The Cherokee Scout
Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County
VOLUME 69 ? NUMBER 51 MURPHY, N. C., THURSDAY, JULV 21, 1960 8 PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Murphy
Calendar
THURSDAY, JULY tl
?:? P. M.
Circle No. 1 of the First Meth
?dist Church will have their an
no*! picnic at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Howard.
FRIDAY, JULY 8
I P. M.
Alcoholic 'Anonymous will, meet
at the Regal Hotel.
SUNDAY, JULY U
8 P. M.
Union service o ( First Metho
dist Church and Presbyterian
Church will be held at First
Methodist Church.
MONDAY, JULY M
?:? P. M.
Hie Rotary Club will meet at
the Family Restaurant.
TUESDAY, JULY M
1:3# P. M.
The Lottie Moon and the Mae
Perry Circles of First Baptist
Church will meet with Mrs. L.
W. Hendrix.
6:3# P. M.
The Lions Club will meet in'
the recreation room of First
Methodist Church.
*:M P. M.
The Cherokee Rose Garden
Club will meet at the home of
Mrs. William Tuttle.
WEDNESDAY. JULY *7
6:45 P. M.
The RA's of the First Baptis1
Church will meet at the Church.
7:2# P. M.
Mid-Week services at Presby
terian Church.
7:3# P. M.
Prayer Service at First Metho
dist Church.
Mid-week service at First
Methodist Church.
?:M P. M.
Choir Practice at first Baptist
Church.
Choir practice at Presbyterian
Church.
1:30 P.M.
Choir practice at First Met ho-1
dist Church.
Grange Group
Receive
Sixth Degree
At a recent District Grange |
meeting in Asheville, four mem
bers pf the Ranger Grange re- {
aeived the sixth degree. Those .
receiving the- state degree were
Emory Shields, Mrs. Helen Gib- <
son, lib's. Pauline Anderson, and ,
Emory Anderson. f
Mrs. Gibson has been appoint- ,
ed as special representative for
the Grange Insurance sen-ices (
for Cherokee County. In her ca- t
pacity as special representative, f
she will work with each of the _
Granges in the county.
AUNT HET
? A"* ?%? I S
Maybe I wasn't a
smart parent, but I
didn't spoil life for my
-younguns by givin' 'em
everything before they
even haa the fun of
wishin' for it.
On Two Weeks Training Cruise
At work in the administration office of Naval Air
Reserve Squadron 673 is James R. Sprung, (seated),
chief yeoman, of 108 Bayless Street, Murphy. Work
ing with Chief Sprung is James A. Ivey, chief aviation
machinist mate, Eost Point, Ga. The squadron is un
dergoing two weeks of intensive annual flight and
ground training at Naval Air Station, Mdyport, Flo.
VA 673 is based at NAS Atlanta, Marietta, Ga., and
trains there one week-end out of each month. (U.S. ,
Navy Photo)
Episcopalians To Hear
Dr. KoeppMer Sunday
Hie Rev. Herbert Koepp-Baker,
Rector of the Incarnation Episco
>al Church, Highlands, North Car
olina. will be the guest speaker
Protection
From Disease
Is Available
By W. S. CANN
District Health Director
No disease has ever been done
iway with 'eradicated) because
t became treatable.
We can protect ourselves
igainst many diseases by the
>roper means.
I. By preventable vaccines
shorts' these diseases are pre
ventable when the vaccines are
iiven properly .and boost ered
IT"??1"
:ough. 3? Smallpox. 4? Lockjaw,
i? Polio, A? Influenza. 7? Yellow
ever, 8? Cholera. 9? Rabies, 10
-Typhiod and Paratyphoid.
II. By distniction of vectors?
,e. mosquitoes, ticks, lice, flies,
inimals. etc.
1? Malaria, 2? Yellow fever. 3
-Dengue. 4 ? Rock Mountain
; potted fever, 5?' Typhus. 6? Tu
aremia 'rabbi i 7? Psittacosis
Parrot family, 8? Encephalitis,
nf action.
III. By proper sanitation and
lygiene. by frequent inspection
ind testing of milk, water and
nod, f
1 ? BaciHary dysentarv. 2 ?
"ood poisoning. 3 ? Brucellosis
Bangs disease, undelent fever.
