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Dedicated * berokee County
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY It. ISM
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
Alden Coward owner of Cowards
Store, agrees that kids at
tma caa aay the darnest things,
?ffbe other day. Mr. Coward says,
fx and his twin sons, Bruce and
Jirian, were invited over to see a
atattoa wagon that John Davidson
Iwt bought at a sale. The usual
was given Mr. Davidson for
a. good buy, Mr. Coward
said as they looked over the sta
tion wagon that was parked behind
^Mr. Davidson house. Mr. Coward
w?d the twins left and not much
thought was given to the station
<pragon until later when they pass
,pd Mr. Davidson's bouse for the
pifcowd time. This time the station
|b parked in front of the
who is six, looked
[father and said "Well.l
Davidson is not asham-l
|^B wagon any longer,
out of the back yard
it in front of the |
g JHeyward Crawford has picked
. aaatber nickname, as well aa
aa experience be probably will
J,a?t target (or si-veral years to
Crawford, who works
Funeral Home, re
cehred a telephone call early
bfttoeaday morning from Texaaa.
gwwi there was a youg mother
* to lie was ready to go to the hos
tpttal AT THAT MINUTE. Well,
. Once in a while, an accident can
mrork out to your advantage. Mrs.
fluster Bay less proved this the other
day. for some time, she had been
Wanting to get some lumber mov
pd. It had been left over when
they remodeled their living room
and had been piled beside her
front parch. Mrs. Bayless promised
fhe lumber to her maid, but no one
came to pick it up. When she went
tame the other day. a man was
?her* loading it on a large truck.
Mrs. Bayless didn't question the
Wan, but let him load it, thinking
(her husband. Buster Bayless had
told him to move the lumber,
when Mr. Bayless got home, she
tasked him about it and of course,
JHr. Bayless knew nothing about
the lumber. And then there was a
frantic call from the truck driver.
(The man who had moved the lum
ber got his houses mixed up. He
S?as supposed to pick up lumber at
fM Bailey's bouse across town and
because of the names, got mixed
up. But. Mr. and Mrs. Bayless told
Itim just to keep it. They were
piad the lumber was no longer pil
ed beside their porch.
1 It is common U> hear tales of the
'jtNiftr generation going to the
1,4k*. refusing to grow ay aad so
? aod on. Bat two teenagers
' aeea on Hiawaaoee Street the
titter afternoon Jast prove that
. Uds are trying to grow up and
get ?U too fast. A key. with his
hair spatted with wkat . appeared
to ka white paint was slttta* on the
cark playing a very quite game
Of checkers. A girl, with her hair
plated the same gray waa talk
ing to Mm. Bat, it did net last,
a tow miaates, the bay was up
a
Hiwassee Dam Resort Sold; Owners Plan
Huge Play Area To Rival Fontana Dam
Forsyth Enters Bill Opening Way
\
To Get Federal Housing Projects
A bill paving the way for towns
in Clay. Cherokee. Graham, Macon
and Swain counties to obtain feder
al housing projects was introduced
Tuesday by Sen. W. Frank Forsyth.
The measure would allow towns
in those counties with a population
of 500 or more to be eligible for
obtaining such housing projects.
State law now governing eligibility
for federal housing through housing
authorities to towns of 3,000
more population.
Under the present law, no town
in the five counties is eligible.
Sen. Forsyth said he had discuss
ed the matter with federal housing
officials and they approved of bis
proposed legislation. He asked par
ticularly if they had any objection
to "sectionalizing" the legislation
to cover only the five counties and
they replied in the negative.
Should the measure become law,
eligible towns Would be able to
set up housing authorities and ob-,
tain federal financial help in con
struction' of housing. It would not
have to be apartment type build
ings. Senator Forsyth explained,
but could be single family bouses
located throughout a community
ot in anj" one area. This
be- a km# step toward elim
inating run-down or slum areas in
towns taking advantage of the leg
islation. he said.
Population would be determined
by the most recent federal count.
The measure would become law up
on ratification.
Stockholders
Discuss
Proposed Merger
Approximately SO area stockhold
ers and officials of the Farmers
Federation CoOp met at the
Cherokee County Courthouse Tue??
day night to discuss the proposed
merger with Farmer Cooperative ,
Exchange.
According to Don Ramsey, man
ager of the local Farmer's Feder
ation retail outlet, the general tend
of the stockholders seemed to be
fop the meger.
A meeting of stockholders will be
held Thursday. Feb. 26. in Ashe
ville to determine if the two com
panies will merge.
Mr. Ramsey said the main reason
for the meeting Tuesday night was
to acquaint local stockholders with
issues involved and to urge them to
vote.
ItJ? necessary, he pointed ?#,
for 66 2/3 per cent of all stock to
be voted. This does not mean that
this many stockholders must vote,
but that this many shares of stock
be voted, Mr. Ramsey said.
