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DEDICATED TO PKUNOTHfi CHEROKEE COUNTY
VOLUME ?7 NUMBER? 24
MURPHY, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 0, 1858
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
PUBLISHED WEEKL7
Tractor-Trailer
Hits Restaurant
Mother Of Former
School Supt. |
Dies In Norfolk
Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs. Howard C.
Bueck, mother of the former Supt
H- Bueck.
Mrs. Bueck died Monday in a
Norfolk hospital after a lingering
illness. She was 85.
Besides Mr. Bueck, she is sur
vived by another son, Robert H. of
Norfolk, a sister Mrs. Lewis Pru
den of Lawrenceville, Va. and
four grandchildren.
All-Day Pancake
Sale Slated At
Andrews Saturday
ANDREWS ?Plans have been
completed for the ALL-DAY PAN
CAKE SALE sponsored by the
Konnaheeta Club to begin at 6:30
Saturday morning and continue
throughout the day until
8:30 p. m. according to an an
nouncement by Mrs. Ruth S. Pull
ium, president.
A representative from the Pills
bury Company will do the actual
cooking of the pancakes assisted
in re-lays by members of the club.
The affair will be held at the An
drews Cafeteria.
Pan cake mix, margarine, milk,
cream, syrup, sugar, sausage and
coffee has been donated by various
food companies which includes,
Pillsburv Co., Kraft Foods, Par
kay, Pet Milk Co- Staley's, Dixie
Crystals, Lay Packing Company,
East Tenn. Packing Co and JFG
Coffee Co.
No limit to servings. The public
is invited- Tickets are fifty cents
for adults and thirty-five for
children.
Who knows who will be "Little
Black Sambo's rival"?
Farmers Must
Report Wages
Paid Workers
All farmers this month will be
required to report the cash wages
paid in 1957 to each of their farm
workers covered by the social se
curity law, Arnold L. Walz, Acting
Manager of the Asheville social se
curity office has announced.
Any farm worker who was paid
cash wages of $150 or more in 1957
by a farm employer must be re
ported by the employer on this
yearly return- Even if cash wages
paid to a farm worker were less
than $150, he must be reported if
he worked for the employer on
part of 20 days or more in 1957,
and was paid on a time basis-by
the hour, day, week, or month
Mr. Walz emphasized that in
addition to the amount of cash
wages paid to each covered work
er, the return must show each
worker's social security number
and name exactly as shown on his
official social security card. It is
important that these farm wages
be reported correctly. Eligibility
and the amount of all retirement,
disability and survivors payments
under social security are based on
the record of earnings credited to
the individual's account. A loss of
some or all benefits could result
from failure to report a farm
worker's wages completely.
Farm employers who previously
filed returns or registered as new
employers during the year will au
tomatically be sent forms for mak
ing the 1957 reports. Completed
returns and employment taxes due
should be sent to the District Di
rector of Internal Revenue,
Greensboro, North Carolina.
Free booklets explaining the du
ties of farm employers and de
scribing the social security bene
fits for farm workers and self
employed farmer* can be request
ed from the Asheville social se
curity office. * * '
The noon-day meal of about a
dozen people was interrupted Wed
nesday and they miraculously es
caped being crushed wehn a trac
tar-trailer van plowed into Miami
Restaurant here.
No one was injured, an early
check revealed, but the IrOnt of
the restaurant was demolished
The tractor-trailer was parked
across the highway from the res
taurant- It was reported it rolled
from its parking place across the
road and plowed into the restau
rant
The driver, identified as Ray
Crisp, was in the restaurant at the
time. He and others saw the van
headed toward the restaurant and
gave the alarm.
Approximately 11 customers in
the place fled out a side door. One
person whose name could not be
learned immediately was trapped
in the corner of the dining room
but escaped unhurt
The entire tractor of the huge
van ended up in the dining room.
The trailer was left jutting out in
to the yard outside.
