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Velum* 75 ? Number 1 4
and Clay County Progress
Careitno, Thursday, July 30, 1964 Po??? Thl? Waak
Published Waak ly
? ICONO CUAIS PMTt?l ?AIO
AT MURPMV. MONTH CAROLINA
Word reached the Scout
Ofiice this past week that
one of the more notorious
local inhabitants passed on to
his reward - - -Rocky, the
boxer officially owned by Dr.
W. R. Gas sett, and unofficially
the town mascot, died of a
heart attack following surgery
to remove a cancerous growth
on his hip. Although he was
called a lazy bum and ?
moocher, few people, who had
*n occasion to pass Rocky' s
favorite resting place in front
of the Police Station, could
help but notice die utter
serenity with which Rocky ac
cepted changes in the weather,
the populace, and the tourist
trade. He asked little from
anyone other than a kind word,
* pat on the head, or a piece
of candy. In eulogizing other
pets that have passed on, be
reaved masters and friends
have often pictured a heavenly
place with a multitude of rab
bits to chase and bones in
every corner. For Rocky,
however, we hope that he finds
a place where trees have
leaves made of lollipops, and
the flowers that bud with candy
bars each day. Requisescat
in Pace.
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During the recent Republi
can Convention, a gentleman,
whose name has slipped us at
the mon^x, was making a
long, drawn-out speech in
order to nominate Margaret
Ch Smith, the only woman
ffipublican candidate, for the
Presidency. During his speech
he said, "She (Mrs. Smith),
did not run all over the coun
try trying to sway delegate
votes, she did not spend any
money on radio and TV ad
vertising, and she did not
spend any money on news
paper advertising." How in the
world did she expect to get
elected? We all know it pays
to advertise.
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Sure was a nice feature
story in last Sunday's Ashe
ville Citizen about "The Bull
of The Woods", Herman H.
West. If you missed it you
should pick 19 a copy. Part
II of dils feature will appear
in the Sunday, August 2, edi
tion of The Citizen.
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ONE LAST WORD: Your
Scoutlet editor feels that he
deserves the final word about
his "pox", due to all the
ridicule he's been taking. In
last week's Scout my faith
ful employees said that I had
a chill dhood disease. Well,
now, at my tender aee . . .
why not? Since I couldn t shave
people call me a "Wooly
Booger", whatever that is,
but Hattie Palmer , our Murphy
Society Editor, just came Into
the office and really fixed me
up. Hattie has poison ivy on
her foot and she said, "My."
Your face looks worse than
my foot." That's terrible,
Hattie. And if you see me on
the street, do me a favor:
Don't ask me "Whose chicken
house have you been in?"
I've already heard it. 'Nuff
said.
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I surely did appreciate all
the cards and goodies sent to
me while I was hospitalized,
and a special THANKS to that
playful Mrs. Peyton Ivie for
sending me a coloring book,
crayons, and a comic book,
to while away the time during
recovery of my childhood di
sease.
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L. H. Conley of San Pablo,
Calif., noticed in the Scout
that we had a reader growing
kohlrabi. Mr. Conley allowed
that the vegetable Is on the
market and for die small gar
dener you can cook the leaves
like cabbage, grate the cones
or warts for a green salad,
then all you need Is a ham
hock and corn pone. Good
for you, Mr. Conley, sounds
crnnrf
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According to Harry Bishop
and Vernon F. martin. County
democratic Chairmen from
Cherokee and Clay Counties
respectively, have announced
that the two counties will be
well represented at a De
mocratic Unity Dinner in
Charlotte July 31.
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Attention All Squares: Let'*
all stomp down to the Old
Rock Gym Friday night, July
31, for a big square dance.
Things will get underway at
81OO p.m. win the Glenn El
lis and James Evans band
providing the music. Come on
out and alamand left, or Is it
right?
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' Football Playors
To Got Physicals
MURPHY - Coach Chuck
McConnell of Murphy High
School announced this week
that all varsity players and
boys that lettered last y ear
are to report to the Murphy
Health Of/ice this Friday .July
31, to take their physical ex
aminations t i preparation for
the coining football season.
