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Volume 75 ? Number 7 Murphy, North Carol loo, Thursday, September 10, 1964 and Clay County Progress 10 Poges This Week Published Weekly SECOND CLAU POSTAGE *AIO AT MUMHV. NORTH CAROLINA ^S^WS5?<S5!5!!(^ We hate to My we told you so, but Seth Gibson was caught on Thursday morning on a rural road near Martin's Creek School. Must have been waiting for the mail carrier to come by with a Scout. J If you have been down to the fair, sponsored by the Murphy Lions Club, you'll have to admit it's the cleanest that has been here. No gamb ling, no girlie shows. Just good clean fun. We think a word of congratulations should go to the Murphy Lions. Talk about hard luck, well, I'm overrun with it. I couldn't even win a game at the Lions Bingo Stand, and I played by myself. Everyone knows that bingo Is a game you play until someone wins. I was the only one there, but 1 didn't win. Normally a game is won after about fifteen numbers are cal led, but Lion Larry Black al lowed as how he would eive me twenty -five calls and bet I couldn't win. Why, he even made me pay double, since I was the only one playing. We concede. J Jerry Williams, fourteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wally Williams, tried In vain id get his 21 -month old sister, Kelly, onto a kiddle car ride. Seeing that his son was not succeeding, the old pro, Wally, sweet-talked her Into climbing aboard the machine. However, when the ride stop ped, little Kelly refused to get off. While Wally was coaxing, John Carrlnger started yel ling, "Hey, folks, look at this mean old man. He won't let his little girl ride." Boy, you should have seen Wally hustle back over to the ticket booth, get a fistfull of tickets, and when I left, Kelly was still riding. J Wish I'd a had my camera. Best show 1 saw at the fair was John Gill, vice-president of Citizens Bank, In a cage. Not what you think, tho, he was selling tickets to the merry-go -ro und. J Two old business friends got together Monday to do some more business. Dave Bruce came to work this week as a new voice for WCVP radio. He had worked for the Blakemores in Erwin, Tenn., from 1956 to 1960, and had served the past four years working in armed services broadcasting. Welcome to Murphy, Dave. J Maude Williams, chief cashier at the B & T Super market in Hayesville, was overheard answering the company phone the other day as such: "B It T Supermarket . . .(no answer). . .B & T Supermarket. . .(no answer) . . ." Ready to hang up, Maude said, "Beans St Tat ers". Know what7 Somebody started talking to her. J To show you how efficient our Post Office is, Attorney Hobart McKeever, chairman of the recreational commit tee whose responsibilities In clude the swimming pool, ball park, tennis courts, and kiddle park, received a letter ad dressed to Attorney Park Kiddie, Murphy, N. C, Those tilt - em - up, sit - em - down stools at the Post Office sure make their work more effi cient. J The editor of the COPPER CITY ADVANCE notified us that it was true that 'cest la vie' means 'this is life'. However, the kindly do wager who writes the column is named Virginia. So she signs It 'cast la V', or 'this is Virginia'. Clever, wouldn't you say? We understand this week the column will simply be tagged 'V*. No picture of the water melon vine like we promised. 'Cause Fast Freddy, our staff photographer, is out sick with a virus. Maybe he'll perk if) by next week. J Pence Corps Tests To Be Givea Sept. 12 STLVA^J.C.- A placement test for prospective Peace Corps volunteers will be held at 8t30 a.m. Saturday .Sept. 13, In Room 4, Jackson Co unty Courthouse, In Sylva,N. C. Anyone wishing to uke this test should contact Joe C. Fisher, Civil Service Exam iner, at the lylvs Poet Off ice, for an application or any Information about the Peace Corpe. Applicants taking this test will be considered for place ment in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Letter To The Editor (EDITOR'S NOTE: Follow ing are letters written to George Randall, Director of Prisons for the State of North Carolina, In Raleigh, bySena tor Frank Forsyth, and Mrs. Mary Faye Brumby. Senator Forsyth's letter was written prior to Gibson's capture. Mrs. Brumby's was written after his capture.) Dear Mr. Randall: This is In regard to a pri soner, Seth Gibson, convict ed rapist who on Saturday walked off from his work with the prison department, raped two Cherokee County women, and attempted to rape a third. 