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YOUR COMMUNITY
PROMOTING MURPHY AND ANDREWS
VOLUME M NUMBER? U
MURPHY NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1SS5
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EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK.
People You Know,
MUBPHT
Sfc- and Mrs. Bud Brown and
baby, Debbie, are here visiting J
Mrs. Brown's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Cloe Moore. The Browns will I
be here for a month before going
to Augsburg, Germany.
Miss Susie Miller student at Ag
nes Scott College, Decatur, Ga.,
came home for the week end bring
ing guests with her. They were
George Spragins and Randy Seck
man from Georgia Tech, and Ha
Jo Dorough of Agnes Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Latshaw and
children, John, Eileen, David and
Phillip of Spring City, Tenn., spent
the week end with Mrs. Latshaw's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fox (
The Latshaws moved from Murphy i
to Spring City last summer.
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Hoover at
tended a reunion of his High School ,
Class of Crouse High School at the
Battery Park Hotel In Asheville
from Friday till Sunday.
Mrs. Robert R. Rector has re- ,
turned to her home in Chattanooga J
after several days' visit here with j
her mother-in-law, Mrs. Lewis (
Hodges.
Mrs. E. H. Brumby and daughter ]
Mary Bolan were in Carrollton
Ga. on business over the week end.
Mrs. Dale .Lee attended a Gos-|
sard Corset School in Atlanta last |
week.
Mrs. J. W. Crawford of Candler,
sister of T. A. Case, and Miss
Louise Moore, his niece of near
Henderaonville, are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Case this week.
Mrs Francis Bourne, Sr., was in '
Atlanta last week.
Mrs. H. G. McBrayer has re- ,
turned to Anderson, S. C., after'
visiting her mother, Mrs. G. W.
Candler here last week. ,
R. C. Mattax 4* visiting his son
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. |
John Campbell and family in
Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Franklin spent
last week end in Franklin with
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. 1
and Mrs. Doug Simpson and fam
ily. / I
ANDREWS
Mrs. Giles Cover attended the
Ramp Convention held in Cook
County, Tennessee Saturday.
Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Davis of
Qunicy, Fla. spent the week end
here as guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.
E. Davis, enroute to Waynesvilee
where they will spend several
weeks at the Davis Farm.
Mrs. W. A. Cathey. Mrs. Carl
West, Mrs. Elmer Childers and
Mrs. Charles Almond attended the
Baptist WMU Associational meet
ing held in Hayesville Wednesday.
Miss Jessie Truett has returned
after spending last week in Ashe- 1
ville with her brother, J. L . Truett ]
and family.
Mrs. R. A. Dewar left Tuesday
for a stay of several days with her
daughter, Mrs. Alice D. Harris in
Knoxville, Tenn.
The Rev. John C. Corbitt will re
turn Thursday (today) after con
ducting a ten days Indian Mission
work revival in Cherokee.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ferguson of
Sylva were guests at Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Herbert over the week end.
Miss TrUby Glenn spent the .week
end at Suit as guest of Mrs. Hoy*
Rogers.
Mrs. Jess Moulton has returned
to her home In Charleston. W. Va.
after * two weeks visit here with
her sister, Mrs. Lee Watkons and
other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Walker
have returned after a visit in Ral
eigh with their son. Pitt jr., who is
a page In the N. C. Senate.
Mr. and KB. & J. Oernert and
sots, Johnny spent last week in
RMftfer. Pa. and Atlantic Ctty,
Va.
Mm O. W. Cover has returned
after a visit wtth her sister, Mrs.
Roy Campbell and fiUnfly of New
port, tarn. While away Mrs. Cover
attended the seoond amwial Ramp
Festival held In Oooby, Tenn. re
cently at which time former Presi
dent Harry S- Truman Was among
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Forest Fir?.s Take
Toll Of 1,000 Acres;
Conditions Critical
PLANS OKEYED
FOR HOSPITAL
Plans and specifications for the
District Memorial Hospital to be
erected in Andrews have been ap
proved by. the North Carolina Med
leal Care Commission and the fed
eral government, P. B. Fere bee,
chairman of the nospiv?i"s board
of directors' said.
The plans were completed recent
ly by the Six Associates; Inc., archi
tects and engineers of Asheville.
Advertisements for bids from
contractors have been inserted in
building trade publications, Mr.
Ferebee said.
