Cherokee County's first baby of the New Year arrived at District Mernor al Hospital Placing second in the Ha by Kct was Pats .1:1 Stewart, arriving a: ?;SJ a.m. J an. Third arrival was Poi as hdward Kephart, son .?? Mr and Mrs Charles Kephart
In Andrews. Jeffery Hugh Blayloi k, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Hiaylock we glied In at 2, at Disu ?: Memorial ttosp lal. 1 ittle Miss M-. wat t is , daaf.tei o! Mi. and Mrs. ?? Kt. 1. Murphy Id e ' lbs. 1 i>; boy was born all ruvi.lrm e Hospital n Murphy and
8 lba 1 oz Jeffery Hugh arnved at 4:10 p.tn. New Years dav and has a big brother age Arvile -Stcwai ' of hobb.rsville Mrs Slew n i -a. I r c 1 itle u ,e > ad ml been was delivered bv Lit. Helet V'.el.s He was born a' 1:S a.n January 2. The Kepharts
4. Dr. Charles O. Van Corder brought the little telluw nto the world. r.auied and as it is s "er Hit. r a. tak a va :a.--' t i '? i ? -? r N- rheug't p. tiave a laugti'.et age 4
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The Cherokee Scout
And Clay County Progress
Volume 72 - Number 23 Murphy, N. C., January 4, 1962 8 Pages This Week Published Weekly
M urphy
Calendar
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Thursday. January 4
7:00 p.m. Friendship Evange
listic visitation night ai
Presbyterian Church.
7:30 p.m. Deacon meeting at
Presbyterian Church
Sunday, January 7
6:15 a.m. Mass at Providence
Chapel
11:00 a.m. Holy Mass at St
Williams Catholic Church
5:30 p.m. MYF at First Metho
dist Church
6:30 p.m. Training Un on at
First Baptist Church
7:00 p.m. Concord Choir at
First Baptist Church.
Monday. January 8
6:30 p.m. Rotary Club to n eet
at Family Restaurant.
6:30 p.m. B & PWC to meet
at New Regal Hotel.
7:30 p.m. Evening Circle of
Presbyterian Church will
meet at the hon e of Mrs.
Holland McSwain.
. 7:30 p.m. January bible study
* begins at First Baptist
y Church.
7:30 p.m. Town Council meets
at Murphy Power Board
Building.
7:30 p.m. St. Williams
Catholic Church confra
ternity of Christian
doctrine officers and com
mittee meeting.
Tuesday, January
3:30 p.m. Afternoon Circle of
Presbyterian Church will
meet with Mrs. S. C.
Burgess.
6:30 p.m. Lions Club meeting
at recreation hall of First
Methodist Church
7:30 p.m. January Bible Study
at First Baptist Church
8:p.m. Alcoholic Anonymous
at Regal Hotel
Wednesday, January 10
4:15 p.m. Carol Choir at First
Baptist Church
6:00 p.m. Brotherhood supper
at First Baptist Church
6:30 p.m WMU meet at First
Baptist Church
7:20 p.m. Midweek service at
Presbyterian Church
7:30 p.m. Midweek services at
First Methodist Church
7:30 p.m. January Bible Study
at First Baptist Church
8:00 p.m. Choir practice at
Presbyterian Church
8:30 p.m Choir rehearsal at
First Methodist Church.
8:40 p.m. Adult Choir rehear
sal at FlrstBaptistChurch
Thursday, January 11
1:00 p.m. Cancer clinic at
Health Department
Ice, Snow
Bring Fires,
Accidents
Old Man W inter Jumped two
to five inches of snow on
Cherokee and Clay County
during the past week and the
temperature dipped to 11
degrees F riday, Dec . 29 and to
12 degrees Saturday, Dec 30.
As a result of the extreme
weather, Cherokee Counry
schools did not open as
scheduled on Tuesday, Jan.
2. The return from Christ
mas holidays was postponed
until Thursday, Jan. 4.
