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M ? < THURSDAY ? Fair FRIDAY ? Bail SATURDAY and SUNDAY Pair Sty? Uiftruto $rmit Support Your School Basketball Teams DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY VOLUME 91 NUMBER? 2* MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY U, 1*58 Murphy Library PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY JUST TOLERABLE By GENE PARKER There we were? just cruising down Hanging Dog Road and en joying a nice Sunday afternoon drive, taking in all the beautiful surroundings of Cherokee County. Not a care in the world- The "younguns" were behaving and the car wasn't skipping. This was go ing to be the most enjoyable Sun day afternoon we had known since last summer. Then it happened There he sat a cross that bridge about a half-doz en miles from Murphy. He was all smiles, that Highway Patrol man R. W. Hef fner. Asked the "younguns" 1 i Santa was good to them. Tipped his hat politely to the wife, then asked to see my driver's license Driver's license? Oh, you mean driver's license .... North Caro lina driver's license. South Caro lina driver's license okay, officer? I knew by that broad grin that 225 pound Heffner gave me that things were not "just tolerable " He was nice, though, the nicest patrolman you would ever want to give you a ticket Kept giving me that old Ipana smile all the time he was writing. Yes he did. It wouldn't have been so bad had he just hand ed me the ticket and let me be on my way without commnt but he had to go and invite me to go to the Toastmaster's Club with him the following Thursday. ? ? ? ? Ask Virgil O'Dell . - . he'll tell you things are "just tolerable" these days with him. A Mack truck inviting itself into his restau rant didn't help business any even if he did get a lot of free public ity for his restaurant. The tractor trailer not only knocked out the front of his restaurant, it hit his auto on the way. Virgil looked at his smashed wall, splintered booths and tables and exclaimed: "They' re coming in by the truck loads." Someone else made the comment: "Man, that guy was hungry ? . . couldn't even wait to park." ? ? ? ? Shivering Fizz Nichols says he understands the Russians claim they have a new invention to con trol the weather. Fizz says he hopes they make it summer time all the time "cause I'm tired of this cold weather." Lyu Gailt To Speak T? Local Club Lynn Gault of Brasstown will be guest speaker and will show slides of his extensive collection of wild flowers at the regular meeting of the Cherokee Rose Garden Club which will meet Tuesday night at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Roy V Lovingood. Two Men Drown In Santeetlah Lake Polio Vaccine Recommended For Unprotected Children In Cherokee County Area Heart Fund Drive Moving Forward In Andrews Area ANDREWS? The 1958 Heart Fund drive in the Andrews, Mar ble and Topton area moved another step forward today when Mrs. Mildred Ray, cashier of the Citi zzens Bank and Trust Company, Andrews, accepted the position of treasurer of the drive which will open February 1, reach its peak on Heart Sunday, February 23 and close February 28 Mrs. A. B. Chandler Sr. was named publicity chairman. Mrs. Edgar A. Wood Jr., Chairman of the Fund Drive in this area, also announced the appointment of Mrs. Wendell Ulm of Topton to serve as chairman in that area. Others on Mrs. Ulm's committee to be announced later. Marine Recruiter To Make Regular Visits To Murphy Plans to resume recruiting trips to Murphy have been announced by S/Sgt. Bill Oliver of the U. S Marine recruiting service. Since the early part of 1957 any person wanting information about the Marine Corps had to go to Asheville or write to some Marine Corps activity. Hereafter Sgt- Oliv er will visit Murphy and the West ern North Carolina area on a bi monthly schedule. He will be in the Courthouse in Murphy every other Thursday to select male and female applicants for the Marines. The Marine Corps offers enlist ments for 2, 3, 4, or 6 years, aviation schools will be guaranteed to qualified applicants. An appli cant can be processed and sworn in and be given 120 days in re porting for duty. Additional information can be obtained by contacting Mrs- Sue Helton in the Register of Deeds Office. Sgt Oliver, a veteran of 10 years service in the Marines, is a native of Western North Carolina, born and reared near Asheville. He has servd in various parts of the Marine Corps both in the Stat es and overseas. He was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division while in Korea. By CARMEN TOWN SON With only one case of polio re ported in Cherokee County in 1957 compared with 14 cases in 1953, it is evident that the Salk vaccine is on its way to curbing the dread ed disease. However, the local Health De partment officials state there are a number of children in the county who are not taking advantage of the vaccine. The shots are admin istered at the health office to any one who wants them and the County health nurses make regu lar visits to schools in the county to give the vaccine. If any parents want their child ren to have the vaccination, they are asked to write the teacher of the child