It could not be learned im
mediately what cargo the van was
carrying. The truck was identified
as "Burlington Industries, Burling
ton, N- C
Virgil O'Dell. owner of the res
j taurant said four employees be
sides himself were in the place at
the time. The accident happened
about 12:45 p. m
Before crushing into the build
ing, the van struck a 1955 Buick
parked near the restaurant. The
car belonged to Mr. O'Dell and
was heavily damaged
Among noon-day customers were
Ed Graves, Hunter L- Horton,
Charles Coleman, Robert Farmer,
Ross Cornwell, Bergan Moore and
the driver. Names of others were
not readily available
Stella Yeary Wins,
Can't Be Found
Stella Yeary won herself a pony
but no one seems to know Stella
Yeary.
Murphy Lions Club is trying to
locate the woman and inform her
that she was winner of the pony
given away by the Lions shortly
before Christmas.
Stella has 30 days in which to
claim her prize. Since she could
not be located, the pony was sold
for $200. If Stella is not located,
the $200 will go to the contingent
winner, Mrs. Burt Shield of Route
3.
I
College Choir
To Present
Sacred Music
The Truett McConnell Junior
College Choir of Cleveland, Ga-,
will present a program of sacred
music Sunday night at 7:30 at the
First Baptist Church.
The choir under the direction of
Miss Mary Hansard includes 35
members, with Miss Frances Cato,
accompanist.
The Rev- Lester Stowe former
pastor of the Peachtree Baptist
Church, will conduct the 11 a. m.
service.
The Rev- and Mrs. Morris will
be away for a week.
Tax Agents Offer
Help In
Preparing Returns
The Internal Revenue Service
office in Room 201 of the Frank
lin Post Office Building will be
open each Friday to offer assist
ance in the preparation of Federal
Income Tax Returns and to ans
wer tax questions by phone.
The special taxpayers assistance
day has been changed from Mon
' day to Friday this year and tax
payer* are encouraged to make use
of this day as Friday is the only
day reserved for offering assist
ance and the office is better equip
pd to serve the public
TROPHIES GIVEN ? Tackle Don Amos and Halfback John 1. rris
received "Most Valuable Player" awards here Saturday night.
Lett to right in the photo are: Jack Justice of Canton who made
the presentations, Amos, Ben Warner, president of the Quarter
back Club; Morris, and Coach Chuck McConnell.
1 Mrs. Edgar E. Wood, Jr., Chairman
Of Andrews 1958 Heart Fund Drive
ANDREWS ? For the second con
secutive year Mrs. Edgar E. Wood
Jr. will be chairman of Eastern
Cherokee County (which embraces
Andrews, Marble and Topton) 1958
Heart Fund drive as announced re
rently by Lewis Heaver, field rep
resentative of Western North Caro
lina district.
The campaign is nation wide
and will reach its high point on
Heart Sunday, February 23 with a
door-to-door collection carried on
by several local heart Sunday vol- j
unteers
Last year a total of $360-75 was
collected for the Heart Fund in
Cherokee County, a major portion
being retained here and in the
State to support research and local
programs.
The objective of the annual
drive is to obtain support for the j
association's research, public and j
professional education and com-j
munity heart programs.
Mrs- Wood states that "through i
the years, we have learned that!
only medical research can solve
j the heart disease problem and that
a contribution to the Heart Fund
to support such research is, there
fore, not just a gift but an invest
ment on our health and of those
we love."
The heart disease accounted for
approximately 54% of all deaths
from all causes in the United
States in 1956 the latest for which
, figures are now available. 29% ol
the total number of victims or
nearly 240,000 were less than 65
years old.
Contributions to the Heart Fund
are used to support three major
activities of the American Heart
Association, its affiliates and
chapters. The primary activity is
the support of research seeking the
basic causes and controls of the
cardiocascular diseases. Second
ly, the association carries on an
educational program to supply new
scientific information to physi
cians and workers in related pro
fessional fields, and to bring es
sential facts about the heart dis
eases to the public
The third phase is to conduct
community heart programs to pro
tect healthy hearts and to enable
heart sufferers to live useful, pro
ductive lives.
Winners Named
In Murphy
Yule Contest
Mrs. Cloe Moore, chairman of
the Yule decorating committee,
sponsored by the Cherokee Rose
Garden Club, has announced the
winners in the contest.
They include, prettiest decorated
lawn, Mr. and Mrs. Alden Coward
with a prize of $15; prettiest win
dow, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bourne
Jr. prize being $10; and prettiest
door, Miss Becky Rhodes, with a
prize of $5.
