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The v^herokee Scout Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County * EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY VOLUME ? NUMBEJt? M Ml'RPHV NORTH CAKOLL\ k, l.URsDAY, \1 ft ?. IKS ' ? _ t t ? ?? , I -I ' -L- : OL RAMBLER Kids have the ability of telling wben it is possible they will get la trouble with their elders. Mrs. Dixie Palmer found this to be true the other day. She beard a loud noise behind her home on Palmer Street and went out to investigate. There she found two young boys playing on some pipe that was to be used tA ditch near a house that was being erected. She also found two boys from the neighborhood who had knocked the pipe over and caused the noise. Mrs. Dixie told the young men that they might hurt themselves and damage the pipe as well by playing on it. "Who are you?" She asked. The boys did not answer. "Well," she asked, "what is your mother's name?" The boys looked at each other. "Don't tell her." the biggest boy said and then they ran home. The boys just made one error: They ran right home and Mrs. Dixie saw exactly where tney lived. You may dream about having the baak vault to yourself, but ask E. L. Shiekb and you will find that it Is not the most pleasant way to past the time of day. Mr. Shields was visiting his safe de posit box recently at the Citizens Bank and Trust Company when he swing the door behind him to* hard and it locked. After much shouting and pounding, someone came along and opened the door for Mr. Shields. While the inct lent was not altogether humer ous for Mr. Shields. S. S. Wil liams thought it was most amus ing. "I've waited and waited for this to happen," Mr. Williams said." and now, ft has." The chaperunes of the Murpfty' iO|h School seniors on their recent trip to Washington and New York say that Murphy parents really have a right to be proud of their children. Holland McSwain, sup erintendent and one of the cbaper ones, said the young people were very well behaved and conducted themselves in a fashion to make their parents more than proud. Miss Hattie Palmer of Valley Riv er Avenue had a rather rude shock early one morning recent ly. She, very steeply, went into the bathroom to get ready to go to work. It was one of those coM mornings wiita a rain falling, but. Miss Palmer was not worried 1 about the rain. She had recent had Hie roof on her house re paired. Then, all of a sudden, there was a cold Mast and wet water waa all over her. The car penter had not fixed the roof completely. A glass shade on a light fixture had filled with rain and suddenly dumped Ito cold, content all over Miss Palmer. Student Slices Wrist; Threatens Jump Into River ? A 15-year-old eighth grader at Murphy Elementary School appar ently cat her own wrist. A few minutes before, the girl had threatened to throw herself into the Valley River, according to John Jordan, principal. Mr. Jordan said he waa taking the girl to her home when the af fair started. He said be had talk ed to the girl in bis office about complaints of persons living near the school who identified ber aa picking flowers from their yards. lie started to drive the girl to ber home when she lumped out' of his car and ran toward the river threatening to jump in. When .the girl sat down, he returned to bis office, Mr. Jordan said. A few minutes later, the girl re turned to his office with her arm bleeding. She was treated at a Murphy hospital. The girl waa later taken to ber home. On the way, she dropped asleep, Mr. Jordan said, appanot ty ajiitonhf Mayor Issues Proclamation Naming Bootstrap Days Mayor L. L. Mason baa Issued a proclamation naming May lit and 2nd as Operation Bovt strap Days In Murphy. Tbe purpose of Bootstrap Days Is to publicize tbe potential (or industrial development in Western Noorth Carolina. Following la the proclamation issued by Mr. Mason. WHEREAS, tbe health saelal and spiritual welfare and economic se curity of all tbe people now resid ing in tbe mountain region of Western North Carolina depends up on tbe full and permanent employ ment of its work force and WHEREAS, tbe rugged terrain of tbe mountain region is a major ob stacle, limiting the capacity of our people to derive a satisfactory live lihood from the pursuit of agricul ture alone and WHEREAS, income from the travel industry is limited primar ily to the three summer vacation months and is distributed to a limited number of people and WHEREAS, the beautiful scenery of (he mountain region, the cool cli mate. the abundant rainfall and pure water supply, the good trans portation and communication facili ties and the natural ability of the people, have made the mountain region an idefl place in which to enjoy life to the greatest degree, to work at the highest rate of produc tivity known, and enjoy the en chantment of God's natural crea tions for recreation and worship, the region is. therefore, ideally suited to the needs of many manu facturing operations and WHEREAS, during the past sever al years, industrial job opportuni ties (or all our people have been so lew that the majority of our young men and women entering the labor force have found it necessary to leave this environment to seek em ployment in