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VOLUME M NUMBER? II
PROMOTING MURPHY AND ANDREWS
MUBPHY NORTH OABOUNA
THURSDAY, FEB IT, IMS
EIGHT PAGES THIS
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People Vou Knowj
Mrs C. i, W. Zirbes has returned
from Kenly where she waa the
guest of Solicitor and Mrs. Jack
Hooks (or two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L Town son, Mr.
and Mrs. Alden Coward and chil- 1
dren, Suzanne, Bruce and Bryan
left Monday for a vacation in St. |
Petersburg, Fla.
Mrs. J. B. Gray spent the week
end at Ft. McPherson, Ga. with j
SFC Bub Brown and Mrs. Brown j
Mrs. Bob Bault took her daugh
ter, Sally back to Warm Springs,
Ga. Monday where she will under
go another operation. They were
accompanied by Mrs. W. A. Bell
who has gone to Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Franklin spent
the week end with their children,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fulmer and fam
ily in Sylva, and Mr. and Mrs.
Doug Simpson and family in Frank
lin.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Odom were
week end guests of Mr. Odom's sis
ter, Mrs. E. L. Browne and Mr.'
Browne and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie
Sweat Sr. of Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Queen and
children, Nadeane and Danny of
Clinton, Tenn., visited Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Odom and other friends
iiere last week.
Mrs. S. N. Bobo, Jr. and daugh
ter, Sandra Lee of Marietta, Ga.,
and Miss Elda Queen and Miss
Evelyn Hall of Atlanta were 'guests
last week end of Mrs. Sallie Queen
and Miss Beluah Quefcn here.
Mr. and Mrs. James McDonali
and son, Jimmy, of Charlotte
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. Howard McDonald.
Robert Clauss, of Glen wood, New
Mexico, accompanied by his sons,
Robert '? M- Arthur, spent three
days here last week with Mr. and
^ Mrs. Anton Schmitt and Joan and
3obby. Mr. Clause is a cousin of
Mrs. Schmitt The visitors came
via their Beachcraft plane which
they landed at the. Andrews Air
port. They left at 12:S0 p. m. Wed
nesday and expected to arrive in
Buffalo, N. Y., at 4:? p. m. that
day.
Mrs. J. H. Wilson, Sr., who has
been visiting her sister in Gaines
ville, Ga., has returned home.
Mrs. Myrt Cherry and Mrs. |
Elisabeth Hunt of Chattanooga, .
Tenn., spent the day Monday and
were dinner guests of Mrs. Morris
Moore here.
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ANDREWS
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Mr. and Mrs. Ctove Almond have
returned after a weeks stay in Lei !
c eater with Mrs. Almond's moth
er.
Mrs. W. A. Cathey has returned
after a two weeks visit with her
sons Va&ce Cathey and family and
Mr. and Mrs. James Cathey in
Richmond, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Nichols are
visiting their son, Lee Nichols Jr., |
Mrs. Nichols and Lee III at Center !
ville. Term. Enroute home they 1
will visit Mrs. Nichol's parents, ;
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Candler of '
Villa Rica, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Corbitt
had as their guests Donald Holland
and Bob Ensley students at Mars
Hill College for the week end.
Mrs. John Cooper who has been
a patient at a Murphy hospital has
returned to her home.
Dan Cathey, page for Represen
tative Marcellus Buchanan in of j
Jackson county spent the week end
here with his mother, Mrs. W. A.
Cath?jry j
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Barnard and
daughter, Joe Evelyn of Franklin
spent the week sad with Mrs. .
Barnard's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. o. MdftMriy.
Among tboM who attended the]
McDonald Dies Aft e
Bite From Rabid Dog
N. A. McDonald, 79-year-old re
tired farmer of Route 3, Murphy,
died at 10:80 a. m. Saturday In a
Murphy hospital after been bit
by a mad dog the end of last
month. i
The death certificate listed ra
bies as the cause of death.
Mr. McDonald was a native and
lifelong resident of Cherokee Coun
ty.
Funeral services ,were held at
2 :30 p. m. Sunday in White Church
at Hanging Dog.
The Rev. Fred Stiles and the
Rev. Weldon West officiated. Bur- 1
ial as in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Frank, Charlie
and J. D. McDonald. Virgil, Dee
and Rex Kephart.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Amanda Allen McDonald; one sif
ter, Mrs. Martha Lunsford of
Lea^csville; and twV> brothers; Al
len of Murphy, Route 3, and John
of Athens, Tenn.
Townson Funeral Home *ras in j
charge.