Dr. William R. Gossett Dr I
George Dyer and Cloe Moore serv- 1
ed as judges.
Dr. Dickey Moves
Into Mew Building
Dr. Harry Dickey, Murphy den
tist, has moved his offices from
the Mauney Building to a new
building on Andrews Road.
He is now located next to Smoky
Mountain Gas Co. A graduate of
Emory University School of Den
trist. Dr- Dickey has practiced
here for 10 years.
He erected a modern 40-foot by
50-foot brick and concrete struc
ture and is using half of the build
ing for his offices.
Andrews Chapter
OES To Observe
Friendship Night
ANDREWS? Friendship Night
will be observed by the Andrews
Chapter No- 15 Order of the East
ern Star at their regular meeting
Monday at 7:30 p. m.
Mrs. Tom Day worthy matron
will preside. Mrs. Gordon Butler
is in charge of the program
C of C TaxfCommittee Urges
Top Tax Valuation; Low Rate
County Commissioners last week
received a request to bring all tax
valuations up this year to their
real dollar value in order to re
duce the high tax rate.
Making the request at a meet
ing Thursday night at County
Courthouse were a number
\ of Cherokee Count y business
men spearheaded by the Tax Com
mittee of the Murphy Chamber of
Commerce.
Commissioners expressed appro
val of the proposal and agreed to
take the matter under considera
tion.
A move toward raising valua
tion of property in this county to
give an equal and competitive tax
rate was started in November by
C of C directors here. It has been
stressed by those concerned that
they are not advocating any move
to raise taxes but desired to see
the tax structure changed In order
to have an equitable rate and val
uation.
At an earlier meeting, it was
brought out that the present as
sessment calls for $212 per $100
valuation in the county and $1.80
per $100 valuation in the city.
At the Thursday night session,
, members of the Tax Committee
asserted that at least one and pos
silby more new industries have
been lost to the county the past
year because of the high tax rate.
Commissioners were told that if
valuations could be raised enough
to bring the tax rate down it will
be a material inducement toward
locating industries here as well as
locating retired people in the com
munity.
P. J. Henn, chairman of the
Chamber's Industrial Committee,
told of his activities in contacting
various prospective industries. Mr.
Henn declared some have been
lost solely on the tax structure of
this county. Similar statements
were voiced by Merle Davis and C.
L. Alverson, both Chamber direc
tors.
Mr. Alverson asserted thfct a
number of retired persons from
different sections of the country
had inquired about Cherokee's tax
| rates- lie said the present tax rate
has prevented many from locating
1 here.
Dr. B. W- Whitfield and Doyle
Burch stated they have been in
favor of an adjustment since they
have lived in Cherokee County.
It was brought out at the meet
ing that it will be necessary to lay
the ground work immediately for
the project if it is to be carried
out this year. Tax listing time
started this month.
Others attending the session
with Commissioners were: W. D.
Townson, chairman of the Cham
ber directors; P. G. Ivie, Dr. W.
R. Gossett, J. H. Duncan, C. E.
Hyde, W. A. Brown Jr., R. A- De
war, Cloe Moore and Neal Barnes,
executive secretary of the Cham
ber.
Mr. Townson recently appoint
ed Mr. Alverson and Mr. Duncan
to study the tax rate problem tad
make recommendations.
Amos, Morris Cop Awards
As Most Valuable Players
Officers Installed
In Andrews Lodge
For Coming Year
ANDREWS? A public installation
of officers of the Andrews Lodge
529 AF and AM elected to serve
the ensuing year was held Saturday
evening in the Masonic room on
Main Street. Preceding the insta
lation dinner was served by the
Andrews Chapter OES No. 15.
Officers for the new year are:
Dilly Raxter, master; Aline Ad
ams, senior warden; J. V. Brooks,
junior warden; Gordon Butler,
treasurer; Galusha Pullium, sec
retary;; Clyde Rector, senior dea
con; Jake Buchanan, junior dea
con; A. B. Chandler Jr. and John
Love stewards, Kim Stover, tyler.
Lofton West was the retiring
master. H. L. Mulkey was the in
stalling officer assisted by Kelly
Hooper installing marshal.
