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Volume 72 - Number 35 Murphy, North Carolina, March 29, 1962 10 Paget This Week Pifcllshed Weekly
happy again. "A N?
Wli?? diet we do have y*um
p3lw ow kit"*
owr Awl Murphy, UlriBh.
Alao J. L. McMahoo at A.
Haao Servica Station. Bart
Hogan aod Wlllard Green at
the barbershop are Iriah. "A
Newcutuar" added that m go
along wtA An Noland Walla
awry, (which was A Aa Scout
laat was*) Noland Wla of Aa
aMghbor who aafcad lilm m
mo U Ma mula had Ilea. The
?imal was bo the rod, and Aa
neighbor had bean putting on
gxeaae and olla and salves
but getting no re aula. Noland
mam of one poaldve a ay:
?PPfy a lighted match, bum off
a bit of the hair and examine
aPPllad Aa match - an'
WHOOP: The mula a tar ted to
tern and not mildly. The
neighbor'a wile ran out and
?mothered Aa blaze with
bar baa t badapreada. Noland
a aye the neighbor never aakad
him again for advice, and the
nelghbor'a vile never did
apeak to him again ? Many
dtaaka "A Newcomer," leta
hear from you again.
GOOD QUESTION: A sub
scriber from Brassmwn
writes A and wants to know
how Hanging Doggotltename?
Who Knows? It sure doea puzzle
me on why or bow they called
Aat section Hanging Dog. if
you know please write or call
ma. There areothers around
here that are just as puzzled.
? ? ?
SENIOR CLASS PLAY: This
Friday and Saturday night the
Murphy High School Seniors
present their class play. Let's
everyone attend and make them
give SO curtain calls. I have
always enjoyed watching class
plays and certainly feel that
I will enjoy this one.
FISHING SEASON: Time to
get out your rod and reel, tell
your boss your grandmother
Is sick and must have the day
off, sneak down to the lake and
GO FISHING. Off the Cuff
hopes id go fishing this week
end. Of course I can't compete
with our star fishermen.
Charlie Hyatt, Max Payne or
Duke Whitley, but, one thing
for sure you won't hear me
telling any fish stores. No
elrl Just because I can catch
a 400 poind bass with nothing
but a line and hook doesn't
give me the right to tell fish
stories. No Slrl
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK:
Advice is like snow; the softer
It falls, die longer It dwells
ig?n. and the deeper it sinks
An the mind.
Baton Class
Scheduled.
Mill Sarah Singleton will
lnitruct a baon twirling claii
again thli year (or inter -
beginner
mediate and beginner groins
it was announced Wecbeaday,
The classes will begin around
April 10.
Intaraatad parents and stu
dents must call Miss Singleton
before Monday. April 9 to en
roll.
Miss Becky Jo Ray will
assist with the instruction.
Both girls have attended Joy
cliff Twirl] "
-ling Camp and are
majorenes with the Murphy
School Band.
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Thursday scattered cloud
ness with showers on Friday.
Saturday and Sunday partly
cloudy.
Whiskey Still
Uncovered By
Neal Kitchens
Hayesvllle ? Sheriff Neal
R. Kitchens picked up a trail
about 5:00 p.m. in the Tus
quictee section of Clay Co.
Friday and followed it back
in the mountain where he sur
prised two men about 11:00
p.m. coming out of a still
, carrying whiskey. On seeing
the officer the two men drop
ped their load and fled down
the rugged mountain side.
Saturday morning the
Sheriff went back and found
a 25 gallon copper still, ap
proximately 300 gallons of
mash and four gallons of
Whiskey.
No arrests have been made;
but the Sheriff is continuing the
investigation.
YDC To Meat
The Cherokee County Young
Democrat Club will meet
Thursday night, March. 29,
at the courthouse in Murphy
at 7:30 p.m, Mrs. Bobble
Stalcup, secretary, has an
nounced.
New officers for the year
will be elected and installed.
I Murphy
Calendar
Thtoeday, March 29
3:15 p.m. Children's Choir re
hearsal at Flret Methodist
Church.
8:00 p.m. Open Installation of
officers of Murphy Chapter
No. 10 Order of Eastern
Star In Masonic Hall
8:00 p.m. Rescue Squad to
meet at Murphy Power
Board Building
Sunda. April 1
6:15 a.m. Mass at Providence
Chapel.
