KEEP YOUR
MONEY IN
YOUR COMMUNITY
PROMOTING MURPHY AND ANDREWS
TRADE AT
HOME;
VV IT PAYS
X
VOLUME 53?NUMBER 1 ' MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. JULY IS, 1953 \ " PAGES THIS
? ? ? &
Water System Halts Murphy's Industrial
Blood Donors Fight
N. C. Polio Threats
Murphy area resident* are tbts
week being asked to aoroe to the
?id of polio-threatened North Car
olina children, as well as children
in other parts of the country, by
donating blood tomorrow at the
Red Cross Bloodmobile.
The special stop here of the
Bloodmobile is planned because of
the emergency call for gamma glo
bulin drug processed from blood
and used to inoculate Children ag
ainst polio.
Some 10,000 doses of GG have
already been used in North Caro
lina, and several thousand more
are to be used 6hi? week m polio
areas of Western North Carolina.
The Bloodmobile will be at the
Murphy First Baptist Church from
noon until 6 p. m. to collect blood
donations.
On Saturday the mobile unit will
go to the Peachtree Prison Farms
for further donatiins.
Ritch Injured When
Train Hits Cow Mon.
Seventy-five year old Van Ritch'
received hip injuries Monday when
a Southern Railway Train hit his
cow, the cow fell on Ritch and
both Ritch and the cow toppled
dow a 10 foot bank, Murphy Police
Chief Neil Sneed reported.
The accident occured between 7
and 7:30 a. m. when, Ritch was lead
ing the cow along beside the rail
way track in.Factory Town be
tween the first and second cross
ings, according to the police "chief.
Sneed said Ritch apparently did
not hear the train approaching.
The cow also suffered hip in
juries, not serious, it was reported.
Mash Destroyed
At Topton Still
Some 120 gallons of mash were j
destroyed, but no arrests were1
made last week in a four-man
party raid on a Topton whiskey
still, Cherokee County Sheriff M.
G. Crawford reported.
The still, located just over on the
(Macon County side of the Macon
Cherokee County line, was busted
by the Cherokee sheriff, along
with Macon Sheriff Harry Thomas,
Deputy Luke Carver and Patrol
man L. H. Baker.
Crawford said the party destroy
ed two barrels of mash, and that
no one was around the still when
the raid was made.
V
George Hembree
Dies At Home
George Anderson Hembree, 83,
died at 12:45 a. m. Tuesday at his
home. Route 3, Murphy following
an extended illness.
He was a native of Buncombe
County, a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. James W. Hembree, but had
lived in Cherokee County since the
age of 15 years.
He had served as Justice of the
Peace of Murphy Township for
mare than 45 years. He was a
charter member of the Bates Creek
Baiptist Church, and was a member
of Cherokee Lodge No. 146, AF
and A. M.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Wednesday in Ebenezer
Baptist Church. The Rev. Robert
Barker and the Rev. Lester Stowe
officiated and burial was in the
church cemetery with Masonic
rites.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Eva Lovitvgood Hembree; two sons,
James and Noah, Route 1, Murphy;
three daughters. Mrs. Bertha Kep
?hart, Mrs. W. W. Dockery, Route
3, Murphy, and Mrs. Estie McDon
ald of Arden; two sisters, Mrs. L.
F. Clark, Mrs. W. J. Stiles, and one
brother, R. J. Hembree, all of
Canton, and several grandchild
ren.
Townson Funeral Home was in
charge.
Local Crafters Be
Included At Fair
The sixth annual Craftsmen's
Fair of the Southern Highland
Handicraft Guild will see crafts of
imany Cherokee and Clay County
crafters when K opens July 20 in
Asheville.
The five day fair will be staged
in the Asheville City Auditorium.
Center members in the guild are
the John C. Campbell Folk School
and the Cherokee County Crafters.
Individuals who are members from
Cherokee and Clay Counties are:
Mrs. Ben Warner. Mrs. Wallace
Massey, Fred Smith. Fannie Mc
Lellam. Murrial Martin, Mrs. Roy
Lee, Lynn Gault, and Herman
Estes.
Mrs. John Hall and Ben Hell,
known for their canning were voted
into Honarary Life Membership in
the fall of 1952 when the Guild
held its semi-annual meeting at
the Folk School.
Some of these local craftmen
will demonstrate their skill at the
fair along with some 80 other per
sons.
| Crafts will include jewelry, met
al works, chair making, basket
making, weaving, pottery, wood
working and others. Mrs. Roy Lee
wall have on display a number of
her cornshuck dolls.