giving permission for health nurses to administer them. One hundred ninety-two cases of polio were reported to the State Board of Health through Oct- 7, 1957. There were 30 paralytic cas es compared to 111 in 1956 which represents a 73 per cent decrease this year under last year- The very low incidence of total cases reported, as well as of paralytic cases which have occurred, is one of the best records in the history of the state In Cherokee County, records from the local health department show that in 1953 there were 14 cases: 1954-2; 1955-4; 1956-1; and 1957-1- The 1957 case had not re ceived any Salk vaccine. Poliomyelitis -is a contagious dis ease occurring in epidemic form in the hot months. Therefore, for best protection the vaccine should be taken during the winter months. Children from ages one-year-old to 20 are urged to take the vacci nation now Singing To Be Held A singing will be held at the Hemptown Baptist Church Satur day night at 7:30. The church, better known as the Twin Churches, is 1 o c a ted IS miles out of Blairsville, Ga-, on the Blue Ridge highway. Lions To Meet Son. In Robbinsville Progress reports on blind aid and prevention of blindness pro grams on the community, county and district levels will be review ed at the winter quarterly meet ing of the District 31-A Lions Club Cabinet Sunday, at 1 p. m. in Rob binsville Robert W. Easley Jr. of Murphy Zone 1 will review his area's act ivity report JANUARY 1958 S M T W T F S - - - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - INSURANCE Before the crash get tike kind ef Automo bile IiMNMe yea weaM waat to have after the crash! W. A. Singleton WESTERN AUTO LINDA ENGLISH, at Mr. Mkl Evw6tt EngtMi MIIS IMS ?Crisp studio Photo NAMED HONORARY RECRUITER ? Mrs. Sue Graves Helton, clerk in Register of Deeds Office, has been appointed an honorary Army recruiter. She was recently presented a certificate for her outstanding patriotic service relating to procurement of personnel for the Army. The certificate was issued by the Adjutant General of the Army. Shown in the above photo with Mrs. Helton are, left to right, M/Sgt. N. B. Taylor, area supervisor, Knoxville; Capt. H. A. Evans, commander of recruiting main station, Knoxville, and M/Sgt. U. Pace, area recruiter. Mrs. Helton has referred approxi mately 50 prospective recruits to the Army in the past six months. She received a similar presentation for the Navy about two years ago. Citizens Bank & Trust Company Names S. S. Williams Vice-President S- S- Williams of Murphy has j been named vice-president of the Citizens Bank & Trust Co- here His promotion from assistant vice-president to his present posi tion was made at a meeting of stockholders last Friday in And. rews. Mr. Williams joined the Citizens Bank & Trust Co- as assistant vice-president in 1954. Prior to that, he was associated with the Farm Loan Division of Farm Cred it and the U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers Home Ad ministration. Before his government service, Mr. Williams was connected with Wachovia Bank & Trust Co-. Ashe ville- He holds a standard certifi cate from the American Institute of Banking Mr. Williams is active in civic and church affairs. He is a past president of the Murphy Civitan Club, a member of the First Bap tist Church and a Mason. He mar ried the former Miss Allie Sue s. S. WILLIAMS Stiles of Bryson City. W. A. McGlamery of Hayesville was named as a new member on the Board of Directors. Fall Through While Sliding On Ice; Bodies Recovered Early Tuesday The bodies of two Robbinsville men were recovered Tuesday morning from the icy waters of Santeetlah Lake near Robbins ville. They had been the center of a county-wide search since late Monday afternoon. Dead are Warren Humes and Dalmus Rogers, both about 30. Mr. Rogers was an employee of Fontana Mills and Mr. Humes op erated a radio and television shop in Robbinsville Police said it is believed the two men were sliding on the ice in the lake and broke through. The water Deposits Rise Over Quarter Million At Citizens Bank Deposits of Citizens Bank & Trust Co. increased more than a quarter of a million dollars the past year An increase of $348,112 09 in de postis was announced Friday at the annual stockholders' meeting in Andrews. Citizens Bank & Trust serves Murphy, Andrews, Robbins ville and Hayesville Percy B. Ferebee, who was re named president, told stockholders that during the past year $66,364. 