Volume 74 * Number 32
and Clay County Progress
Murphy, North Carolina, Thursday, March 5, 1W4 , 10 Pages This Weak
Published Weekly
SECOND CLAM POSTAOC PAID
AT MUHPHV. NORTH CAROLINA
; Sen. Forsyth Candidate
; For Re-election From
New 36th District
, MURPHY - State Sen. W.
Frank Forsyth of Murphy has
i announced his candidacy for
re-election to the North Car
' olina Senate.
\ Sen. Forsyth, a Democrat,
has served as Senator from
' ^ the 33rd District for the last
p " three sessions of the Legis
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* Editor 's
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\ flote-Mook
Word came in Wednesday
morning that a sale will be
held next week on the goods
in the Murphy Farmers Fed
eration Store. We hope last
week's editorial helped get
some action on this matter.
TR
Congressman Roy A. Tay
lor's Secretary, Tom L. Mal
lonee, will visit Cherokee and
Clay Friday to visit and talk
with anyone who wishes to pas s
on any word to the Congress
man. He will be at the City
Hall in Andrews from 9:00
9:30 a.m., at the Murphy
Power Board Building from
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon and
at Clay County Courthouse
from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
TR
A list of 98 jurors was
drawn Monday for the term
of Cherokee County Superior
Court convening here Mar. 30.
The list will be printed in
next week's Scout.
TR
Murphy Rotarlans Virgil
O'Dell, Don Carter and Bur
ley DeWeese and Mrs. O'Dell
and Andrews Rotarian S. J.
Gernert and Mrs. Gernert
were in Charlotte Tuesday a
week ago to hear a speech by
Rotary's International Presi
dent, Carl Miller of Cali
fornia.
TR
Don Ramsey, Cherokee
County Clerk of Court, and
V. O. Ayers, Public Welfare
Director for the County, and
Clay Clerk of Court George
H. Martin and Clay Welfare
Director Alvln Penland were
in Morganton this week for a
conference on new legislation
relative to mental health In
the state.
TR
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ramsey
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
White, all of Murphy, attended
the State GOP Convention In
Greensboro last Friday and
Saturday where they attended
? speech by Barry Goldwater.
TR
Virgil O'Dell Mid this week
he had talked with some state
officials who said a school for
food handlers could be set up
in this county if as many as
ten people were interested in
taking the course. If you are
Interested contact Mr. O'Dell.
TR
The new federal tax cut be
comes affective March 6 and
paychecks hereabouts should
soon show results of the legis
lation.
TR
Wolf Creek Community has
officially entered the 1964
WNC Rural Community De
velopment Contest.
lature, 1959-61-63, and the
Special Session held in 1963.
During the Special Session
the senatorial districts in
North Carolina were redis
tricted and Jackson County
was added to the five count
ies in the 33rd district, Chero
kee, Clay, Graham, Macon and
Swain, to form the new 36th
district.
He is the first Senatorial
candidate for the new 36th
District. Should other Demo
crats enter the race for the
36th district's Senate seat,
a district-wide primary elec
tion will be held along with the
! state - wide primaries May
30th to choose die party's
candidate. As yet there are
no announced Republican can
didates for the 36th district's
Senate seat.
Sen. Forsyth is the chair
man of the State Senate Bank
ing Committee, vice-chair
man of the Manufacturing and
Labor Committee, and a mem
ber of theAppropriationCom
mittee and Sub-Committee,
the Utilities Committee and
Sub-Committee, th Insurance
Committee, the Wildlife Com
mittee, the Agricultural Com
mittee and the University
Trustees Committee.
Some of his major legis
lative accomplishments in
clude introduction and passage
of bills revamping the laws
regulating utilities, including
legislation limiting the amount
of rate increases that can be
placed into effect under bond
and the length of time bonded
rate increases can be imposed
and considered by the State
Utilities Commission; a bill
making the first major change
in banking legislation in 30
years, which requires banks to
Increase their capital before
setting up branch offices; and
a bill making small towns in
the state eligible for Federal
Housing programs.
Sen. Forsyth is a native of
Andrews, the son of William
Thomas and Xena Bristol For
syth. He attended Andrews
public schools, graduating in
1932.
He attended Mt. Pleasant
Collegiate Institute, Emory
and Henry College, Emory,
Va.; the UNC Executive Pro
gram; four UNC summer ses
sion Banking Conferences; and
the School of Banking in the
graduate school of Rutgers
University.
