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r Backward Glance 30 TEARS AGO KCEkeER 1. 1933 Mrs. O. W. Hendricks left Tuesday for ? pleasure trip to New York, she was accom panied by her niece. Miss Lucille Hendricks of At lanta. G*. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Pal mer of Canton spent Sunday with their mother and sister, Mrs. Dixie Palmer and Miss Hattle Palmer. Mr. R. A. Dewar of And rews was a business visitor in town on Monday of this week. Miss Margaret LeMay is spending Thanksgiving holi days with Miss Dair Mc - c racket! at her home at Elf. Miss Lois Latham, Mar garet LeMay, Es telle Mau ney. Burgess Bailey, were Sunday dinner guests of rela tives In Clay County. Miss Polatty, former Mur phy High School teacher, was the guest of Miss Ruby Court ney at Regal Hotel during the Thanksgiving holidays. 30 TEARS AGO OECEkOER 3. IMS Edwin Winchester of Fen ian* Dun U spending the week wiifa his family here. Miss Sara Sword of Fontana Dam spent the weekend here at her home. ' Mr. and Mrs. Tom Camp bell of Murphy amounce the birth of a son, November 23. at Petrie Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Elkins and daughter, Sharon and Mrs. Julia Maxwell, of Oalton, Ga., were guests of Mr. *nd Mrs. Peyton G. Ivie over the week end. Mrs. Allen Lovlngood and Miss Mary Akin are spend ing some time in Atlanta on business. Mrs. Glenn Bates and son. Gene, left Friday for a weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. Gar rison Manevl at Henderson ville. Mrs. Peyton Ivie, Mrs. Walter Mauney, Mrs. Claude Talley, Mrs. H. G. Elkins and HOW i HOLIDAY IMS In ATLANTA AREA In downtown _ ATLANTA 1 M 175 Piedmont Phone: 688-7420 Luxurious occommodations . Completely Air-Conditioned . TV . Swimming Pool . Wonderful Food Cocktail Lounge . Bob/ Sitting Service ? FREE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 2 other HOLIDAY INNS in the ATLANTA AREA NORTHWEST 1810 Howell Mill Rd. Northwest Expressway - U.S. 41 207 unlit. Phone: TJMnlty 3-1431 SOUTH llle. Go. (10 mi. So.) South Expressway - U.S. 41 M 106 units. Phone: POptor 6-7511 Mrs. WUUrd Cooper were visitors to Atlanta this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. D- Burch And children, Bony Lou and Doyle, ^ent Thanksgiving in KooxvlUe and Middlesboro. 10 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 3, 1963 Mr. and Mra. George Gard ner Dunn announce the arrival of Robert Gardner Dunn on November 38, at Bayonne, N. J. Mrs. Dunn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy V. Lovin food. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall S. Coleman and daughters, Karen and Jeanne of Orlando, Fla., and Mrs. Steward C. Massey of Anderson, S. C., visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coleman and family last week. Mr. and Mrs. Howard O. Hall announce the birth of a daughter, Sharon Dee on November 10 in Naval Hos pital, Charleston, S. C. Mrs. Hall is the former Miss Jen elle Davidson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Davidson of Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Vick Wood and Mrs. OUie Whitaker of And rews visited Mr. and Mrs. Earl Orr in Biltmore over the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Frank lin spent Thanksgiving with their son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Simpson and children in Franklin. Obituary EMORY CHASTAIN VERSAILLES. KY. -Emory Speer chastain, 72, a retired barber, died Nov. 4 at his home in Versailles, Ky., after ? brief illness. Mr. Chastain has relatives in Murphy, where he visited frequently in past years. He was a native of Blue Ridge, Ga., a member of Ver sailles Baptist Church, Land mark Lodge No. 41, and Webb Chapter No. 6, RAM. He was a barber in Versail les for 43 years and for many years was proprietor of the Chastain Barber Shop. Mr. Chastain is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Chas tain of Versailles; three sis ters, two brothers and several nieces and nephews. Services were conducted Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Miller Blackburn Funeral Home by the Rev. John Kruschwitz. Burial was in Versailles Cemetery. j-y^for ^3 /KC/U/ from folks who Care. . . you can count on HOME! Perhaps at no other time is special care more important than when you need MONEY. Then, you want sound, confidential and friendly serv ice?from