Clay County's Jack Rabbit Mountain Will Be WIIC's Too Camnaround
HA YESVILLE -Camping out
just "ain't what it used to be."
At laast not for dw tourist
varlaty of camper who trill
be visiting CUy County in the
future.
But it should be quickly not
ed that the dmy Is for the
better. The modern-cby tour
ist-camper visiting the shores
of Lake Chatuge will soon be
able to camp out with prac
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
MEETING OF THE
CHEROKEE COUNTY
Board Of Equalization
And Review
Th? Cherokee CoMly Board Of C?Baissi*a?rs
WILL SIT AS A
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
AND REVIEW ON
Wednesday , March 25
FROM 9:00 A.M. ? 4:00 P.M.
The Board of Equalization and Review
will meet at the Commissioners' Office
in the Courthouse in Murphy for the pur
pose of examining and reviewing the tax
list of each township for the current year.
A hearing will be granted to any tax pay
er who has a valid reason why he believes
an adjustment is necessary on his appraisal,
if that person makes a written application
for a hearing and mails or brings this
written apolication to the Cherokee County
Tax Supervisor's Office, Cherokee County
Courthouse, Murphy, N. C. prior to March
25. After making the written application,
the applicant must appear before the Board
on March 25 for his hearing and for the
transaction of any other business which
may come before the Board in compli
ance with the Machinery Act.
This Is the only time in which the Commissioners have
the authority to change the valuation of real estate.
Cherokee County Board of Commissioners
tlcAlly *11 the conveniences
of home.
This good news came out of
a visit last Friday to die Jack
ftattfc mn *? Campground
now under construction by the
u. s. Forest Service abou*
seven mUes from Hayesvllle.
A tour of the area last Fri
day with District Forest Ran
ger Bunch Nugent of Murphy
provided some eye-opening
sights for a visiting newsman.
Contractors and Forest
Service personnel are work
ing feverishly to try and have
the new Jack Rabbit Moun
tain Campground ready to open
to campers by this July.
As of right now, there Is
some question as to whether
the faculties will be complete
in time for this summer, due
to weather conditions, the lake
rising and the fact that the
contracts on part of the de
velopment don't call for com
pletion until August, but even
If campers have to wait
another year, the camp
ground will be worth the wait.
Work Is going on now to try
and get fifty camping sites
ready for use this summer.
The campground will have 100
campsites when it is com
plete.
Two big items now under
construction at the area are
a water system, which will
include a well, which Is al
ready complete, a reservoir
and pumping station and water
lines to centrally located
spigots and bathhouses
throughout the area; and a
sewerage disposal plant,
which will serve the camp
ground. The lake is so high
already that completion of the
outfall lines on the disposal
plant may have to wait until
fall, when the water recedes.
Already complete is a road
into the area, with three loops
circling through the camp
sites. Also complete except
for water and sewerage con
nections are five bathhouses,
with showers (cold water), and
rest rooms for men and wo
men.
The entire Jack Rabbit
Mountain recreation area cov
ers some 50 acres, and the
campsites are grouped at one
end of the area bordered by
Chatuge Lake.
Boat launching facilities are
also being constructed.
One hundred 'spurs', park
ing spaces for each campsite,
are already complete.
Each Individual campsite
will contain a log-bordered
tent platform, a concrete
table, with bench seats, a
grill for cooking and a built
in garbage can.
| water for cooking, drinking,
etc. will be available at one
of the nearby central spigots.
The bathhouses, which are
centrally located throughout
the area, are of modern
design, and feature plush tiled
restrooms and shower stalls.
With the complete well
water system and a self
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Directly ahead a bright future looms ... in which virtually all
burdensome chores will be eliminated, in which more
will be produced with less effort, in which all can
enjoy more of life's good things.
Right into every family circle will come the wonders of the
l
"push button" era, with all its unprecedented opportunities for more enjoyment,
more self-fulfillment. A full-service bank, like ours, can be helpful in many ways
in your family's purposeful planning for this future.
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M? Ptimrmi D^mH hakvranc* Coianrtm
Strvlif So?tkw?it?r? North Carolina
plant which U being hirtlt y
clficially to aerve dM camp
ground, jack Rabbit M? ?
will be the moat complete up
to-date campground in West
ern North Carolina and equal
to anything in the state.
The name 'Jack Rabbit
Mountain', was derived freaa
what is actually a sloping hill
bordering the lake, and all
of the campsites are arrang
ed around the lake shore and
a camper can take a few steps
and be at the water for fish
ing, boating or swimming.
A view of the lake and the ]
beautiful surrounding moun
tain scenery will be enough
in itself to attract many
campers.