- Meanwhile, County Sanitation :
Officer Dave Moody was making '
arrangements for a state health of 1
filial to meet with the Cherokee
County Commissioners and discuss
the rabid and stray dog problem
in this county.
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Mercury Falls
iTo 3 Degiee?
J The mtrcury dropped to a dull
ing three degrees lost Sunday
morning In the lowest reading of
the recent cold period.
Saturday morning's low was
j nine degree, TVA's hydraulic data
division said.
I Mr. Lawson of TV A said the
| three degrees temperature of Sun- 1
day monring was the lowest read
ing here since Dec. 18, 1953 when
a zero temperature was recorded.
| The rainfall of "the previous
week end, Mr. Lawson said, show
ed 1.90 inches of rain falling in a
24 hour period Feeb. 5 and 6; and
j 1.80 inches on Feb. 7. The total
for Murphy was a high 3.50.
However, Andrews beat Murphy
in rainfall that week end, with 2.90
inches on the 6th; and 1.23 on the
7th; total 4.13 inches for the storm.
| The snowfall of the week end and
Monday was not enough to meas- 1
jure, Mr. Lawson said. - |
Andrews Airport Is
Base During Search
Civil Air PatroT units are comb
ing the Western North Carolina
mountains In search of a Knoxvllle
youth, repo-><l missing since Fri
day.
Five CAP units were alerted for
the search and one wing is tempor
arily based at the Andrews-Mur
phy Airport in connection with the
search.
Teddy Jamigan, 18, Knoxville
high school senior, took off in a
four-place yellow and black 8 tin
son plane at 7 :15 p. m. Friday. He
was en route to Atlanta, via Chatt
anooga.
It waa thought the strong storm
winds of Friday night might have
blown the small aircraft off Its
course. y
J Meanwhile one plan* flying to
(the Andrews airport Monday was
long overdue and feared down.
I Capt. Edward Earnhardt, CAP
chaplain from Washington, N. C.,
was found unharmed after he 1
landed at the Lincoln ton Air Port
after he was overdue at the Ashe
ville-Hendersonville airport.
He continued on to the Andrews- 1
Murphy port to assist in the search i
for Jarnigan.
The search was abandoned Mon
| day due to weather conditions, but 1
was resumed Tuesday.
Rabies Clinics To
Continue This Week
The aeries of Rabies Clinics
continuing in this county will be
held this week as follows:
Grape Creek - Unaka, Thursday
Feb, 17: 1:30 - 2 p. m. Beaverdam
Church; 2 - 2:30 p. m. TUchman
Dockery Store; 2:30 - 3:30 p. m.
Unaka Post Office; 3:30 - 4 p. m.
Ogreeta Church; 4:30 - S p. m.
George Roger's Hcjuse.
Hanging Dog, Friday, Feb. 18:
1 :30 ? 2 p. m. Boiling Springs Curch
2 - 2:30 p. m. Kont's Store; 2:30
- 3 White Church; 3-3:30 Owl
Creek Church; 3:80 - 4:30 p. m.
Frank Kephart's Store; 4:30 - 5 p.
m. Clyde Dockery'a Store.
Murphy - Tomotla. Saturday,
Feb. 19; 1 :30 - 2 p. m. Texana
School; 5.-2:30 p. m. Mulkey's
Store; 2:30 - 3 p. m. Pleasant Val
ley Store; 3 -3:30 p. m. Charlie
Mull'a Store; 3:30 - 4 p. m. Tomot
la School; 4-4:30 John Stratton's
Store; 4:30 - 5 p. m. Vlrge Coffey's
home.
SMC Games Begun
At Andrews, Bryson
The Murphy girls basketball
squad were to have faced Robbins
vtlle last night (Wednesday) at
Bryson CUy while the Andrews
girls drew a bye In the flrst {day
of the Smoky Mountain Conference
Tournament.
The Andrews boy* will face
GlenvtUe at ? p. m. tonight
(Thursday) and the Murphy boys
will see action tor the first time
at ? p. m. Saturday. The Murphy
"boy* drew a bye tor the flrat
ronid. Tfcs boys .Ult> will be play
?d in Andrews,
The foustriii* scheduMwas work
ed up tor the fwst round at a meet
toe Tuesday night to Andrews with
tha girts games is Bryson City and
m.; Andrews, bye; Webster vs.
Bryson, t p. m. ; Nantahala vs.
Stecoah, 3:30 p. m., and Highlands
vs. Cherokee, 6 :S0 p. m.