Examinations will be given
between the hours of 9:00
a. m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Anniversary
Edition
Progressing
MURPHY - Plans for the
Seventy-Fifth anniversary
edition of the Scout are well
underway at the Scout office.
Past Scout editions dating
back to 1902 have already
been brought to the Scout
Office in response to request
contained in last week's paper.
The Scout still needs, how
ever, editions dated before
1900, and a good many of the
editions for the period be
tween 1900 and 1924.
We would particularly like
to have editions which con
tain information about the
Cherokee County contribu
tions to World War I.
In addition to newspapers,
the Scout would also like to
have other articles of his
torical interest which could
be used in our Diamond An
niversary Edition.
These articles should be
brought by the Scout office
before July 31, 1964. All such
items will be returned to the
contributor after the special
edition is published.
Sweethearts on Carolina State stage. . .
Sweethearts Participate In 4-H Talent Revue
RALEIGH ? The Carolina
Sweethearts^ participated last
ween in tne state 4-H Talent
Revue is part of the SUte
4-H Club Week Program which
is held each year at North
Carolina State College.
The Carolina Sweethearts
received an invitation after
winning Blue Ribbon honors
in the Western District De
monstration Day heldinAshe
ville in June.
The dancers, appearing last
Rimco Employees Head
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List Of Blood Donors
MURPHY - When the Red
Cross Bloodmobile made it's
visit here Monday, July 27,
100 pints of blood were needed
to meet the quota.
Awgwst 3 Court Term To Be Heavy
MURPHY - In an effort
to clean the court docket
for Cherokee County, Judge
W. K. McLean, who will be
presiding at the August 3
term of Superior Court, has
ordered that all cases ready
for trial be placed on the
Joint Meeting
Deemed Important
MURPHY - A joint meet
ing of the Cherokee ASCS
county and community com
mittees will be held Tuesday
August 4, at 9:00 a.m. in the
Murphy Power Board Build
ing.
Bass Hyatt, local ASCS
Office Manager, stated that
this is a very important
meeting and urged all com
mittee members to be pre
sent.
Recent developments re
garding the ACP, feed grain,
and disaster program will be
discussed.
Campers Return
Sunday, August 2
MURPHY "Sunday August 2
will mark the end of camp
for fifteen boys from Murphy
and Hayes ville.
The Camp, sponsored by the
Cherokee Scout h Clay County
Progress, is located on the
Tennessee River near
Gunnersville, Alabama.
The name of the camp. Camp
Ney-A-Ti. means "Camp By
The Lake."
The boys left Murphy
Monday morning July 20 and
will return Sunday afternoon
August 2.
Clark Benson, son of Rev.
and Mrs. Clark Benson of
Murphy has been named to the
dean's list in Duke University
College of Engineering for the
spring semester. Congratula
tions, Clark.
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Troy and Linda Beavers
were first place winners in a
talent show Friday, July 17,
sponsored by the Bell view
Community Development
Club. They are the children
of Mr. and Mrs. diaries
Beavers of BlairsvlUe, Ga.
Funds raised through the tal
ent show will go for Improve
ments of the community bulld
AU Sunbeam members are
urged to attend the Western
North Carolina Baptist Asso
ciation Sunbeam Day Camp to
be held at Truett camp in
Hayaivllle, August 10 from
IOiOO a.m. to SiOO pan.
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criminal and civil dockets for
the one week term which be
gins Monday, August 3.
All indications are that this
term will be the heaviest and
busiest in several years.
A complete list of the crim
inal cases calendered for trial
at this term of court is not
avauacue ai inis time, dui
among the cases espected to
be tried are two murder cases,
two kidnapping cases, two
cases of breaking and entering
and larceny, and several cases
involving drunken driving.
Advanced Swimming
Class Begins Aug. 3
MURPHY - An advanced
swimming class will begin
at the Murphy Swimming Pool
Monday, August 3, at 10:00
a.m.
The nine styles of swimm
ing will be stressed in this
class with emphasis on de
veloping swim strokes.