people you can trust. Because we are folks who care ? about you and your needs ? you'll always find a friendly welcome at HOME. Stop in today for the money you need for any reason. It will be a pleasure to serve you. <S*44?u?fUem: II not completely satisfied, re turn your1 loan within 30 days at absolutely no cost to you. It will be cancelled without ques tion . . . without charges. CASH J100JW 200J0 25. MO. % 5J8 ILK IU1 18 MO. 1722 1427 2LM 12 MO. flOW 1U3 2M1 6 MO. $1133 3SJD 54.41 2M1 27.13 3L25 71.51 MMO 2931 3L25 55J1 [ 10531 Life and Disability Insurance at standard rates is available on all loans N.C. HOME CREDIT COMPANY 110 Valley River Avenue - Murphy - 837-2183 Life Story Of Culberson Couple's Son A Tale Of Bravery In Time Of Danger By Louise Bay less (Editor's Note: Recently the Seoul carried an article tel ling of ? Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Award to Winston J. Walden of Tampa, Fla., a son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Walden of Culberson. This article, prepared by Mrs. Louise Bay less, Ashevllle Citizen Correspondent, sheds further light on the heroics of this young man, telling of two other occasions when he show ed extreme bravery and quick thinking to save the lives of other people in danger.) MURPHY - While It is true Tampa, Fla., first applauded him, that the U. S. Army first utilized him as a paratrooper, and that the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission A ward hon ored him with a bronze medal and $750 in Pittsburgh, Pa., June, 1963, North Carolina yields first place to none in her pride in and her appre ciation of her famed son, Winston J. Walden. This hero has been taken to heart by the people In Tampa, Fla., and in Murphy and Western North Carolina, which produced "a man to match its mountains". Winston J. Walden, 719 North 128th Ave., Tampa, Fla., a former resident of Culberson, Is a remarkable man. It is nothing new for him to just happen to be at the right place at the opportune time on three different oc casions to be able to save four lives. That is a record in it self. The story goes like this: The former paratrooper averted a double tragedy by first pulling a hysterical mother out of the Hillsborough River, then resucing the wo man's 22 month old son from a sunken auto. Winston Walden, 27, of Tampa, the hero in the eip sode, suffered a badly mang led leg kicking his way through a window of the submerged car and pulling young Jeffery Lowe to safety. Mrs. Frank Lowe, of 5125 River Blvd., mother of Jeff, suffered a badly sprained foot as she jumped into the river in pursuit of the auto carrying her trapped child. Mrs. Lowe said Jeff ap parently released the emer gency brake on the car, allow ing it to roll from the drive way across River Blvd. and into the river. Mrs. Lowe said she had placed Jeff in the car and had gone back to her home to get another child, Casey, five months old. "I was so stunned I didn't realize the car was mine for a second," Mrs. Lowe said as she told of seeing the auto roll to the water's edge. Walden, an electrician with a local firm and the father of a three-year old boy, said he was on a service call in the neighborhood when he saw the Lowe auto backing into the water, Mrs. Lowe close behind it. He slammed on DraKes on his truck and raced to the river bank seconds after Mrs. Lowe jumped Into water over her head. "She was floundering and going under and appeared not to be able to use her leg (later found to be injured) so I pulled her up on the bank first," Walden said. "I thought the car was all right ? I thought It was stuck in the mud and the boy was in no immediate danger. But I looked up and saw the car had floated out into die river about 50 feet." The ex-paratrooper, who said, "Yin a pretty fair swim mer," swam out to the still floating car. He attempted to open the front doors and found them both locked? Jeff's handi work, Mrs. Lowe said later. "I forced open one of the back doors and the water sucked me right inside the car with the boy. The car started sinking right away and pres sure slammed the door shut." "I held the boy's bead 19 next to the roof where air was trapped and waited until we hit bottom ? then I kicked out a rear window ? I knew I cut my leg but didn't know how badly, Walden said. A total of 140 stitches were re quired to close the wound. After