RECEIVES SCOUT EMBLEM
Cougirssmajt . U. H?4 rcviivr# ? ??? Sctml Emblem Ifrym
Scofil GCorgc Hanks, Jr., ia observance of National Bay Scoot Week. Scoot
Hanks of Rockvillc, Maryland and Magnolia, N. C., was selected by his
troop to present the emblem to Rep. Hall in a brief ceremony commem
orating the 49th anniversary of Boy Scouts of America.
Murphy Boys Win From Andrews
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As Girls Lose In Second Meet
By JAY WILSON
The Andrews Wildcats took one
from the Murphy High Bulldogs and
the Bulldogs took one from the
Wildcats in their second meeting
this year. The Murphy girls lost
again and the boys won again..
The girls game was a runaway
with the Andrews girls taking an
early lead 'and winning by 36 points.
The score at the end of (be first
quarter was 28 to 27, Andrews.
Andrews opened the lead in the
second period and the score at the
half was Andrews 53, Murphy 32.
In the last half the Andrews girls
continued to open the lead and they
scored 28 points to Murphy's 8 in
the third period. The final score
was Andrews 95, Murphy 59.
Top scorer for Andrews was
Madge Barton with 37 points. Next
was Katherine Sursavagc with 30
points and third was Terry Slagle
with 21 points
Murphy's scorers were Jane Van
Horn with 27 ppints, Margaret Cole
with 23 points, and Lou Jean Na
tions with 9.
The Bulldogs pulled out ahead
early in the boys game and stayed
that -way for the rest of the game.
Is the fourth period the Wildcats
got within two points of the Mur
phy team but the Bulldogs pulled
aha id again and won by ten points.
The score at the end of the first
period was Murphy 21, Andrews
18. Murphy opened the lead two
points In the second 'quarter and
tlae aeon at the half was M to
28. Murphy.
The lead stayed steady in the
third period with a score of 50 to
40. In the fourth petted the scofe
at one time was Andrews 55, Mur
phy 97. The Bulldogs pulled out
ahead, though ml the final score
was Murphy 71, Andrews 81.
Top scorers for Murphy were
Emanuel McDonald with 17 points,
Charles' Lovlngood with 18 points,
and BUly Csrringer with 13.
Bobby Nichols led the Andrewi
scoring with a points and second
was Johnny Anderson with ?
to
RobbinsTllle. They
lenwater, Hatchett, Robersoo,
Wells, Totherow.
Andrews (95) F-Suirsavage 30.
Barton 37, Slagle 21. Ellis 1. Der
re berry, M, 6. G-Derre berry, V.,
-West, Evans, Pullium, Carver,
SherrUl.
Boys: Murphy (71) McDonald 17,
Lovingood 16. Carringer 13, Kep
hart 10, Johnson 6, Morris 4,
Arras 4.
Andrews (61) Nichols 22, Ander
son, 16, Gibson 14, Crisp 5, Hamp
ton 4.
Murphy were: Jane
Margaret Cole IS, and
6 points.
Robbinsville
, Jean Davis
Shoppe with 17
In their final game of the regular
season, the Murphy High Bulldogs
won one and lost one to Robbins
ville teams. In their first meetings
of the season, both Murphy teams
won.
Vicki Lail led the Robbinsville
girls scoring with 25 points. Jane
Van Horn led the scoring for Mur
phy with 30 points. The Murphy
girls were ahead from the first un
til the fourth quarter. The score at
the half was Murphy 32. Robbins
ville 2S. The Robbinsville girls
caught up with' the Murphy team
in the fourth period and the score
was tied up at 48-48 and 50-50 dur
ing the fourth period. Then the
Robbinsville girls started to rack
up points. They finally ended up
8 points ahead of the Murphy team.
The final score was Robbinsville
The final score was Murphy 63.
Robbinsville 42.
Top scorers for Murphy were:
Emanuel McDonald with 22, Jerry
Kephart with 10, and Billy Carring
er and Charles Lovingood with 9
points each.
Top scorers for Robbinsville were
Claude Crisp, Jerry Hice, and Bill
Smith with 10 points each.
STATISTICS:
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Girls: Murphy (54) F-Van Horn 30,
Cole 18. Nations 6. G Cook, Gillcn
water, Roberson. Wells, Totberow.
Robbinsville (26) K-Lail 25, Shop
pe 17, Davis 20. G-Stone, Smith,
Jordan.
Boys: Murphy <63' Kephart 10,
McDonald 22. Lovingood 9. C'arring
er 9, Morris 2, Arms 6, Weaver 2,
Laning 3.
Robbinsville (42) Crisp 10. Hice
10, Carver. McMomgle 4, Odom,
Smith 10, Webster 6.