Boys games (or Thuraday : Mur
phy, bye; Franklin vs. Hiwassee
Dam, 3:80 p. m. ; Nantahala vs.
HayesvUle, 12:80 p. m.; Webster
vs. Cherokee, 6:30 p. m.; Swain
vs. Jtobbinsville, S g. m. ; Steooah
vs. ?:? p. ?n.> Cullowhee vs. Wgh
lands, 4 fr- and Qlenvtlfe vs.
Andrew*, < p. *w
On fatah lay at 8 m. Murphy
boys will see action against the (
winner ot FVankltn-Hhraaaee Dam
tame played Thursday.
If the Murphy girls gat by Re*
UiwviUe they will aae *ctk? tn
the second round at 5 p. m. Friday
against Fraaktti or Cullowhae.
The Asdrwm giris will play fea
ittaadt of the Wabatar-Bryaon Ctty
game at ?:?p. m. Friday.
fc mi 1 1 1 m tan ?
STANDS INSPECTION
Cherokee County's new 2,006 square foot health clinic yesterday was to stand its final Inspection with '
tho North Carolina Hospital Care Commission. Hie 133,849 building will bouse headquarters for such
services as sanitation, vital statistics, maternal and child health, communicable and other dise?e eon- v
trol, laboratory service and health education. The federal government paid <14,670 on the cost of the 11
clinic, the state paid $11,072 and Cherokee County piid $7,603.08. L. L. Mason, former county attorney,
represented the county during the inspection. (Scout Photo)
Church Attendance Crusade
Starts Sun. With Census
Murphy's second town-wide
church attendance crusade will get J
underway tfer4 Sunday afternoon'
with a religious census.
The five churches sponsoring the
cnisade are the First Baptist, First
Methodist, Presbyterian, Free
Methodist and Episcopal.
Representatives from the five
churches will meet next Sunday,
Feb. *3, at the Baptist church at
2 p. .n. for Instructions. The Rev.
J. Alton Morris is in charge of the
census.
A group of lay speakers from
churches will rotate among the
churches and speak for four Sun
days, beginning Feb. 27. The Rev. '
G. H. GreUler is In charge ?' 'he
lay speakers.
The crusade will also be pro-.1
moted through chapel programs on
Wednesday when ministers will
speak to the school children. The
first of these speakers, the Rev.
J. A. Morris spoke at the chapel
program yesterday. Father Jos
eph L?ean of the Catholic Church ,
will speak next Wednesday, Feb.'
23, Ashe Wednesday.
Rev. Winters, working with Mrs. I
R. S. Bault at the school, is in
charge of the chapel programs.
Goals for attendance have been
set in each church Sunday School
afid worship service.
The crusade will climax with
three revivals : the Methodist
Church, starting Palm Sunday,
Ap. 3 and ending Easter; the Bap
tist Church, starting Easter, Ap.
10; and the Presbyterian Church,
starting Ap. 24.
The crusade will be promoted
through the newspaper, window
cards and two billboards.
The slogan for the crusade is
"God is our strength."
NEW SCHOOL STARTED k
DENNIS GRAHAM MB. HMntRCT f
Noah Hembree, chairman of Hie Cherokee Coanty Board of Educa
tion, la handed a shovel by Dennis Oiaham, pujsMiit of flw Bhru- ,
see Dam School Senior Class, Jnst before the first shovel of dirt Is j
tuned tor a now schosl building for that section. A large crowd was
on hand last Thursday lor the |ramd breaking ceremonies. The new
school win coot about $9M,MS and Is expected to he flw most op to [
date plant la Cherokee County. The shovel need by Mr. Hembree I
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NEW CIVIC
CLUB TALKED
FOR MURPHY
Tte tint (tap toward t an civic
chib la Mnrpiqr was to te takan at j
T:? p. m. Wttlniadtty ?k? <rm.
RMMtit tM Ratal lloUl to|
m m
> a master al tte
ton Klwani* Club mm to meet with ? ii
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Warren ITI?ty of Kfwanii Inter- 1
TkoM mttMdtaf the mMUa('|
from Murphy aifMd a petition |
making that a Khruto Club b*'
fam?d h?r?, Dr. Rabwt H. Owati, I
prMtdmt at Um ^o? ortng C**?- j ^
Council Rules On !
Parking Holidays 1
The Murphy town council Mod
lay night voted to establish (our
holidays for free parking: at meter
id spaces.
The holidays are Sunday, Christ
mas day, July 4 and Thanksgiving.
