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I ne Volume 74 ? Numbar 12 I MMNMMMNMUUHIIIIIIIHIIIMIHttl'J Murphy, North Carolina, Thursday, Octobor 17 , 1963 and Clay County Progress 12 Pogos Thl. Moo It Published Weekly SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA mmmmmmmmmmmaeeet Editor's Note-Hook Mountain roads here abouts were crowded with travelers over the weekend as thousands Journeyed to WNC lo view Fall's color spectacle. t Continued dry weedier Is pro ducing one of the most brilliant Autumns in years, with the coming weekend offering more of the same. TR Hunting season opened on Tuesday, and squirrel hunters roamed the land. At least two parties from Cherokee County are out on bear and wild boar hunts, but at press time, no kills bed been reported. TR The Fred O. Scroggs of Brasstnwn are' back at the State Fair, which opened Mon day at Raleigh, with their lapidary display after an ab sence of several years. TR Murphy PTA officials have a right to be mighty proud of Tuesday's District meeting here. Look for complete cove rage of the event In next week's Scout. TR Cherokee and Clay legis lators are back in Raleigh for the special aesslon on redis triedqg the State Senate, and . it appears that the aesslon may last longer than the three or four days anticipated. TR ? Flight checks on the VORTAC aircraft directional station on Wiggins Top in Clay Cowcy will be conducted the end of this week, or ss soon as s road is bulldosed to the top of the peak. Ran across a piece of sta tionery the other day printed for a Culberson merchant sometime in die late 1800*1! "A. T. Tate, Merchant and Trader, Culberson, N. C., 189 . We take eggs, ducks, turfieys and guinea hens in trade. Boots, shoes and gro ceries . Highest prices paid for green and cured hides. Blacksmith in attendance. Overalls, chewing tobacco, axle grease, horse collars and snuff. Best place In Chero kee County to trade. Furniture and roder taking, quick lunch a specialty. Special Notice: Marriages performed on Sat urdays in back room by Squire Ledford, Cross ties wanted. 1st grade, 40*? all others subject to rejection." TR MURPHY - A Boy Scout Court of Honor for the Nsn tahala District of the Daniel Boone Council will be held here next Thursday night, Oct. 34. Scouts, leaders, parens, and interested adults will at tend the meeting. Awards and promotions to Scouts in the three-comy area will be made. Board Votes To Fluoridate Town Water MURPHY - The Town Board voted Monday night to approve fluoridation of Mur phy's water system, but a date for the move was not settled. Or. Breece A. Breeland, local dentist, Or. Paul Hill of Murphy and Dr. H. W. Stevens, Buncombe County Health Dept. Director, ap peared before the Board In favor of the proposal. Dr. Breeland told the Board that "flourlde In the town's water system will reduce dental cavities by 65 per cent for children who drink the water." "Fluoride's benefits are unquestionable," he said, "and It has been added to water systems In cities all over the country. Every com petent medical authority has agreed on the value of the use of fluoride." Dr. Stevens backed up the local dentist's statements. Cost of liistallation of fluor idation equipment is estimat ed around 94,000, and the annual cost of fluoride for Murphy would run about 9700. In other action the Board: Heard a reading of minutes from a special meeting Oct. 3 called to make application to the Local Governments Commission for approval of a bond election for improve ments to the town sewage and water systems; Voted to study a request to return two-way traffic to Cen tral Street from the county jail to the Courthouse; Provide a parking space in town for the State Highway Patrol; And Heard Clerk Charlie Johnson report that repairs to the library building will be far enough along by the end of the week to move the Regional Library books back Into the building. Revival At Free Methodist MURPHY - Revival ser vices at Free Methodist Church here started Weckies day night, Oct. 16, with the Rev. C. H. Coates of Decatur, 111., serving as evangelist. Services begin each evening at 7:30. Special singing will be held nightly in connection with the services. The Rev. Glen B. Rhodes, pastor of the church, said this week "Rev. Coates has had .much experience as a pastor and evangelist, and his messages will interest the general public." Rev. Rhodes issued a cor dial invitation to the public to attend the services at the church, which is located on