After the ceremony W. D. Whit
aker presented Masonic memen
toes of World War I which were
framed and suitable for hanging.
It is hoped that these might pro
vide the beginning of a small mu
seum.
Murphy High Wins
Doable-Header
Over Hayesville
Murphy High School's boys and
girls basketball teams took a
double-header from Hayesville
here Tuesday night
Murphy girls topped their op
ponents by a score of 56 49. Local
boys racked up 54 points to Hayes
ville's 36.
Girls Lineup
Hayesville (49) (56) Murphy
F? L. Dills (5) (12)S. Stiles? F
F? Crawford (9) (8) Palmer? F
F? Gray (24) (22) English? F
G? M. Dills Wilson? G
G? Jarrett Bowman? G
G ? Chastain Cook ? G
Subs : Hayesville? Ledford 6.
Bright, 3, Ford 2, Miller, Scroggs.
Murphy ? B. Postell 10, H. Stiles 4,
Van Horn, Taylor, J. Stiles, Bar
nett, Allen.
Halftime score. 22-19, Murphy.
Boys Lineup:
Hayesville (36) (54) Murphy
F? Reese (3) (10) McDonald? F
F? Davenport (2) (2) Dockery ? F
C ? Bradshaw (14) (11) Amos ? C
G? Armstrong (8) (16) Birchfield
? G
G? Barnard (4) (8) Morris ? G
Subs : Hayesville ? M c C 1 u r e,
Sams, Ford, Moore, Byers 5. Mur
phy ? Weaver, J- Carringer 5,
Rhodes, McSwain 2, B- Carringer,
Hoover, Duncan, Kilpatrick.
Halftime score: 30-21, Murphy.
Officials: Kuykendall and Jack
son
Most Valuable Player Awards
Saturday night went to Tackle Don
Amos and Halfack John Morris of
the Murphy High Bulldogs.
Presentations were made at the
annual Murphy Quarterback Club
Banquet at Regal Hotel- Morris,
son of Rev. and Mrs. J. Alton
Morris, received a trophy as the
most outstanding back. Amos, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Amos, cop
ped the linesman award.
Jack Justice of Canton, a bro
ther to Charlie Choo Choo Justice,
presented the awards to the play
ers. Trophies were furnished by
Tracy's Restaurant.
Principal speaker at the event,
Mr. Justice paid great tribute to
the Bulldogs who won the Smoky
; Mountain Conference Champion the
past season.
Mr. Justice, secretary of Champ
ion Fiber YMCA, Canton, directed
his remarks to the players and
their dates. He told the youths that
success is making the most of life,
adding that our goal to success is
happiness.
The speaker asserted that his I
i real fear today is the physical,
moral and spiritual decline of the
American people. He went on to
say that life is too easy, we're too
satisfied and do not bear down
and make sacrifices.
The more than 100 present
heard Mr. Justice declare that this
country is taking a back seat to
other nations in athletics with the
exception of football. He said we
are soft because we don't have
enough for today's youths to do
He hastened to add he was speak
ing of the "city slickers" who
don't cut wood, climb trees and
engage in other activities that
build them into strong men
He later said: "As long as we
can uphold and stick to our consti
tution and our Christian princi
ples, we can keep America as it
is."
Mr. Justice said there is no set
rule for success but described it'
as "regular work, courage and the
ability to see a job through. He I
said you do not necessarily have
to attain wealth to be a success.
He also stated that success is
often misrepresented- He said ifj
greed, envy and jealousy were ;
eliminated, there would be no in- 1
ternational strain, no bickering j
between nations. >
Coach Chuck McConnell thanked
the Quarterback Club, school offi
cials, the players, cheer leaders
and the parents for their assist
ance in the past season.
He said he did not think he had
done a great job of teaching and
coaching but gave all the credit
to the players who he described
as "some fine boys " The coach
said this is the first year he has
had any players for a fourth year.
