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v/mnm a?NUMBER M mJBFHY. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, ICHI M, llH
TWELVE FACES
Four Fires Take Toll Of $215,700 Here This Week
People You Knowj
Mr. ud Mi*. Harve Elkins left
Sunday for Flushing, New York for
a visit with their son and daugh
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joe M.'
Elkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Palmer
and children, Woodrow and Pat
spent a few days with friends in
Knoxville last week. I
Mr, and Mrs. 81 H. McGuire and
Linda McGuire, j
who spent'Ikst week at their cot
tage at Peachtree, returned Mon
day to their home in A&anta. I
Ervin Greene of Concord spent
a few days last week with Dr. and
Mrs. Harry Miller. Miss Susie Mil
ler returned home with him for O
visit.
Mrs. W. P. Odom spent last
Thursday in Charlotte with Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Odom.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weaver
and children, Betty and Bobby, re
turned from a two week vacation 1
spent with Mrs. A. E. Vestal in
Asheboro, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Taylor and children, Ann and Tom
my at Albemarle, and at Wrights-'
ville Beach.
Mrs. WillaBell Posey of Ashe
vllle.and her , daughter, Mrs.
Frank Morgan and son of Mont
evallo, Ala., were in Murphy Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McMullan of
Jffferson, Ga. visited her sister,
Mrs. W. P. Odom Monday. I
Mrs. William J. Canata and sons
Bill and Dennis, returned Mon
day to their home in Chattanooga
after spending some time here
with Mrs. Canata's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. D. Chandler. They
will soon leave for New York for
a visit with Mr. Canata's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Canata. ? I
Hazel Lou Fulmer of Sylva spent
last week here with her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Frank
lin.
Dave Moody has returned from
Raleigh where he attended the
State Lions Convention and in
terstate Sanitarian meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Odom have
had as their guests, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Ham by and daughter, Car
men of Newport News, Va? Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Browne of Atlanta,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Odom of
Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Mayfleld of
Heflin. Ala., spent the week end
here with relatives.
Mrs. John Tbuss and sons, John
ny and Noland returned Monday
from a visit with relatives in West
pJbs Beach and Mlama. Fla. Her
sister. Miss Louclne Wells return
ed with her for a few days visit,
after which she win go to Aabe
vflle to visit her brother-in-law
and sister, Mir. and Mrs. Z. T.
Miss Ella Jean Welts of
wick, Oa, spent the week mtfi
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Wells.
John Thuss and sons, Johnny
in Nashville, Tenn., with Mr.
and Noland win spend next week
Thuse' parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Thuss.
Mrs. E. C. Winchester of Mon
roe Is visiting Mrs. Edwin Win
ch enter end family here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Mashburn
had as guests last week Mr. and
Mrs Joseph Boryvewskl of Me
dina, New Tork. Mrs. Boryvewskl
is Mrs. Mkshburn's nines. ?
Members of Cherokee Lodge, No
lie who attended the 4Srd Dis
trict meeting Hayesville Monday
night were 8am Cappa and dam
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Davidson and
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Simmons had
as week end guests. Miss Prances
Davidson and Phil Ooforth at
Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett English,
and Mr. and Mrs. W. 1it Lay
spent Wednesday in Atlanta.
Mrs. W. A. Barber at Lake Jun
aluaka, formerly of Murphy. Is at
Pontana Village serving as bos
teas with Government Services.
Inc. Mrs. Barber recently sent
gi ullage to bar Murphy
via A]
4 Towns Send
Beauties To
Andrews Soon
Four town* will have partici
pants lit the beauty contest at the
July ? celebration in Andrews at
the Andrews-Murphy Air Park.
Andrews, Murphy, Hayesvllle
and Robbinsville will send beau
ties to the contest which is spon
sored by the Konnaheeta Club and
the Andrews Chamber of Com
merce, with the cooperation of
business firms In the four towns.
The contest will be In two parts
the selection of a winner from
each town, and then a queen from
the four town winners.
