a much broader
experiment one of a pair of identi
cal twin Aberdeen Angus steers
was placed on a low-energy ration
only enough to manitain body weig
ht-wbile his co-twin was fed a lib
eral ration that provided for one
and onehalf pounds of gain, dally.
This feeding schedule was begun
When the twins were six months
old and continued for six months.
At the beginning of the period
each twin weighed about 330 pou
nds. At the end of the six months.
the twin on short rations weighed
340 pounds, while his wel'l-fed
brother weighed 618 pounds. The
lighter twin was then placed on a
liberal ration and the other was
allowed to continue with a similar
liberal ration. After another sev
en months, the (heavier twin had
reached the weight upon for slaug
hter, 1,000 pounds, and (his retarded
twin weighed 830 pounds. It took
only 70 days more for the second
twin to reach the 1,000-pound
slaughter weight.
The surprising thing about the
experiment, according to the re
search workers, was the discovery
that each of the twins required
about the same total amount of
feed to reach 1,000 pounds, even
though one lived 70 days longer
than the other. This indicates that
a high level of efficiency in feed
utilization s attaned by animals
that have been on short rations so
that they gain weight very rapidly
when they are restored to a liberal
allowance.
And the meat from these animals
showed no difference in quality.
Exhibits Be Placed
Mon., Judged Tues.
The world of exhibits, prizes
?and cotton candy will move into
Cherokee County next week when
the 26th annual Cheroke County
Agricultural Fair is staged here
at the fairgrounds Sept. 14-19.
Carpenters, Fair Association of
ficers and department superinten
dents are hustling to make room
for what is expected to be a 'better
than ever fair."
It is expected that the recent
drought will effect the number of
specimens in some departments,
but livestock, the women's divisions
and the 4-H Club departments are
expected to exhibit In full force.
Home Demonstration Clubs will
have 10 educational booths.
Exhibitors were reminded to
have .their entries in by Monday at
8:30 p. m. Previously Tuesday has
been the deadline.
The midway opens at 1 p. m.
Monday. Exhibits will be open to
the public Tuesday at 3 p. m.
Department superintendents are
Luther Dockery, field crops; J. H.
Hampton, horticulture; A. B. Stal
Cherokee Lodge
Meets Sat.' Men.
There will be a called meeting
of Cherokee Lodge, No. 146, AF
and AM on Saturday, September
12, for the purpose of conferring
the third degress upon a class of
candidates.
Again on Monday, the 14th, there
will be a meeting to confer the first
degrees upon a class. Both meet
ings will be at 7:30 p. m. in the
lodge hall.
cup, dairy cattle; W. D. Townson.
beef cattle; Bill Stiles, bogs; and
Wayne Abemathy, poultry.
Mrs. W. B. Whitfield, flowers;
Mrs. J. H. Hampton, home pro
ducts; Mrs. Oran Witt, pantry sup
plies; Mrs. R. M. Adkins, bouse
furnishings; Mrs. Tom Graham,
clothing; Mrs. B. E. Warner, hand
icrafts; and Clara Hughes girls and
boys 4-H Clubs.
Mrs. Whitfield said more potted
plants and arrangements are In
vited for the flower department
this year. While Mrs. Witt and
Mrs. Graham urged ladies to parti
cipate in the pantry supplies and
clothing departments, in which the
premiums have been raised. Handi
craft exhibited must have been
made by the exhibitor, Mrs. Warn
er said.
A total of $4,000 will be given in
premiums at the fair.
On the midway the Shan Will
cox Shows will have 40 concessions
10 rides and six shows during the
six days of the fair.
PTA District
Meet Set Tues.
Plans for the 25th annual con
ference of P. T. A. District No. 1,
to be held at Candler School, in
Buncombe County. Sept. 15 were
announced this week by Mrs. Wei
mar Jones, of Fnuddin, district
director.
The conference is expected to at
tract approximately 300 persons
officers of P T. A.'a, school princi
pals and teachers, and parents from
Cherokee and the other 10 counties
in the district.
Speakers will include Mrs. T. R.