22 was transferred from undivid ed profits to the loss reserve, mak ( Continued on back page) Lions Club . Contributes $2,321 On Pool Project Murphy Lions Club last week do nated another large amount to be used for the Murphy Swimming Pool Project. The latest contribution was $2, 321.27- The club several months a go gave $1,500 Mont Rogers, scoutmaster of Troop 2 which is sponsored by Lions here, at last week's meeting received a boy scout statuette from the Murphy Club. The presen tation was made in appreciation for Mr. Roger's past 15-month is about 50 feet deep there- The accident happened near John Carver's boat landing on the Mas sey Branch Road. Graham County Deputy Jack Odom gave this account of events leading up to the discovery of the bodies. The two men earlier Monday had borrowed a jeep from Willis Bridges of Robbinsville. The jeep was to be returned not later than 4 p. m. A search for the two was started shortly after 4 p. m- and the jeep was located parked at the lake around 5:30 p. m. The men's whereabouts remained a mystery and officers started a county-wide search. Graham County Sheriff Jack Schuler's entire staff and approxi mately 100 interested persons con tinued the search again Tuesday morning. Investigating the area where the jeep was found, search ers located two holes in the ice where the men had gone down. Officer Odom said the holes were not more than 15 feet apart and both bodies were found in the immediate area. Although no defi nite time for the drownings was established, police said Mr. Humes wore a wrist watch that had stopped at 3:20. Boats and grappling equipment were used to recover the bodies Deputy Odom said the body of Mr. Humes was located around 9:30 Tuesday morning. The other was recovered about an hour later. A coroner's jury Tuesday found that both came to their deaths by drowning. Police said Bemus Lumber Co. and Fontana Mills played an im portant role in the search by fur nishing both men and equipment. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Ivie Funeral Home. Rev. J. Altai Morris Announces Sermons The Rev. 3. Alton Morris, pas tor of the First Baptist Church, has announced his sermon topics for Sunday - "This Could Happen In Church" will be given at the 11 a. m. ser vice and "I Obtained Mercy" at the evening service at 7:30 Industrial Migration To Continue Rev. Joseph Miller To Assume Duties As Missionary Here The Rev- Joseph G. Miller will begin his work as missionary of Western North Carolina and West Liberty Baptist Associations Feb. 1. As well as serving as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Fer nandina Beach he was, at the time of his resignation, serving as moderator of the Northeast Flori da Baptist Association, trustee of the Baptist Childrens Home of Jacksonville, Supt. of Vacation Bible School for the Northeast Fla. Association .president of tt)e City Minis teral Alliance, and a mem ber of the Board of Directors of the Goodwill Mission of Fernandina Beach- He was also chairman of the Nassau Christian Action League He graduated from Mars Hill REV. JOSEPH MILLER College and holds the A. B- Degree from Carson-Newman College and the B. D. Degree firom Southwest ern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was pastor of the First Bap tis Church, Bryson City, before going to Florida. Murphy Takes Doable-Header From Robbinsville; Splits With Andrews lfurphy split a thrilling double header with Andrewa at Andrews last Friday night with the (iris' score being SS-M in favor of An drews, and the Murphy boys win- < ning M47. Tuesday night Murphy High add ? ed another double-header to her cage victories by downing Rob blnsville on the home court- The boar* won 70-44; and the girts, M-O. In the Andrews gux, scoring Holder Outlines Steps For Attracting New Area Plants Robert M. Holder, industrial . developer of Atlanta, last Thurs day night outlined a number of steps Murphy can take to bring new industries to this area. He was a guest speaker at the annual Chamber of Commerce din ner at Regal Hotel- More than 100 persons turned out for the event. As the meeting opened, Mayor L. L. Mason presented Clarence and Margaret Schroeder "keys to the city.' 'Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder are owners of Margaret Studios, a woodenware industry that will open here soon. In accepting the presentation, Mr. Schroeder said he and his wife appreciate the cooperation they have received from the peo ple of Cherokee County and es pecially the Chamber of Com merce. A number of out-of-town and out-of-state guests were introduced by W. D. Townson, master of cere mony at the meeting. Atty Harry Cooper of Atlanta, former Murphy mayor and former representative of Cherokee County, introduced the speaker. Mr- Holder opened his talk by listing the three phases ef migra tion of industry to tke South. He ?aid the first phaae of the mira tion was the move of textfie plants. The speaker asserted that we are Ht hi tke second pkaee? tke more of Mtiaaal Arms and cor liuMUni "We are eokertw tke third phase, the move of locally owned industries", he stated. "We are going to see more and more complete moves to the South," Mr. Holder declared. He added that migration of industry will continue and will probably ac celerate in 1958. Putting his remarks in the form of a question, Mr. Holder said: "What can individual citizens do to help bring new industries to (Continued on back page) Formosa Engineer Speaks To (Mans Hsien-Tun Wag, Formosa elec trical engineer, spoke briefly at a meeting at Murphy Ctvitan Club Monday nigbL He gave statUtks covering the geographical area and population of Formosa and told ai the indus trial and political lite of that country. Monday night's program also included a talk by Lt Wtafrad Cooae, a Ground OtMrnr Corps geant who accompanied Mb tkow ed a fflm depicting the importance of the GOC- (BSp[
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