Boys and girls who are
swimmers are eligible to take
this course. Registration will
be $2.00 and admission to the
pool each day.
At the end of the day, 82
pints had been donated, with
30 rejections. Dave Moody,
local chairman of the blood
program, expressed his ap
preciation for the fine co -
operation of the people here.
Special mention should be
given the employees of Rimco
Manufacturing Co. here in
Murphy. Of the total 82 pints
of blood donated, Rimco em
ployees contributed 37.
Mr. Moody stated further
that Franklin Barnett, an em
ployee of Rimco, was to be
congratulated for his efforts
in urging fellow employees to
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visit of the Bloodmobile.
It should be pointed out that
last April, Murphy almost lost
the services of the Blood
mobile and their Red Cross
program, due to a lack of
funds.
An all out effort by local
organizations made a fund
raising drive successful and
delinquent bills owed, to the
Red Cross were paid off and
a clean slate begun.
Now it seems we have the
problem of meeting our blood
quota of 100 pints per trip.
Even though 112 people turn
ed out to give blood, there
were 30 rejections. It stands
to reason that if we can just
get more peop.'e to come to
the Blood Bank there will be
no problem in meeting this
blood quota.
Andrews - Murphy
Football Schedues
MURPHY - With fall just Andrews High School teams
around the corner, the football were released to the Scout
schedules for the Murphy and this week.
ANDREWS WILDCATS
Aug. 28: Rosman at home
Sept. 4: Robbinsville at Robbinsvllle
Sept. 11: Franklin at Franklin
Sept. 18: Clyde at Clyde
Sept. 25: Swain at home
Oct. 2: Hayesville at home
Oct. 9: Sy I va- Webster at home
Oct. 16: Hayesville at Hayesville
Oct. 23: Robbinsville at home
Oct. 30: Murphy at Murphy
MURPHY BULLDOGS
Sept. 4: Copper Basin in Copper Basin
Sept. 11: Sylva-Webster at Home
Sept. 18: West Fannin at West Fannin
Sept. 25: Canton at home
Oct. 2: Telllco Plains In Tellico Plains
Oct. 9: Hayesville at home
Oct. 16: Robbinsville in Robbinsville
Oct. 23: Swain in Bryson City
Oct. 30: Andrews at home
Nov. 6: Franklin at home
on the program of nineteen
acts, received a standing ova
tion and received praise from
Wally Austin, a Raleigh Disc
Jockey, and many of the State
4-H Club Staff.
Members of the dance team
attending were.-Charlotte Stal
cup, Becky Kephart, Connie
Farmer, Becky Farmer,
Karol Kaye, Jane Brittian,
Sandra Chastaln, Pamela
Chasuin, John Bruce, Robert
Bruce, Dewey Johnson, Wil
liam Fish, John Fleming,
Roger Kephart, Harold
Teague, and Jerry Decker.
Merle McRae and Calvin Al
len, accompanied the group
on the piano and guitar.
The group was accompanied
by Mrs. Pauline Brittian, Mrs.
Vivaudo Farmer, Mrs. Virgil
Decker, Mrs. W. C. Stalcup,
. *nd Sarah Fleming.
The trip was made possible
by a dance and bake sale held
by the Carolina Sweethearts
and by donations from the
Murphy Jaycees, The Murphy
Lions Club, and the Woodmen
of the World.
Claud Amos Family Still
Desperately Needs Help
MURPHY - Almost a year ,
?go on September 5, 1963, j
The Cherokee Scout published ?
a story headed, "Friends ,
Seeking Change of Luck For ,
Amos Family" and Friday,
September 13 of that same
month was declared as Claud ,
Amos Day. .
T wo years prior to this i
article, Claud Amos of Route 1
1, Murphy, was a happy man.
He was in good health, he had 1
healthy family of five happy
Children, and had recently
bought a new home for his
iunily.
Then -everything seemed to
go wrong. One of his sons
became ill, and the family
doctor referred the case to
Emory Hospital in Atlanta,
rhe diagnosis showed that he
was suffering from a brain
tumor.