other localities and WHEREAS, the business of at tracting industries to the mountain region is highly competitive and expensive, and requires complete unity of thought and action on the part of all our people and WHEREAS, the people, native to the mountains of Western North Carolina, have developed an un canny ability to work together for the solution of our common prob lems, which will not be solved for us by outside sources. NOW THEREFORE, I, L. L. Ma son, Mayor of the Town of Murphy, North Carolina, do hereby desig nate May 1st and 2nd as OPERA TION BOOTSTRAP DAYS, spon sored by the Western North Caro lina Industrial Development Cor poration, whose purpose it is to publicize to all the world the in dustrial paradise being developed in Western North Carolina and call upon all the citizens of Murphy to take an active part in this con structive program in order to in sure its success. Signed at Murphy, North Caro lina, this the 17th day of April. 1^59. L. L. MASON Mayor Town of Murphy Small Business Men In Money Troubles Now Threatened By Confidence Men Smooth talking confidence men have started a racket - to fleece small businessmen who have been unsuccessful in borrowing money ??rom their benks. Believeing that the cos man can get them a loan, businessmen agree to pay him a large fee for his services. By the time victims realize the deal is phony, the swindler has pocketed their money and left town. Investigators have not determin ed how much the new racket has netted swindlers. But a Senate Permanent Investigations subcom mittee sleuth believes that it has the potential for becoming a mutli million-dollar-a-year fraud. Sub committee member Karl Mundt <B S.D) is expected to bold bearings on the probiero shortly. It's esti mated that 25 companies are invol ved in the scheme. Also anxious to stamp out tke new racket are officials of the Federal Trade Commission who have the job of policing interstate business operations. FCT Executive Director Harry A. Babcock says: "We started moving against this scheme as soon as its outlines be came apparent Meanwhile, by ex posing what the scheme Is, we be lieve we can help businessmen from being victimized." This is how the con game works. Swindlers canvass a town and lo cate persons who are having trou ble borrowing money to keep their tim and announce they have con businesses running. They pick a vic tacts with important lending agen cies thatt would be more than will ing to make a loan. These agencies are so interested in the welfare of small business men, Jhe swindlers say, that they would loan the victim double What be wants. Murphy Soldier Receives Rank Promotion Howard H. Garrett, whose wife, Thelma, lives in Brass town, rec ently was promoted to speciallat (our in Darmstadt, Germany, where he is a member of the 7tb Evacuation Hospital st?ff. . Specialist Garrett, a cook at hospital, entered the Army In 1961 and arrived in Europe la August IMS. ? The 27-year old soldier, son ot Mr. and Mn. Wess Garrett, Mur phy, attended Murphy High School aid was eniptoyd as an elec trie tan by the Murphy Electric Shop bete* 'The swiftdler explains that for a .small fee he will contaot the loan company and arrange the deal. Usually any. of the victim's doubts are erased when the con man prom ises to return the fee if the loan doesn't come through. Fees vary according to the amount that the victim wants to borrow. One outfit gets $150 to ar range a $7,500 loan. To sett up a loan ranging from $7,500 to $15,000 calls for a $300 fee. The salesman gets a 30 per cent cut. Nsually the salesman's promises so disarm the victim that be read ily signs a contract without glanc ing at the small print. A close look would shew him that what he is really buying is only the con man's promise to recommend him for a loan. Society Plans Election Meet The Spring meeting of the Cher okee County Historical Society will be held Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. at the Murphy Power Board Building. Officers for the coming term will be elected. Civil Air Patrol Will Sponsor Barbeene Sale The Andrews-Murphy Civil Air Patrol will sponsor a barbeque at Andrews Saturday. Barbecue plates will be served all day, beginning at 10 a.m. Tick ets are on sale by all members of the Civil Air "Patrol.' Proceeds of the sale will be used to finance the activities of the Civil Air Patrol, a volunteer group which U affiliated with the Air Force. Dr. J. W. Sells ToBe Guest Minister Dr. J. W. Sella.' executive secre tary of the Southeastern Jurisdic tion of the Methodist Church, will be guest minister at First Metho dist Church Sunday. Or. Sells is widly kwnow through out the Methodist Churcn and is re sponsible (or the conoectional pro gram of the church In eight South eastern states. He has taken an active part In the development of Blntoo Memor ial Ctttar # EayKvtta. G\ant Bov - planned CubScov.^ R??V . ifutphV ?