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The bids will be opened in And
rews at the City Hall at 2 p. m.
Friday,) June 3.
? Several bad forest fires have tak- 1
en their toll on National Forest
land during the past weak and
burning: conditions are listed as
"critical", according to Ranger W. [
E. Howell. I
The worst ot tne tires occured
on Pounding Mill Creek drainage
in Clajr County where some 1,000
acres were destroyed ? largely on
National Forest land.
^ The fire started about noon Sat- ,
?jrday, Howell said, and was fan- '
ned by strong winds making con
trol very difficult and hazardous, i
The flame was brought under
control Sunday morning, Howell
said, but the mop up crews are still
patrolling the lines to prevent the
fire from breaking out again.
Other smaller fires occurred at
Junaluska Gap, Bryson Gap, near
Unaka and Persimmon Creek, near
Letitia.
Financing Of Water
System Under Study
A three-man committee from ths i
town of Murphy-Mayor L. L. |
Mason, H. L. McKeever, town attor
ney, and Town Clerk Charlie John- 1
son is In Raleigh today studying
the possibilities of financing a new |
Murphy water system.
The three town officials left
here Tuesday to meet with the
Local 'government Commission.
Several (tlans to finance the Water
I project were carried to the com
mission by the committee.
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The Local Government Commis
sion is being asked to study all
the plans with an eye toward okey
ing one of them for financing the
water system.
The officials should be back In
Murphy FnSijr
It was reported, unofficially,
that the three-man committee is
concentrating on getting a go
ahead from the LGC on a financing
plan that does not include an in
crease in taxes.
Davis Is Nominated For
Lions Club Presidency
MerU Davis last week was nomi- '
nated for president of the Murphy
Lions Club. Elections will be held
May II.
Other nominations reported by
the nominating committee were
Joe Ray. first vice president;
Cloe Moore, second vice president,
and Arnold Beerkens, third vice
president.
Also Alden Coward, secretary;
Bob Bell, treasurer, Jack Dickey,
tail twister, and Roy Fuller, lion
tame?.
Nominees to the board of direc
tors were Mercer Fain, Harve Elk
ins, H. A. Mattox, and A. Q. Ket
one?.
.The nominating committee in
cluded Harry Bishop, Doyle Burch, ,
I' Bob Easley and Harve Elkins.
Any further nominations from i
the floor for posts in the club will,
'be made Tuesday, May 10 before,
the balloting starts.
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Bob Easley
Loses Mother
Mrs. R. W. Easley of Bristol,
Tenn. died at 2 p. m. Monday In a
Bristol Hospital, of a heart attack.
She fell on Saturday, April SO,
and broke her hip and died an the
operating table, It was reported.
She is survived by two sons,
I Swell Easley of Bristol and R. W.
| Easley, Jr. of Murphy, and three
'grandchildren. ^
I Funeral Services were held Wed
nesday at S p. m. in Oneida, Tenn.
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Talent Show Set '
Friday, May 13
J It teJtiine to Ogn up (or the talent
Aow, which will be presented FH
day May IX in Hie Andrew* High
School auditorium.
| The show is sponsored by the
KonnaheeU club and cash prises
will be given. Entries are aaked
to rign with the following commit
tee: Mrs. James H. A.
Van Gorder and Itn. Margaret C
Wild Flowers Is
AAUW Topic Tonight
Mrs. John Baughman will pre
sent a program on wild flowers at
the meeting of the Cherokee Coun
ty Branch of the American Associ
ation of University Women tonight
CONTEST WINNERS
Murphy'. FFA livestock Jndgtag wtnnln* tcrnu are Mr above
after the beef Judging team won first place tat the Nantahala Federa
tta contest at Chnsos College, 81 C-, recently. The dairy Judging
team wsn second place. Both teams will compete to the district con
test la AshevUn, May II and 14. Members of the beef Judging team
are: front raw, left to right, Ben Ashe, Earl Queen, Walter Johnson,
Clark Byers and 1. C. Owenby. Members of the dairy Judging team
are: back raw, left te right, Peari Johnson, Leonard Foster, Clark
Anderson, BUly Jmm and Charles Phillips."
Murphy Baseball Team Will
Open Season Here May 13
A non-?upenrtltiou? Murphy
baseball team Drill officially open
Ita aeaaon ajralnat ?trong Riceyllle,
Tenn., here ftMay, Kay 18.
and 8.