Several minor accidents in
volving property damage were
reported, apparently a result
of Ice and snow on the roads
and highways A Roadway
fclxpress tractor trailer col
lided with two stranded
vehicles on L. S. 64 west of
Murphy on Franklin Mountain
totally demolishing a 1953
GMC truck owned by Winston
Westmoreland of Route 1,
Copperhill. The other vehicle
was a 1962 Chevrolet driven
by an unidentified man 'rom
Charlotte. The accident oc
curred around 5 a.m. Monday,
January 1.
A pickup truck belonging to
Davis ESSO Servicenter went
out of control com ng down
Texana hill about 10:30 a m.
Friday morning and over
turned. Neal Colbert, driver
of the truck, was unhurt.
Patrolman Don Moran re
ported several "fender
bender" accidents as did
Patrolman E. N. Hooper of
Andrews. Mora:; also reported
seven arrests on drunk driving
charge.
Several 'ires struck during
thus per;od of cold weather.
The home of Everett Nichols
on Sycamore Street in Murphy
caught fire shortly after 9a.m.
Saturday mornng Dec. 30.
Murphy fireman were able to
save the house. Damage was
estimated at $1,500. Fizz
Nichols, son of Flverett
Nichols, told The Scout that
his father has carried fire
insurance for 20 years wirh
the same company and that
the premium is due againjan.
10, 1962. The insurance was
adequate to cover the damage
to the house.
The home of Mr and Mrs.
Elmer Taylor of Grape Creek
section burned to the ground
shortly before dawn Tuesday,
Jan. 2. The Taylors were outof
town on vacation at the time.
See other story on this page.
LITTLE APS . m
rU'?fe
W.D. Townson Elected Murphy
Chamber Of Commerce President
W. D. Townaon. Murphy
mamrfacturer BrK^ funeral
A rector, has been elected
president of the Murphy
Chamber of Commerce for the
fourth dme. Mr. Townson re
turns to head the yr"up after
an absense of only one vear
He auc eeds Doyle Burch.
president for the past year
Townson served as president
of the Murphy Chamber of
Commerce for three straight
terms prior to the election
of Burch lasr year
The election of new off oers
was held at a specral meeting.
Thursday, December 2R
Other officers that will
serve with Mr. Townson are
Dr. W. A. Hoover, vicepres'
dent: Merle Davis, secretary;
John Gill, treas rer; andHer
man Edwards, attorney.
New directors elected to
serve three year terms are
Kenneth Godfrey, W.D.Town
ton, J. H. Duncan, and N.J.
Babb.
A dinner meeting of the new
officers and directors w 11 he
held Thursday evening. Jan
4, at 7:00 p.m at the Famdv
Restaurant.
Mr Townson ts a past
president of the North
Carolina Funeral and Burial
Association; past district
governor of the National Fun
eral Directors Association:
v ce president of the Cherokee
County Fur Association;
charter member of National
Wooden Pallet Assoc anon of
Wash me ton, D. C. He is the
owner of Townson Funeral
Home and W I) Townson
Lumber Co. The Townson
Lumber Co. is the oldest
manufacturing plant still
iperating in Cherokee County.
Letter To The Editor
The Fd*.tor:
Would Murder be Ler
miss ble in Murphy?
It s gratifying to learn
that the police are go ng to
enforce the North Carolina
fireworks law. The town of
Murphy Board of Com
mtssioners has directed the
police to do so
All this brings a disturbing
thought to mind, though. Is it
possible that the police had
previously been told to ignore
this same law? If this is true
have the poL ce been instructed
to overlook other laws whtch
are openly and flagrantly
violated, such as the 35 mtle
per-hour speed limit Inside
the Town Limits?
E. B. Armstrong
Murphy, N. C.
The Evertt Nichols home on Sycamore Street in Murphy is
shown with smoke boiling out from tinder the roof shortly after
firemen arrived on the scene.
Neal Co bert was unhurt as the pickup he wis driving
went out of control on Texana Hill about 10:30 Fridav morning.
The pickup belongs to Davis Esso
1962 TAGS GO ON SALE - 1962 North Carolina automobile
tags went on sale in Murphy Tuesday, Jan. 2, at S a.n . Many
residents of Cherokee, Clay, and Graham counties flocked to
the Carolina Motor Club office at the Western Auto t: hnv
their tags. Here Ben Kaesdale of Murphy purchases hts 19M?
rag from Max Johnson, left. Automobile owners are urged to
follow directions outlined on the reverse side of their renewal
cards. (Scout Photo)
check your label
RENEW YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION EARLY
Andrews Lodge
Installs
New Officers
Another Good
Year For Area
7>e year 1 '62 will f>e another good business
year tor Murpf y, Cherokee County and this
section.