Easterling of Rocky Mount, pres
ident of the N. C. Congress of Par
ents and Teachers; Mrs. J. W. Bur
ke, state executive secretary; and
Miss Blanch Haley, state field sec
retary. i
The program also will be mark
ed by reports, election of officers,
and music.
Registration will start at 9:30 a.
m., and the conference will open
promptly at 10 o'clock, Mrs. Jones
said. Following adjournment at 1:30
the group will have lunch in the
school cafeteria.
The Candler P. T. A. has made
arrangements, Mrs Jones said, for
high school girls to care for the
small children of parents attending.
She added that the state officers
and district directors will be av
ailable, after lunch, to P. T. A
presidents and others for individ
ual conferences.
Mrs. Mary Tramel
Dies At Culberson
Mrs. Mary Tramel, 83, died at her
home. Route 2, Culberson at 9 p.
m. Saturday after a long illness.
Funeral services were held Tue
sday at 2 p. m. in Shady Grove
Baptist Church with the Rev. Tho
mas Truett officiating. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters.
Miss Mjrrtle Tramel of the borne,
and Mrs. Jessie Owenby of Cul
berson, one son Will Tramel of
Oonover; three deters, Mrs. K. P.
Dixon of Jefferson City, Tem.,
Mrs. ZiUa Hester of West Virginia,
Mis. Laura Prince of Gesfionia;
three brothers, George and B. P.*
Prince of Turttetami, Tean. and
James Prince of Jefferson City; 17
grandchildren and 15 great grand
children.
TOwnson Funeral Home was in
charge. .
Andrews-Murphy Start Seasons With Tie
BY ADIK ARONSON
In one of the moat thrilling
games ever seen by Murphy and
Andrews fans the Bulldogs and
Wildcats .played a tie game. 6-6
there Friday when both squads
opened their seasons.
The Andrew* Wildcats scored on
the opening kickoff by way of a
brilliant 83 yard nan. Bill Holland
received the kick and while run
ning to the left funded it off to
quarterback Bob Cooper who ran
down the right sidelines 83 yards
to paydlrt. The extra point waa
From thkt Ipotrft on
nee in mind the Bulldogs
gain ground consistently only to
have scoring opportunities twice
snatched from them by fumbles
within ten yards of the Andrews
4oal.
The second half was played In
a driving rain and the field was
a sea of sand. However, Murphy's
T-formaUon was not hampered
With about six minutes left to
?b? game the Bulldogs found them
selves on the two with fourth
down coming. On a handoff from
quarterback White the ball was
fumbled and recovered in the An
drews and none by end Wallace
for a Bulldog touchdown. The extra
point attempt was foiled.
The beat run of the game wan ?
I 85 yard touchdown run by Andrews#
Bob Cooper Murphy's rangey end
Eugene Dockery made ? beautiful
diving catch of a pass from Tommy
Gentry which was good for about
20 yards.
Outstanding on offense for Mur
phy was bard-driving 185 pound
Hob Palmer; and on defense was
Murphy's line-backer 145 pound
James OairoU.
(Murphy plays at Hayesvllle to
morrow night.
Murphy PTA Studies
The PTA of Murphy School will
meat Monday at 7:30 p. m. In the
Primary Building. H. Baeck will
discuss the special bond election to
be October 3.
Andrews Lions
"Get The Goat"
The old uyinr"rettiiix some
one'! coot" works the other way
in the Andrews Lions Clob. The
dab members are more Interest
ed in not settlor the dab's vest.
And It's a real lire coat The
to the dab member
a meetlnc without a
Jeff Brooks Is
Area Auto Chrm.
T. Jeff Brooks of Reeoe Motor
Company, Amtfrews, fan accepted
Che appointment of Ann Chairman
tor the North Carotlaa Automoble
Dealers Association It mas annowir
ed today by AnociaMnon PreMdent
T L. mack of PinehursL
As county Chairman Brooks ?U
also haal the Pall menAerehip
campaign In thh area Dor NCADA
and NADA and w? parthfpnta In
Day nhkkntt ba
beM In
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The Order of the
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