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74 ? Number 35
and Clay County Progress
?Wr. CmIMm. ThwnW?y, M?c* 24, 1944 U Pag.. Thl. W..k
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AT MURPHV. NORTH CAROLINA
Andrews Loses In First
Round State Tournament
DURHAM - Andrew* High's
basketball team's first game
In Sute Class A tournament
pity turned out to be the end
of the line for the previously
undefeated Smoky Mountain
Conference and District 8
champs.
The Andrews lads lost
62-51 in the first game of
the tourney on Wednesday
night, Mar. 18, to another un
defeated quintet from Pine
hurst.
Andrews had won 27 in a
row and Pinehurst 32 straight
before the tournament.
Pinehurst eventually made
It to the tournament finals
where they were beaten by
East Surrey for the sute
Class A championship.
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Editor '$
Note-Book
The weather report for
? Sunday calls for scattered
showers and If the forecast
J ers are right, the Easter
! Parade will be washed out.
TR
With several major cases
on tap for the Spring term
of Superior Court which con
venes here Monday, theremay
be standing room only for ob
servers.
TR
The Cherokee County Cn
cer Society Is sponsoring
another wrestling exhibition
Friday night at the Rock Gym
at 8 US p.m. , and the show
moves on to Hayes vllle Sat
urday night at 8:15 p.m. at
the High School gym with
proceeds going for the school
playground equipment.
TR
Herman H. Wast, Cherokee
County's Representative to the
N. C. General Assembly for
the past two sessions has
? been appointed as the new
Republican member of the
County Election Board,re
placing Roger A. Dewar of
Andrews who resigned. The
two Democratic members are
Chairman Hayes Leatherwood
of Murphy and Cleve Almopd
of Andrews. The Clay Co
unty Elections Board Is com
posed of two Democratic
members, Paul Mease and
B. M. McClure of Hayesv
111 e and Republican member
M. H. Payne of Brasstown.
TR
NASCAR race fans here who
go with the Ford drivers are
smiling once again after the
1-2 finish of Freddy Loren
ten and Fireball Roberts
Sunday at the Bristol Race
way. This sets the stage for
the next Ford-Chrysler show
down cotniiw up Apr. S at
the Atlanta 500.
TR
Sute Highway crews pat
ched up broken spots In
roads and bridge crossings
around Murphy this week.
TR
For a good feed, don't
?miss the Murphy Roury
Club's Pancake Supper Fri
day night at Family Rest
aurant.
TR
Bill Whi taker of Andrews,
County Chairman o f the Crip
pled chlldrens Society, re
ports that the bake sale at
Andrews last weekend for the
Society's fund drive netted
*146.45
TR
School officials from Dis
trict 18, which includes all
units In Cherokee, clay, Gra
ham, Macon, Swain, and Jack
son Counties, will be In Mur
phy Thursday for an annual
meeting.
TR
The Andrews Riding club
has ynouncod that this year's
July 4 Wagon Train will fol
low the same route as last
year: From Andrews to
Hayes ville and back. July 2-4.
Cape Frank Swan of Andrews
will again serve as Wagon
Muter with Cliff Penlana of
Hayes ville as Assistant Wagon
Master.
TR
The final hearing on the
proposed subdivision reg
ulations for Murphy la set for
next Tuesday n Un whan the
Town Board will decide on
making the proposals Into law.
The meeting will be held at
the Power Board Building at
7i30 p.m. and la open to the
public.
TR
If you own farm land don't
forget Friday Is the last day
to sign 19 for the ASCS feed
Reports from Durham In
dicated that the Andrews boys
matched or surpassed the
Plnehurst team In every de
partment except scoring.
The 'cold' shooting of the
SMC champs coupled with an
extraordinary performance by
a Plnehurst sharpshooter, Deo
Vest who hit for 13 two-point
ers from all over the court,
spelled defeat for Andrews.
The team returned from
Durham Thursday morning.
Andrews scored first and
held a 13-11 lead late In the
first period, but Plnehurst
found the range and scored the
last seven points of the quar
ter from an 18-13 lead.