11:00 a.m. Holy Mass at St.
Williams Catholic Church
5:30 MYF . to meet at First
Methodist Church.
Monday, April 2
6:30 p.m. Rotary Club Id meet
at Family Restaurant
7:30 p.m. Cherokee Lodge No.
146 AF & AM to meet In
Masonic Hall.
7:30 p.m. Evening Circle of
Presbyterian Church to
meet In Westminister
Building.
8:00 p.m St. Jude Adult Edu
cation Study course at St.
Williams Catholic church.
Tuesday, April 3
6:00 p.m. Christian Study
class and Youth Fellowship
at Westminister Building
of Presbyterian Chuch.
6:30 p.m. Clvltan meeting at
Family Restaurant.
7:30 p.m. St. Peter Claver
Adult Education Study club
at Texana St. PeterClaver
Center.
8 p.m. Alcoholic Anonymous
at New Regal Hotel
Wednesday April 4
9:00 a.m. Ranger 5th 4-H
Club meeting.
10:00 a.m. Ranger 7th 4-H
Club Meeting.
10:00 a.m. Holy Communion
at Episcopal Church of
Messiah
11:00 a.m. Ranger 6th 4-H
Club meeting. t
12:30 p.m. Ranger 8th 4-H
Club meeting
6:30 p.m. Men of the Presby
terian Church at the West
minister Building.
6:30 p.m. Family night at
First Methodist Church
7:30 p.m. Midweek services
at Free Methodist Church
8:30 pjn. Choir rehearsal at
First Methodist Church.
MURPHY GARDEN CLUB OFFICERS elected at a picnic meeting at Mrs. W. A. Hoover's
Saturday, March 24 are left to right, Mrs. S. C. Burgess, secretary; Mrs. Harry Bishop,
vica-president; Mrs. B, H. Brumby, first vice president; and Mrs. L. L. Mason,
Mrs. Holland McSwaln, treasurer, was not present for the photo. (Scout Photo)
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Murphy
Seniors
Present Play
"Dear Diary," a rousing
comedy In three acta, will be
presented by the senior class
of Murphy High School Friday
and Saturday, March 30and31
at 8:00 p.m. In the grammar
school auditorium.
Distraught Mother and
Father Maxwell have had their
hands full with daughter Connie
and son Wilbur for a long time.
Their one ray of hope and
sunshine Is their other da ugh
wr Batty Lou. She's popular
makes top grades and doesn't
mind work. Betty Lou posses
ses a very vivid lmaf^natlon
and everything she Imagines
she puts down in her make
believe diary. What happens
when Mr. Maxwell finds this
diary Is pure mayheml of
course everything works out
fine In the end, but the situation
abotmds with laughs and fast
moving fun for everyone.
The cast Includes idery
George Baugh, David Alvei -
son, F rankle Beat, Dorothy
Ann Mull, Kenneth Rice, Glen
Beavers, Deborah Anderson,
Jimmy Tlmpeon, Glenda
Fisher, Ann Qidnn. JobnRveh,
Linda Hanson, and Carol
Devltoa.
Director la Mrs. Vatma
Burch Mrs. Walter Puett,
Mrs. Shirley Grasf, and Mr.
Joe Morrow, also senior
sponsors, aa wall aa various
students, will as slat in hr
will be $140 for
adults and 90$ tor students.
BOB PENL'AND, Murphy Roury Club P resident, welcomes
Rudlf Glarner, exchange student from Switzerland while
Holland McSwaln, District Rotary Governor looks on.
(Scout Photo)
Swiss Exchange Student
Speaks To Rotary Club
Special to The Scout
by Bob Potter
Switzerland's recognized
position of neutrality was hard
to maintain, the difficulty
being Increased by the pro
blem, for example, of mem
bership in the common market
with other nations of Western
Europe,
Work A!
Cemetary
To Continue
Work of clearing and
beautifying the Hayesvllle
Baptist - Presbyterian Cem
etary will continue Saturday,
March 31, weather permitting,
Mrs. J. M. May, chairman of
the Truett Memorial Baptist
Cemetary committee, has an
nounced.
Mrs. May expressed her
thanks to tnose that turned out
last Saturday to help with the
work. She added that it is hoped
that any one having loved ones
burled in the cemetary will
come out and lend a hand in
putting the cemetary in good
condition. "It is embarasslng
now to have say that ou?- loved
ones are burled in this
cemetary." Mrs. May said.