Valuable prises will be given all
winners and runners-up.
The Judging will take place at
the swimming pool, July 8, at S :30
p. m. No admission charge will be
made.
Entry rules for the contest are:
the contestant 1. Must have been
a resident of the town or county
for the last year (1963-84); 3.
Must be between the ages of IB
and 20; S. Must be single; 4.
Must have a bathing suit for the
beauty contest.
Qirla who are Interested in i
terlng should contact the following
persons: in Andrews, Mrs. Robert
Heaton or Mrs. Elisabeth Davis;
in Hayesvllle, Mrs. L. R. Stated;
in Murphy, Mrs. L. L. Mason, Jr.; I
in Robbinsville, Mrs. Ed Ingram.
The deadline for entries is June -
SO. I
The Andrews committee for the
Beauty Contest are: Mrs. Edgar
Wood, chairman; Mrs. L. H. Bak
er, Mrs. Gerald Almond, Mrs. C.
L. Johnson, Mrs. James Ibberson,
Mrs. Wade Reece, Mrs. Hancock
Davis and Mrs. Robert Heaton.
Anotner reatyre of the July S
celebration will be the Kiddie Pa
rade which will be a part of the
big parade to be held on the mom
lng of July S. Parents are request
ed to call Mrs. Margaret Ann
Watry or Mrs. A. B. Chandler, Jr.,
to register children for the parade.
Memorial Service Be
For Mrs. Campbell
A special memorial service (or
Mr| ? n?i? jisntr - Campbell,
founder of the John C. Campbell
Folk School in Biasstown will be
(held in the community room of
the Folk ^choel .on Sunday, June
27, at 2 f\ M.
All friends of Mrs. Campbell and
[the Folk School are invited to at
tend.
i
| Mrs. Campbell, with Marguerite!
I Butler Bidstrup, founded the
'school in 1925, and was its direc
tor until her retirement several
I,
years ago. Until last year she was
Chairman of the Board of Direc
| tors, and at the time of her death
was a member of the Board.
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Mrs. Campbell was an eminent I
L
talk l<vd#t and worked with Cecil.,
Sharp on his ejection of old Eng
lish folk songs and ballads found
in the Southern Mountains. She,
with her husband, was a pioneer
in the field of adult education in
this region, and helped revive and
maintain an Interest in the moun
tain culture.
For many years she was direc
tor of the Council o'f Southern
Mountain Workers, which was
founded by her husband, John C.
Campbell, and she was instrumen
tal in organizing the Southern
Highland Handicraft Guild.
Run-Off Election Is Sat.;|
Carver, Hall On Ballot
The Second Democratic Pri-'
mary?run-off election (or nomi
nation tor sheriff of Cherokee
County?will be held Saturday,
Jun St.
Polling will be from at
the regular polling places.
Only two names appear on the
ballot?those at Luke Carver, in
cumbent, and J. L. flail.
High man in the second primary
will be the Democratic nominee
tor sheriff to run In the genera]
election in November.
Murphy Masons Be
Hosts To Georgians
Murphy Masons will be hosts
Friday evening, June 38, to a De
gree Team from Oeoee Lodge of
Morganton, Qa.
I All Master Masons are invited
to attend the program, which will
consist of a supper in the Lodge
Hall at t:S0 p. m. followed by the
conferring of the Third Degree.
A number of out-of-town Masons
from North Carolina, .Georgia,
and Tennessee are expected to be
present.
1 Still, Whiskey Are
Taken In Raids
Deputy Sheriff Edward Truett.
assisted by Deputy Sheriff Guy
Roberts made a raid on the homes
of Thomas and Jimmy Hardin in
the Beaver Oreek Section, in Val
and captured e Mfll and severe]
gallons of whiskey. They ware
cited before the local
H Bonds Sale
Being Stressed
County meetings were held la
western North Caroline last week
to spur the sale of Series H U. 8.
Saving Bonds, according to Jona
than Woody, area chairman, U. 8.