The second quarter was dis
astrous for Andrews as Pine
hurst pulled out to a 30-18
lead, and held a 32-22 lead
at the half.
Andrews narrowed the mar
gin in the third period and
pulled within three points of
Plnehurst 46-42 in the final
quarter and again to four
points with two minutes to
play, but Vest's shooting from
there on put the Eastern N.C.
lads ahead for keeps.
Terry Winfrey led Andrews'
socrlng with 16 points. Butch
Sursavage, who dominated the
boards during the game, end
ed up with 12 points. John
Gernert and Larry Owenby
got 9 apiece and Thomas
Brooks hit for 5.
Brooks fouled out late in
the game. Jer ry Thompson and
Danny Tatham were the only
Andrews reserves to see ac
tion.
Good shooting at the foul
line aided the Andrews cause,
as the Wildcats hit for 13 out
of 20, while Pinehurstgotonly
1 for 18.
Superior
Court Opens
Here Monday
MURPHY - The spring ses
sion of Superior court tn
Cherokee County convenes
here Monday, Mar. 30, with
Judge Zeb V. Nettles pre
siding over a two week term
of criminal and civil cases.
Prosecuting the criminal
cases will be Solicitor Glenn
Brown of Waynesvllle.
A heavy docket of cases
is on tap, plus the selection
of a Grand Jury for the com
ing year. A jury list with 98
names has been drawn for
this term of court.
Heading the docket Is the
trial of Milton H. Anderson
on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon with Intent to
kill. He confessed to shooting
and critically injuring Sheriff
Claude Anderson here last
September.
Other major cases Include
the trial of four Cherokee
County men charged in con
nection with the death of
James Beavers of Unaka, who
died of a gunshot wound Nov.
17 in a cabin near the Ten
nessee line; and a trial for
two Greensboro youths who
are charged with attempted
armed robbery and kidnap
ping here Feb. 8.
Training Union
Tournament At
Andrews Baptist
MURPHY- The Training
Union Tournament of the
Western North Carolina Bap
tist Association will be held
at Andrews First Baptist
Church Friday evening .March
27, at 7s30 p.m.
Mr. Chester Lawson is
Association Director and Mrs.
David Hyatt and Mr. J. V.
Hall are assistant directors.
Adult scripture reading.
Young People's speakers
tournament. Intermediate
Sword Drill and Junior Mem
ory work will be given.
Special music will be furn
ished by the choirs of the
Murphy and Andrews chur
ches.
Everyone is invited to
attend.
Date
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Sunday, scAttersd showers ?
CHAIRMEN OF BOARDS of County Commissioners (ram nine at the 10 counaes in Die IMi
District here for their annual gathering Tuesday and N. C. Association officials included:
(Front, L-R) Alex McMahon, General Counsel for the Association, George B. Sloan, Jackson
County; Mans on stiles, Macon County: R. M. Boyd, Transylvania County; Paul N. Guthrie,
Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary for the Association; and F. C. Green, Haywood County.
(Back Row, L-R) Clyde S. Jackson, Henderson County; Dr. W. A. Hoover, Cherokee County;
Leonard Davis, Graham County; William T. Groves, Clay County; and A. J. Sutton, Swain
County.
WNC County Officials Happy
With Present Wellfare Plan
MURPHY - County Com
missioners from nine WNC
counties who were in Murphy
Tuesday for an annual 14 Dis
trict meeting voiced approval
of the present set-up of public
welfare departments in their
counties.
The main item of business
for the annual meeting which
convened at 10:00 a.m. was
a discussion of a plan devised
by a private research group
calling for welfare adminis
tration by County Commis
sioners in each county in the
state, with the welfare board
acting only in an advisory
capacity.
During the two hours before
noon Tuesday, AlexMcMahon,
General Counsel of the N. C.
Association of County Com
missioners which sponsored
the district meeting, dicus
sed this new welfare plan with
Committee For Moore
Ch osen In Cherokee
RALEIGH - A 12 -member
comminee has been named to
direct the campaign of Guber
natorial Candidate Dan K.
Moore in Cherokee County.