The opening game against Rlc?
ville Mt tor Kay IS ahould be a
rapid On beginning at the Mason
tor Murphy.
Rice via* ? a strong tNm la Om
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Salk Polio Vaccine Is Proved effective
CHANDLER IS i
ANDREWS MAYOR!
A. B. Chandler, Jr., Democrat I
was elected mayor of Andrews
I Tuesday and the Democrats also
I took the four alderman posts on
the town board.
Chandler polled 373 votes defeat
ing Republican Grady Garret with
1 171.
' The four new aldermen and theif
votes are: Ty Burnette, 341; Mar
vin Pullium, 344; J. L. Truett, 349;
and Roy Williams, 319..
The Republican candidates and
their votes were: Grady Barlowe.
203; Lush Ledford, 195; Carlyle
Matheson, 199; and S. H. Palmer,
176.
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Murphy Church
To Re Host At
Regional Til Meet
The First Baptist Church of
Murphy will be host to the annual
regional Training Union Conven
tion Friday and Saturday, May
6-7.
Main speakers will be Dr. Ram
sey Pollard, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Knoxville, Ten:i.,
and a leader in the Southern Bap
tist Convention and the Rev. Leslie
Buir.gartner. missionary on the
Cherokee Indian Reservation.
Dr. Pollord wiU speak at 8:13 p.
m. Friday and the Rev. Mr. Buin
gartner will have the closing medi
tation at 12 :20 p. m. Saturday.
The two day session will begin
at' 2. p. m Friday with registra
tion. Conferences for the various
departments will be held Friday
^lii^nooE
The young people's speaking
tuornament will be held Friday at
7-15 p. m. with Mrs. R$y Bennett in
charge. The Junior memory work
tournament will be Saturday mon
ing at. 9:20 and the intermediates
sword drill will be Saturday at
11:10 a m.
Carl Corbin is regional director.
Persons staying overnight for
the convention will - be guests in
Murphy homes.
at 7:30.
I The meeting will be at the home
jof Miss Edna Bishop and Mis.;
Phyllis Snyder will be co-hostess, i
FIRST GRADER uonna Drortc grins for the camera aa Dr.
(ieorge Sice gives her her first Salk polio shot. Donna Is the daughter
of Mrs. Lena Drozir of Murphy and is in Airs. Harold Brown's first
grade at Murphy School. The Salk polio vaccine has been proven up
to 80 per cent effective In preventing polio. (Murphy School Photo)
Local Red Cross
Chapter Needs Help
"The Cherokee County Red Cross#
Chapter, with headquarters in Mur
phy and covering the territory
from Marble to the Tennessee and
Georgia state lines, needs your
help to survive," the Rev. J. Alton
Morris, chapter president, said to
day.
Mr. Morris pointed out that to
Uato the chapter has raised only
about $850.48. The goal is (2,300.
The amount that must be raised
to keep the chapter is (1,500, Mr.
Morris said. J
The four definite services being
rendered in Cherokee County, now, '
Mr. Morris asserted are the fol- 1
lowing :
DEFINITE SERVICES
1. Services to the Armed For
ces. The U. S. Congress holds the |
Red Cross responsible for this ser
vice and it is difficult to get rapid j
service otherwise the president
pointed out.
2. Home care of the sick; home j
nursing courses at Murphy High
School and at the John C. Camp- j
bell Folk School.
3. Water safety classes in the
summer when many local Boy
Scouts pags their safety merit
baugeS. " 1 11
4. Blood program. East jear
S. C. used blood (whole blood,
serum, albuin and gamma glo
bulin) with a commercial value
of some $1,354,950. Cherokee
County's pro rata share of this
amount is $390 in the Asheville
Regional Blood Center for 1964
55.
"Our chapter has given only
about one third the coat of a new
car for all the above-mentioned
services," Mr. Morris/ said. These
facts shruV help you know how vi
tal it is that we keep our Red
Cross Chapter, Morris stated.
DONATIONS NEEDED
, In order to keep the local Red
Cross Chapter many individuals
and business places will have to
make a donation and many who
have already donated will have to
'increase their donations, Mr. Mor
ris said.
Persona are asked to mail or
take their contribution* at once
to Floyd Bowman, Red Croas Prive
chairman, at Soaaaraon Furniture
Co., or to 8. 8. Williams at the
bank.