There will also be a sales booth.
In addition to the crafts the fab
will feature folk tales, the sing
ing of folk songs and ballads, a
puppet show, mountain music and
old time dances.
Chatuge Lake Level
Down for Construction
Residents in the vicinity of the
Chatuge Lake in western North
Carolina and north Georgia may
look forward to a bank full lake
next spring and summer. TV A said
today.
TV A drew down the level of the
Chatuge lake some weeks ago
preparatory to installation of a
generating unit in the Chatuge
Dam. The drawdown waa i
to provide flood
hind the dam during the
Won of the unit antfalso to uae thia
year the water for
power
- . .
the turbines of die Hlwassee Dam,
immediately downstream.
The lake level went to 1860.4
feet above sea live! by June 1.
'During the lowering operation
?water withdrawal* were temporar
ily stopped during the fhfa spawn
ing season. Now the level of the
lake i? back to about 1876. The
lake is expected to reach spillway
elevation ot 1923 feet above saa
level by Me February or early
March end remain there until su
$150,000 Bond Would Build
New Plant; Fluorine Added
A water-conscious Murphy Town
Council Monday night opened the
faucets, faced some hard facts and
discovered:
l.-Murphy's water lystem can
supply an addition of only 500
new families.
J.-No new industry of any large
size can be invited to Murphy be
cause of an inadequate water
system.
3.-The present system has some
500 customers, bringing the town
a gross monthly payment approx
imately $2,000, and;
4.-A new filter plant on Hfwas
see River large enough to put
Murphy back in the industry
running win cost around $150,000
The Council added to those facts
a new demand by several Murphy
citizens that fluorine be added to
the water system.
WATERSHED LIMITED
The town's present watershed
'has reached its limit. Council said,
and will force action within the
next few yeans.
In the meantime, however; noth
ing can be done to bring any type
of industry to Murphy that needs
any large amount of water, it was
pointed.out.
A new filter plant on Hiwassee
Elver could be built after a 20
year bond is voted, one council
man said.
The bond would mean a 25 cent
per 100 increase in the present tax
rate and a probable 50 cents a
month increase per customer on
water bills.
The new filter plant would In
clnde flouridation equipment to
answer growing demands in
Murphy. The system, used ef
fectively in other towns and el
ties, helps pre pent cavities in
children's teeth.
In other actions Council:
Recommended that a request
from the Regal Club for lights at
a picnic table site be turned over to'
the Murphy Power Board. Discuss
ed favorably the possibilities of in
stalling a drinking fountain at the
same site.
Authorized Town Clerk Charlie
Jlhnson to put a town employee
on full time repairing water me
ters. A report is to be handed
Council monthly on the progress
of the work.
Discussed the possibility of put
ting a short wave radio in the Mur
phy Police car The set would tie in
with a system to be installed by
the County Sheriff's office and
woald reach State Highway Pa
trol cars in the vicinity.
Authorized the purchase of a
finger print kit for the Police De
partment. Chief Neil Sneed re
cently returned from a two-day fin
ger print school in Bryson City, it
was reported.
And asked any group of Murphy
citizens wanting streets paved to
contact Clerk Johnson.
Murphy 1953 Tax Valuation
Hits $3,000,000 Council Says
The Town of Murphy 1953 tax'
evaluation will hit 90me $3 mil
lion Town Council reported during
a meeting Monday night.
The money will be collected on
the tax rate of an approximate
$1.80 per $100
Current indebtedness of Murphy
now stands around $750 per cap
ita or $186,000.
The present debt is covered by
bonds over the past several
years. Payments are up to date
on. all bonds and interest, Coun
cil asserted.
Included in the debt is the $25,
000 bond issued to run a power
line to Peaohtree. That bond has
been turned over to the new Mur
phy Power Board.
Masonic District To
Meet In Andrews
The Forty-third Masonic Dis
trict, comprised of the seven Ma
sonic Lodges in Olay, Graham and
Cherokee counties will hold its an
nual meeting in Andrews Lodge
Hall Monday, July 20. Gordon
Butler of Andrews, district deputy
ignand master will preside during
the two sessions.
There w'il be an afternoon ses
sion for the officers of the lodges
at 3 p. m. and an evening session
for all masons at 7:30. Dutch din
ner will be served at the Shell Din
ng Room at 6 p. m.