Coach McConnell introduced the
following seniors who will finish
this year: Don Amos, Burt Birch
field, Fred Carder, Jim Hendrix,
Carol Ledford, T. J. Logan, Bill
Lovingood, Frank McSwain, Tom
my Moore, Carl Radford, Char
les Steward and John Morris- It
was pointed out that Jim Hendrix
did not miss a practice session in
the four years he was on the team
Speaking on behalf of the play
ers, Tommy Moore said: "We are
proud to have played under Coach
McConnell and proud of the out
look on life he has given us-"
Dr. A. J- Headrick was master
of ceremony- Brief talks were al
so made by Supt. Frank McSwain,
Principal Walter Puett and Ben
Warner, president of the Quarter
back Club.
Mrs. Hubbell Breaks
Hip In Fall At Home
Mrs. Nina Hubbell of Murphy
Friday night received a broken left
hip in a fall at her home
Two years ago Mrs. Hubbell suf
fered a broken right hip and last
June had a stroke, a member of
the family said- Her recent injury
was caused by tripping over a raf.
She is a patient at Piedmont
Hospital in Atlanta where she 1111. I
derwent an operation Sunday. Her
condition was reported good Mon
day. Dr. B: W. WMtftekt assisted
in the operation in Atlanta
Morrow Youth
Reported In
Fair Condition
Jimmy Morrow, 7, is reported
in fair condition here from injuries
received when struck by an auto
mobile in front of his home Mon
day afternoon
State Highway Patrolman R.
W. Heffner said the boy was hit
on Factory Town Road by a car
driven by Clyde McDonald, 25, of
Route 3. The child was admitted
to Providence Hospital.
The officer listed the youth in
juries as multiple lacerations of
the body, a broken right leg, frac
tured skull and a lung inury.
Heffner said the child was play
ing in the yard at his home and
suddenly dashed out in front ot
the McDonald car. He said the
child was carried on the front of
the car some 120 feet and then
thrown into a ditch
Charles Kinder
Completes
Army Course
Pvt. Charles L. Kinder, whose
wife, Jo Ann, lives in Ranger,
Tex-, recently was graduated from
the ten-week power equipment
maintnance course at the Army's
Southeastern Signal School, Fort
Gordon, Ga.
The course trained him in the
installation, operation and service
of motor-driven power equipment
Kinder, son of Mr- and Mrs
Charles M. Kinder, Route 4, Mur
phy, N. C- entered the Army last
July and completed basic train
ing at Fort Carson, Colo.
The 22-year-old soldier attended
New Albany High School and work
ed for the Kinder Construction
Co. in Marion before entering the
Army.
DEATHS
Mrs. J. B. Sneed
Mrs. J- B. Sneed, 65, of Murphy,
died at 9:30 p. m- Sunday in a
Murphy hospital after a short ill
ness.
Services were held Wednesday
at 2 p. m. in the Tomotla Metho
dist Church. The Rev. C. A. Smith,
the Rev. R. T. Houts Jr. and the
Rev. W. F. Elliott officiated and
burial was in the church cemete
ry. The body remained at Townson
Funeral Home until time for the
service
Pallbearers were Ben Palmer,
Harry and Jack Dickey, Wayne
Matheson, Hugh Hensley and .\hn
Carringer.
Surviving are the husband; two
sons, Clyde of Murphy and Charles
of Miami, Fla.; five sisters, Mrs.
Grace Spivia of Murphy, Mrs- Kate
Watson of Maryville, Tenn., Mrs.
Elsie Sneed of Keen Mountain, Va.,
Mrs. Lillie Berrong of Carters
ville, Ga., and Mrs. Annie Wilkins
of Hollywood, Calif., four broth
ers, Fred and Arthur Swaim of
Murphy, Jim Swaim of Miami,
Fla-, and Gar Swaim of Wildwood
Fla., and three grandchildren.
William H. Hickey
Funeral services for Willam
Howard Hickey, 50, of Akron, Ohio
who died Monday, at 6 p. m. in
an Akron hospital of a cerebral
hemorrhage, were held at 1:30 p.
m. today (Thursday) in Friendship
Baptist Church at which he was a
member- The Rev. Mr. Sheanrood
of Chattanooga officiated and.
burial was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Hickey was a native of Cher
okee County, a son of the late
Thomas Decatur and Sarah Taylor
Hickey. He had lived in Akron
since 1963 *
Surviving are one son,. Peyton at
Akron, Ohio; six sisters, Mrs Le
ora McNabt, Md Mrs. Nora Me.
Nabb of Murphy, It 4, Ma