The bus ness year ahead will find Murphy
again tn a most favored category w among all
the towns ol Western Nortl Cj-'hna It may
be well hei" js to take a look ar the favorable
factors. As do so, however, it is also
well ior us t" resolve thut we will do our part
to extend and promote the business growth,
parnc.darls will we lock alive, alert, plan
and execute diligently to bring to uur own
business cur share ol the whole.
The business whuh wjils with folded hands
and lethargic disinterest for business to come
to it is going to suffer N >w to tie facts which
give good pro- :se tor good employment and
Increasing consumer buying power.
one Murphy department s*ore plans rhe
i Jdition or another department or. its second floor.
\ & lJ,s new supermarket is a bris.h , new
attract on of the town, and the vacancy created
by the A ii i; move will surety be tiled by some
Dtheraggressive retail o .tlet.
HIGHWAYS
!>e year sho Id bring the expenditure of
thousands o4 dollars in highway building irr.
provements and modernization. It is reasonable
to expect thai the plans for the mproverr ent of
1'. S. Highway from Murphy to Manteo will get
going. The corr.plecon of the improvement pro
ject now in progress west of Murphy will be
completed this year g v ng Murphv a new
attractive,modern westerly approac h
AGRICULTURE
The agricultural outlook s brig* t. Tobacco
wil. Oe ; aintamed at the past year's suppor'
on:-.*, i hi. roL d -e ii' be p? a 'xcaJy
the same for The individual larmer as :he past
year. C! erokee County farmers experienced
a banner year :n I'^nl
Corn, Cherokee's biggest crop as to acreage
in 1%1, is expected to decline m acreage ,n
1962 d .e to r e Feed (.rain program. Income
to the fart: er is expected to rise.
Hay , another Cherokee County crop, is
expected to increase :n acreage and thus bring
in more revenue. With the increased sowing of
hay, the county's already expended cattle herds
will continue to gr^w
The broiler and poui"r\ .nd.istrv 'aces hard
going, but ever; ( ere there are s gns that things
will brighten up It now appears definite that
some plan for urkey price support will be worked
out. For the poultry industry that I1? not so
definite Opposition to any government program,
for poultry continues high.
RETAIL SALES
Murphv has a tirm reputation as a good
shopping center and men like to spend their
mone'v here. Or should we aiso add the women.
For it is the Little Women who spends most of
the family money for food, clothing and house
hold necessities.
INDUSTRY
M.irphy's old and well established >r?dustres
w* 1 see a year of Ugh den and. All the records
and predii tions and studies indicate that business
demands for products such as are turned out by
Brumby Textile Mills, W. D. Townson Lumber
Co., T ruber Products Co., The Hitchcock Corp.,
Commonwealth Lumber Co. and others will tie
high.
Newly established industries such as
Margaret's Studio, Inc. and Runco Mfg. Corps
can also be included in this category.
The establishment of a new industry. Textured
Yarns Co. Inc., at the old Hemmrich Corp.
plant at Peachtree, and the expansion of three
others, will surely increase employrrient. %
The Textured Y arn plant is expected to be in
operation by late spring. Brumby Textile Mills
w:B complete construction of their new build
ing sometime in February. W. D. Townson
Lumber Co. Is in the process of installing wood
chipping equipment which will eventually quad
ruple the r consumption of wood. Rimco Mfg.
Corp. has announced expansion plans for 1962.
Lxpansion of ojr industry, plus establishment
of a new plant is a development which orfers
the most promise.
A good business year is upon us. Plan to
get your share.
Geology, Ground-Water
Survey Now Underway
Andrews - Andrews Lodge
529 of AF & AM held
installation service at the
regular monthly meet ne a'
Masoni Hall, Monday J anuar\
1. at "dOP p.m.