"I urge all citizens who have
a member of their family
buried here to attend this
working Saturday and show
those buried here this respect
by at least fixing the grave."
So said Rudlf Glarner,
Swiss student under the
Rotary scholarship program
spending a year at Davidson
College, In speaking Monday
night at the regular meeting
of the Murphy Rotary Club.
In order to maintain strict
neutrality his country had
remained out of the United
Nations, Glarner, who come
from Glarus, Switzerland,
said; but It was needful to
join the common market to
preserve Its accustomed
economic life.
The young man, who Is an
expertslder spoke of various
phases of the life of his country
including the once-a -year
meeting where the people of
the district known as the can
ton vote on matters relating
to their Interests. Swiss de
mocracy was much much like
American, save, that people
of the little European nation
had the power of referendum
which they employed In public
issues.
Amid Its majestic Alps
Mountains the Swiss, with
limited arable land, and little
transportation by water, had
developed Industrially, was
completely electrified, and
much perclsion manufacturing
full employment andno slums.
More than 6 million people
of the nation are of German,
French and Italian lineage and
language, Mr. Glarner said.
High school called for hard
study while In the universities
there was complete academic
freedom; It was up to the
student to advance If he would.
Congressman Taylor Wants
More $'s For ACP Program
Washington ? Twelfth Dis
trict Congressman Roy A.
Taylor Tuesday, March 27,
urged larger appropriations
for the U. S. Agricultural
Conservation Program. He
also called for an Increase In
the Soil Conservation Service
budget.
In recent years, the annual
ACP appropriation has been
maintained at $250 million.
The imposed 1963 budget
reduces the figure to $150
million.
Appearing before the ap
propriations subcommittee of
the House Agriculture Com
mittee, Rep. Taylor asked that
the ACP appropriation for
1963 be restored to $250
million.
"Continuation of the ACP
program on at least the same
level as In recent years Is
probably more vital to the
farmers of Western North
Carolina and the some 200
counties of the Southern Ap
plachlans than any other
section of the nation," de
clared Taylor.
"With our very small
farms, heavy rural population,
hillside fields and limited land
resources. It is most import
ant that every encouragement
and assistance be given that
will help to conserve and re
store productivity," he said.
The congressman told the
subcommittee that through the
ACP, great progress has been
made In "healing gullies,
stopping washes, eliminating
broomaage and planting
trees." The result has been
Increased farm Incomes, he
said.
"Any curtailment In these
efforts will be a step backward
for the area," he added.
Rep Taylor also asked the
subcommittee to Increase the
Soil Conservation Service
Budget, warning that failure
a do so will result In some
services being curtailed or
discontinued.
"We find greatly Increased
public Interest In conservation
and management of lend and
water resources," he said.
The farmer's economic
status, Taylor said, does not
permit Mm to bear the entire
costof conservation, "wMch Is
a matter of concern to all
segments of our population."
In Ms concluding remarks.
Rep. Taylor declared: "1 re
quest that the ACP appropri
ation be restored to $250
million and that a reasonable
Increase be added to the
Soil Conservation budget."
Andrews Youth Night
Andrews - The Annual Ai
socisthmtl Baptist Youth Night
will be held at We Trues
Memorial Baptist Church in
Haywsville. April 7 at 7 JO
p.m. with the Association
Young Paepla'e president.
Trues West presiding.
Youth choirs from the
churches le ? We association
will perftdpaas.
2 Convicts, Wanted Man
Caught At Tusquittee
Hayesvllle ? Sheriff Neal
R. Kitchens received a
call last Monday that a sum
mer cabin in the Tusquittee
section of Clay County had
been broken into. On investi
gation he found the cabin had
been slept itC the hot plate
had been used and empty coffee
cups were found in the floor
indicating two people had used
the cabin. The Sheriff im
mediately suspected two con
victs who hadescaped from the
Peachtree Prison camp as
being the men who had entered
the cabin.
The Sheriff figured the men
had moved farther back in
the Tusquittee mountains and
on Thursday afternoon he
picked up their trail. He left
four guards from-the Peach
tree camp and Deputy Sheriff
Dee H. Barnard on the trail
leading into the hideout, while
he and Patrolman Don Mo ran
circled higher in the mountain.