'tc.>, 4? Amebiasis, 5? Intestinal
>arasites. A? Enterobiasis. 'Pin
vorm', 7? Trichinosis, 8? Diarr
lea."
As you can see. we have not
mentioned Tuberculosis, the ve
lereal diseases or many others.
Hie problem of these disease*
rill remain with us until a mir
icle happens, that is, until even'
:ase in the world is arw
itays cored over a ct , rabl
jeriod of time.
this coming Sunday at the Mes
siah Episcopal Church. Dr. Koepp
Baker is widely known for his
work in hospitals: and since last
January has been Dean of the
Franklin Deanery of the Episcopal
| Church in Western North Caro
lina.
His many friends, and those]
who know of him, will be glad1
of this opportunity to see andi
hear him at 11 a.m., this com
ing Sunday, at the Messiah Epis
copal Church.
The Rev Alex Hanson, pastor i
of the Messiah Episcopal Church, j
Murphy, will be guest speaker at
the Incarnation Episcopal Church
at Highlands, N.C.. Sunday
morning, July 24, at 11 a.m.
Clay County
Native Joins
Bank Staff
William J. Carter, an Assist
ant Examiner of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation
working out of the Charlotte of
fice. has accepted a position with
Citizens Bank & Trust Company
as Assistant Vice President.
Auditor and Branch Supervisor.
Mr. Carter is a native of Clay
County? his family moved from
Clay County to Indiana when he
was eight years old. He re
ceived his formal education at
Tipton. Indiana. High School:
Brevard College. Brevard. North
Carolina: and Southern Methodist
University. Dallas. Texas He is
a veteran of the Second World
War. Mr. Carter's wife is the
former Mary Gambill of Ashe
ville and they have one child.:
i daughter four years old.
Mr. Carter has moved his fam
ily to Andrews and assumed his
?iuties with Citizens Bank &
Trust Company Julv 11.
New Swimming Program
Planned For Murphy Pool
John Jordan, Recreation Di
rector, announces that a new
awimming program will be set
op at the Murphy Pool beginning
July 19 and raining through An
oat 5.
, Nina atyWi of awimming, water
laafety and diving will ba taught
during theaa two weeks of train
ing. "rae hours will be from 10:00
Jti 11:10 A.M. each day Mondky
I through Friday.
The director states Oat tWa
laaa is open to all boys and
the
previous classes. *2 00 for regis
tration fee and admission to the
pool each day.
The registration day is set at
July 25 at 10:00 A.M. Mr. Jordan
said this course will be very
Important at a great many things
will be taught leading up to the
big water meet nut summer.
As soon as this course is com
? Junior. Lib Saving course has
bMn set up. A boy or girl must
be 14 year* old to register for
tMs class. The registration will
10:00 to 11:30 A.M.
Mr. Jordan also announces that
during the next two weeks he
would like to have registra
tions for a big tennis tourna
ment planned to start August 1
and running through August If.
He states that this is the first
year the department has attempt
ed this and should turn out to
ba a lot of fun for all.. TM?
tournament la open to all, men
and women, boys and girls,
singles or daublea. Keeo in mind
that some nice trophies and
prises will ha given away during
this contest. Contact Laura Bailey
at (he swimming pool or tennis
FJ; M Debris From Blast
*
bamages Veneer Plant
Roof Of Plant
* . * .]
Ripped By Rocks
The Timber Products Co., Veneer Division, plant
was damaged early Monday morning, July 18, when
debris was thrown into the air by a blast touched off
by the Murphy Crushed Stone and Marble Co.
A two loot hole was ripped id
in the roof of the Timber Pro
ducts building by a piece of mar
ble weighing an estimated SO
pounds. Eighteen other holes were
counted in the roof. One pallet of
finished veneer was also dam
aged.
A second blast rocked the area
late Tuesday afternoon, scatter
ing debris over the Timber Pro
ducts property again. The people
on the premises were given two
minutes warning, said Hans Beer
kens of Timber Products.
The Murphy Crushed Stone and
Marble Co. property adjoins the
Timber Products Veneer Plant.
Both are located two miles east
of Murphy along the Southern
Railroad tracks.
The marble company is con
ducting blading operations in
the area.
Mr. Beerkens described the
blasting as "very dangerous as
far as employees in his plant are
concerned. Although the blast
ling occurred at 7 a.m. Monday
! morning, a 100 pound per square
inch boiler located in the plant
is fired up at all times. Mr.