The committee, comprised
t of business and professional
men and women, is headed by
Co-Chairmen Bob White and
H. A. Mattox of Murphy. White
is in the wood procurement
business and Mattox is a hard
ware dealer.
Other members of the com
mittee Include Frank Forsyth,
banker and State Senator; Jack
Dickey, oil distributor; E. H.
Brumby, textilemill operator;
William C. Stalcup, police
man; all of Murphy; Dr. Char
les O. Van Gorder, ? physi
cian; Herman Brauer, furni
ture store operator; Mrs.
Lucy Laughter, newspaper
correspondent; Sam Jones,
real estate agent; andTyBur
nette, an insurance asm.
Hans Tho lander
Swedish Exchange Student
Speahs At Rotary Meeting
MURPHY - RourUns from
Murphy and Andrews heard
Hans Tholander, an exchange
student at Western Carolina
College from Borlinge, Swe
den, at a Joint meeting here
Tuesday night say "It was
the greatest day of my life
when I learned I had been
awarded the Rotary Chan Cor
don Memorial Scholarship to
attend college In the U. 8."
Mr. Tholander, a Junior at
Western Carolina, entered the
school there at the beginning
of die 1963 fall quarter. Ha
hopes to be able to stay and
graduate from WCC in 1066.
He said Tuesday that he
learned of the scholarship
from his father, who la a
R our lan in Borlange, made
the application, and in the
meantime Joined the Swedish
Air Force.
When he learned that he had
been awarded the scholarship,
he was able to gat a discharge
from the Air Force ao he
could ccme here to study.
"My first view of New York
City was an impression I'll
never forget," he told the club
members.
He says he Is particularly
impressed with the opportun
ity to study so many differ
ent subjects at WCC and that
he thinks it Is a fine school.
He is majority in business
ackninlstradon, concentrat
ing on courses in electronic
dau processing.
"1 have already come to
love these hills, be said,
"we have nothing Unie them
in my home town in Sweden."
Mr. Tholander showed sli
des of Sweden and the capitol
city, Stockholm, explaining
that "Sweden has the second
highest standard of living In
the world, nan to the U. S.,
has no slims or poverty, ope
rates under a program of
socialised medicine and wel
fare, and education there Is
(Com. on back page)
the 40 county commissioners,
accountants, attorneys, wel
fare officials and other county
officials here for the meeting.
Mr. McMahon said his or
ganization Is studying the plan
devised by the research group,
toward the day when some
county might seek legislation
in Raleigh to change the wel
fare set-up.
The research group called
the present system unwork
able, but die commissioners
from the counties represent
ed at the meeting here Tues
day all voiced satisfaction
with the present program.
During the afternoon ses
sion the officials discussed
possible effects of a new uni
form court system on county
governments, including the
responsibility of the county of
providing courtroom facilltes.
The officials also discussed
the merit system and the com
pensation and classification
plan for employees.
F. C. Green of Haywood
county was nominated as ?
director for the 14th District
for the coming year.
The meeting Tuesday mark
ed the first time the annual
gathering of officials from
the 14th District had met in
Murphy.
Cherokee County officials
handled local arrangements.
Counties in the district In
clude Cherokee, clay, Gra
ham, Macon, Swain, Jackson,
Haywood, Henderson, Polk,
and Transylvania.
Every county in the district
except Polk was represented
at the meeting.
Also at tbe meeting was Paul
N. Guthrie, Jr., Assistant
Executive Secretary for the
Association.
County CD
Director To
Attend Meet
County and municipal off
icials from seventeen south
western North Carolina co
unties will meet in Ashev
ille Wednesday, April 1, for
an Area Conference on Civil
Defense Responsibility.
Keynote speaker for the
six-hour session is Alex
McMahon , General Counsel
for the North Carolina Assoc
iation of County Officials. He
will discuss the Civil Defense
Program- now considered a
vital part of continental de
fense- stressing the respon
sibility of local government
officials under Federal and
State law.
Cherokee County Civil De
fense Director Dee Whin
Sharp of Andrews will att
end the meeting.
The conference program,
to be conducted by U.N.C.