kicking out the glass Walden said he clapped his hand over Jeffs nose and mouth, pushed him out the window without releasing his hold, then followed through the small opening. The scared child and his bleeding rescuer popped to the surface-'Tl seemed they were under water an eternity," Mrs. Lowe said, and Walden began swimming for shore. Walden suffered severe cramps in his left leg some distance from shore and ran into trouble about 12 feet from the bank. He slipped under the water and Jeff fell from his grasp, but immediately popped to the surface to be grabbed by Walden again. * Mrs. Lowe, who waa witch ing from the river bank, said Mrs. Alma Scally, who waa visiting in the block, jumped Into neck deep water and as* slsted Walden and the child to ? shore at best she could. "Bui 1 take no credit," Mrs. Scally said. "Walden <114 ? wonderful thing. " Generous Tampa citizens who feel Winston Walden's dramatic rescue of a child and mother from the Hillsborough River June 21, 1982, earned him more than a pat on the back, contributed more than $226 to assist him while he was disabled from injuries suffered In the rescue. They recommended that he be nomi nated for one or more national awards for heroism. The Walden family has liv ed in Tampa for the past two years. Before moving to Tampa, the Waldens lived in Chicago. He is married to the former Linda Gail Tuft of Ken tucky, and is employed by the Sheppard Electric Company. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. William J. Walden of Culber son. Mr. Walden is a disabled World War 1 veteran. His mother said, "My son will go to the limit without thought of danger to himself to save the lif on pomeone else." During two years in ser vice, as a paratrooper, he rescued a fellow soldier from a swimming pool accident us ing quick thinking by throwing him a rope. In 1951 enroute between Etowah and Athens, Tenn., he encountered an automobile that had turned over an em Wi? Cart.) 3> W.J Do Wr. M.JricL CULBERSON -Miss Carolyn Loretta Ear ley and Frankie Garland Hedrick were united in marriage in a ceremony Nov. 19 performed by the Rev. C. A. Voyles at his home at Route 1, Culberson. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Earley of Route 4, Murphy, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Hedrick of Route 1, Murphy. Mrs. Hedrick Is a graduate of Hi was see Dam High School and Mr. Hedrick attended Murphy High School. The couple will make their home in Dalton, Ga., where Mr. Hedrick is employed. Garden Club Meets With Mrs. Burgess MURPHY - The Murphy Garden Club met Thursday, Nov. 21, at 3:30 p.m. in the home of Mrs. S. C. Burgess with Mrs. H. E. Bishop as joint hostess, with 20 members present. Future planting of ever greens at the park was dis cussed, and spring flower ing bulbs have been planted. The Garden Therapy commit tee reported that Halloween baskets of flowers were pre sented to each patient at both local hospitals. The eighth grade children made the gifts. Plans for decorating the park for Christmas were dis cussed and committees were appointed. Cherokee Scout & Clay County Progress, Thurs., Dec. 5, 1963 bankment trapping* nun In the burning vehicle. He managed to force open the door and re lease the man trapped In the car. He was severly burned himself, almost losing an eye. Since the Incident, the Wal dens and Frank Lowe family, 5126 River Blvd. have become very good friends. The following letter to his parents dated November 7, 1963 received from Roy A. Taylor, Congress of the Uni ted States, House of Repre sentatives, Washington, IXC., states: Dear Mr. and Mrs. Walden: I know that parents are proud of the accomplishments of their children and I know that you were proud when Winston received a hero's a ward from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for saving a mother and child from drowning. Congratulations are in order to Winston and to you, his parental Sincerely, Roy A. Taylor Pvt. Moses MURPHY - Pvt. James D. Moses, U. S. Marine Corps, (he son of lite Rev. and Mrs. J. IX Moses of Murphy, has camfUmd 13 weeks of re cruli training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Calif., and four WMfci of combat training at Camp Pendleton, Calif. He endedthe combat training on Nov. 29, Pvt. Moses Is a 1962 grad uate of Murphy High School. 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