Valley River Ave., at Sunset Drive. Bulldogs Win, Spoil Hayesville Homecoming HAYESVTLLE - The Yel lowjackets battled Murphy's Bulldogs down tothewlrehere Friday night trying to win their Homecoming game, but finally fell victims to a 19-0 score. Hayeavllle provided most of the offensive thrills in the first half of the game, push ing inside Murphy's 30 on three occasions, only to be stopped t? a brilliant Bulldog defense. Murphy couldn't get the of fense rolling, and at the half time both teams were scare Hayes ville travels to Andrews this week and Mur phy hosts RofablnsviUe for the Bulldog Homecoming festivi ties. During half time ceremon ies st Hsyasvllle lsst Friday Sharon Wlmpey was crowned as Queen. In the second half, Hsyos rllle took the klckoff and drove to Murphy's 31, but lost the ball on downs. Murphy's offense took over there and began to click. Five first downs moved the ball to 11. From tore, Wayne Wat son scampered around ri^t and for the first score of Watson plunged over from one foot out, with three seconds left in the game, then passed to Bob Hill for the point. Outstanding for Hayesvllle were Frank Rockwell, Larry Sellers and Walter Kelly. STATISTICS Hayesvllle Murphy First Downs 13 14 Rush. T<g. 214 203 Pass. T<tg. 0 M Passes 0-5 2-6 Pass. Intc. by o 1 Punts 1-36 3-36 Fumbles lost 0 1 Penalties 16 10 Success Hinges On Bloodmobile MURPHY ? Citizens hare can chalk 19 a complete suc cess story nest Monday if they turn om for the October visit ef the Red Cross Blood In the put month, the local organised, drive has ? quota, and all Is ? of blood of 136 pints la will be at >cot Itwiio - D?tl? READING THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the Levi Strauss Co's. selection of Murphy as the site for a new plant Wednesday were (L-R) C. L. Alverson president o f the Cherokee County De velopment Corp.; W. D. Townson, Chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce, and Murphy attorney Herman Edwards. Sewage Water System Improvements Date Set For $295,000 Murphy Bond Election MURPHY - Tuesday, Nov. 19, Is the date selected for ? $295,000 bond election for Murphy by the Town Board at the monthly meeting Monday night. The bond election was called to raise Murphy's portion of money needed to finance sewage and water systems improvements. The bond election will let voters in the town decide on $215,000 for the sewage sys tem improvements and $80,000 for the water sys tem. Voters who are not al ready registered to vote in town elections will have an opportunity to register to vote in the bond election. I ?77 ss Registration books will be open for nine days beginning Friday, Nov. 1, from 9:00 ajn. to 5:00 pjn. weekdays, and from 9:00 to 9:00 pjn. Sat urday. Registration will be at the County Courthouse. The Board appointed Ruth Cheney as registrar, and Merle Davis and Mrs. Mary Faye Brumby as judges for the election. Polls on election day will be open from 6:30 ajn. to 6:30 pjn. at the courthouse. Challenge day will coincide with the last day of the regis tration, Nov. 9. The amounts to be voted In the bond election will only cover part of the cost af the Mrs Sara Patton BPW 'Woman Of The Year' MURPHY - Mrs. Sara S. Pattern was elected as OUT STANDING BUSINESS WO - MAN by the Murphy Business and Professional Woman's Club during their celebration of National B and PW Week, October 6-12. She la a charter member and the only member in the Club who holds the enviable re cord of five years perfect attendance at the regular monthly meetings and has at tended most of the dlst. let meetings. She waa corresponding sec retary for two yeara during which time the club waa or ganized, the by-laws acc^xed and the dub chartered. She has alao held the office of recording secretary, mem bership chairman, finance chairman, and *hi> year she I la first vice president and program co-ordlnator. For two years she gather ed news, editied and polish ed "Ladles Ctiatrar". the bul letin of the Ouh> She has alao bean official correspondent of the club with their scholar ship girl at Berea College. Mr a. Patton graduated from Murphy High School, attended Woman's Collage at Greens boro, N. C. where she majored In Bee Unas Education. She began her business career imamlUni of Murphy City Schools. completed she returned to Murphy and taught one year In the High School Business Education Department, where she met her late husband, Glenn A. Patton and they were married In 1948. Other positions she has held Include