Volura. 74 - Numbar 26.
and Clay County Progress
Murphy, North Carolina, Thursday, Jonuory 23. 1964 '2 P?B*? Thl. W..k
Published Waokly
(ICON o clam poitaik paid
AT MURPHV. NORTH CAROLINA
Editor's
flote-Kook
Wheww! Imagine moving ?
business that's been In con
tinuous operation here since
1889, and in the same build
ing for the past 19 years.
That's what we've done here
at the Scout, but we're all
proud to be in a shiny new
building.
TR
LBJ's money saving cam
paign has evidently reached
down to Andrews. The pro
posed new Federal Building
and Post Office for Andrews
was slated to cost around
$157,000. In his budget re
quest sent to Congress Tues
day, the new president asked
for (116,800 for the building
at Andrews.
TR
Dr. George Sire of Murphy
was on Chattanooga's Chanel
3 TV Station Wednesday, Jan.
15, plugging for the Stop Polio
Drive here. The doctor
appeared on the Roy Morris
Bulletin show and explained
the program for Cherokee
County.
TR
The best quip we heard dur
ing the Stop Polio Day Sunday
was reported from Andrews.
An elderly man came in and
a sweet young nurse handed
him the little paper cup with
his sugar cube and said, "just
chew it up". The gentleman
looked at her In all serious
ness and asked, "the cup too?"
TR
t ' Rural roads hereabouts are
in terrible shape, but State
Highway Commission Chair
man Merrill Evans said this
week, "the rough winter wea
ther has given us the worst
beating since 1957. Highway
Commission forces will con
tinue to do everything pos s ible
to help on an emergency bas
is, but with half the winter be
fore us ?nd the foundation of
the roads already lost, we
face some trying days before
spring opens up/'
TR
Scout Photographer Freddy
Davis is in Spartanburg, S. C.
this week for some additional
photographic schooling.
MISS JOSEPHINE HEIGHWAY, Librarian at Murphy Carnegie Library, served
refreshments at the Open House Tuesday. Town Clerk C.E. Johnson who super
vised the renovation was one of many visitors during the day.
Tax Hearing Dates
Set For Murphy,
Valleytown Townships
MURPHY - County tax pay
ers hearings for Beaver dam,
Hothouse and Notla Townships
have been completed follow
ing the new tax appraisal for
Cherokee County, and hear
ings for property owners in
Murphy and Valleytown Town
ships have been set for next
week.
Hearings for those in Mur
phy township who think some
adjustment is needed on their
appraisal are set for Tues
day, and hearings for Valley
town township residents are
Thursday.
Letters are going out now
to all property and real es
tate owners in each township
informing them of their new
evaluation.
Once the hearings are com
pleted, the new appraisal can
be entered on the tax books,
and listing of personal pro
perty can get underway.
Tax listing is expected to
begin either the first or sec
ond Monday in February.
Hearing date for Shoal Creek
Township has not been set
yet.
Scout Operating
In New Building
MURPHY - The Cherokee
Scout and Clay County Prog
ress newspaper office has
moved into a new building
here on Church St., beside
Westco Telephone Company's
office building.
. This week s issue of the
paper is the first one pub
lished in the new plant.
The newspaper moved from
a building on Hickory Street
which had housed the office
and priming plant since Nov
ember of 1945.
The new home for the news
paper is a 5,000 sq. ft. build
ing of all metal construction,
with almost three times the
floor space of the previous
quarters.
The building is owned by the
newspaper and was designed
and built especially to house
the office and priming equip
ment.
The building features elec
tric heating and air condition
lng, flour escent lighting
throughout, and other addi
tional services to be an -
nounced soon.
The building formerly hous
ing the Scout was built by Miss
Addie Mae Cook, who was
owner and editor of the paper
at that time.
Miss Cooke's building
marked the first time that the
newspaper was housed in a
building owned by the paper.
Mrs. Flonnie Sherrill bought
the building from Miss Cooke
in 1954, and leased it to the
Scout until last week. The
building is now up for sale.
Work on the parking area
around the new building hous
ing the Scout was expected to
be completed by the end of
this week, and the office will
be open as usual eight to five
weekdays and eight till noon
Saturdays.
News and advertising dead
lines remain at noon Tuesday.
Sarmers Receiving Social
ecurity Must Report
elf-Employment Income
Farmers of Cherokee
Mnty who are already re
iving social security bene
? are not relieved of their
Nponslbility for reporting
ilf ' employment Income to
? Internal Revenue Service
they net aa much as $400
cm the operation of their
rm, according to an an -
mcement this week by
?nes E. Robertson, manager
the Ashevllle Social Se
rlty District Office.