Beerkens said, "If the boiler
goes, the whole neighborhood
goes."
The second blast threw up no
rocks the size of the ones that
ripped the holes in the roof on
Monday. However, a car was re
ported dented by the flying de
bris..
Mr. Beerkens reported to the
Scout "that rocks were scattered
al] over the place. I was present
with my bookkeeper, her hus
band. the foreman of the plant
and three workmen. When 1
heard the blast. I threw myself
flat on the ground along side one;
of the buildings. I was scared to!
death."
Mark Boring, superintendent uf
the crushed stone and marble
operation was not available for
comment before press time.
Chest X-Ray Survey To Be
Held In Area Next Month
August ' will be Chest X-ray |
month in Cherokee. Graham, andi
Clay counties. Three X-ray units)
will be stationed throughout tbei
counties during the month. The
chest X-ray survey is sponsored]
by the Cherokee. Graham, and
Clay District Health Department,
in cooperation with the State
Board of Health and the local
Tuberculosis Association.
X-rays are FREE.
The X-ray units will begin
operation Monday, August 1. The
units will operate Tuesday
through Saturday of each week
except the first week when the
program starts on Monday.
No one is too old to have TB.
Many of today's tuberculosis pa
tients are older people, well past
middle age.
Tuberculosis strikes both rich
and poor, it is found most often
among people living in crowded
homes or working in very close
contact with others who may have
the disease and not know it.
You can have it and not feel
sick, because early TB may have
no symptoms. Remeber, too, this
is the time the disease can be
most easily cured, so it is im
portant to find it in this early
stage. Chest X-ray is a very good
way to find TB early.
Mrs. Edgar Wood of Andrews
is heading the planning unit group
for the three county area. In
Cherokee County, Mrs Wood will
be assisted by County Health
Department staff, and Mrs. Paul
Nave, Mrs. Thelma M. Wheeler,
Mrs. E. J. Watts, Mrs. Jewell
Garrett, volunteer workers. Annie
Ruby Blount and Mrs. Sadie
Johnson will assist.
In Graham County. Miss Helen
Ghormely, public Health nurse,
will head the chest X-ray drive.
She will be assisted by Mrs. John
Broyhill.
Mrs. Florence Thompson, pub
lic Health Nurse, in Clay County,
will, lead the drive in HayesviUe.
Her assistant will be Mrs. Marie
Johnson.
A far reaching promotional
campaign has been planned with
announcements made at < civic
clubs, church services, circle
Folk School
Cancels Friday
Night Program
The regular Friday night pro
gram at the John C. Campbell
Folk School at Braistown will
oat bo held this weak because
of the Craftmen'i Fair in Asho
ville, July ll-S.
The weekly Friday night pro
grams will continue the following
Friday night. July ? Everyone
it wckoma and invited to at
meetings, in church (bulletins.
Boy and Girl Scouts will canvass
house to house to get people out I
to get their free chest X-ray.
Reminders will be placed in groc
ery bags. Plus all this, poster*
will be displayed at all public
places. The newspapers and radio
stations have been called on and
they have all helped to publicize
this drive.
X-ray unit No. 1 will be station
ed at the Berkshire Mill in An
drews for two days starting Moo
day, August 1 and 2. X-ray unit
No 2 will be parked on the
Main Street of Andrews from
Monday, August 1, to Wednes
day, August 10.
X-ray unit No. 1 will move to
Marble on Wednesday, August 3,
for a stay through Saturday, Au
gust 6.
Unit No. 1 will then move on
to Robbinsville, starting Tuesday,
August 9, where it will be sta
tioned for the remainder of the
campaign.
Unit No 2, after a ten day
stay in Andrews, will be at Wolfe
Creek for two days, Thursday
and Friday August 11 and 12.
On Saturday, August 13, unit No.
2 will be at the peachtree!
Prison Camp.
On Tuesday, August 16. unit
No. 2 will go to Hayesvilie for
the duration of the chest X-ray
campaign.
Unit No. 3 will he stationed
on Valley River Avenue in Mur
phy starting Monday. August 1,
through Saturday, August 27.
A diest X-ray is a picture of
your chest. You need an up-to
date one.
