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The Cherokee Scout
Cherokee County's Oldest And Newest Newspaper
Volume 71 - Number 37
Murphy. N.C., Thursday. April 13. 1961
8 Pages This V.eek
Published Weekly
Do You Know Them?
Can you identify any five of the nine young women shown above and the occasion for
this picture? Mall your entry to The Cherokee Scout, Box 190, Murphy, N . C. You must
mall your entry, phone calls and personal entries will not be accepted. The entry with the
earliest post mark will get a year's free subscription to The Cherokee Scout. Here's a
clue. Folks around Andrew? should have no trouble and fashions of yesteryear seem to
he returnlne. (Photo compliments of a friend) u
Library To Observe National
Library Week April 16-22
The Murphy Carnegie Li
brary will join the libraries
all over the nation in
observing the fourth National
Library Week, April 16-22.
The people of this area are
invited to come by for a visit
Area Dance Team
To Attend
Youth Jamboree
The Carolina Sweethearts
will be one of 42 dance teams
participating in the Mountain
Jamboree in Ashevllle this
week. Hubert Hayes and the
Ashevllle Junior Chamber of
Commerce are die joint spon
sors for the festival which
features folk music and folk
dancing (or young people.
This is the 13th consecu
tive year that the Jamboree
has been staged and over 1,000
youths are expected to take
part.
The dance and clog teams
will compete Friday night at
7:15 p.m. The "clog" champ
ionship will be awarded to the
winners.
during this special time. Na
tional Library Week Is a time
which all citizens are urged
to become acquainted with
their local library and the ser
vices which it offers.
Of interest to those who
do take this opportunity to
visit the Library will be a
collection of books aboutNorth
Carolina or written by North
Carolinians. These volumes
will include a wide range of
subjects from the Crimnal
Code of the State to the diary
of a native son written during
his service in the Confederate
Army and which incidentally
contains some very interes
ting examples of spelling.
Another attraction at the
Murphy Carnegie Library du
ring National Library Week
will be an "International Ba
zaar" consisting of items
from many countries of the
world. This display is being
made possible by several
widely traveled Murphyites:
Mrs. Ben Warner, Mrs. Ar
nold Beerkens andMrs. Harry
Bishop.
Photo Identified
Correctly By
Three People
Three people correctly id
entified the mystery photo as
Lovingood's Store in last
week's Scout. Two letters
were received with postmarks
of 6 p.m., Thursday. April 6.
They were sent in by F. L.
Teague of Route 1. Murphy
and Mrs. Roy Lovingood of
Murphy. One other letter was
received in the name of Mrs.
Hadley Dickey and she. too.
will receive a year's sub
scription to The Cherokee
Scout.
In all, over thirty entries
were received. Of these four
teen identified the picture as
Will Lovingood's Store.
Others thought the picture to
be Candler's, Bass Dickey's.
Wofford and Terrals, Will
Payne's, Will Savage's, The
Bargain Shop, and Gatrell's
Store.
Lots of people have a lot
of fun identifying the picture.
The Scout will try to print
a different picture every week.
Remember, tlwScout must re
ceive yuu? card first in order
id receive the subscription.
GRAND JURY .
BUILDING FOR
1
The Grand Jury of Cherokee County for the April term
of Superior Court in its inspection report recommended
that the Andrews Negro school house be replaced with
a new building. The present school house is an old frame
Buildings Need
Paint, Repairs
building. Other than the re
placement of broken glass and
patching of plaster, leaky
roofs were the most common
discrepancy found by the jury.
Jury foreman for this term
was J. N. Bollng. His report
of the jury's findings and re
commendations is reported
below.
At the county jail the jury
found two sinks in need of
new valves, two windows in
need of new casings, the cells
in need of paint and plaster
peeling off the walls.
The jury found the county
courthouse very neatly kept,
however, some of the floors
need repairing. Several bro
ken windows in the building
need to be replaced, plaster
in some offices needs repair
ing. The outside of the court
house needs mortor joints re
filled as it Is In very bad
condition.
White Church School needs
to repair leaks. Some plaster
is loose in the building agd
needs repairing.