Extension Division, will also
include ? report from the
Sute Civil Defense Director,
a demonstration of shield
ing from radiation present
ation of Rural Civil Defense
and other training available
to residents of the State.
Invitations and detailed in
formation were tent through
Chairmen of County Boards
?f Commissioners and the
Mayor of each municipality
to all elected officials and
other interested community
leaders.
These officials alio rec
eived letters urgiqg them to
attend from the North Car
olina League of Municipal
ities and the North Carolina
Association of County Off
icials.
mi municipalities
whose governing officials will
participate in the Ashevllle
Churches Unite For Good Friday,
Easter Sunrise Services This Week
MURPHY -Murphy Churhes
?re uniting again this year in
two services for the high-tide
of the Christian year, Good
Friday afternoon and Easter
Sunrise.
The Good Friday service
will be held from 1:00 until
2 :00 p.m. ovserving a portion
of the time when the Saviour
was dying upon the cross, at
Murphy Presbyterian Church,
Subdivision Regulations
Discussed At Hearing
MURPHY - Joe E. Ray,
chairman of Murphy Planning
Board, presided at the open
meeting Thursday night,
March 19, for public hear
ing and discussion of the sub
division regulations which
are being submitted to City
Council for adoption.
Charles Cunningham, Com
munity Planner for Murphy,
gave a resume of work and
study done by the Planning
Board for benefit of the in
terested parties present.
Technical points as to ac
curacy of commercial and
industrial land surveys with
mtm
in and without the city limits
were brough' out and explain
ed by Board members E. C.
Van Horn, who also gave a
report on the water seminar
held in Asheville, March 11.
The information gleaned
from this seminar will be of
value to the Board as they
progress into the study of
residential and industrial
needs for the community.
The Town Council will hold
a public meeting on March
31 when they meet to decide
on adoption of the subdivision
regulations as drafted for the
Town of Murphy.
A RAIN-SOAKED HILLSIDE slid down blocking U.S. Highway
M East of Murphy on Scott-Laney Hill early Wednesday for
several hours. A state highway crew soon had the road cleared
and traffic resumed.
March 27. The sunrise ser
vice for Easter is tobeat6>45
the morning of March 29 at
Sunset Cemetery.
All persons are urged to
attend these services. Var
ious business houses In Mur
phy have been closing for the
hour during the Good Friday
worship, and all are requested
to do so again.
The Seven Words from the
Cross are to be given by Mur
phy ministers in the Good Fri
day service, and appropriate
hymns sung. Julian Suggs,
minister of education and
music at First Baptist Church
will preside at the service.
The first word, "Father,
forgive them, for they know
not what they do," is to be
brought by the Rev. Clark
W. Benson of First Metho
dist Church; "Today thou
shalt be with me in Para
dise," by the Rev. William
J. Thompson of First Bap
tist; and "Woman, Behold thy
son; "Son, behold thy
mother", by the Rev. Glen
B. Rhodes of the Free Me
thodist Church.
The words, "My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken
me?" arid "I thirst," are to
be treated by the Rev. Ham
ilton C. Witter of the Epis
copal Church of the Messiah;
and the concluding words, "It
is finished," and "Father,
into thy hands I commit my
spirit, by the Rev. Robert
A. Potter of Murphy Presby
terian Church.
Offering will be used for
the Inter-Church transit fund.
Mr. Thompson is to bring
the message at the Easter
sunrise service, with other
ministers taking part.
Rotary Club
Pancake Supper
Friday Night
MURPHY - The Murphy
Rotary Club is sponsoring ?
pancake supper Friday night
with proceeds going for the
Crippled Chlldrens Society's
fund drive.
Homemade pancakes, syrup
and sausage will be served
at die Family Restaurant from
5:00 until 8:00 p.m. Friday
evening, with Rotarians' wives
filling in as waitresses.
The price of the complege
pancake supper Is one dollar
with a child's plate going for
fifty cents.
Low Income Families
Receiving Surplus Food
Friday Is Deadline For
Feed Grain Signup
I
MURPHY- All farmers who
Intend to participate in the
1964 Feed-Grain program
should sign up at the ASCS
office by March 27th. No app
lications can be processed
after this date.