Robertson pointed out that,
?ed on inquiries received
r his office, there have been
?quent misunderstandings
Kg social security bene
aries on this little - under -
ood point of the law.
one have apparently felt
t once they qualified for
leial security payments, they
? not required to report
re farm earnings to in
As ? general guide, all
farmers operating a farm
for profit should apply the
following rules to determine
whether they have any self
employment tax liability:
Rule It If a person has
gross Income from farming
of $1,800 or less during a
taxable year, he may count
as his net earnings from
farming either his actual net -
farm earnings or two-thirds
of his gross farm income.
Rule 2t If a person's gross
Income from farming is over
$1,800 and his net farm earn
ings are less than $1,300 dur
ing a taxable year, he may
consider his net earnings from
farming to be either Ma actual
net farm earnings or $1^00.
Rule St If a person's gross
income from farming U over I
$1,800 and his net profit after 1
expenses If over $1,200, then I
he la required to r^ort his i
Library Open House
Attracts Many Visitors
MURPHY - Several hund
red persons visited the Car
negie Public Library here
Tuesday as the Library cel
ebrated its move back into
renovated quarters with an
Open House.
Miss Josephine Heighway,
Librarian, was hostess for
the Open House, assisted by
staf members of the Nanta
hala Regional Library here.
Visitors looked over the
newly decorated quarters and
enjoyed refreshments during
the Open House.
Floral arrangements do
nated by Murphy Florists and
Cherokee Florists decorated
the Library.
The back wall of the li
brary collapsed on May 27
of last year, and when the
Town Council met following
the disaster, the Board
members voted to rebuild the
wall and renovate the Library
at die same time.
Town Clerk C. E. Johnson
supervised and directed the
work and cooperated with the
Library Board in completing
the project.
Members of the Library
Board include John Gil
Chairman, H. A. Mattox,
Harry Bishop, Mrs. Francis
Bourne, Jr., Mrs. Don Wither
spoon and Mrs. Herman Ed
wards.
Improvements to the library
include the new rear wall,
minus windows to provide
more shelf space, replas
tering of the ceiling, new paint
throughout, a new vinyl as
bestos tile floor, rewiring,
with provisions for electric
heat and air conditioning, and
new curtains and drapes.
Arrangement of books is
similar to the former plan,
but more shelves are plan
ned for the future.
Library hours are 9:00 to
12:00 a.m. and 2:00 to 5:00
p.m. Tuesday through Sat
urday.
Democratic candidate for nomination for governor Richardson
Preyer will visit in Hayesville and Andrews Monday.
Democratic Canidate
For Governor To Visit
In Hayesville, Andrews
RALEIGH, N. C. -Richard
son Prey er, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for
Governor, will visit Clay and
Cherokee Counties next Mon
day afternoon, Jan. 27.
Clay and Cherokee will be
among the first counties
Preyer hits after a big send
off rally for him in Greensboro
Saturday, Jan. 25.
Preyer will arrive at
Hayesville, In day Cotmty,
at 1. p.m. Monday and go im
mediately to the main court
room at the Courthouse. There
in informal discussions, he
will outline his program for
the Governorship, and then
actual net earnings. No option
is available in this situation.
These special rules apply
only to farm Income which
should be reported on Sche
dule F and Form 1040 of the
Federal Income tax return.
Farmers who continue to
report their earnings properly
may, under certain circum
stances, have their benefit
rates reflgured if their new
level of earnings will result
In a higher monthly bemflt
meet personally the people
who have gathered.
Leonard Lloyd, Robblns
ville attorney, and Vernon
Martin, Hayesvllle teacher
and Clay County Chairman of
the Democratic Party, will
greet Prey er and accompany
him around town.
Preyer and his party will
drive on to Andrews, in Chero
kee County, for another in
formal meeting with citizens
at 4 o'clock that afternoon.
The meeting will be In the
Town Hall, and the Mayor and
other prominent citizens of
Andrews and Cherokee County
have been Invited to attend.
Week's Weather
Date High Low Prec.
16 43 0 0.00
16 41 18 0.00
17 60 30 0.00
U 60 34 0.00
10 61 23 0.00
20 66 40 0.12
81 63 21 0.00
Forecast: Wetfaiesday and
Thurtday, fairi Friday, show
ers and scattered thunder
showers: Saturday and tun
day, fair.