Unaka School has one leak
in the roof and several win
dows broken out.
Peachtree School needs
twenty windows replaced.
Floors and lunchroom were
found in good condition. Toi
lets need new plumbing and
rooms need new paint.
Major repairs are present
ly being made at the prison
camp.
Martins Creek School needs
some roof leaks fixed, broken
windows replaced and some
painting. Sewer line needs to
be repaired. Boiler room in
fair shape. New building in
fair shape, except termites in
base boards.
Wolf Creek School in fair
Boasts Only One Distinction Now
Hiwassee Dam's Scenic Beauty
Draws Tourists, Local Residents
Hlwassee Dim, pictured
above, la one of Cherokee
Coiaity*s main acenic attrac
tions. It is one that moat of
the local citizens have vlsi
ted many times and like to
feel that they are well in
formed about.
However, when pinned -town,
there are few questions about
Hiwassee Dam that moat of
us can siq>ply the answers
except that it Is big. It con
tains a power generating plant,
and has a large lake backed
14) behind It.
A review of some of .the
pertinent facts about Hlwas
see Dam will prove both In
teresting and Informative.
Hlwaasee was the second
tributary storage dam con
structed by TV A. Norrls Dam
in Tennessee was the first.
Construction began on July
15, 1936 and closure (began
Impounding water) waa ef
fected on February 8, 1940.
The first power was gener
ated on May 21, 1940 and con
struction officially completed
in December, 1940.
The dam Is a gravity type
overflow dam. By gravity type.
It Is meant that It holds back
the water by the sheer weight
of Its mass which Is grester
than the pressure easrtsd ag
ainst it by the wt cer.
Over 3/4 million cubic
vsrda pf concrete were used
in the construction of the dam.
Using 154 lbs. ss the cubic
weight of one cubic yard of
concrete, you can figure the
weight of the dam in pounds.
The dam is 1376 feet long and
307 feet high. The height is
measured from the lowest
point of excavation. It creates
a lake 22 miles long with a
shoreline of 180 miles. When
the lake is filled It covers
an area of 6,230 acres and
has a total volume of 438,000
acre-feet. One acre* foot Is
enough water to cover one
acre with one foot of water.
When the lake Is at maximum
pool level, or at the top of
the overflow gates, Its ele
vation is 1,526.5.
The deepest part of the lake
when the lake is full is 254
feet, and Is found in the old
river bed just above the face
of the dam.
Hlwassee has an Installed
capacity of 117,100 kilowatts
which Is generated by two
units. The nisnber one gener
ator has a capacity of 57,600
and the number two uelt 59,
500 kv. Bach turbine has a
liorsepower rating of 80,000.
A unique feenireef the nisn
ber two wit 1* that It is s
reversible punp turbine. It is
used bom m a generator and
a pump. When it Is operated
. v,..- . . .--?*? ?;? ?? ~
the wheel routes the unit In
? clockwise direction. When
operated as ? pump the gen
erator becomes a motor (the
world's largest electric mo
tor) and turns counterclock
wise. The turbine then
becomes an impeller and
pumps water as any other cen
trlflcal pump. As a pump the
turbine or water wheel has a
102,000 horsepower rating.
This number two unit when
operating as a pump can re
turn water to Hlwassee re
servoir at a rate of 1 3/4 mil
lion gallons per minute.
Hlwassee Is multi-purpose
or multiple use dam In that
It serves three principal (un
ctions: flood control, naviga
tion and power. It aids in ac
complishing flood control by
storing a large volume of
water during the flood season;
navigation by the storage of
water that I ? released to main
tain a year round 9 foot navi
gation channel on the Ten
nessee River and power by
the (feneration o< electric en
?*y
Hlwassee furnishes power
? die towns of Murphy. Tur
detown, Alcoa, sad Hlwassee
Resort Village. In recent
years generator* have boon
Installed at Chatuge and Not
the Hlwassee Dim Control
Dam.
Some vlsi tors to the dam are
surprised to learn that It Is
not a solid mass of concrete.