When the two officers foimd
fresh tracks leading down the
mountain they followed them
into a laural thicket. From
this point the officers could
see three men cooking supper.
They waited until the men
filled their plates and sat
down to eat and slipped iq>
and made the arrest before the
men had time to move.
Arrested at the scene were
Wayne Cdthern age 23 of Clay
County who was serving a sen
tence of 5 to 7 years for lar
ceny, Doyle Teague age 18,
serving II months from Hay
wood C ounO
tty for breaking and
entering. These two man honor
grade prisoners broke from
die rock quarry in the Liberty
section of Cherokee County,
March A. The third man ar
reaied waa Allen Patterson of
Clay
on a warrant tor I
entering and larceny of Macon
County cabins.
The men were unarmed; but
had a large quantity of rifle
and shot gun shells, hunting
knives, hatchets, large supply
of blankets and a weeks food
supply of canned foods, etc.
Saturday morning Sheriff
Kitchens had a report two
more cabins had been broken
into. He discovered laundry
: marks on blankets and
the name on the Navy top coat
and flight Jacket as being pro- 4
perty found at the hide out, as
belonging to the cabin owned
by Mr. Edwin Koos that had
been robbed. Wayne Cothern
and Allen Patterson both
signed a confession to the
Sheriff that they had taken
these items. A folding cotwas
taken from the Wayne Phillips
cabin and Cothern admitted
Sunday he was the one who got
it. An ax taken from the cabin
the mqp slept In Tuesdaynight
was also recovered.
Cothern and Teague were*
returned to the Peach tree
Prison Camp and Patterson
is being held in the Macon
County Jail, Franklin.
Clay Women's
Democrat
Club Organized
On Thursday evening.
March 22, the charter meet
ing of the Clay County
Woman's Democratic Club was
held atHayesvllle School ltmcn
room. With a large group of
woman from all precincts of
the coimty attending. Mrs.
Pearl CDonnell, District Co
ordinator, andMrs. Betty Wil
liams, both of the Buncombe
County Clufeln Athavilla,!
group and farmulato plans tor
tha future.
County Planning
Board To Seek
Federal Dollars
L inda Beadles
To Serve On
European Caravan
fornwS' ?ea(Ues has been in
formed that she Is to have
?rPTlZ\1 ^ ' mem"
Methodist Euro
pean Caravan Team for this
summer of 1962. The caravan
will travel through local towns
in various countries, living in
the homes, working with the
people, and thereby spreading
Christian good-will and de
monstrating the love of the
people of North Carolina for
those of other countries.
Young peopjg who gre
chosen to be a part of this
work caravan must provide
thirteen hundred dollars, and
U*"31 "Sk lurches
M Ai.' ? frtends B help
in this undertaking. Everv
5ESS ""s *ZS
\r":
chemistry major and plans
Duri!Lai.medlCal mlssionary.
^ her three years ?
Clay Subscribers
Complain Of
Pbone Service
. ?Ha^svllle - A petition list
ing 13 specific complaints
about telephone service In
Clay County was signed
Thursday night by about 200
telephone subscribers who at
tended a protest meeting In
HayesWUe. The remaining 200
subscribers will be given an
opportunity to sign the petition
before Saturday, when It will
be sent to the State Utilities
Commission.
Clay County Is served by
r? ,Carollna Telephone
Co. which recently applied to
the commission for a ram
ln"?ase. Protesting sub
scribers say rates should not
be raised until the quality of
service Is Improved.
TomDay. Wee president of
?.m ^ k and Trust Co..
he frequently has to
use the telephone at a service
station near the bank in order
? a caU through. "Phone
company officials have
promised us everything we
heve asked for but we'sdl!
I* worst service I have
ever seen." he declared.
?. er?on Martin and Ray
Chambers presided at the
Buncombe County
Monufoctuer In
11 th GOP Race
A Buncombe County manu
facturer has announced his
candidacy for the Republican
nomination for Congress from
North Carolina's 11th Con
gressional District. Robert
Brown, 48, of AshevlUe has
entered the GOP congres
sional race. The Republican
Primary wUl be heldSaturdav
May 26. y
Mr. Brown established the
Clinton Corp. atBarnardsvllle
in 1959. His firm now
employes over 200 people. He
is a member of the Methodist
Church. Elk Club, and is a
Mason. He and his wife have
four children.