Over 10,000 Cherokee Countians
Take Sabin Polio Vaccine Sunday
- MURPHY - A total of
10,567 residents of Chero
kee County and surrounding
areas received the first dose
of Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine
?t six stations throughout the
county Sunday as the first of
three Stop Polio Sundays went
off without a hitch.
The Murphy J ay cee Club and
the County Medical Associa
tion are sponsoring the cam
pagin, and officers of both
organizations were highly
pleased with the good turn
out.
The second dose of the vac
cine will be given Sunday,
Feb. 23, and the final dose
is set for Sunday, March 29.
Persons who missed taking
the first dose still have time
to take it, and still be able to
take the next one on schedule.
However, the deadline for
a makeup dose is Saturday.
Through Saturday the vac
TOMMY THOMAS, REPRESENTATIVE OF Wyeth Laborotones wno proviaea uiesMioiu
Vaccine for the Stop Polio Campaign here, was on hand Sunday to help give out the vaccine
to the first family at the Murphy station. Jaycee Robert Woody and Mrs. Woody and their
children, Jennifer (in her mother's arms), Lisa and Butch were the first 'customers'.
PTA Sponsors Tour Of New
Elementary School Additions
MURPHY - A large crowd
of some 500-600 persons vis
ited the new addition to Mur
phy Elementary School during
Open House Monday night
sponsored by the Murphy PTA.
The new wing on the ele
mentary School nearly doub
les the floor space and in
cludes 13 classrooms and a
lunchroom.
Six of the new classrooms
are designed especially for
primary children and are
equipped for this teaching
purpose.
The new Elementary addi
tion replaces the old build
ing which will be dismantled
and the primary building that
burned.
Murphy High School also has
new additions including two
new classrooms, a lunch -
room and a Home Economics
department.
The total cost for all the
new additions to both the Ele
mentary School and the High
School amounts to $269,308.
This amount came from the
$200,000 voted last year in
school bonds and $69,306 from
insurance on the burned build
ing and local funds.
The PT A sponsored Open
House at the Elementary
School Monday opened at 7:30
p.m. with a welcome to the
audience by JohnJordan, prin
cipal of Murphy Elementary.
The Rev. Clark Benson
pastor of First Methodist
Church here, delivered the
invocation and Don Ramsey,
PTA President, greeted the
group.
The Murphy High School
Band under the direction of
Edward Reynolds entertain
ed during the evening, and
refreshments were served in
the new lunchroom.
Door prizes were awarded
by Mrs. Bill Christy, Mrs.
Ray Joseph and Mrs. Wally
Williams.
Murphy School Superinten
dent Holland McSwain recog
nized special guests, includ
ing ofiicials of the firms that
worked on construction of the
new addition: John Smith of
Smith and Jones, Perry W.
Plemmons of Waynesville
Plumbing and Heating Co.,
Henry B. Foy of Foy and Lee
Architects, James Noland,
consulting engineer from
Waynesville, and Don Hughes
of Hughes Electric Co.
Refreshments were served
following a tour of the new ad
ditions.
Mrs. Edward Mills, PTA
Social Chairman, expressed
her thanks to all the parents
who contributed refreshments
and other neip for the Open
House program.
Also under construction at
this time is a new 4,000 sq.
ft. agriculture building and
shop at the high school.
County GOP Precinct
Meetings Set Feb. 1
MURPHY -Cherokee County
Republican bi-annual precinct
meetings at all 20 precincts
In the county have been called
for Saturday, Feb. 1 , by J.
Doyle Burch, County Chair
man.
The meetings In each pre
cinct will be held In the build
ings where the last county
election was held In that pre
cinct.
The GOP precinct meetings
have been called In order to
elect precinct officials and
delegates to the County Con
vention.
The Cherokee County Re
publican Convention will be
held Feb. 8 at 2:00 p.m. in
the Courthouse to elect a
Chairman and a vice-chair
man, one of whom shall be
a woman, a secretary, and
such other officers as may be
deemed necessary.
The officers will serve for
a term of two years, or until
their successors are elected.
Also to be elected at the
County Convention are dele
gates to the 11th District GOP
Convention which will be held
in Asheville Saturday, Feb. 22
at 2:00 p.m. in the Courthouse,
and delegates to the N. C. GOP
State Convention which will
be held Feb. 28 and 29 in
Greensboro.