In other action, council:
Established Murphy as a bird
sanctuary.
And held further discussions on
Jje town's proposed water works.
Council's budget committee was
nstructed to make a study of the
town's income and expenditures
[>efore further action is taken on
the water system.
Bartcn Is On County
Board Of Education
Andrew J. Barton ol Peachtree
became a member of the Cherokee
County Board of Education this
?reek after a bill introduced by
Senator H. M. Moore pasted both
louses of the General Assembly.
The bill passed in the Senate
February 7 and passed the House
February 11.
Mr. Barton will fill out the unex- _
tired term of Lawaoo Lunsford of ^
Jeachtree who resigned.
According to the Mil Mr. Barton ]
rill serve until the first Monday j
a April, 1167, or until & successor
i elected and qualified. ^
harden Club To |]
iear Co. Agent (|
County Aftnt Q. A Farley will
? the speakar at t* meettaf of 1
1
Feb. K at the borne of "
frs Trancls Bourne, t. 2 ^
?. OHmrtte wffl be eo- t
Tri- County
Area To Have
rB Survey
The State Board of Health will
amish two mobile x-ray units and
echnicians (or a tri-county free
hest x-ray survey April 1-16.
Initial plans for the survey were
lade here last week when state
ealth representatives met with
ersons from Cherokee, Clay and
rah am' Counties.
Dr. William A. Smith, introduced
y Mrs. W. H. McKeever, p resent -
4 the plan for the survey.
rhe local communities will supply
M clerical help and conduct the
durational campaigns for the sur
ey. Funds for the survey came
artly from the Christmas Seal
ale for tuberculosis held during
>ecembei. ? /
UNIT STOPS
During the survey the unite will
nake stops at Robbinsville, Hay
sville, Andrews, Marble, Murph >,
langer, Martin's Creek and Hi
irassee Dam. Exact location of the
inits at the stops will be announc
id soon, along with the time of day
he units will be in operation.
The units can -ray an average of
400 persons each day. Hie actual
x-ray procedure takes about
three minute*, since it la not
necessary to remove any cloth
ing for the cheat x-ray picture to
be taken.
Reports of findings will be mail
d to each individual within three
reeks after the survey is over. The
eport will include any findings
uch as .ung tumor or abnormal
eart, as well an tuberculosis.
35 AT*ntND
The SS persons attending the
leet last week were : the Rev. As
nond Maxwell, Toastmaster's
Huh, Mrs. H. Bueck, Tuberculosis
tammittee; Ben Ragsdale, Boy
couta; H. Bueck, Murphy Schools
nd lions Club; Miss Elizabeth
iray, Jr. Woman's Club; Mrs. F.
r. Taylor, American Legion Aux
liary; Mrs. C. K. Olson, Murphy
Ichoola; and Mrs. Herman Jones.
U. S, Murphy.
Also J. E. Rufty. Andrews
Schools; S. J. Gernert, Andrews
ftotary Club; the Rev. James Horn
tmckle, county ministerial alliance
Capt. Frank Swan, Andrews Amer
lean Legion; Mrs. G. S. Rodda awl
Mrs. A. B. Chandler Sr., Konna
heeta Woman's T3ub; G. H. Far
ley and Miss Edna Bishop, County
Farm and Home Agents; Bill Mil
ler, Martin' 8 Creek Community,
Lloyd W. Hendrix, county schools:
Mrs. Clay Hopwood, Hiwassee
Dam Community: Dr. I. M. Weir,
Martin's Creek Community; Mrs
John Baughman, AAUW.
CLAY REPS
Clay County representatives
were: Mrs. Velma Beam Moore,
county home agent; Mrs. Mary E.
Johnson, health department clerk.
Graham County representatives
were Miss Helen Ghormley, pub
lic health nurse; Mrs. Allene
Campbell, health depsillUM*
clerk; and Marion Ennls, sani
tarian with the health department.
The Cherokee County Health De
partment was represented by Mrs.
Lewis Swain and Miss Willie Lo*tn
good, public health nurses; Mrs.
W. H. McKeever, health depart
ment clerk; and Dave Moody,
health department sanitarian.
Others attending the meeting
were Mrs. Edgar Wood of And
rews and Mrs. L. V. McMahaa oT
Murphy, who will assist with the
educational program for the snr
trey; Dr. William A. Smith, chief
>f the tuberculosis saqtkn at Oto
K. C Mate Board of BsaMfc and
Paul Braxwett, field rsprw? Is
Jve for the N. C. Tub nidus to
NEW METERS