Savings Bond Oopunlttee.
Kenneth C. Wible, deputy direc
tor of the tJ. 8. Savings Bonds Di
vision, met with Cherokee County
bankers on the bonds.
The sale of Series H Bonds (an
Investment bond) has averaged
almost 75 million dollars a month
?more than double a year ago.
Much of the improvement of H
bonds sales can be attributed to
banker activity, Mr. Woody said. >
[- The H bond is an income pro
ducing investment in which an in'
i terest check is mailed to the own-'
er every six months. This bond
pays three per cent compounded'
interest and is always redeemable
at par.
I
Cherokee County's quota is
137.000, of which $11,000 has al
ready been sold. The bonds can
be purchased at any local bank.'
They can bo bought in denomina
tions of $900. $1,000, $0,000 and
$10.00. i
W. D. WhlUker Is county chair
man ef sales.
V*'
FLAMES BAN RAMPANT here Sunday In the Bag'and Building?on Hlwaaaee River between the
two Bailway depots. Thin picture waa made by Fred Van Horn after the large warehouse (brick struc
ture In back) had been completely gutted by the blase. Damage at this fire was estimated at tMS.SSS.
Another fire Sunday morning filled out the day for the Mnrpky firemen who put ia 14 hours fighting
flames Sunday.
MURPHY'S 84-MAN Volunteer Fire Departmeat, beaded by W. g. Dickey, chief, called in help
from Andrews and MeCaysvflle, Ga., Sunday afternoon to help battle the Rag land Building flame. In
addition to these a number of other persons joined In fire-fighting before the angry blaze was sub
dued. The warehouse storing goods for the Fame rs Federation and Gibbs Hardware, was wiped out,
and the flame lept a firewall into the Hackney- Carolina Building. Firemen were able to keep the fire
from boing below the top floor of the Hackney-Carolina portion. (Photo by Fred Van Horn)
Cherokee Co. Rates High In
Buying Power Survey Shows
SPECIAL TO THE CHEROKEE
SOOCT
NEW YORK?Cherokee County
proved to be a strong market dur
ing the past year, standing well-up
amoftg the nation's 3,073 counties
In business activity. The findings
are contained in Sales Manage
ment's new, copyrighted survey of
buying power, with statistics for
19S3 for all parts of the country.
Continued heavy spending by
residents of Cherokee County was
a bright spot in the local business
picture. Their purchases in the
county's retail stores reached
38,910,000 in the year, slightly
above the 10,710,000 volume record
ed in 1963.
Per family, these expenditures
amounted to 18.000 in the year.
The strength la
In the comity
which
and greater diversity of
Itures, especially in the direction
of luxuries.
The daut snows that the 4,400
local families had a net dispos
able income, after taxes, of $11,
971,000. This was a gain over the
previous year, when net earnings
totaled $10,028,000.
The increase, which was 19.8
percent, was attained generally.
For the country at large a gain of
8.0 percent was reported. In the
South Atlantic States the improve
ments was 7.7 percent.
IV per-family Income la Cher
okee County, aa arithmetical
figure obtained by dhidtag total
beonw by total number at fam
ilies. was $8,721 last year. la
1961 It was $8,382 per hunUy.
That more money Is going Into
savings and Into insurance and in
vestments locally is indicated by
the fact that only 87 cents of each
available dollar is being spent in
retail stores.
Such considerations as the num
ber of people living in an area,
the amount they earn and spend
and the amount they might have
spent go into a rating called "buy
ing power index." For Cherokee
County it is .0068, which is the
percent of the national business
that might be produced locally.
Actually only .0063 percent of that
potential was reached last year, in
dlcatlng that much pent-up pur
chasing power remains.