Garden Club Has
Program On Hoses
Mrs. Frank Forsyth and Mrs. C.
P. Pennington were hostesses to
the Murphy Garden Club Thursday
at the home of Mrs. Forsyth here.
Mrs. Jack Bocook gave a pro
gram on rases and rose culture for
the some 20 members and several
visitors presents.
The duty will sponsor the- organi
zation of another garden club
Tuesday, May 10 at 8 p. m. in the
Murphy Primary School audi
torium. Each club member will
contact one person about the new
club and anyone interested in join
ing the new club is invited to at
tend the organizational meeting,
j The Murphy Garden Club will
also sponsor a clean-up of ap
proaches to the town and unsightly
| trash heaps.
| Persons were appointed to in
j vestigate organization of garden
i clubs in nearby towns.
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[Two Arrest* Made
I During Still Raids
Two arrests were made, two il
licit stills destroyed, and 20 gallons
of "shine" and 600 gallons of mash
were poured out during two sepa
rate raids recently, Sheriff Claude
Anderson said.
The two arrests were made dur
ing raid on a small still near An
drews. Approximately 200 gallons
of mash were poured out and 10
gallons of white whiskey was des
troyed at the 30-gallon capacity
still.
The larger 50-gallon capacity
still was destroyed in the Violet
( section. Some 400 gallons of mash
^ and another 10 gallons of "white"
was poured, out.
I Officers on the raid were Depu
ties Char! os White of Murphy, and
Lofton West of Andrews; Jack Mc
Millian, Murphy constable, and
ATU Officer Elrod.
| Cutter Vaccine
Not Used Here
The Salk polio vaccine had al
ready been proved as an immuniz
ation to polio before it was used on
school children this season, Dr.
B. W. Whitfield said today.
Dr. Whitfield, one of the Chero
kee County physicians who admin
istered the shots through the coun
ty schools, made the statement af
ter several cases of polio broke out
in California.
The Cutter vaccine used in Cali
fornia was not used in this county,
Dr. Whitfield, said.
But he pointed out that those chil
dren who have polio in California
are in an epidemic area. The good
record of Salk vaccine is pointed
up in California he explained since -
only 30 children have contracted
polio out of five million in that
section.
The Salk vaccine, Dr. Whitfield
asserted, was tested and pre-test
ed even before another test was
made on school children in a selec
ted location last year. All the tests
proved that the vaccine is effect
ive.
Only after all the tests, he said,
was the vaccine used this year all
over the country.
The vaccine is not 100 per cent ef
fectlve, Dr. Whitfield said, but 80
per cent effective. He asserted that
30 children who now have polio in
California culd very well have been
been carrying the germ before
they received their first shots.
One vaccine shot is not enough
to gain immunity, the doctor point
ed out. A board of experts, headed
by Dr. Salk, found that the first
I shot shoo*#, be followed in or
ft* if weeks by the second 'shot.
Then for th4 most complete pr^fce
tion, the board announced, the
third shot should come some seven
months after the third shot.
Not one single reaction from the
shots themselves has been report
ed in Cherokee County, Dr. Whit
field said.
Meanwhile Governor Hodge n an
nounced the appointment of a state
advisory committee to coordinate
distribution of the Salk vaccinc.
The committee is expected ti> as
sure the most equitable distribu
tion of all supplies alloted to North
Caroling. Dr. J. W. R. Norton,
state health officer. ?was named
chairman of the committee.
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i Murphy Band
iPlans Open Air
Concert At Park
The Murpliy School Band will
hold an open air concert starting
at 8 p. m., Saturday, May 14, Kd
i Reynolds, band director, said.
The concert 'will be held at the
school Ball Park. No admission win
be charged.
During the meeting o t the Band
Boosters Club last Friday night, It
was announced that $167.70 was
raised at the last band concert.
. Hie money will be used by the
club in promotion of the band.
Headrick Is Elected
Civitan Club President
Iur. a. J. Usadrtck was elected
president at the Murphy Clvttan
CJub during a meeting Monday
night.
Other officen elected were O.
W. Arnold, vice praddwt, and
Don Ramsey, secretary-troasuror.
Members etected to the board
of directors are Obntir I iww,
L J. Phillips, Roy Lovingood, and
Oordan A. Wilson. >
I During other bustnisa at ttM
it matter:
J Dr. Oeorge Dyer trrns appointed
{chairman of the schnUrshtp