*** THE LITTtST POJVY - William Hine keeps a rope tether on two ponies? moc her and daughter ? in White Water, Obk>. But for the little one. it might a well be a dog leash. Baby weighed in at 16 pounds the day she was born, and was 16 inehes hich. Now. a ronplr of months later, she's fatter, sort of broadened out, and higher. But even as a grownup, Farmer Hine predicts, she'll be one of the smallest ever. MURPHY STUDENT AMONG 26 IN BOOTH j James Klrod, a 1958 graduate oij Murphy High School, can now lay I a claim to fame. He was one of the 26 men cram med into a telephone booth on the Mercer College campus. The students first tried to stuff themselves into a booth on a down town Macon, Ga., street. Police and telephone company officials did not take kindly to the attempt ami broke it up. v Retreating to the college campus, the students hauled a booth out of a dormitory. Five attempts were made before the goal was reached. The 26 students beat the mark of 23 Georgia Tech students stuffed into a booth and 24 fo.? the Univer sity of Georgia. ^Jraiicr Iflecetoary. (&1>. MJlu: Ml. l. I), dart's toiuxim baa been turned over to h auu nuiuuaii ims week, aii . Outre j leuer will be uaCK ui me huii. issue ui we ocoui.J liie c-tuiur im. CU?,R0KKE SCOUT, Aiiupnj , ft. C. Dear &ir: 1 nave read the very interesting letter from Mr. Clare to you ill regard to "Operation Bootstrap". I agree wivii Mr. Claic tbat we niiu>t not only show to interested manuiacturers all over tne United States the type of products tbat art DttWfc manulaetuicu so very, very well in Western Nortii Caro lina, but tbat we must stress to these people also the wonderful loy al labor which we have .here. In business today, the most important thing is not the water or the electricity or the building, but the people working in a company wtio alone can make a success of a business. That is why the Direc tors of Operation Bootstrap have planned to show in the trailer also a turn ot the people of Western Morth Carolina; how they look and how they smile, and not only show a film but also show charts bow very tew man hours have been lest in Western North Carolina in the last twenty years on account of strikes. Wc would also show in (he trailer by charts the great ability of our people here, not only how well they make a product but also that their speed is as goou, if not better than of any worker any where else in these United Stales. The Directors of Operation Bootstrap^werc led to the decision of. the traveling exhibit by keeping in mind the old saying that "one pic ture is worth a thousand words." In this traveling exhibit wc can show with pictures, with charts and with products that Western North Carolina is a wonderful place for a clean, good honest comp any to locate another factory. This exhibit, we hope, will be seen by tbe real bosses of the industrial companies all over the United States. Many of these men are not youngsters and many of them worry about their heart and worry about the heart condition of their execu tives. You can tell these people in' a letter or when you go to see them that North Carolina is amongst the lowest in the Union in death rate due to heart diseases, but to show that on a chart in tb? trailer truck it will have a much, much deeper impression. I believe tbat Western North Carolina has things to offer that very few other parts of the United States can match. Above all, people ? and next, climate and the friendly spirits. Please, let's uy It with the trailer truck exhibit, for it's differ ent from what is being tried by 7,000 other organizations in the United States who all try to attract industry by sending "salesmen" or by writing letters or by publishing brochures. If we would not have anything better to offer than the rest ot the country, I would say let's try it the same way as all tbe rest, but we have a story like nobody else! Sincerely, , , Heinz RoUman. President w. n.c. i. p. c. 4 ? SPRING EDITION This is (he Scouts annual Spring edition. It is filled with many interesting items concerning the home and the yard, plus the usual local new coverage. Also, this edition will be distribut ed to more than 1.500 families who are not now subscribing to the Scout. * ? ? ? The regular edition will be mailed to subscribers and the others will be marked samples and distributed throughout this area. The Scout is pleased to publish any story that is considered news worthy. If you wish to have an ar ticle published, please mail or bring it to the Cherokee Svout. LAST CHAT SET The last Fireside Chat of the sea son will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Marguerite Bidsrtup will show slides from Mexico and give a talk on the Bidstrup's recent tour of Mexico. Officials Estimate 200-300 Boys Here For Charter Presentation Program - Boy and Cub Scouts from Cherokee. Clay and Graham Counties will meet in Murphy May 5 gor a giant charier presentation program. Some 200-300 Boy and Cub Scouts are expected to attend the function. Local Soldier Completes Supply Course Army Pvt. Charles E. Caroway, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Caroway, Murphy Route 2, recently completed the ten-week supply course at the Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Va. He was trained to keep records pertaining to the receipt, storage Issuance, shipment, classification and salvage of engineer material. Caroway entered the Army in November 1958 and received basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S. C. The 19-year-old soldier is a 1957 graduate of Murphy High