Andrews Hospital Fund
Drive Is Close To $45,000
Hm District Memorial Hospi
tal fund thermometer at the And
rews Cittsens Bank and Trust
Company was hitting close to
$48,000.00 this week with Andrews
pledges still going strong. Bill
Whl taker
Meanwhile, the Andrews Amer
ican Legion Lester Btlllman Post
97 will move tts square dance to
the High School this Saturday. -
The pest has been sponsoring
square dances at the Oty Hall
with all proceeds going to the hoe-1
pital drive.
The Chamber of Commerce in
Andrews has announced that all
net proceeds from their fourth an
nual July 4th celebration will go
to the hospital drive.
The Chamber pointed out that
the celebration la a county-wide
affair and people from all over the
area are invited to attend the
many events to be staged during
the three-day festivities.
NEW DEPUTY
TBUETT
Edward Tuieit, SI, aa
tl Cherokee Ooortj. reaM
Deputy Mieriff, Friday tmm IS,
by
Mr. TiueSt Is married to toe
AUee
Firebug Probable,
Fire Chief Says
In a fire-a-day week in Murphy
since Sunday an estimated *215,
700 has gone up in flames here.
Murphy Volunteer Fire Depart
ment Chief W S. Dickey said the
Are, which completely gutted a
warehouse in the Ragland Build
ing and burned through the top
floor of the three-story Hackney
Carolina Co. Building Sunday aft
ernoon and night, caused some
*200,000 loss.
Earlier Sunday?about 7:18 a.
m. . a fire broke out at the build
ing on Tennessee St. owned by E.
A. Browning and housing Brown
ie's Pool Room tuid Grill and the
Murphy Shoe Shop. Damages at
this fire were estimated at some
$5,200, according to Mr. Dickey.
Murphy firemen?numbering 24
battled the fires for 14 hours Sun
day. Aid was called In from And
rews and McCaysville, Ga., with
each town sending a truck and
five men to join the local depart
ment in fighting the fire at the
Ragland Building?near the rail
way depots?Sunday afternoon.
beaver home T3
Early Tuesday morning, the
volunteers were again called out
to put out flames at the home of
Glenn Beavers on Old Hospital
Hill. The fire, which was reported
around 5:15 a. m. completely con
sumed the one story frame house,
destroying all furnishings as well
as the house. Loss was estimated
by Mr. Dickey at around *3,500.
The house was owned by C. M.
Wofford heirs.
The Beaver family?especially
one very young child?made 8
narrow escape from the Are.
The Murphy firemen were
called out of bed Wednesday
morning around 5:15 when a
36,000 or 37,033 fire was report
ed at the storage room and
warehouse of Peyton G. I vie,
just below the I vie Funeral
Home here.
The latter fire started in the
room where Ivie stores immediate
grave equipment?grass and
chairs?and immediately lept into
the adjoining warehouse where
the flames licked up a number of
new innerspring mattresses, bed
room and living room furniture
and touched on some electrical
applianaces. The new load of
bedroom furniture had just been
placed in the warehouse last Fri
day. However, nobody had enter
ed the room where- the grave
equipment was stored and where
the fire was said to have started _
since last week, the Ivies said.
The Ivie fire was discovered in
the eariy morning by the Kern's
Bread truck man.
FIRE BtJGT
Mr. Dickey uid the Ragland
Are Sunday and I vie fire Wednes
day appear to have been aet, aa no
apparent cause of origin could be
found for the fires.
However, he said, the pool room
and shoe shop fire was probably
the result of a carelessly tossej
cigarette in some new sawdust
Mr. Dickey said the sawdust was
put behind the pool room Satur
day.
The Beaver home, he said,
probably caught fire from defec
tive wiring.
Further investigation is being
held on the fires.
Meanwhile the pool room man
aged by Jack Veyles and the
shop, managed by Qoetter
Louder-milk, are already
plans to rebuild an
The big fire Sunday at the Rag
land Building was still smolder
ing as late as Tuesday. "Die Mas*
waa said to have originated in a
large, three story building being
used as a warehouse by the Far
mers Federation and Gibbs Hard
ware A Auto Supply Go., owned by
Jim Gibbs.