1 request a full Investigation in this matter, particularly directed to the person or per sons responsible for recom mending and placing this prisoner in a trustee grade. This character should never have been turned loose. The persons responsible for this should be fired. 1 further recommend and suggest that your department make a thorough study of all prisoners of this type and if you have any more that are running around in North Car* olina they should be return ed to close security prisons. The people of this county are very unsafe. The guards and prison department are doing a very good job In try ing to apprehend this danger ous criminal. All law Invest ment agents are working closely together, but the fact remains that he is loose and this section is very disturbed. Please advise me of your action in this matter. W. Frank Forsyth, Senator Thirty-Third District Dear Sir: As a citizen and as the Democratic candidate for re- | presentatlve from Cherokee County, 1 want to express my j shock and deep concern that a criminal with a record such as Seth Gibson's should have been sent into our community as an honor prisoner. The crimes which he is alleged to have committed here against two of oix women and an at tempt on a third one, have thrown our people Into a state ' of fear and panic. We feel that a criminal with this type re- 1 cord should always be held I in a prison of maximum se- , curity. j Our local prison department , and all law enforcement offl- j cers in this area worked hard | to capture this prisoner. We are thankful that he has been caught and removed to ' Raleigh where be should have ( been all the time. 1 1 want to call upon you in the name of justice to look 1 Into this case thoroughly, to c see who is responsible for ? Seth Gibson's being sent here as an honor prisoner, to see f where the blame belongs and then to see that these who are to blame are punished. Our citizens are used to Uv- a lng with unlocked doors. In a peace and security, and we s trust that you will help us to s make our homes safe once I again. j Mary Faye Brumby, Democratic Candidate For _ Representative of Chero- * kee County c 7 Communities In * Area Development i Program ? Cherokee County has seven tl clubs participating in the p Community Development pro- e gram. Communities taking n part in the program are: Un- i, aki, Wolf Creek, Bell view, Peachtree, Martin's Creek, ? Violet, and Tomotla. c This is a program of com- c n unity improvement design- -j id to improve and provide j, local facilities, assist in dev- h sloping youth activities, inv estigating possible income i sources and provide the frame work for other community im- ( jrovement. Helping to guide ? he local program is the Cher - >kee County Community Dev elopment Council. The off- a cers for this council are: 0 rroy Simonds, President, fi Randall Shields, Vice-Presi- v lent, and Don Carter, Sec- c ?etary. c F The judging for these com- ^ ti unities is scheduled for the last week in October. The c i wards scheduled for parti :lpants In the County Deve lopment Program include: (75 first prize, 950 second, (25 third and 95 for each u :lub that is judged. tu Some of the high lights in fr he 1964 community work In* cl :lude: fund raising for com- ei ti unity buildings, sponsorship aj >f youth programs like base- sj jail teems, talent shows and st :amplng. Also, clean up and >alnt up, building recreation- st il facilities and community th tuppers are Included in this of uoject work. di Ronnie Atkinson Atkinson Resigns To Attend UT MURPHY - It was announc ed today by the Agricultural Extension office in Murphy that Ronnie Atkinson, Assist ant Agricultural Agent, has resigned to attend the Univer sity of Tennessee this fall. Atkinson is a 1962 graduate of Berea College, where his major was agriculture. He began his work with the North Carolina Extension Service in June, 1962. While working here, Mr. Atkinson has worked mainly with 4-H'ers. He plans to attend the Uni versity of Tennessee to work toward his master's degree in Agricultural Economics, with specilization in Farm Mana gement and Production of Ec onomics. Mr. Atkinson and his wife, the former Julia Erdman. have one son, Alan, who is nine months old. Cato's Opens roday, Sept. 10 MURPHY ? Cato's ladies ready-to-wear store, the new est addition to the business district of Murphy, will open its doors Thursday morning, September 