The following officers wer-.'
installed for 1962. Worshipful
Master, S. J, Oernert; Sr
Warden. John Ellis; lr. War
den, Norman Hartman ; Sr.
[>eacon, Herbert Sheidv; Jr
Deacon, Charles Frazler:
Treasurer, Dill, Raxter;Sec
retarv. C.alusna Fullium. Sr.
steward, Vincent Hardin;
Chaplin, Harve Muikey; Tvler,
John Bel man; Educational
Committee, chairman Harve
Muikey, Clyde Rector, Dilly
Raxter; Oxford Orphanage
Committee. JohnEllis, Chair
man, Kelly Hooper, Loftor
West.
1961 Auto
Daaths Below
1960 Figure
Highway Patrolman R. H
Ensley reports a reduction
in automobile acclden:
fatalities in Cherokee Counry
in 1961 compared to 19fO.
Three motor vehicle accidents
resulted in death during 19pl
There were seven fatalities
in I960.
Two of the fatalities
involved school buses. The
other Involved a car over
turning.
A two year reconnaissance
study of the ecology and
ground - water resources of
Cherokee. Clay, Graham, and
Swain Counties was recentis
begun by the I1. S. Geological
Survey in cooperati >n with the
North Carolina Department of
Water Resources, Col
Marry C. Brown, Director
The project, financed jointly
b\ the State and Federal
Governments. is part of a
Statewde program to provide
a general picture of the water
resourv es throughout the
crure State by 1963. Chester
L . Do.ison, geologist with the
Grn nd Water Branch of the
I . S. Geological Survey, is in
charge of the local proiect.
lie pro ect office is in the
Clerokee County Courthouse
m Murphy.
The study will cons stof five
main parts: collection of in
formation on wells and
springs, maintenance of a net
work of observation wells and
springs, study of geology and
compilation of a geologic map
of the area, chemical analysis
of selected water samples and
preparation of a report. The
report will describe the types
of rock in the area, the
reationship of the undergrounc
water, the fluctuations of the
water table, and other factors
concerning the occ urrence anc
use of ground water. The
report will be published by the
North Carolina Department ol
Water Resources and w 11 be
helpful ro communitites, in
dustries, and others in
terested in developing water
supplies and In locarins
so irees of underground water
for future needs.
Mr. Dodson, a native Tenn
essean. received his B. S. anc
M. S. degree in geology a
West Virginia I'niversiry anc
Joined the U. S. Geologica
Survey in 1952. Previously h<
has prepared reports on thx
mineral resources of New Yor
and New England and on iron
ore in northern New York
while stationed at Beltsville,
Md. and Washington, D. C.
Beginning in 1954 he worked
on the Government's uranium
program in Utah andColorado
wh le stationed at Grand
J unction, Colo.
Before coming to Murphy
in September, Mr. Dodson
spent four years studying the
geology and ground-water re
sources of Morgan County,
Alabama. Mr. Dodson and his
family reside in Murphy.
Peyton G. Ivle
Wins Trip
Mr leyton G. Ivle left
Saturday to attend the Sugar
Bowl Game In New Orleans on
New Years day Mr. I vie won
fhe trip by selling the most
Wesringhouse appliances in
rhis district. Others with Mr.
Ivle on the trip were 36 other
distributors and officials of
?he Company.
While In New Orleans they
?oured the city and the French
quarters and also took a six
hour cruise. The trip was
sponsored bv the Westing
house Co., of Chattanooga.
Tax Listers
Start
Annual Task
1 ax listing began in Chero
kee Counry Tuesday.
The ten listers for the six
?ownships with all their in
structions and supplies began
the annual task of listing every
piece of property within the
counry, as well as personal
property, including cars and
trucks.
Many property owners who
forgot to lis: the>r property
last Januarv are now faced
with additional penalties and
costs for the oversight
H W. Hughes, Cherokee
County Tax Supervisor,
emphasized that the failure
to list sub-ens the property
owner m a penalty of 1(T|
which can not be removed from
the tax. This penalty is the
result of a legislative act.
Want Ads, Card
Of Thanks Sold
On Cash Basis
All "Want Ads" and "Card
of Thanks" appearing In The
Cherokee Scout and Clay
County Progress are soldona
strictly cash basis. This In
cludes a] want ads and cards
of thanks that are given to cor
respondents in Hayesville and
Andrews, all those given by
telephone and those received
through the malls.