secretary In the law firm of Gray and McKeever, The Naval Ordinance, Hlwas see Dam, Wilson's Cigarette Sales, Murphy, and at die present time she Is secretary ' to Lawyer C. E. Hyde and is in charge of the Hyde In surance Department. Every week she types the First Methodist Church Bul letin and is secretary of the MethodUt Memorial Foundat ion. Mrs. Patton has also been active in civic participation, serving as secretary to the Wagon Train Celebrations for three years. Publicity Chair man of the recent Claude Amoa Day, and if a secretary la needed, she gives gene rously of her time and efforts. WEATHER improvements, with the re mainder coining from grants from the Federal Govern - ment through the Accelerated Public Works Program. Grants of 9191,500 for sew age system improvements and $78,000 for the water works improvements have already been approved for Murphy, pending the successful pass age of the bond election to raise Murphy's portion of the money. Total cost of the sewage system improvements is esti mated at $383,000 and the water system Improvements at *180,000. The sewage system im provements will include re construction of sewage col lection lines and construction of a sewage treatment plant, including installation of in terceptor sewers, outfall, lines, and pumping stations, together with acquisition and installation of equipment, machinery and apparatus, and land for the plant. The water system improve ments will Include extension and enlargement of the water supply system to provide ? better water supply by con struction of a ground storage reservoir, the extension a i water mains, the installation of hydrants and meters and the acquisition and installa tion of equipment, machinery and apparatus required, in cluding acquisition of land and rights-of-way needed. When the disposal plant is constructed, land acquired from the U. S. Forest Service a quarter mile below town on Hlwassee River near the old quarry wljl serve as the site for the installation. W. K. Dickens and Co., a Charlotte engineering frim, will handle both projects if they are approved. Murphy attorney Herman Edwards, who Is handling the proposal for the town, told members of the Board Mon day night that it maybe neces sary to get a use permit from the Forest Service for the site for the disposal plant, rather than a deed to the land. Poultry School Students Learn From Experts MURPHY - Poultry experts from til phases of the industry ?re providing Cherokee County growers with scientific data aid flock Improvement Information at weekly ses sions of the Poultry School held each Tuesday night at Murphy High. Richard Ramsey and A.Q. Ketner, vocational - agri culture Instructors at Murphy and Hi was see Dam High Schools report that seme 53 people have showed v for the weakly classes, indicat ing the Interest In die poultry industry In Cherokee County and the need for ths school. At last week's class. Or. G. C. Wilkes who heeds the Murphy Poultry Lab, per sevarsl birds and identified capillary worms, cecal worms and lntensUnal round worms* and live alldM el capillary Pilot Plant Starting Soon MURPHY - Murphy has been selected as the site for Levi Strauss and Co.'s next major manufacturing plant, Walter A. Hass, Jr., President, an nounced from the garment manufacturing firm's head quarters in San Francisco today. The announcement of the new plant for Murphy ma -'.is the culmination of five years of work by the Chamber of Commerce here, the Chero kee County Development Corp. and the County Planning Board. A pilot plant will be put into operation as quickly as possible in an existing 20,000 square foot building in Murphy. About ISO people will be employed initially. The pilot plant building is located on Regal street and Is owned by C. L. Alverson. A labor survey held throughout the county this year provided the Levi Strauss Company with the information they needed about available labor here to make the de cision to locate their new plant in Murphy. The local office of the N.C. Employment Securities Com mission did much of the work in connection with the labor survey. Option has been taken on a 16 acre tract of land just out side the city where a modern plant will be built if die pilot operation proves satisfactory. Levi Strauss & Co. normally establishes a pilot plant to test the advisability of locat ing a permanent factory in an area. Will Employ 450 With Million Dollar Payroll Announcement of the new plant location in Murphy marks the company's second