You should have yours if your
are 15 years old or older; if
you are under 15 and have lived
with or have been in close con
tact with a case of tuberculosis
if you haven't had a chest X-ray.
in the past year; and if you've
never had a chest X-ray.
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TWO-FOOT HOLE RIPPED IN ROOF
ROCK DAMAGES PALLET OF VENEER
T roop 402 Holds
Court Of Honor
The following boys who are new,
members of Boy Scout Troop 402
received their Tenderfoot Badges
at a Court of Honor held last
week.: David Ramsey, Johnny
Rogers, Bill Chene, Bobby
Rogers. John Bruce and Phillip
Wilcox.
First class awards were re
ceived by Tripp Bourne. Gary ;
Bryson. Russell Caldwell and Ger
ald Tread. Some of these boys
who received their First Class
awards were under 12 years old.
The boys who received their
Merit Badges were Robert Bruce,
Russell Caldwell. Luke Baylus.
Bobby Potter, Gary Bryson and
Dewey Johnson.
Several of the parents and mem
bers ot the Scout Committee were
present when the awards were
made.
The boys who are attending Boy
ieout Camp at Camp Daniel
Boom this week are Bill Harper.
Robert Bruce. Gary Bryson. Steve
>awford, R u s s e 1 Caldwell.
Freddy Davis, Robert Dockery.
James Hilton. Dewey Johnson.
Robert Lindsey. Gerald Tread,
David Ramsey. Robert Smith,
John Bruce, John Cook and Tom
my Adams. Mr. Robert Bruce is
with the boys the first half of the
week and Mont Rogers. Scout
Master, or Mr. Don Ramsey will
be there the last half of the
week.
Farmers Co-op
Names
New Manager
Mr. Olen Clontz was appointed
manager of the Farmers Federa
tion store at Murphy, upon the
resignation of Donald Ramsey. '
Mr. Clontz was transferred from
the store at Havesville where he
has been manager for the past
four years.
Mr. Clontz was employed by
the Farmers Federation in 1950
and worked at Murphy as as
sistant manager until November.
1956. at which time he was trans
ferred to H&yesville as manager.
Mr. Clontz is married and has
two children and resides in Cher
okee County.
Mr. Clontz is succeeded at Hay
esville store by Mr. Floyd Mar
shall.
Elementary
School
Wins Prize
Mr John Jprdan. Principal of
the Murphy Elementary School,
announces that he received a
letter this week from Montag
Brothers in Atlanta, advising
that the Murphy Elementary
School has won one of the
fourth extra school prizes in the
Blue Horse Prize contest that
closed May IS.
These school prizes were
awarded to the 120 schools whose
pupils entered the 120 largest
totals of Blue Horse Trade Marks
and included the name of their
school in the entry.
This is a cash prize of $25.00.
Mr. Jordan says, and will be
used to a great advantage around
the school.
Murphy Council Votes
$500 For Rescue Squad
The newly established Cherokee
County Rescue Squad Is getting
the financial thanks from a var-l
iety of sources
Most recent contributor to the
Fund to aid the unit is the town
of Murphy. Town Council recently j
approved a $500 appropriation for
the squad.
In addition. Councilmen went M
record that the unit deserves their
rapport, both financially and
otherwise
The Rescue Squad was formed
last month. Early this month the
unit was called into action after
i Cleveland, Ohio, man drowned
Contributions to the Squad may
be made to Jim Ed Hughes of
Hughes Supply Company.
Town Council's action was taken
at a recent meeting. The of
ficials also awarded a contract to
C. W Witt of Murphy Route 1 for
construction of -sidewalks from
Depflt Street to the bridge below
Brumby Tortile Mill and is front
of the new post office.
Most of the wort, will be com-,
pleted by this weeiwnd.
Council men received bids for
cutting a street into th* new Sun
set Cemetery addition The coo
trad was awarded to Harold Weils
abandon plans to open a lower
street around the cemetery and
to cut this area into Vote.
Council voted to extend a water
line from Thomas Street up Har
din Street to serve the Bee Palmar
Apartment House.
Council apprwad giving $100 to
Murphy Chamber o ( Commerce
The officials discussed the Ira
policy and of the department an
swering calls ?Jt*Kie o( the city j
Bffltts. Tewn attorneys Informed
Council they -did not think '
city