$250,000 Clay
County Phone
Expansion Started
Bids were received in
Weaverville . N. C. at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, March 27 by the
Western North Carolina
Telephone Co. for the con
struction of an addition to
the company's Hayesvllle of
fice. The new addition will
house completely new central
office equipment of the same
type now used in the Murphy
office. In addition, equipment
? handle free mil service
between Murphy and Hayes
vllle will b installed.
Construction of the
structure was started Monday
March 19 . The cost of the
building plus the addition of
the new equipment will cost
$250,000 - $300,000.
A total of 78 addition miles
of outside plant construction
will be built in Clay County
m take care of this expanded
service.
Presbyterian
Church Gets
New Maple Pews
New maple pews cor
responding with the pulpit
furniture, are being Installed
at Murphy Presbyterian
Church, and are to be ready
for occupancy at morning wor
ship Sunday, April 1.
With the installation of the
pews a program of renovation
Including the redecoradon of
the sanctuary with beige -
colored walls, and con
struction of a new entrance
way providing for a center
aisle is completed.
"Newly-made of God" is
the theme of Robert A. Potter
minister, for morning worship
there will be special music.
Mrs. Jerry W. Davidson will
be guest organist for the
service.
R. M. White and Elmer
Kllgore were members of the
committee, from the Board
of Deacons, on pew lnstalladon
and other renovadons. Other
deacons are Dr. Paul E
Hill, Mach R. Howell, L. D."
Schuyler and C. H. Townson.
Revival
The Shoodng Creek Church
of God is in a Revival meeting
litis week conducted by the
pestor, JackC. Thomas.
Services being each night
at 7:30 p.m.
A capacity crowd of Chero
kee County citizens Jammed
into the meeting room of fhe
Murphy Power Board Building
Tuesday nighv March 27 in the
first step toward qualifying
this county for federal aid in
the redevelopment of Chero
kee County under the Area
Redevelopment Act of May
1961, Cherokee County can
qualify for federal assistance
for recreational facilities,
technical assistance, and
loans for Industrial and com
mercial projects. This act is
commonly referred to as the
depressed areas bill. At pre
sent, Cherokee County has
20.3 per cent of its work
force unemployed.
The names of six men ap
pointed to a County Planning
Board will be submitted to
the Cherokee County Board of
Commissioners Monday,
April 2. This board must be
officially appointed by the
Commissioners in order to
have the legal authority to act.
The Commissioners indicated
at their last regular meeting
when this question was brought
up that they would go along
with any board submitted to
them.
Following a motion by John
Gill that a Planning Boanl be
named the following six men
were selected: S, J. Gernert,
A. B. Chandler, and Jim Baker
all of Andrews; Merle Davis
and John Gill of Murphy; and
Wayne Holland of Brasstown.
These six men after ap
proval by the Board of Com
missioners will be
responsible for drawing iqp a
plan for the county to present
to the government before funds
can be allocawd.
Fred A. Man gum from N,
C. State College explained the
provisions of the ARA Pro
gram outlining the five broad
types of assistance-loans for
industrial and commercial
projects, loans and grants for
public facilities, technical as
sistance, occupational training
and retralnlngasslstancepay- .
ments. Mr. Mangum was
assisted by six other mac who '
explained how their grotqie or ?
organizations could help 1
Cherokee County in the '
establishment of its County
Planning Board.
George Steven, Jr? an
assistant to Governor Sanford
on area redevelopment affairs
discussed the organization
necessary to obtain the federal
money the county seeks.
Others were John Collins, a
community * development
specialist for Western North
Carolina; Hugh Cashlon from
the Employment Security
Commission told the grotgt
that the ESC would run labor
surveys, retain workers, and
furnish any labor information
needed: John Hampton of the
WNC Regional Planning Com
mission said that assistance
in secretarial work, paper
work. etc. is available for the
group.
Marion Holland, area
supervisor for the Farm and
Home Administration, ex
plained the agricultural as
sistance available in the
program. M. E. Hollowell,
WNC District Agricultural
Agent, discussed the fact that
this program is not a glvf
[ram at A. Heft
away type program
said, "Santa Claus isn't comVf?
log to town. Everyone has
part and must participate.
This program requires the
stgtport of the entire
commimlty." *
Jim Stewart, C hero baa
County's new agricultural
agent, was responsible for
setting iq> the me
bringing this grotgt
BLUB MONDAY wuatao bla far
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