Guests to be present are Edwin
T. Howard of High Point, grand
master of Masons in North Caro
lina, guest speaker; the Rev, A. D.
Leon Gray, superintendent of the
Masonic Orphanage in Oxford;
John C. Vance of Asheville, junior
grand warden; and Wilbur L. Mc
Iver of Raleigh, grand secretary of
the Grand Lodge of N. C.
All masons in the district are
invited to attend.
Murphy School Faculty Told
By Bueck For 1953-54 Year
The 46 member faculty of Mur
phy City Schools for the 1953-54
school year was released today by
Superintendent H. Bueck.
The faculty includes: C. K. Ol
son, principal, Miss Clara Mc
Combs, Miss Frances Dickson. Mrs.
Martha Thuss, Mrs. Christine Ingle
Miss Ella McCombs, Mrs. Evelyn
Patton, Mrs. Martha Dreher, Mrs.
Ruby Hill, Mrs. Dair Shields, Mrs.
Ruth Forsyth, Miss Wilma Tate,
Mitss Emily Sword, Mrs. Martha
Adams, Mass Kate Hayes, Mrs.
Marie Hendrix and Mrs. Ottilie de
Calongne.
Also John Jordan. Miss Addie
Leatherwood, Mrs. Jane Crawford,
Mrs. Emily Davidson, Billy McFalls
Irvin Greene, Miss Roberta Spiers,
Mrs. Edna Whitley, Mrs. Pauline
Bault, Mrs. Fannie Mitt Case, Mrs.
Emily Miller, C. D. Puett, Walter
Puett, Miss Juliet Pegues, Mrs.
?Frances Ray, Harry Rogers and ?
Mrs. Dollife Smart.
Otiher members are Mrs. Geral
dine Meadows. John Thompson,
Miiss Maria Travis, Mrs. Anne
Ward, G. A. Patton, G. E. Denning,
Mrs. R. T. Cobb, Mrs.Maude Gul
ledge, Miss Jean Harris, Albert
Wallace, Edward Reynolds and Mrs
Kate Shields.
Tomotla teachers are Miss Leila
i Hayes and Mrs. Willie Lou
Shields. Texana teachers are Miss
Elm a Rai Dennis, principal, Mrs.
Ella B. Ragsdale, Mrs. Gertrude
Harper Pearson and Charles H.
Pearson.
Mrs. C. K. Olson is supervisor
for the Murphy City Unit.
The school entrance age was
changed, by unanimous vote of the
State Board of education from
October 1 to October 15, effective
in the coming fall.
Club Asks More
Lights In Town
The Regal Club at a picnic meet
Friday in McCall Park, voted to
ask the Town of Murphy to install
?more lights and a drinking foun
tain at the popular picnic site.
The picnic site project, named
for the chairman in charge, Mrs. J.
H. McCall, 'was started a number
of months ago, and is already in
constant use by tourists and local
persons.
The club also voted to ask the
town to improve the street lighting
system. Mrs. McCall, Mrs. Don
Witherspoon, and Mrs. F. W. Hub
bell were appointed by the presi
dent, Mrs. Ruby Hill, to contact
the town council on the matters.
Club members were also re
minded to support the virit of the
Red Cross Blood mobile here Fri
day, July 17.
Britain's Son
Injured Seriously
Johnny M. BritUan, 12-year-old
son of (Mr. fnd Mrs. John Brittaki
of 1067 Luolle Ave.. S. W.. Atlanta
Ga. was seriously Injured at 0:90
p jn. Friday, when he ran from be
hind a parked oar Into the front of
the car driven by Mrs. Henry H.
Floyd of 1798 Alverado Ter.. S.
W. officers reported.
The youth suffered a compound
(Cantinned en Page 4)
Guernsey Sale Set
HereSeDt. 11
A sale af pure bred Guernsey
cattle will take place in Cherokee
County September 11, it was an
nounced today by J. Franklin
Smith, president of the Cherokee
County Guernsey Breeders Asso
ciation.
The sale will be the latfh annual
Guernsey sale here.
, Mr. Smith aurted that the lo
cal sals is the only Guernsey sale
held In North Carolina
Winston-Salem. .
Selections are now being made
for the sale by ? committee com
posed of Smith, A. Q, Ketner, O,
H. Farley. Randolph Shields, No
land Wells, Bill Russell of An
drews.
Ketner is secretary of the
elation. The sale affords local
breeders an opportunity to sell
purebred animals without leaving
the county.