He is die Assistant to the
President of Citizens Bank
and Trust Co., which has of
fices In Murphy, Andrews,
Hayesvllle, Robbinsville, j
Sylva and Cullowhee.
He is the author of "A Ban
ker Looks At the Forests Of
Western North Carolina." He {
la ? former chairman of the
Group 10 N. C. Bankers
Assoc., Chairman of the Mur
phy Electric Power Board, a
Past President of the Murphy )
Lions Club, and a Former j
Chairman of the Cherokee
County Democratic Execut- <
ive Committee.
Sen. Forsyth la a Methodist, i
a Mason, and la married to ?
the former Misa Ruth Lail of j
Andrews. They have two child
ren, William Frank Forayth, (
Jr., IT and Robert Ashley <
Forsyth, 8. I
Commissioners Adopt Program To Provide Free
Food To Low Income Families In Cherokee Countv
MURPHY - A program to
distribute free surplus food
products to low Income fami
lies in Cherokee County was
adopted Monday by the County
Commissioners.
The program will probably
not cost the county anything.
It is planned to begin ope
rations on March 24.
Known as the Commodity
Distribution Program, the
food is provided free by the
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture and the cost of adminis
tering the program is borne
by the N. C. Department of
Agriculture.
The program is open to any
county in the state, and has
already been adopted by neigh
boring counties, including
Graham and Macon, as well
as many throughout the state,
and was being considered this
week by Clay County's Com
missioners.
The county Department of
Public Welfare will work with
the Commissioners and the
state Agriculture Department
in handling and certifying ap
plication from persons and
families in the county, and
the Welfare Department will
handle the job of seeing that
the free groceries go to those
families that have low income
falling into the bracket that
makes them eligible to re
ceive the food.
TWo big items in getting
the program underway in the
county were completed this
week: hiring a Commodity
Supervisor to oversee the pro
gram and finding a warehouse
or storage space to keep the
food and serve as a distri
bution plant.
Walter Ellis of Andrews
was employed by the County
Commissioners as the Com
modity Supervisor, and ware
house - storage - distribution
space was rented from Dr.
Harry Dickey in the basement
of his office building on U. S.
19 just east of the Murphy City
Limits.
The warehouse will serve
the entire county, from Hiwas
see Dam to Topton, and those
who qualify for the food will
have to provide their own
transportation to the ware
house and back home with the
groceries.
However, all people who get
the food from certain areas,
Andrews for example, will be
assigned the same day for
their pickup, so several people
can come together in a car or
truck.
M. J. Pierce, Assistant Di
rector of the N. C. Dept. of
Agriculture Division of Mar
kets Commodity Distribution
Program, met with the County
Commissioners Monday and
outlined the program to them.
He has been in Murphy Mon
day and Tuesday of this week
helping get the program lined
up to start here March 24.
Applications for the free
food from persons and fami
lies already on the County
Public Welfare Assistance
J
rolls will be considered first
by the Welfare Office here,
and an official said this week
that it would probably take
until Apr. 1 to process these
applications. These persons
will be notified by mail when
to apply.
There are approximately
700 families in the county now
receiving welfare payments,
totaling approximately 3,000
people.
After these applications
have been processed, others
in the county who qualify by
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Westco Files
For Rate
Increase
Westco Telephone Company
has filed with the North Car
olina Utilities Commission an
application for authority to in
crease its rates on bills ren
dered on and after April L
The Company, whose home
office Is in Weaverville, ope
rates exchanges at Burnsville
and Mlcaville in Yancey
County; Bakersville in Mit
chell County; Garden City,
Glen wood - Providence, and
Sevier in McDowell County;
Robbinsville and Fontana in
Graham County; Mars Hill,
Marshall, and Hot Springs, in
Madison County; Murphy in
Cherokee County; and Hayes
ville in Clay County. The Com
pany also operates exchanges
at Clayton and DOlard- Moun
tain City, Georgia.
The Utilities Commission
last approved a rate increase
affecting these communities
in 1953.
The Company states in its
application that under the 1953
rates it earned a return of
only 1.95% on the fair value
of Its present properties and
only 2.04% on the depreciated
original cost of those proper
ties.
It estimates that the pro
posed rates will increase its
revenues, after taxes, above
those which it would earn
under the present rates by
approximately $54,675, which
will give it a return of 4.61%
on the fair value of its pro
perties.