major expansion in production facilities to be made public in the past few weeks. On September 23, Hass announc ed that the firm's Maryville, Tenru, plant would be doubled in size with the addition of 33,000 square feet of floor space. The plant planned for Mur phy, if the pilot operation proves successful, will be 75,000 square feet. The num ber of employees required to operate such a plant approxi mates 450. Annual payroll would be in the neighborhood of one million dollar*. Hass stated that Governor Sanford and North Carolina's industrial development de partment, as well as the Mur phy Chamber of Commerce provided the basic informat ion and encouragement which led to selection of die new plant site. "We have had requests to establish our new plant in various parts of the U. S.," Haas stated. "Both those in which we currently have plants and those in which we do not. We are delighted that every thing has worked out so that we could come to North Carolina." The pioneer garment manu facturing firm presently ope rates 12 plants in seven states. The number of employees ex ceeds 4,000. The company had Its beginning in Sin Francisco in 1860 when founder Levi Strauss began making Levi's jeans for the Gold Rush Pro spectors and miners. The rugged pants were quickly adopted by ranchers and cowboys and became a universal uniform for men who work out-of-doors. In lat er years Levi's jeans were to be adopted by youngsters for play and school wear. The famous copper rivert ed blue pants are now sold around the world and have become the folk costume of America. Following World War II Levi Strauss 4 Co. began to make sports slacks for men and boys and has be come one of the nation's lar gest companies in this field. There Is also a broad line of Levi's western shirts, vests and jackets and pants. Initial production of the pilot plant in Murphy will be on Levi's wash and wear sports slacks, Haas stated. A plant manager will ar rive in Murphy within thenext few days, he said, and will begin to employ the product ion force initially needed. Trainers from other Levi Strauss & Co. plants will be temporarily assigned to Mur phy for the first few weeks of operations. Scout Photo - Dull Officials and speakers at the H. D. Club Citizenship Conference here last Tuesday Include (L-R) Mrs. Lloyd Black, Cherokee County H. D. Council president; The Rev. Jack A. Wal drep of Horseshoe, speaker for the day; Mrs. Callie C. Hardwicke, Western District Home Economics Agent from Raleigh; Mrs. Jack A. Waldrep, Western District Citizenship Chair man; and Mrs. George Frady of Canton, Sute Home Demonstration Club President. HD Club Members Hear Citizenship Challenge At District Meet Here By Thelma M. Wheeler MURPHY-Cherokee County was host for the ninth annual meeting of Home Demonstra tion Clubs' Western District Little Citizenship Conference Tuesday, Oct. 8, at First Bap tist Church. Registration and coffee hour began at 9t30 a?m. and at 9H6 Mrs. Jerry W. Davidson pre sented an organ prelude of sacred music. Mrs. Jack A. Waldrep, Western District citizenship chairman of Home Demon startkm Clu^s meeting. Mrs. Carl West, Cherokee County Family Life Leader, gave the devotlonaL With 121 Home Demonstra tion Club members represent ing nine counties, assembled for a day's work, the beauti ful organ music and the in spirational devotional set the tempo for the speaker, The Rev. Jack A.Waldrepof Horse Shoe, N. C., who used the conference theme: "My Role Aa An American Cltixen." He challenged the delegates to develop a program in their respective counties that would imkri til club members w ****.- T? _ _ Ok c. G. WILKES, N. C. Dapu of Agriculture Scats vad narlan who U lp charge of (ha Murphy Poultry Labor atorv, dlMctad Mttral chlckana and tat studnts at last weak a Poultry dais hm mike microscopic exunlAitloiii of imnl typaa of paraaitaa and other organisms. conscious of their citizenship responsibilities in the home, in the community, in the State and in the Nation. He stressed the need for family unity based on good attitudes and family worship daily as necessary to fulfilling citizenship responsibilities. He said the family unit is the "show case" for good citizen ship. Following lunch served by the Cfeerome County Home Demonstration Council, the delegates re-assembled for workshops in citizenship led by Mrs. Jack A. Waldnp and Family life guided by Mrs. L. F.Saltz.Hendar son County, District Chairman.
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