Medical bills mounted up.
On top of this, a teenage
laughter was stricken with a
similar illness. She too was
referred to Emory and the
Jills grew large. .
Extremely distressed about
lis children, Mr. Amos found
his own health failing.
Tragedy struck again as
Mr. Amos himself suffered
a heart attack.
A second attack, two
strokes, and pneumonia fol
lowed on the heels of this.
Clay County Designated
As A Disaster Area
WASHINGTON, D. C. -Re
sponding to a request from
Representative Roy A. Taylor
and other interested officials,
the Department of Agriculture
has designated Clay County as
a disaster area.
Representative Taylor said
that the Department of Agri
culture made the determina
tion on the basis of the ex
treme drought conditions
which prevailed in that county
during recent months.
This designation has the
effect of allowing farmers who
are eligible for operating
loans to apply for emer
gency loans at 3^> interest at
the local Farmer's Home Ad
ministration Office.
Officials have announced
that the Clay County FHA
Office is now in a position
to process applications for
the emergency loans.
Representative Taylor has
also requested a like desig
nation for Cherokee and Ma
con Counties, but no official
word has been received con
cerning this request to date.
In additon to requesting aid
for drought stricken farmers
through Farmer's Home Ad
ministration, the local ASCS
officials have requested that
they be allowed to release
reserve land for pasturing
cattle because of the drought
conditions.
If this request is approved,
CC stored feed grain will
also be made available to
stricken farmers at a
reduced cost.
Phil Beach, of Washington,
D. C. , National ASCS Field
Representative, investigated
the conditions on several
farms in the three counties,
on Wednesday, July 22.
Word should be received
soon as to the results of
his investigation concerning
the release of reserve land
and the availability of CC
STORED GRAIN.
Weather
July
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
High
86
86
88
85
86
87
89
Low
65
65
65
70
63
67
67
Prec.
0
0.03
0
0.09
0
0
0
FORECAST: Thursday will
be fair. Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday, scattered cloud
iness. No rain expected.
This put the Amos family
in danger of losing their home
a subsequent bank note was
overdue, and the tremendous
medical bills resulting from
Mr. Amos' s and his child
dren's illnesses left the fami
ly virtually penniless.
A group of citizens con
cerned with the case, repre
senting various organizations
in town, decided to take action
and make fortune smile on the
Amos family once again.
This action taken by local
citizens brought about Claud
Amos Day last September
and money came in from sev
eral states, as well as locally.
The mortgage on the Amos
home was paid off, bank notes
were paid and the medical
bills were taken care of. It
looked as though the Amos
family would be able to brea
the easy again.
Now, only eight months
later ?, Floyd Amos, 17 year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Amos, is in critical condition
at Providence Hospital suf
fering from the brain tumor.
Floyd has been unconscious
for almost six weeks and
someone is required to be
with him 24 hours a day.
Mr. Amos suffered another
heart attack recently and in
his weakened condition is
unable to sit up the long night
hours with his son. He does,
however, spend as much time
as he can during die day.
Mrs. Amos is at the
hospital almost constantly and
very seldom leaves before
eleven o'clock at night, at
which time friends of thefami
ly take turns staying with
Floyd from eleven to seven
o'clock.
There are no plans far
another Claud Amos Day but if
you would like to help this
very deserving family with
your personal services, such
as sitting with Floyd or giv
ing financial help, their ad
dress is Route 1, Murphy, or
you may contact a member of
the family at Providence Hos
pital here in Murphy.
TVA'S HIWASSEE DAM. The Hlwsssee Own ll o# th?
Hiwassee River in western North Caroline. Construction stsrted
in July 1936. This multiple purpose dam impounds ? lske
22 miles long, with s shore line a i 180 miles. At msxlmun
controlled elevation the lake contslns 498 ,000 sere-feet at water ,
of which 364, TOO acre-few U useful itorage. The dun U 307
feet fci^i end UTI feel long. One generating unit of 57,600 kw
cipecity eu 1 mulled at the time of dM dein'a
end later a pump-turbine of 69,600 kw capacity ?u i