School. Before entering the Army, he was employed by Hitchcock Corporation, Atlanta, Ga. Schoolchildren To Publicize "Bootstrap" PYiday, Western No*th Carolina's 7 . . v school children will carry into their homes the story of "Operation Bootstrap", the 12-county project seeking to publicize the area for in dustry and tourists. Each chiled in the cooperating counties will be handed an "Oper ation Bootstrap" booklet on leav ing school. The child's instruc tions are simple: Ask Mon and Dad to .read it, for it explains in detail the objectives of the program. The main purpose of the project is to publicize the mountain area as an "industrial paradise", with the ultimate objective of locating new industries over the area. The corporation proposed to raise $100,000 on "Operation Bootstrap Days" May 1-2 to finance a travel ing trailer exhibit that will show interested industrialists what West era North Carolina has to offer. Each person in Western North Carolina is asked to contribute 33 cents toward achieving this goal. TVA Lists $82 Million Invested In Lake Recreation Facilities More than $82 million now is in vested in recreation facilities and equipment on TVA lakes and lake frontage property, TVA reported recently. This investment? $82.3 million represents a 14 per cent increase over the $72 million Investment of ? year ago. Water-baaed facilities ? boats, boathouses. houseboats ? account for $24.8 million of his total; the remaining $57.5 million is in land based facilities and improvements such as private cottages, overnight rental accommodations. group camps, restaurants, habonnaster buildings, concession buildings, and grounds improvements. Boats kept on TVA lakes now to tal 45,il9. valued at $18.9 million. Of these, 2,380 are inbbafd motorboats with 4 value of $11.5 millkm. All other type recreation boats, many of which are used with outboard motors, number 41959, and . are valued at $7.1 'million. Not included in any of these figures an the hundreds ot aoate which are hJte ed tot*. U*? m ***** a*& time they are used. 8he three lakes with the greatest number of boats arc Wheeler with 10,796, Kentucky with 9.811, and Giintersville with 9,446. Overnight lakefront rental units range from fishing cabins to deluxe hotels and will accommodate some 9,600 guests. Private cottages number S.ttO and are valued at (Sl.S million. Person-day use of TVA lakes for recreation purposes continues to Increase. As estimated 36.6 million person-day visits were made in 1958, aa increase of nearly 11 per cent over the previous year aad the largest percentage increase since 1164. Five lakes received more than 3 million visits; Kentucky 7401, 300; Gunetrsvilie *,764,000; Wheel er 3,758,900; Norrte 3,383,300; and Chickamauga 3,336,900.. These fig ures db sat include the estimated 10.6 mtUioa visits to TVA dams and steam v Lasts during 1958. The operation , and maintenance of recreation facilities awl services on tfce lake frootafi properties pr?< Scout District Chairman Holland McSwain said that approximately SO per cents of the boys from this area are now in Scouting organi zations. The usual number for a county, he said, is 13 per cent. The boys will gather at the fair grounds at 2 p.m. for games. At 6:30 p.m., the boys will march to the courthouse for the charter presentation. In the past. Mr. Mc Swain said, charters were present ed to the individual units. There are 12 new units in Cher okee County. Mr. McSwain commended Joe Ray for his work in Scout organi zation. "Mr. Kay has done an excellent job in taking Scouting to various communities over the county," Mr. McSwain said. At present, li has not been decid ed who will award the charters to the groups. It is hoped. Mr. McSwain said, that the Scout Executive for the Daniel Boone Council, Joe Edwards will attend the meeting. Mr. Ed wards has his office in Asheville. None of the boy* will remain in Mumfey overnj*ht4 "bBt will return to their homes, Mr. McSwain sakl. WMI7 Meeting Set For Andrews First Baptist The annual meeting of the Wo man's Missionary Union will be held Friday at First Baptist Church in Andrews, beginning at 4:30 p.m. with Mrs. G. E. Scruggs presiding. The theme for the program is "You ?Witnessing? N o w". Miss Beverly Neilson, State Sunbeam Band Director, will speak on "Christian Witnessing", during the afternoon session. Mrs. Wayne Sla ton, Regional President, will speak on the Jubilee Advance. During the evening session a playet, "You? A Missionary", will be presentted by ladies from Mur phy First Baptist Church. The clos ing message will be brought by Miss Anna Frances Todd, mission ary to Colombia, South America. Holiness Revival Planned By Free Methodist The Free Methodist Church of Murphy is planning a Holiness Re vival Crusade for April 24 through May 23. Services will be held each even ing at 7:30 p.m. Speakers win be lay-evangelist Vaughn Wiggins, president of Wig gins Oil Drilling Company of Kan sas and lay-evangelist Cecil ..El liott. car dealer from Kansas. The public is invited to the meetings. REMODELING^ Nichols Department Store in An drew* fc remodeling Ha store front. The repodellng will result in al most twice as much frontage.
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