To reach die campground. 1
follow U. S. 64 East out of
Hayesville for five miles and
turn right at the Shooting
Creek Bridge (the high con
crete bridge) onto Rural
Road 1154 at Woodards' Store,
follow this road about a mile
and a half and turn right oo
Rural Road 1155. Jack Rab
bit is straight ahead.
Large signs will point the
way to the campground when
it is opened to campers. The
road to the area is not open
to sight-seers yet, because
there is much truck traffic I
going in and out in connect
ion with the construction un
derway.
But when the area is open
ed, whether it is this summer
or next, campers are expect
ed to pour into the camp
ground to enjoy the plush fact- j
lities.
The Jack Rabbit Mountain
Campground is being built
with the aid of funds granted
through the Federal Govern
ment^ Accelerated Public
Works Program, plus Forest
Service money appropriated
for recreation.
The Forest Service Is work
ing on a priority program
in this area now to prepare
recreational facilities of this
type for the booming camper
tourist industry.
When completed, the camp
ground will be one of Clay's
top tourist attractions and
will provide a big boost to the
economy of the county.
Clay County folks can smile
with pride as they realize that
they can boast the finest camp
ground In the mountains,
thanks to the Forest Service.
And the local folks will
probably be anxious to try
out the camping craze them
selves, and spend a lazy
weekend on the shores of their
beautiful Lake Chatuge.
Obituaries
MISS DORA COLVIN
ROBBINSVILLE - Miss
Dora Ann Colvtn, 64, died on
Monday, Feb. 24, in an Ashe
ville nursing home after a
brief illness.
She was a native of Graham
County, a daughter of Riley j
and Myra Odom Colvin.
Surviving are two brothers,
Dock and Pearson, and two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Carrln
ger, and Miss Addie Colvin,
all of Robblnsville.
Services were held at 2:30
p.m. Wednesday at Sameet
lah Baptist Church.
The Rev. James Cochran
and the Rev. Jim Fair offi
ciated and burial was in Odom
Chapel Cemetery.
Towns on Funeral Home was
in charge.
MRS. FAY JONES NICHOLS
ROBBINSVILLE - Mrs. Fay
Jones Nichols, 68, Graham
County native, died Thursday,
March 5, In Lake Worth, Fla.,
where she had lived for
several years.
Surviving are the husband,
Harrison H. Nichols of Lake
Worth, Fla.; five daughters,
Mrs. Cecil Hollyburton and
Mrs. Bob White of Lake Worth,
Fla., Mrs. Ernest Whitney of
Pennsylvania, Helen of Vir
ginia, and Hildred of Lake
Worth, Fla.; three sons, Ho
ward of California, Herbert
of Casper, Wyo., and Harri
son, Jr., in the Marine Corps
In South California; the par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones
of Akron, Ohio; three bro
thers, Jerry, Paul, and Dll
lard Jones, all of Akron,
Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Macle
Elliott of Murphy and Benne
lee of Tampa, Fla.; and 21
grandchildren.
Services were heldat2p.m.
Sunday at Red Marble Baptist
Church at Topton.
The Rev. Donald Colvard
officiated and burial was In
the church cemetery.
Townson Funeral Home was
In charge.
Among The Sick
MURPHY - Patients a<knlt
ted to Providence Hospital
Feb. 38 through March 6,
were: William Amos Hughes,
Brasstown; Mrs. Roy Dock
ery, Marble; Allen Davis, Rt.
1, Marble; Edward Foster, Rt.
3, Murphy; Mrs. Clinton Gib
son, Rt. 3 Murphy; Mrs. Roxie
Kephart, Rt. 3, Murphy; Mrs.
June M. Dockery, Rt. S, Mur
phy; Mrs. Aloma Beavers, Rt.
1, Murphy; Mrs. Lillian
Gheen, Murphy, and Roy Aus
tin, Murphy.
Cherokee Scout 4 day County
Progress, Thurs., Mar. 13, U64
THB FOREST SERVICE Truck Is parked headed out on the driveway which enters the camp
ground area. Concrete "Ready-Mix" trucks on the hill in the background were pouring the re
servoir for the caiqpground's water system on the day this ptmo was taken
THB SCENIC VIEW shows the drive leading down to the boat launching ramp which the
Wildlife Dept. will build to serve the Jack Rabbit Campground.
ONE OF FIFTY campsites neartng completion at Jack Rabbit Mountain, this spot offers
campers a beautiful view of Chatuge Lake and a mountain backdrop. Each campsite Includes
a tent platform (shown here on the left, behind the pine tree), a cooking grill (center) and a
concrete table and benches. A garbage can will complete the equipment for each campsite.
THB IS ONE of five bath houses which are scattered throughout the campground area.
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