Within the structure of the
dam are Inspection tunnels as
well as Instruments, gauges,
pumps, and large electric mo
tors that operate the 4 ring
seal gates. These gates con
trol die flow of water through
the sluice ways at the base
of the dam.
At the top of the dam are 7
radical gates 23 feet high and
32 feet long. The spillway has
a capacity of 112,000 cubic
feet per second.
At one time, Hlwassee Dam
boasted several distinctions
which it no longer possesses.
Upon its completion, it was
the highest TV A dam, the
highest dam east of the Mis
sissippi River, and the world's
highest overflow type dam.
It has since lost these dis
tinctions to other dams, how
ever, It has gained a new on*
with the completion of the In
stallation of the reversible
pump turbine. Whan this unit
is being used as a pump Km
generator becomes the lar
gest electric motor la tha
world.
Oh yeah, almost forgot . . .
Htwassaa Dam cost $32,211,
154.00. (Scout photo by Batley)
condition.
Ranger School needs paint
ing. and roof needs repairing.
Six windows to be replaced.
Boiler room door needs re
placing and leak in boiler
pipe repaired.
Repair and paint work is
needed at the Andrews School.
Cafeteria is too small and
floor needs replacing. Gym
nasium needs one side of roof
repaired, and painted inside.
The agriculture building is in
?ooii shape. Andrews colored
school house is an old frame
buil ling, needs to be replaced
with a new building.
Marble School needs new
locks for doors, light switch
and light fixture in boys bath
room should be replaced:
roofs and windows need re
placing and repairing. Sewer
line needs repairing. General
condition of the building is
good and the janitoral work
is very good.
Murphy High School needs
cracked windows replaced and
handle is off water fountain
in hall.
The Grand Jury of Chero
kee County felt that these re
pairs and recommendations
should he made when time and
mnnau > c availahlp
Recruiter Here
The U- S. Army recruiter
is in Murphy every Monday
and Friday at the courthouse
between the hours of 10:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Murphy
Calendar
THURSDAY. APRIL 13
1:00 p.m. - Cancer Clinic
will be held at Health De
partment.
3:30 p.m. - Junior Choir
at First Methodist Church.
Concord Choir at First Bap
tist Church.
7:30 p.m. -CommunityPra
yer Services at Free Metho
dist Church.
Murphy Chapter No. 10 Or
der of the Eastern Star will
meet in the Masonic Hall.
Rescue Squad will meet in
the Murphy Power Board
Building.
FRIDAY, APRIL 14
7:30 p.m. - Revival Ser
vices at First BapdstChurch.
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
10:00 a.m. - District meet
ing ot the Women of the church
of Asheville Presbytery will
be heldat the Hayes ville Pres
byterian Church.
SUNDAY, APRIL 16
5:30 p.m. - Senior Pioneers
and MYF of First Methodist
Church will meet at thePres
byterian Church .
6:30 p.m. - Training Union
at First Baptist Church.
MONDAY, APRIL 17
3:30 p.m. - CherolteeCoun
ty Agricultural Council meet
ing at the Courthouse.
6:30 p.m. - Civitan meeting
at New Regal Hotel.
Rotary Club meedng at the
Family Restaurant.
TUESDAY, APRIL 18
1:30 p.m. - Bellview Home
Demonstration Club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Clyde
McNabb.
3:15 p.m. - Sunbeam Choir
at First Baptist Church.
Junior Fellowship at Pres
byterian Church.
3:30 p.m. - Carol Choir at
First Baptist Church.
Youth Choir at First Me
thodist Church.
4:15 p.m. - Cherub Choir
at First Baptist Church.
7:30 p.m. - Circle No. Two
of First MethodistChurch will
meet at the home of Mrs.
Dixie Palmer.
8:00 p.m. - Alcoholic An
onymous meet at the New
Regal Hotel.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19
?1:30 p.m. - Sunny Point
Home Demons tratlonCIub will
meet at the home of Mrs.
Randall Shields.
3:30 p.m. - Chapel Choir
at First Baptist Church.
7:20 p.m. - Midweek ser
vices at P res byterlas Church.
7:30 p.m. - Revival services
at First Baptist Church.