Want Ads and Cards of
Thanks are charged at the rate
of $.02 per word, 50g mln
Imum. This means that the
charge for 25 words or less
Is only 50(
Baptist Church
T raining Union
Holds Watch Party
The Workers T raining
Union of the First Baptist
Church held a Watch party
on Sunday evening. December
31 at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hughes.
Mrs. Velma Burch and Mrs.
Carrie Da via were In charge
al the gamee and con teats.
Snow '?'
SlowsNew
1962 Baby
I "Vie snow 01 the hoi Idas
traffic kept Mr. Stork from
arriving in Cherokee County
wit! the f;rst baby of the Ne*
Year until late Monday after
noon. It was 4:10 p m.f
exactly 16 fiours and 10
minutes after the New Year
began that he arrived at Dis
trict Memorial Hospital,
Andrews, with an 8 pound
1 2 ounce boy, Jeffrey Hugh,
for Mr and Mrs. L. V. Blay
lock. Hie doctor in charge was
Dr. Charles L). Van Gorder
Tie Blaylocks have one
other son who is four years
old.
While in Andrews the stork
was kept working overlme
delivering another baby. This
time a girl for Mr and Mrs.
Arvtle Stewart of Robbinsville
born a' 2:35 a.m. Tuesday,
January 2. The baby makes
number 11 for Mr. and Mrs.
Arvtle Stewart, ranging in age
from 2 days to 18 years. The
doctor in charge was Dr
Charles O. Van Gorder.
Going from District
Memorial Hospital to Provi
dence Hospital in Murphy, the
stork delivered the third baby
of the New \ ear to Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Kephart of Rt.
3, Murphy. The baby, Thomas
Edward, was bom at 3:55
a.m. Tuesday, January 2 and
weighed ~ pounds 1 ounce. The
doctor in charge was Dr Helen
Wells.
Mr. and Mrs. L V. Blay
luck having the first baby tn
19b2 ? ave won the prizes ad
vertised in The Cherokee
Scout, 19(52 Baby Contest
Young Jeffrey Hugh Blaylock
will receive from Trudy's one
dozen Curity diapers, from
Collins C rain Department Score
a baby blanket. The Cherokee
Scout will award to the Blay
locks, a one year subscription
to the paper and also an 8x10
portrait of the baby.
Fire Claims
Home Of The
Elmer Taylors
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
E'mer Taylor was completely
destroyed by fire early Tues
day morning.
the Olen Taylor's, parents
of Elmer Taylor were the
first to discover the fire
shortly before 6 a m. By the
time that the Town of Murphy
Fire Equipment arrived there
the ho se was nearly burned
to the ground.
Mr. Olen Taylor stated that
the house was built of white
cedar and that once the fire
got started there was no stop
p ng it.
An attempt to extinguish the
fire which was confined around
a picrure window, with a fire
extinquisher proved futile.
Only a frPezer was saved
from the six room dwelling
Mr. and Mrs. ElmerTaylor
were in Phoenix City, Ala.
where Mr. Taylor's father
contacted them. They had left
Murphy Monday to go to
Florida on a vacation.
D.M. Htidrix
EarasHoaors
AtTeaaassae
David M. Hendrtx a student
at the University of Tennessee
has made the cum laudehonor
roll for two consecutive
quarters, summer and fall, it
has been announced by the
University.
In order to make this honor
group, a student must main
tain a 85 or higher average on
all work carried during the
quarter.
Hendrix is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence M. Hendrix,
Route 1. Murphy.
Officers Elected
For 1st
Sunday Singings
Hayesvllle -- New Officers
for Clay County 1st Sunday
Afternoon Singing of 1962 are:
President - CUne McCluref
Vice President Ralph Myers;
Secretary and Treasurer -f
Vers Ledford.
The 1st Sunday Afternoon
Singing of Clay County for
January will be held at Shady
Grove Church, Sunday, Jan,
7, 1962.
The Church la located on
Old M between Warns and
Hayesvllle We extend a
cordial Invitation for I
?specially singers id