Community Development
Council Elects Officers
MURPHT - The first quir
terly meeting of 1964 of the
Cherokee County Community
Development Council was held
Jan. 15 at the Murphy Power
Board Building.
The Council, organized In
June, 1963, to support indi
vidual communities organi
zations In the further deve
lopment of their programs.
Officers for the new year
were elected as follows: Troy
Slmonds, President; Randall
Shields, Vice President) Don
ald Carter, Secretary -
Treasurer.
Reports were given per
taining to the recent meeting
In Asheville in which the Unaka
Community won a one-hundred
dollar prize. C. L. Alverson
told of the recent actions of
the Asheville Agricultural Di
vision.
Mr. Alverson is the Chero
kee County Director of the
groiy.
Plans were made toward
organising dure* other com
munities In the county and for
the continuing progress of
already <
cine will be available at the
County Health offices in Mur
phy and Andrews, at District
Memorial Hospital in And
rews, at Murphy General Hos
pital and at Dr. Helen Wells'
office in Murphy.
Contributions of at least
twenty-five cents were asked
of those who took the vaccine,
and while some people gave
much more, the total contri
bution for the day amounted
to $2,469.93, very close to
the amount estimated before
hand.
Thousands of local people
poured through the doors of
the six stations as the Stop
Polio clinics opened at 1:00
p.m. Sunday, and volunteer
workers were busy until the
stations closed at 5:00.
Assisting county doctors,
Jaycees and members of the
County Health Department at
the stations Sunday were Boy
Scouts, Gray Ladies, PTA or
ganizations, nurses, the Jay
cees' wives, and school offi
cials and faculty members.
Stop Polio stations were set
up at Elementary Schools in
Murphy, Marble, Peachtree,
White Church and Ranger, and
at High Schools at Hiwassee
Dam and Andrews.
Two drops of the Sabin vac
cine were placed on a sugar
cube and given to persons on
hand . to take the first dose,
after they had given their name
and received a card at the
door of the stations.
Persons who took the vac
cine are asked to hold on to
the cards showing when they
received each dose, and they
should take the cards along
when they go for the second
and third doses.
"With a fine turnout like we
had Sunday, along with gener
ous contributions, we expect
the next two Stop Polio Sun
days to be as successful as
the first," a Jaycee spokes
man said this week.
"And we want to urge those
who missed the first dose to
try and take a makeup dose
by Saturday of this week so
they can get the second and
third doses on schedule," he
added.
BUTCH SURSAVAGE accounts for two points In
the high scoring game at Andrews Tuesday night.
Andrews Cagers Down
Murphy, Hold 11-0 Record
AINDKtWO D?SKCUMLU ?C"
tion In the past week was high
lighted by a fast moving, high
scoring game here Tuesday
night between Andrews and
Murphy, with Andrews keep
ing their perfect season
going with a 96-70 victory.
Andrews now has a record
of 11 wins and no losses, with
eight games remaining on
their schedule.
Murphy led the game in the
early minutes, 7-6, but after
that, the Wildcats found the
range and moved ahead for
good. The score was 28-17
at the end of the first quarter
and 48-31 at the half. The
score was 70-45 at the end of
the third period.
Butch Sur savage, playing
his third game after being out
several weeks with an Injured
ankle, led both teams with 34
points. Five Andrews players
hit doifcle figure scoring!
Larry Owenby 20, John Ger
nert 14, Terry Winfrey 18,
and Thomas Brooks IB.
Murphy's ace, Don Morris,
led the Bulldogs with 22, his
season average this far. Hujgi
Robert Smith 12. and BUI
Graves 9.
Last Friday Murphy took
two' games from Hlwassee
Dam, 88-34 In the girls tilt
and 78-46 In the boys game,
with Morris sinking 34 points.
Andrews beat Robblns
vllle 97-60 with Owenby hit
ting for 34 and Brooks for SO.
Hayesville won two ever
Stecoah, 33-23, in the girls
game and 66-87 in the boys
tilt, with Brae* Davenport
leading the way with 21 points.
In makeup games Saturday
night Robbins villa's girls beat
Hayesville 63-32, and the Hay
esville lads won over Rob
blnsville 52-41.
Andrews beat Nantahala60
42 In a makeup Saturday, and
the Andrews JV'a won 62-46,
maintaining their perfect re
cord.
Murphy's girls played at
Swain Tuesday night, winning
71-20.
Scores of the Hayes vUle -
Hlwassee Dam games Tues
day night were net available