Lightning Hits Main
Murphy Water Pump
Murphy citizens today were ask
ed to keep a frugal eye on their
use of water after a recent lightn
ing bolt knocked out the filter
plant's main water pump.
A smaller reserve pump is now
carrying water to the filter plant,
Town Cleric Charlie Johnson re
ported.
The system is now holding its
own against demands, but any
heavy poll would cause trouble,
Mr. Johnson said.
The main pump wa? pulled out
and sent off for repairs, the clerk
pointed out. The pump suffered a
twisted shaft and cracked housing
when the lightning struck.
TV A Construction
Office Opens Here
Minor Collision
Noted at Tomotla
About $100 damage resulted, but
110 one was injured in a noontime
wreck Sunday at Tomotla.
M. G. Crawford, Cherokee Coun
ty Sheriff reported that Gilbert
Stiles was slowing down to turn
off the highway to go to his home
when the car behind him, attemp
ting to stop, turned around and
hit Stiles' car in the side
Crawford said the driver of the
back car said she saw Stiles' hand
signal in time to stop, but apparent
ly the brake locked and she was
unable to make 'the stop, Crawford
rted.
A TV A Construction Office,
under H. L. Broadfoot, project
manager has been opened in the
Townson Building here, 4t was an
nounced this week.
The construction office will take
care of the power house installat
ion at Chatuge and Notteley Dams,
and the addition of the pump-type
turbine at Hiwassee Dam.
The small-scale construction at
Chatuge began around June 1, and
will be increased around Sept
ember 1, it was said.
GUILD FOOD SALE
The Wesley an Service Guild of
the First Methodist Church of
Andrews will sponsor a food sale
at the Nantahala Power and Light
Company office Saturday, July 18.
The all day sale will feature cakes,
pies and cookies.
Farm Safety Week
Begins Sunday
Farm Safety Week, as proclaim
ed by President Dwight D. Eisen
hower, will be observed in the
nation July 19-25, it was announ
ced by County Farm Agent, G. H.
Farley.
The week's slogan is "Farm to
live and live to farm", and the
president called on all organiza
tions and persons interested in
farm life to join in a campaign to'
prevent accidents on the farm, on
the highway, in the house, or wher
ever they may occur.
In the six months from May to
?December, 1952 some 45 children
were seriously injured or killed
While operating farm machinery in
this country, while 17 children
were killed and an 11 year old kill
ed a 75 year old man.
Farley urged fanners to be 'par
ticularly mindful of their tractors.
He said "handling a tractor, under
most farm conditions, requires ma
ture skill, coordination and sound
judgment, which a 12 year old, or
even older, does not have".
Little Folk School Camp
Ends; Visitors Welcomed
The "Little Folk School" three
hour day camp, with some 40 chil
dren of the Brasstown Commun
ity enrolled, will end Friday with
an exhibition of crafts and demon
stration of skills learned at the
John C. Campbell Folk School.
The camp session began July 6
and children between the ages of
5 and 12 are an attendance.
Puppetry and other crafts, folk
soi^s and games, and knowledge
of the birds and wild vegetable
life of the region have been in
cluded in the activities.
The staff for the school has in
cluded Misses Bosemary McLean
and Carolyn Hodge of Lexington.
Ky.. Miss Ellin Friedman of An
tiock College, Mrs. Lynn Gault,
Philip Merrill and Miss Shirley
Bollinger.
Visitors are welcome at the class
Friday from 10 until 11:30 a. m.
County FFA Members Are
In State Shop Contest
Patton Daughter
Succumbs
Virginia Inez Patton, nine-year
old daughter of John W. and Vir
ginia Morrow Patton, died Wed
nesday, about noon July 8 at the
home in the Violet section of the
county, near Faroe,r Tenn., after a
long Illness, '
Funeral servicee were conducted
at 10:30 a. m. Friday in the borne,
with (he Rev. San Wodfe and the
Rev. Garfield Morrow officiating.
Burial was in the church
In addition to the parents,
is survived by one
Loo, and one brother,
I vie Funeral Hone was in
charge.
Four Cherokee County boys re
?ently returned home liter parti
?ipatlng in ? shop contest at the
Mete Future Farmer* of America
Convention where they represent
ed the NantehsU Federation.
The boys ere members of the
Murphy FFA, winners in the fed
eration contest.
The contest requires the bays to
enow *A hand tools by their cor
rect names and their use end care.'
Charles Stiles and
f Peaohtree; Earl Queen at
xle and Howard Mtncus of
by O.
J. Z.