Lenten Services
At School
Start Thursday
Lenten services to be held each
Thursday until Easter begin at 11
a.m. Thursday at Murphy High
School, with Robert A. Potter, min
ister of the Murphy Presbyterian
church as the initial speaker.
The Rev. Joseph Dean of St. Wil
liams Catholic Church will read the
Scripture, the Rev. R. T. Houts
Jr., of First Methodist will lead the
prayer and the Murphy High Chor
us. directed by Ed Reynolds, wUl
sing.
The second of the Lenten series
in the elementary school, with the
fourth to eighth grades participat
ing. will be held at 1 p.m. Friday.
The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor
of Kir* Baptist Church, Murphy,
Is to speak.
Mr. llouts is to read the Scripture
ami Mr. Potter lead in Prayer. The
grade school chorus, directed by
Mrs. J. W. Davidson, is singing for
the services.
JJotdog.f
Dear Mi. Editor:
i ttoioog:
i just Heard about Uieni two ielleis buying the lliwassee Dam
resort site, inow, l uui you mat just uckles tne good.
Way, ims is going U1 be a great Deiy to iuit> area. It'll be just
| liht a gieai Dig lacidry gains up here.
Jusi til inn. It tills report area gets as large as these two tellers
ue planning, it'll mean metre ana more people moving in here to
live. It'll also mean a whole lot more tax money going to the county
'Which means that the tax rate can be lowered and this means that
Cherokee County will be more attractive to Industry.
i understand that this is why everybody m toeing urged to list
their taxes correctly this year and not try to hold out. The county,
I itear tell is getting enough money to meet their needs with the
tax rate as it is now. But, 11 they can get all taxes listed, M will
bring the rate down a whole lot.
? A teller told me the other day that it is hoped the rate can be
lut this year from about <3.12 to about $1.60 or $1.75. Heck, even I
tan see this la a savings.
What one county official said is that if the county evaluation catt
be raised to around $17,500,000, the rate can be lowered tUa much.
What H amounts to, be said, is the administration win nut the
. county on the same amount of mosey. The County would gat the
tame money fay more through taxing and a lower rate.
You got to admit that a rata of 4L60 sounds better than |U3 to
an fcrfastry cotniag la to Cherokee County.
Sheriff Destroys
Two Stills
Near Andrews
Sheriff Claude Anderson and de
puties destroyed two stills in the
Andrews Area Tuesday.
Lofton West and Lloyd Ramsey
destroyed a 20 gallon copper still 1
on Britton Creek near Andrews
Tuesday. There was no mash at
the scene and the still apparently
hasn't run lor some time, Mr.
Anderson said.
Sheriff Anaerson and Charles
White destroyed a still on McCUel
and Creek near Andrews Tuesday.
The still was 20 gallon capacity.
There was about 100 gallons ot :
mash there, Mr. Anderson said and
the still looked as if it was ready to
run the next day.
There were no arrests made at
either still. ,
This was the third still destroy
ed in the past few weeks.
Red Cross Aiding
Many Families In
flooded States
Teams of volunteer and staff
workers of the American Red Cross
were able to make more complete
surveys over the week-end of de
struction caused by major floods
which have been rampant In many
sections of five eastern states in
the past week.
Also, families by the hundreds in I
each of the major destruction areas
were turning to the Red Cross for |
help in restoring their homes, tem
porary maintenance until they could I
return to tbem and. in many in-|
stances, medical care.
Week-end surveys in Ohio, Penn
sylvania. New York. Indiana and
Wtst Virginia show an estimated
24.300 families with some degree
of property loss. It is expected
that about 8.000 families will need
help from the Red Cross beyond
that already given in the agency s
82 shelters which were open at the
peak of the emergency during the
past week. They counted 96
homes destroyed.
While no financial estimates of
the cost of this family rehabilita
tion lob are yet available. General
Alfred M. Gruenther, ARC Presi
dent, has called Into the operation
264 professional staff workers of the
organization to help local chapter
workers In the rehabilitation job
ahead, which will take weeks, or
months, to complete, and to terms
of fond expenditure and family need
?will be ? major disaster rehabilita- [
tlon operation.
Central operational headquarters
of tie Red Crosa to Columbus, Ohio,
reported Monday that the organisa
tion already has provided food,
shelter, clothing and necessary
medical care to total of 33.564 per
sons and also ha* fed an additional
lOJIO emergency workers
ri'ifantnini disaster staff of the
p.tiMiai Red Cross. tocJudtogM,
from the Southeastern Area. we?|
dispatched to the disaster areas
during the height of the emergency I
and will stay oa to help to the ro-|
habituation operation.
with individual tomflies.