The Company also asks per
mission to enlarge the base
rate areas of several of its
exchanges so as to reduce the
rates of many telephone sub
scribers residing in newly
developed areas.
In 1962 the Commission de
nied a request for rate
increases by Western Car
olina Telephone Company and
Westco Telephone Company
combined. At the time of that
application and hearing the
territories of the two com
panies had not been seperat
ed and Westco had not begun
to operate.
An appeal from that decis
ion of the Commission was
taken by the Company and in
October, 1963, the North Car
olina State Supreme Court
remanded the case to the
Commission for further con
sideration.
The commission has not
yet issued an order on there
hearing of the cause which
was held on January 16 and
17, 1964. The rates proposed
in the present application, if
approved, will replace those
now In effect under bond.
A Company spokesman sta
tes that since Westco Tele
phone Company became ope
rative in May, 1962, the Com
pany has spent approximately
93,300,000 in the expansion
and improvement of telephone
service in McDowell, Mit
chell, Yancey and Clay Count
ies in North Carolina and Ra
bun County, Ga.
More than 2100 rural sub
scribers have been added in
these counties. The last phase
of the Company's Initial ex
pansion and Improvement pro
gram will be completed dur
ing 1964 with the expenditure
of approximately $2,500,000
In Madison, Graham, and in
Cherokee Counties.
Weather
Date High Low Prec.
Feb. 26 47 30 0.02
17 44 30 0
18 43 32 0.38
29 62 17 0
Mar. 1 44 94 0.10
I 61 99 1.05
3 70 42 0.06
Forecasts Thursday, rain
snding by noonj Friday, over
:ast: Saturday and Sunday,
rain.
MURPHY HIGH girls basketball players posing with their Smoky Mountain Conference
Girls Championship Trophy include (L-R) Linda Nelson, Eva Dockery, Peggy English, Mar
garet James, Judy Sanders and Billy James. Starter Judy Rogers was missing when the photo
was taken.
ANDREWS HIGH CAGERS receiving the Smoky Mountain Conference Boys Championship
Trophy at Hayesville Satruday night, along with their Coach, Cecil Mashburn (L) were start
ers (L-R) John Gernert, Larry Owenby, Thomas Brooks, Terry Winfrey, Butch Sursavage
and sixth man Jerry Thompson, scout Photo-D?vu
Murphy Girls, Andrews Boys Win
SMC Basketball Championships
HAYESVILLE - Cherokee
County basketball teams swept
to victory and the Smoky
Mountain Conference Champ
ionship for both boys and
girls in tournament finals
played at Hayesville last Fri
day and Saturday.
The Murphy girls team won
the conference crown for the
fifth consecutive year by beat
ing Swain High's girls team
in a runaway 62-34 Friday
night.
The Andrews boys climaxed
a stunning perfect season 32-0
record Saturday night by
downing a strong Franklin
quinete 69-64 to take the boys
SMC Championship.
The victory marked the first
time in history that a boys
team from Andrews High has
captured the conference bas
ketball champtionship, and ac
cording to available records
marked the first time a SMC
boys team has compiled a per
fect season throughout all reg
ular season and tournament
games.
SMC Western Division
teams made a clean sweep
Df the tourney as Murphy's
boys downed Swain In a con
solation game for third place
lonors In the loop by a score
if 78-70 Friday night, and the
bobbins vllle girls trounced
Franklin in a consolation game
Saturday night, 51-30.
In taking the girls confer
mce crown. Murphy took the
ead over Swain early In the
game, and widened the gap as
:lme ticked on, behind a ster
ing 26 point performance by
fudy Roger*. Eva Dockery ad
led IS more.
In the boys championship
;ame, Andrews seemed as
lured of an eaav win aa the
:au gained a 14 point lead
iver Franklin with some four
ninutee left to play, but
Franklin pulled off four
"steals' In a row and turned
in red hot shooting to narrow
the gap to four points as time
ticked away, but Andrews cag
ers regained their composure
and hitfour two final points and
slowed the game by ball con
trol to hold on for the win.
Andrews dominated the
game most of the way on the
basis of the team's finest de
fensive performance of the
year, and by sweeping the
boards for almost three
fourths of the rebounds with
fine performances by big
men Butch Sursavage, John
Gernert and Larry Owenby.
For their scoring punch,
the Andrews lads made use
of the long-pass fast break
with Thomas Brooks and
Terry Winfrey on the re
ceiving end. Winfrey was high
scorer for the game with 26
points. Brooks scored 12, Sur
savage 12, Owenby 10, and
Gernert 9.