8:00 p.m. - Midweek ser
vices at First Methodist
Church.
Choir rehearsal at Presby
terian Church. -
8:30 p.m. . Choir rehearsal
at First Methodist Church.
THURSDAY, APRIL 20
liMjjl. - Grape Creek
Home Demonstration Club will
0MMENDS NEW
\ 'DREWS SCHOOL
L-St:- ' ?wuukp.
Spring \A e other Here Briefly
During the brief spell of spring weather this section has been enjoying lately, the group
of Hiwassee Dam High School students shown above were caught by our cameraman enjoying
the sunshine in front of the observation builing at the Hiwassee Dam site. Those pictured
are left to right, Ricky Bagley, Lorraine Eller, Barbara Payne, Bill Helton, Glenda Taylor,
and Nancy Dockery. (Scout photo by Bagley)
3 Murphy Girls
Attend Student
Council Meeting
Three Murphy High School
girls went to the Western
District North Carolina Stu
dent Council Congress inLin
colnton. North Carolina April
7-8.
The three girls were Linda
Schuyler. Frankie Beal, and
Becky Hoover. Miss Eloise
Mcflee, acting .sponsor in the
place of Mrs. Margaret Car
ter, took the girls to Lincoln
ton. The three girls stayed
with Becky Hoover's aunt,
Mrs. R. V. Peeler.
Mrs . W i lliam Hoover,
Becky's mother, made the trip
with the girls.
The girls learned ways of
improving our own student
council and how to make it
a more effective organization.
The western district begins
with Mecklenburg County and
extends west to Cherokee and
Clay counties.
Coble Dairy
Introduces
New Product
Another new dairy product
will be marketed this month
by Coble Dairy. The new ad
dition to the Company's re
gular line is Pineapple Salad.
It's made by blending finely
crushed pineapple with Coble
Cottage Cheese.
Coble production manager,
William Kiser, said that in
blending the new cheese
salad with a unique taste,
plus pleasing eye-appeal.
The ready-prepared salad
comes In re-usable plastic
containers suitable for storing
In the refrigerator, or from
which the salad can be served.
P.T.A. To Meet
Monday Night
At High School
The Murphy P.T.A. will
meet Monday, April 17, at
7:30 p.m. in the Murphy High
School Library.
Walter Puett will give the
program. He will speak on
the library. Rev. Alex Han
son will give the devotional.
New officers for the coming
year will be Installed.
177 Pints of Blood
Collected Here
During the Bloodmobile
visit to Murphy Tuesday. 177
pints of blood were collected.
Authorities said this wis the
largest number collected In
Murphy since the war.
Free Methodist
Pastors To
Exchange Pulpits
The Free Methodist Churct
It arranging for an exchange
of preachers In the local chur
ches. Next Sunday, April 16,
Rev. Geae Silket of Epworth,
Georgia will be the gues
speaker at the Murphy Fit*
Methodist Church in the morn
tag worship hour at 11 a.m
The Rev. George Haase will
be the guest speaker at thi
Andrew* Free Methodist
Church. This exchange of m'n
liters of adjacent churchei
la dMlgaad to foster beta
ti iMial ? ? w :
icquimtince or neignooring
societies.
Methodists Plan Conference
On Christian Education
The Annual DistrictConfer
ence On Christian Education
for the Waynesvills Distrie
will be held at the First Me
thodist Church of Waynesville
on Monday evening, April 1"7.
beginning at 7:15 p.m. Repre
sentatives of eighty five
churches are expected to at
tend.
The conference is for
leaders and teachers in "he
age groups, ihcluding theChil
dren's youth and adult divi
Robbinsville
Seniors To
Present Flay
ROBBINSVILLE -Members
of the senior class of Rob
binsville will present their
senior play April 25, 1961, at
the Robbinsville Elementary
Auditorium. The title of this
years play is "Little Women".