10. The grand opening of Cato's on Thursday morning is the result of months of planning ?nd preparation by the com pany to bring to the people jf Murphy shopping area ashions in ladies and child rens wear. The new Cato's store is ocated on Peachtree Street, >n the lot formerly occupied >y Quality Market. W. H. Cato Jr., of Char otte, N. C., and president >f Cato Stores, Inc., said, 'Our company is very pleased ind happy to be coming to tiurphy. It is always a lource of pride and satisfac ion to become a part of such i progressive and friendly rea as Cherokee County. The tore's interior layout was de igned by Cato's architects, t is completely fluorescent ighted with modern facilit es and attractive decor lanned to provide pleasant urroundings which will app al to customers. The mer handise at Cato's, smartly tyled In the latest fashions, rings to its customers the irgest selections of quality lerchandise at the lowest ossible competitive prices." Mr. Cato went on to say lat the new Cato's in Mur hy will be completely staff d by local people, including lanager, cashier, and sales idies. The Cato organization, rhich was founded by W. H. :ato, Sr., in 1946, has its entral offices in Charlotte, 'he company operates stores n the southeast, with ware ouse facilities in Charlotte. surcn-Bonng Complete Advanced Selling Course MURPHY - Doyle C. Burch nd J. N. Boling of Burch Mot rs, Murphy, have beencerti ed as graduates of the ad anced retail selling course onducted in Chattanooga re ently by a staff instructor of ord Motor Company's At inta Marketing Institute. Certification of course ompletion was announced by . C. Brock, director of the ord Institute. The three day course was ught by R. E. Busch, instl te instructor. Subjects range om management and mer- i landising courses for deal- i ?s and their department man ners to salesmanship and | >ecialized workshops for < af members. i The Atlanu Marketing In* ^ ltute annually enrolls more i an 2,500 sales specialists Ford Motor Company pro* I icts from a ten-state area. < Two Cherokee County Men Tell Of Capturing Escaped Rapist MURPHY- In an exclusive Interview with Jack Owens, SCOUT Editor and Harry Bag ley, author of Cuz's Cor ner, Robert D. Kephart and Robert Furman Anderson, both of Route 2, Murphy, told how they captured the escap ed rapist, Seth Gibson. Gibson, 39, escaped from the Cherokee Prison Camp, in the Peachtree section of Cherokee County, Saturday, August 29, and allegedly rap ed two women and attempted to rape a third. The cap ture of Gibson by Kephart and Anderson climaxed an inten sive five day search in the rug ged mountains of Cherokee County. Mr. Kephart and his wife, Verna Lee, planning a trip Wednesday evening to visit friends in McMinnville, Tenn essee, cancled the trip due to Gibson's being at large and reportedly in the area. The Kephart children were to be left with their grandmother and Mr. and Mrs. Kephart didn't want to leave them alone. Leaving on their trip at 9:00 Thursday morning, the Kep harts saw a man dress ed in green prison type pants and T-shirt approximately 300 yards in front of their home on the Brasstown Road. As they passed, the man threw up his hand as if to speak. Mr. Kephart noticed that he had a 4 or 5 day growth of beard and his pants were wet from the knees down. Becoming suspicious, Mr. Kephart turned his car around and went back for a closer look to find the man had dis appeared. The Kep harts then stopped at the home of Lewis Ogle to ask Mr. Ogle's father in-law-, John Raper who was Council Adopts Ordinance MURPHY- The Town Coun cil recently adopted a new or dinance setting forth minimum standards to apply to new sub divisions in Murphy. A state ment released this week from Murphy Town Hall clarifying the application of these reg ulations, is as follows: "It is illegal to sell or transfer a lot for the pur pose of building development i if the lot does not front on J an existing public street. If development is planned in Murphy and in the area ex tending one mile beyond the town limits, residential lots must conform to a minimum ) size of 8,000 square feet if i provided with public water j and sewer. Where neither , of these two utilities is pro vided, lots must be at least t 25,000 square feet in area." | These and other standards 1 pertaining to the width of new * streets, building set-backs < and the like are included in the "Subdivision Regulations | Ordinance" adopted by the Town Council upon study and recommendation by the Mur phy Planning Board. The stan dards are designed to insure that residential lots will be adequately served with utili ties, and that the street sys tem within new subdivisions will tie in with the town's existing system. The reg ulations were adopted after careful study by local offi cials to insure that mistakes of the past will not be re peated in the future. Although the ordinance app lies to all divisions of land "into two or more lots," cer tain types of subdivisions are excepted. In addition, where peculiar problems in topogra phy or shape of the land ex ist, exceptions and allowances can be made from some of the provisions. Developers or others con templating selling, building or transferring owner ship of land within the area affected are Invited to come by the Office ? of the Town Clerk to deter mine if their development falls within the scope of the new regulations. A copy of the ordinance will >e avallabe to those Inter ested. working on the front porch, ? if he had seen the man pass I by. Mr. Raper informed them that he had seen no one pass by. I Realizing that a man on foot I should still be near by, Mr. I and Mrs. Kephart decided to I check back by their home. I Upon entering their home | they saw the man in green clothing walking West along the Brasstown Road, towards the Martins Creek School. By this time Mrs. Kephart felt sure that the man was Seth Gibson and told her husband to drive around and get Mr. Anderson. Meanwhile, she took a short-cut across a field some 200 feet to the ? Anderson home and gave the * alarm. Mr. Anderson was working . in a field near by and saw Mrs. I Kephart running toward his | home. Sensing something was | wrong, he started home him- 1 self. Mrs. Anderson had also seen the man in green andhad < started out to call her hus band when Mrs. Kephart came into the yard. Mrs. Anderson called to her husband to hur ry and she ran inside to get his shotgun. By this time, Mr. Kephart arrived. Both men got into the car and drove around a back road in order to circle Gibson. They drove by the man slowly. Satisfied that he was Gibson, they went a round a curve to avoid being seen turning around and app roached Gibson from the front. Pair Could Face Charges In Clay HAYESV1LLE - A Florida couple arrested in Murphy on Monday, A ugust 31, for the il legal possession of narcotics, could possibly face similar charges in Clay County. SBI Agent M.G.Crawford, assisting In the investigation, found that the couple, who had been camped at the Lake Hi was see Campground prior to their arrest, had moved their camp site to Clay County on Friday, August 28. Crawford stated that he had found additional hypodermic needles, syringes, and several unlabeled bottles of tablets in their tent there. The unlabeled tablets have been sent to a lab for analysis. Jess Walls, 45. has been re turned to Miami, Fla., to face charges of skipping a $3,500 bond. Mrs. Ruby Walls, now free on a $1,500 bond, is sche duled to appear in the Novem ber term of Superior Court to face charges of illegal pos session of narcotics. B&PW Club To Hold Meeting MURPHY?The Murphy 3uslness & Professional Wo man's Club will hold it re gular meeting Monday evening Sept. 14. All members will meet at the home of Ruth Cheney at 5:45 P. M. from there they will go to Earls steak House in Blue Ridge Georgia for i dinner meeting. Former Murphy Resident Dies In Sarasota, Fla. SARASOTA, FLA. - James \rthur Lovingood, Sr., age 77, jf Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Murphy and Sweetwater, renn., died early Monday norning. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Trudy Millsaps Lovin good; five sons, James A., fr., of Whiteburg, Tenn., Joe ind Fred of Sarasota; Clyde >f Dallas, Texas; Charles of t Cnoxville, Tenn.; and one C laughter, Mrs. Walter R. * Veeks of Venus, Fla.; three 1 listers, Mrs. Edna Herman, ? Fairmont, N. C.; Mrs. Ol ie Burnett of Cleveland, ( fenn., and Mrs. Blaine c Richardson of Madisonvllle, , renn. p The body will arrive in C iweetwater Thursday, Sept. n 10, and will be taken to Kyker t "uneri Home where the lam- a ly will receive friends from 1 fiOO p.m. to 9i00 p.m. on ' rhursday and Friday. e Funeral services will be at liOO p.m. Saturday in Sweet- j rater First Baptist Church, c The Rev. Anderson Mc- h lulley will officiate. Burial d rill tie in Westview Cemetery. i< ANDERSON AND KEPHART show Harry Bagley where they made the citizens arrest on State Highway 1564 (Brasstown Road) in front of Dallas Stalcup's home. Kephart, driving, stopped the car beside the man and Anderson said, "What's your name." The man replied, "Gibson." "Consider yourself under arrest and put your hands behind your head, ' Mr . And erson said. A search of Gibson revealed cigarettes, some change, and a small knife but no weapons. The citizens arrest was made approximately seven miles from the prison camp on the Brasstown Road one mile east of theMartins Creek School. Mr. Anderson got in the back seat of the car, Gibson was put in the front and Mr. Ke phart drove. On the way to the prison camp, Seth Gibson only spoke one time and that was to ask. "Do you^ fellows have anything to eat?" "We'll soon have you where you can get something to eat, Mr. Kephart answered. When the trio neared the populated section of Brass town, Anderson was afraid that someone might mistak enly think that Gibson was still at large and that He and Kephart were aiding his escape* So he told Gibson to put his head between his knees and stay out of sight. "We don't want you to get hurt and we don't want to get hurt ourselves," Mr. Anderson said. Anderson and Kephart both stated that Gibson was very co-operative did exactly as they said and offered no re sistance. Upon arrival at the prison camp, they took Gibson into the office and said, "Here's your man." Gibson, suffering from mal nutrition and exposure, was taken to a local hospital, then rushed out of Cherokee Co iinty. At first, both Anderson and Kephart asked that their lames be withheld. Asked *hy they didn't want their lames revealed, Mr. Kephart said, "We only did what any >ther citizen would have done ind we didn't see any point n publicity." They both agreed however, hat with so many different tories circulating, it wouldn't mrt to tell the story as it dually happened. This was the tenth escapee hat Mr. Anderson had help id to catch. Bulletin MURPHY - It was reported oday by SBI Agent M. G. Crawford that Seth Gibson vas positively Identified by wo Cherokee County women is the man who attacked them Saturday, August 29. Gibson, wearing the stand rd green prison clothing and Jean-shaven, was placed In i line-up with several other irlsoners at the Haywood :ounty Prison Camp In Way esvllle Friday, Sept. 4. The wo women, whom Gibson had Uegedly raped, identified him mmedlately, Crawford stat d. The escapee will be ret urn - d to Murphy for a prellml ary healing, however, the ate has not been set. In case ibson waives preliminary earing, he will be tried In M November term of Super >r Court here In Murphy. ROBERT FURMAN ANDERSON AND ROBERT D. KEP HART tell how they captured convicted rapist, Seth Gibson, Thursday morning, September 4. Scout Photo ? Simond* EXTRA POINT means the difference as Halfback Jimmy Cole plunges over for the PAT in Murphy's opener with Cop per Basin to win with a score of 14-13. Murphy Nips Copper Basin 14 - 13 In Season Opener COPPERHO.L.TENN- The Murphy Bulldogs opened their 1964 football season by squee zing the determined Copper Basin Cougars with a score of 14-13. Copper Basin won the toss and took the opening kickoff. The kickoff was returned twelve yards and put in play on the Cougar's thirty-one yard line. In four plays Cop per Basin moved the ball to Murphy's forty-six yard line, but on the next play, the Cou gars fumbled and theBulldogs recovered. Murphy picked up two quick first downs before they lost the ball on their own twenty seven yard line. After picking up one first down, the Cougars were for ced to punt. The Bulldogs next put the ball in play on their own twenty yard line. On the first play from scrimmage, Wayne Watson broke into the open and went 46 yards to the Copper Basin thirty-five. At this point, the big Copper Ba sin line stiffened and Murphy was forced to punt. Several plays later Murphy regained the ball on their forty. A first down moved the ball to Copper Basin's thirty -five. Donnie Stiles took a handoff from Watson and * raced 36 yards for the first TD of the game. Watson sneaked over center for the 1 PAT. Copper Basin returned the ^ kirkolf to their own 43 yard line and drove 57 yards for | their TO. Ledford carried the ball 3 yards for the score. The kick for the extra point was no good. The first half ended with Murphy 7 to Copper Basin's | CO 6.
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