Republican Files
For Congress
In llth District
Clyde M. Roberts, Madi
son County Republican poli
tical leader, announced Mon
day that he is a candidate for
election as llth district re
presentative to Congress.
The GOP announcement as
sured Rep. Roy A. Taylor of
Black Mountain a contest in
the general election.
The Marshall lawyer has the
endorsement of GOP leaders
throughout the district, in
cluding llth District Repub
lican Chairman Kent Coward.
A native of Madison County,
Roberts has served in both the
House and the Senate on the
state level. He began his poll
tlcal career as clerk of Madi
son's Cuperior Court In 1938.
conference are those served
by the Sute Civil Defense
Agency's Aree *F' Office lo
cated In Building 3, Western
North Carolina Sanatorium,
Black Mountain; Archie B.
Noell, Director. They aret
Buncombe, Burke, Owrokee
Clay, Graham, Haywood, Hen
derson, Jackson, Macon, Mad
ison, McDowell, Mitchell,
Polk, Rutherford, Swain
Transylvania and Yancey.
Regis trition will start at
9*15 A.M., April 1, at The
Manor, 366 Oiarlotte Street,
Ashevllle. Conference will
convene at IO1I6 and end at
3?00 P.M. with ? 'Dutch'
luncheon served at noon.
I
Three hundred farms have
already signed up this year
In Cherokee County as of
Monday, March 23rd. This
figure is wll ahead of last
year's number at the same
stage of the program.
On the state level there
is an indication that more
farmers will participate in
the program this year than
last.
It will pay each corn pro
ducer to take a close look
at his program. Nearly every
producer in the county could
benefit by participating in the
program to some degree.
There has been a change
In grazing dates for land in
the Feed-Grain program. No
thing can be harvested from
this diverted acreage from
April 1, to October 1, 1964.
Three- Way Wreck
Results In $1,500
Damage, No Injuries
MURPHY - A three ve
hicle wreck about five miles
from Murphy on U. S. High*
way 64 East about 6t00 p.m.
Monday resulted in damages
estimated at (1,900, but no
one was Injured.
Ray Panther, 30, of Mur
phy, Rt. 1, was turning off
Highway 64 into a store lot
when his brakes failed. He
swerved back into thehighway
and struck a passing logging
truck driven by Stephen Mul- 1
key. Panther's car struck the <
logging truck near the rear
wheels and bounded back Into '
the store lot striking a park- 1
ed pickup truck owned by I
Fred Zimmerman.
State Patrolman Don Rea- i
vis Investigated the wreck
and reported that both the car ?
and logging truck were total
losses. 1
No charges were filed. <
MURPHY- Distribution of
food to needy families through
the Surplus Commodity Pro
gram began Tuesday, March
24, and certification of fam
ilies receiving public assis
tance through the Cherokee
County DPW will be complet
ed this week.
Beginning March 30 and
continuing through Tuesday,
April 4, the Welfare Depart
ment will process applicat
ions for needy non-public
assistance families.
It is required that appli
cations for surplus commod
ities be made by the head of
the household and not by other
members of the family.
The responsibility for veri
fying eligibility will be that
of the head of each household,
and at the time of the app
lication the household head
will be supplied by the Wel
fare Department with necess
ary troms tor verification
purposes.
To be eligible, family in
come must t>e limited a&
follows: One per:>w<i,$75; two
persons, $95, and $10 for each
additional member of the
household to a maximum of
$200.
Beginning April 14, Tues
days of each week will be
designated for processing
applications for those needy
non-public assistance famil
ies not applying initially.
Six Murphy Faculty
Members Attend
NCEA Convention
MURPHT - The Murphy unit
of North Carolina Education
Association was represented
at the Assoc la tloni annual
convention In Raleigh last
weekend by six faculty mem*
Iters.
These were Mrs. Don Car*
ter, Mrs. Bob Minor, Mrs.
Toe Ray, Mrs. Duke Whitley,
F ohn Jordan, and Walter Puett.
Orer 5,000 AssocUttan
members from N. C. attended
the meeting.
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