The cast consists of Loretta
Corbln portraying Jo, Martha
Gillespie, Meg: Lynda Web
ster, Amy: Reba Orr, Beth;
Clarene Brooks, Mrs. March:
Marcella Hill, Hannah; Gail
Rodgers, Aunt March; Ed Alt
land, Professor Bhaer; Pat
Kirkland, Mr. Laurence; Nor
velle Ghormley, John Brook:
David Johnson, Laurie; and
Lavada Buchanan, Gail Hyde,
Melba Langston, and Frieda
Sylvester, friends of the fam
ily.
Beulah Shope and David
Johnson are stage managers.
The play is under the direc
tion of Mrs. Eloise Jenkins.
sions. Th? conference will
give special attention to pre
paration for Vacation Church
Schools to be held during the
early part of :he summer.
Workers with Kindergarten
children will be led by Mrs.
R. E. Allison. Primary age
workers will be led by Mrs,
David Hyatt of Waynesville.
Junior-age workers will be
led by Miss Elizabeth Gallis
of Canton.
The general course for wor
iters with children will be
under the guidance of Miss
Louise Robinson of States
ville. Youth division instruc
tors are: Junior High boys
and girls - Thomas S. Lee,
Jr. of Statesville, Seniors and
older youth leaders - Mrs.
C. H. King*>f Statesville, lea
ders of adults, particularly
young adults -.Paul H, Duck
wall of Statesville. It is em
phasized that only leaders of
children and young people are
expected to attend.
There will be no general
assembly. Attendants will go
directly o their class rooms.
Those helping to promote
this Conference are: F. C#
Smathers, District Superin
tendent, the Rev. R. H. Ni
cholson, Pastor of the Host
church, ^e Rev. DonaldEllis,
District Director of Adult
Work, the Rev. R. P. Bunch,
District Director of Youth,
the Rev. J. J. Hauser, Dis
trict Director of Intermedia
tes, Mrs. David Hyatt. District
Director of Children's Work.
Former Resident Held After
Shooting At Charlotte Banh
An innocent bystander In
a downtown Charlotte bank
was shot Friday, March 31,
when a 59-year-old "roving
Incompetent" pulled a pistol
on a bank trust officer.
Charles Marvin Gregory, a
former mental patient, was
arrested after two bank em
ployees and a customer wrest
led him to the floor and took
a .25 caliber automatic pistol
from him, police said.
Gregory is a former resi
dent of Cherokee County.
Gregory Is best remember
ed here for the stand he took
some ten years ago when he
held up traffic on U. S. High
way 64 West at gunpoint and
would not permit traffic to
pass. The late Sheriff Frank
Crawford and other residents
of Murphy broke up this sand
off.
Gregory at that time dis
puted the highway depart
ment's right to build a high
way across hi* land. He was
reported to be of the opinion
that the road was on hli land
and he had the final say so
as to who could use the road.
Gene A. Cathey, assistant
trust officer at North Caro
lina National Bank, said Greg
ory pulled a pistol from his
pocket and attempted to shoot
him. The two men had been
discussing Gregory's pension
In Caitiey's office.
The bullet went astray,
pierced a wall and struck
Jerry Powell. 25, a senior at
Eastern Carolina College.
Pow*U, who lives In White
vtlle, waa in an office ad
jacent M Cathey's when the
bullet ? truck him In the left
hip.
He and Gregory were taken
?o Pn-s >t*rian Hospital.
The bullet was removed
from Powell's hip. Doctors
said he was in good condition.
Gregory was examined to
see If the scuffle over the gun
had aggravated a previous
heart condition or his dia
betes. Doctors saldGregory's
physical condition was good,
and he was taken to jail.
He was charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon
(on Powell) and assault with
a deadly weapon with intent
to kill (Cathey). County Phy
sician C. L. Nance signed a
warrant against Gregory for
mental observation. Gregory
was then taken to the county
jail, where he will stay until
examined by a psychiatrist.
In 1953, Gregory was dis
charged from B rough ton Hos
pital, a mental institution at
Morganton, police said. In
January, he was released from
an Institution in Barber s>n,
Ohio, they said.
AUNT HET
People itilnk tt'i Jim's age
that keeps him from touKlln'
when women come In. tax
he's just taking advantage of
hif age to favor Ms lazlMM.
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