The win ending the perfect
season for Andrews left the
Wildcats as the only undefeat
ed team In Western North Car
olina.
In the boys consolation
ame, Murphy led Swain by
2 points at halftlme but a red
hot second half performance
by Swain's Don Peterson pul
led the Maroons within three
points of Murphy with three
minutes left.
Peterson stole the ball with
two minutes left and added two
final Swain points to put the
score at 70-72, Murphy lead
ing.
Murphy reserves came off
the bench to clinch the win.
Wayne Watson hit for two
points and Harry Morgan sank
two shots from the floor to
give Murphy the 8 point mar
gin of victory.
A high scoringperformance
for the game was turned tn
by Murphy's Don Morris who
ended up with 24. Bill Graves
added 16, Hugh Carringer 14,
and Robert Smith 8.
Both the Murphy girls and
the Andrews boys made it to
conference finals by winning
the SMC Western Division
crowns in games last Wednes
day night at Ha yesville.
Murphy girls lead all the
way to win 69-39 over a Rob
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Sheriff Anderson
Resumes Duties
MURPHY -Cherokee County
Sheriff Claude Anderson of
ficially resumed his duties on
March 1, after an absence of
almost six months while he re
cuperated from wounds suf
fered here Sept. 8 of last
year when he was shot by a
man he had arrested in the
County Courthouse.
Dr. W. A. Hoover, who
treated the sheriff said that
he was sufficiently recovered
from the near-critical gun
shot wounds to resume his of
fice.
H. M. 'Milt' Anderson has
been charged with shooting
the sheriff and confessed to
the shooting when he turned
himself in on the afternoon
of the incident, and will be
tried on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill, not resulting in
death, in the upcoming term
of Cherokee County Superior
Court which convenes here
March 30, for a two weeks
session.
The confessed assailant has
been free under $8,000 bond
since Sept. 27.
Keilis Radford of Andrews,
who was appointed by the
County Commissioners as
Chief Deputy to handle the
duties of sheriff until Sheriff
Anderson could resume his
ofiice, ended his work on the
day the sheriff came back to
work officially.
Sheriff Anderson, the Com
missioners and people all over
the county praised the work of
Mr. Radford while the sheriff
was recuperating and he was
thanked for "a very commend
able performance in his job
of Chief Deputy."
SMC Western
All Conference
Players Named
HAYESVILLE - Cherokee
and Clay County boys and girls
basketball players dominated
the Western Division All Con
ference teams announced Sat
urday night at Hayes ville fol
lowing the boys SMC Champ
ionship game.
Named to the Western SMC
Division All Conference girls
team were Eva Dockery and
Peggy English from Murphy,
Linda McNabb of Hiwassee
Dam, Jane Crisp and Brenda
Phillips of Robbinsville and
Zelma Holder of Stecoah. In
cluded on the Honorable men
tion list were Judy Rogers
of Murphy, Joyce Haney of
Hiwassee Dam, and Jo Ann
Coffee of Hayesville.
The SMC Western Division
All Conference Boys team
first string included Don Mor
ris of Murphy, Butch Sur
savage of Andrews, Bill Gray
of Hayesville, David Cable
of Stecoah and Ronnie Gre
gory of Nantahala. Honorable
mentions for the team includ
ed Bill Graves of Murphy,
Thomas Brooks of Andrews,
Bruce Davenport of Hayes
ville and Jerry Owenby of
Hiwassee Dam.
Other awards made Satur
day night included miniature
gold footballs to SMC All Con
ference players, the Confer
ence football trophy to Sylva
Webster, the Conference run
ner - up football trophy to
Andrews and the Conference
football sportsmanship tro
phy to Robbinsville.
Rev. Sheets
Methodist
Church Plans
Revival
MURPHY - Revival ser
vices will be held at Murphy
First Methodist Church the
week of March 8 through 13.
The Rev. Herchel Sheets,
pastor of Sharp Memorial
Methodist Church and profes
sor of Religious Education
at Young Harris College, will
bring the message each even
ing at 7:30.
There will bea special mes
sage for the children each
evening and a song fest will
be held from 7:15 to 7:30.
The public 'is cordially In
vited to attend.
MISS MARCH
Ml*? Maria Gantry, daughtar of Mr. w?4
Mn. Bart Gantry
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