Bad Croea figures she *
floods were rs^oasftito
deaths and 588 Injuries.
staff o* the natioaal Red Gross |
have bee# to flood areas toca/
and wlH <
Owners Plan To Spend Approximately
$50-560,000 On Buildings, Repairs
I wo Chattanooga business men nave purcnaserf tin- "> ?fl Acre
Hiwassee Dam resort area tor $190, DUO, the minimum bid asked.
Bruce Young Jr., one of the purchasers, predicted Wednsday
that within five years, the resort area i-uuld be compared to Mon
tana Dam.
Clinics Planned
For Mnrphy
And Andrews Area
A clinic to give free polio shots j
In adults over 20 will be held in
Murphy Ke'j. 25 at the City Health j
department.
A second cliim* will be slagcd in?
Andrews imitsujy, i t 2ii at tiie
City Hall.
This is the second tune tiie clin
ics have been held.
At the first clinic, a total of i'75
persons received the free shots
There are approximately 225 free
shots left.
The clinic is sponsored by the
Cherokee County Chapter of the
National Foundation for polio in
connection with the Counly Medical
Society and Health Department.
Mrs. L E. Maaiey
Dies Monday
At Her Residence
Mrs. L. E. Mauney, 95. of Murphy
died at 6:45 p.m. Monday in her
home here following a long illness.
She was a native of Blairsville,
Ga? the daughter of T. J. and
Mary Logan Haralson. She was
married in 1881 to Prof. L. E.
Mauney and moved to Murphy that
year. Mr. Mauney died several
years ago.
Mrs. Mauney was a member of
the Murphy First Methodist
Church.
Surviving are five daughters.
Mrs. Kate Pope of Knoxville, Tenn.,
Mrs. Laura Christopher of Atlanta,
Ga., Mrs. Dot Cooper and Mrs.
Eva NeU Lauria, both of Murphy,
and Mrs. Will Harbin, of Mary
ville, Tenn.; one son, Frank Maun
ey' of Murphy; seven grandchildren;
and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Murphy First Metho
dist Church.
The Rev. R. T. Houts Jr., pastor
and the Rev. Asmond Maxweil of
Sylva were in charge. Burial was
in Sunset Cemetery.
Pallbearers were; J^rry David
son. Harry Coqper, H. A. Mattox,
Roscoe W ilkens, W. A. Singleton
and Dr. Paul Hill'.
I vie Funeral- Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Rlr. loung estimated that he anil
his partner. Art E. Taylor will
spend approximately $50,000 to
$?i0,000 on restoration and remodel
ing of the site.
He said plans are now for the re
sort center to be open for tourists
by around the first of May.
Mr. Young said the rtsort will
eventually have sjiace for 300-48#
persons for overnight.
The first nr. >icct, he snid. will
be to remodel ttie'42 simmer eot
tggti priseritiy at H v f?cc Mam.
Work j.. to begin w iiiim the next
ICW b
Mr. Vvttng said i! is "iope?l that
!oc?l labor can bo used on this
project.
V<i? purchaser:' of he site were
Bruce Young Jr., picsi >'iit ot a
stainless steel produi's tympany
and Art E. Taylor; Chattanooga
real estate dealer.
They were the only bidders on
the project. Mr. Young said he did
not know why there wore not other
bids, lie said be and Mr. Taylor
had bees interested in the site for
some time and asked the Tennessee
Valley Authority to sell the land. ' ?.
The old hospital site win be used
to accommodate visitors along
with the cottages, Mr. Young said.
The school building will be used
for concession stands and the audi
torium will be used for activities
on certain days. Mr. Young said.
He also said that tours will be
arranged with a travel line to the
dam site.
Plans for Hiwassee Dam site also
include a boat dock, riding stable,
gift and hobby shops, laundry.
<fc*ug store, restaurant, rainature
golf course, pitch and putt got!
course, swimming pool, theater.
Community center and a lodge.
About 435 acres are to be subdi
vided and sold for summer borne
sites.
Mr. Young and Mr. Taylor said
they will form a corporation known
as Hiwassee Resort Village.
Mr. Young said Wednesday that
he and Mr. Taylor have not gone
into the matter deep enough to
know if there will be additional
motels established by other con
cerns.
"We did not know until the last
minute if we were going to get the
bid or not." Mr. Young said.
"I'm certain it will grow. We
plan to have good first class ac
commodations. We arc really go
ing out to have something nice
there."
Fands Approved
For Road
Work 1m Cmuty
The State Highway Commission
has approved and set up Funds for
mad work Iti Cherokee County.
This work includes the retreat
ment. with stone and asphalt, a
total of 15 07 miles on the following
county roads: 2.15 mites of Road
No W, 2 6 miles of road No. M:
2.32 miles of Road No. 1?; four
miles of Road No. 197; three miles
of Road No. IK; and one mile of
Road No. 148.
R Is anticipated that werk on
these roads will be completed
or before September is, 1959 ,t ?|: