Deaths, Funerals
Compliments Of
IVIE MUTUAL BURIAL ASSOC.
Peyton G. I vie ? Funeral Director
Murphy, N. C.
GLADDEN CHILDREN
R obtains vllle - Serrtces for
Jerry Darnel Gladden. S. and
Naomi Judy Gladden, 3. child
ren of Mr. and Mr*. Dock
Gladden of RobMnsvllle, who
were burned to dead! Thurs
day night, February 9, was
held at 2 p.m. Saturday la
Yellow Creek Church.
The Rev. Charles Carring
er officiated and burial was In
Yellow Creek Cemetery.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are two sisters, Ruth
Ann and Audrey of the home,
and the paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Gladden of
Robblnsvllle.
Townson Funeral Home was
In charge of arrangements.
VERLIN JONES
Verlln Frank Jones, 39, of
Rt. 4, Murphy, died Monday
morning In an Atlanta hospi
tal.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Annie Mae Ramsey Jon
es; one daughter, Shirley of
the home; one sister, Mrs.
Pauline Anthony of Murphy;
three brothers, Floyd of Gas -
tonla, Arthur and Claude of
Murphy.
Mr. Jones was a member
of Murphy First Baptist
Church and a veteran of
w-rld War II. He was em
ployed by Burch Motors.
Services were held Wed
nesday at 3 p.m. in First
Baptist Church.
The Rev. William J. Thomp
son, the Rev. J. Alton Morris
and the Rev. C. A. Smith of
ficiated, and burial was in
Sunset Cemetery.
Ivle Funeral Home of Mur
phy was in charge of arrange
ments.
L. M. WEST
Leonard M. West, SO, of
Murphy, died Sunday afternoon
on February 19, of a heart
attack in his home.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Hazel Nix West; four
sons, Jimmy of the U. S, Air
Force, and Terry, Leonard,
Jr., and Joseph of the home;
and the father, Jim West of
Murphy.
Services were held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday In White Church.
The Rev. R. T. Houts, Jr.,
officiated, and burial was In
the church cemetery.
Townson Funeral Home was
In charge o( arrangements.
Mrs. Pearl Stiles o ( Akron.
Ohio Is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Charlie Stiles and her
mother, Mrs. Adllee Mash
burn, a patient In a lodal hos
pital.
SENATOR
SAM ERVIN
* SAYS ?
WASHINGTON - Crisis has
followed crisis in the growing
storm over the Congo. The sit
uation which caused the hasty
withdrawal of the Belgium
Government from this strife
torn country left It ill pre
pared to govern itself. New (
acts of violence and the death
of Lumumba demonstrate this
anew. Mass starvation has
compelled the United States
to ship food to the country in
response to international
morals. In the background the
battle between Cast and West
to win the minds of men plays
a major role in this crisis.
Our commitments to the Uni
ted Nations show the complex
ity of the age. Change is
constant. Seventy-five years
ago. a younger America em
erging from the Uncivil War
could watch England struggle
with the problems of empires
and peoples In Africa and
Asia. Today, we no longer
occupy a box seat on the side
lines, but we have become the
chelf gladiator in the arena '
coping with more complex
battles there.
FREEDOM'S PRICE - U.S.
foreign policy is deeply wo
ven Into the life of the small
est nation thousands of miles
away. What happens in the
Congo concerns us. Vast ap
propriations are made each
year by the Congress for mill
Card of Thanks
We with id exwnd our deep
est thanks and appreciation to
our many friends for the acts
of kindness, messagM of sym
pathy and beautiful flowers
during out recent bereave
ment in the loss of our beloved
husband and father.
' Mr*. Jess Collstt
and Family
MRS. MAE VERNER
Mrs. Mm Veratr of Chero
kae County died in an Ashevllle
hospital Thursday morning,
Fab. 16, af?r a few weeks 111
aass.
Surviving are two sisters.
Mrs. Minnie Farmer of
Murphy and Mrs. Etna Allen
of Route 3, Murphy.
Services were held ?t 2 p.m.
Saturday In Unaka Baptist
Church. ' <
The Rev. Raymond Carroll
officiated, and burial vas la
the church cemetery.
Town son Funeral Home wis
In charge of arrangements.
COUPLE KILLED IN AUTO
WRECK IN GERMANY
Andrews - Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Man jar were Ulled
Sunday, February 12. In an
automobile accident in Ger
many.
Manjar, with the U.S. Army,
was a native of Cincinnati and
Mrs. Manjar was the former
Miss Kathleen Case of And
rews.
She is survived by two sons
by a former marriage. Tho
mas Walker with the Air
Force in Maine and L. W.
Walker of South Carolina; one"
daughter. Miss Geneve Wal
ker of Cincinnati: four sisters,
Mrs. Anna Martin of Andrews,
Mrs. Elizabeth Trammel and
Mrs. Bertha Ballew of Gas
tonia and Mrs. Esther
Holloway of Kannapolis; and
one brother, Ernest Case of
Gastonia.
Arrangements under the
direction of Ivie Funeral Home
were incomplete on Tuesday
night.
School of Missions
Robblnsville -TheRobbins
ville Methodist Church con
ducted a Church-wide School
of Missions which began on
Sunday evening, Feb. 19. Mrs.
Chester Johnson taught the
Kindergarten and primary
groups; Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Crisp taught the Junior and
Intermediates; Mr. Jack For
dn taught the Seniors; and the
Adults used films and film
strips with the discussion led
by the pastor, the Rev. C.
William Sarf .1.
Charles Delbert Stiles,
stationed with theCoastGuard
in Chattanooga, and Mrs,
David Jarrett, the former
Miss Helen Stiles of Atlanta,
spent the week-end with their
mother, Mrs. Charlie Stiles.
tary and other aid to nations
In the hope that we shall sur
vive in our struggle with Rus
sia. Sometimes we have
wondered where our friends
In the United Nations were.
The struggle is often closer
to home than Asia or Africa.
In Lafln America, those nat
ions now question our "Good
Neighbor Policy." Even the
Panamal Canal has become a
matter of concern to us. The
decisions of theNew Adminis
tration on foreign policy are
momentous. They are the
"last best hope" of the free
world. Washington's obser
vation that "eternal vigilance
Is the price of freedom" has
become a tenet of foreign
relations.
MISSILES: The debate about
a missile gap between the
United States and Russia can
be boiled down to this: We
want to be sure that this
country posses sufficient mis
sile power to destroy any nat
ion that attacks us. Tills calls
for a constant appraisal of
our military position. Under
present conditions we cannot
afford to be second best. I
shall never forget the' face
of the Frenchman In tears,
portrayed In Life Magazine
as he watched the Nazi sol
diers march through the Arch
of Triumph. The lesson Is
plain for us.
MAKE A CLOCK
Heard on Capitol Square
juat before the convening of
the Legislature laat Friday:
"No, I do not understand the
bill- --and I've read It over
three times. I would ask
about It, but I Juat don't have
the time ? spare. He's the
type of fellow ? If you ask him
what time It Is, hell tell you
now ?? make a dock."
THE CHEROKEE SCOUT
NJHRUB BABB, Publisher . . . PHYLLIS B. BABB, Editor
Esubll*h?d July, IM?
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ASC News
CotsarvaiM Of Soil Ad WatM
A Need h Cherokee Coeity
By L. L. Kissel burg
All life depends on soil and
water tad id dtaae day* of
earth circling satellites when
most every one la concerned
about just ho* soon the first
manned trip to the moon will
be made. I think we should
pause for a bit of reflection
oa the down to earth business
tt having a plentiful siffdy
of food and fiber
For us today, water Is as
necessary for life sad health
as It was for our prehistoric
ancestors. Like air, water
Is bouad with man's evoult
ion aad doubtless, Ms destiny
la countless ways. The habits
al man aad the farms of their
social organizations have been
mora by their dose associa
tion with water than with land
by which they earned their
bread. People have always
preferred to meet their water
troubles head on rather than
? quit their places of abode
and Industry.
Modern living standards
have made it necessary to rely
on water siqiplies of fsr great
er volumes than one family
or even the community spring
could furnish. Where large
numbers * of people are
crowded together in small
places. We must conserve our
soil and water now. At the
rate our population Is increas -
It is not as far in the fut
ure as some people believe
before this will be a serious
problem.
Individual land owners and
operators can take advantage
of many forms of public as
sistance. In every agricult
ural county in the United
States there is a county ex
tension agent. He is an
employee of the cooperative
Federal State Extension Ser
vice and he will on request,
guide the farmer to the kind
of assistance that meets the
individual needs of each.
The Soil Coaaarvadoa S*r
vie*, (SCS), after* lartwtral
service* 1> carrying out aoU
and water coaaarvMiM prac
tices. Land owners and ope
rators can obtala financial
assistance through agricul
tural conservation programs
la various amounts to SOX
through cost sharing appro
vals and purchase order 0 < Am
co?t of applying soil and water
conservation practices. This
program la administered by
the ASC County Committee
at the ASC County Office. The
County Office employees are
in the office five days s week.
Monday through Friday, and
are there to serve the public
with Information and services
?> any farmer who Is lntereat
ed enough to come to the county
office and make Inquiries. A
land owner can obtain long
term low Interest loans from
the FHA for his out of pocket
cost for soil andwater conser
vation practices.
The state forestry or ex
tension forester give infor
mation on tree planting and
forestry problems.
It is predicted that here in
the South is the region of the
greatest possibilities in the
next fifty years. It has more
water than any section of the
nation. It also has the capa
city to product timber faster
than any other region and
greater possibilities in the
?oil which we have begun to
recognize and manage.
In Cherokee County, paper
and lumber cooperations are
buying every track of land they
can find and planting it to
trees because they realize
that if there is a future for
their business, they must have
timber, and they further rea
lize that they cannot depend
entirely on the timber pro
duced on individual farmers
tracks. Timber Is disappear
ing faster than it is growing
on the land In our country.
The Uta In The Imam
By Representative Herman H. West
Members of the Legislature
this week delved deeply Into
the mountain of work to be done
this 1961 session as committee
members begun briefings to
familiarize themselves with
the job at . hand. Your
representative attended Ap
propriations Committee me
etings from 9:00 ajn. to 11:30
a.m. daily for briefings on the
budget by Director D. S. Cal
trone and others. The state
budget 1? $1,454,711,423.00;
this it a huge amount of money
and requires a lot of study.
Mr. Joe Hunt. Speaker of
the' House has appointed ten
more committees. 1 have been
selected on Banks and Bank
ing, Education, Journal and
J ustlces of the Peace. Repre
sentative Ed Kemp of Gull
ford County was appointed to
head the committee on con
gressional districts. This
committee is expected to han
dle legislation dealing with
the touchy issue of redisrict
ing the state's twelve congres
sional districts to reduce.their
number to eleven. It may also
handle legislation dealing with
legislative reapportionment.
The HouseRulesCommittee
added two new committees to
the functioning groups already
established in the House. They
are Water Resources andlrri
gation and Drainage.
I, along with about twenty
four other legislators had
breakfast with Governor San
ford on Friday morning. This
seems to be a good way for a
governor to get a legislative
program going. The governor
made a very nice talk and
stated that he was willing to
take his part of the responsi
bility id get his program going
for better educadon.
The statement In the Ashe
ville Citizen relative to Fort
Butler was made to a Citizen
reporter in the llghtof the fact
that Fort Butler had not been
mentioned to me by anyone,
and I was not aware that there
was any public sentiment or
support for this project. 1
understand, since arriving
here this weekend that some
folks were disappointed In this
statement. If the people have
wishes that this be given
further study, I will be happy
to go into the matter.
Your opinions upon per
tinent matters are Invited. My
post office box number in the
Capitol Building is 7446, and
my hotel room number is 817
at the Sir Walter.
From Th* Desk Of
Stat* Staafor
HI fdfliH tain : 33i Dotcj
Wijh the organization week
behind the Legislature, we
really got down to serious
work lait week. The Finance
Committee met jointly with the
House Committee every
morning at 9:00 except Fri
day. These meetings were
devoted primarily to going
over the recommended bud
get, with explanations being
made by Director Coltrane
and his staff. This is a rather
tedious process, but one that
is necessary.
The first meeting of the
committee to re-district the
State's Congressional dis
tricts was held Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30. Material
was distributed which gave in
formation on all 12 districts
such as pouplation and
geographic areas. This mat
erial was the most compre
hensive that 1 have seen and
will prove useful in locating
the State's new II districts.
Your Senator was Invited
to the Governor's Mansion for
breakfast Wednesday morn
ing, along with 28 other peo
ple in the Legislature. The
breakfast was attended by the
Lieutenant Governor, and
Governor Sanford made a brief ,
statement, a welcome, and
promised full cooperation la
working together for ? for
ward program lnNorthCarol
lna.
It la most interesting ?
watch the aeaatora and repre
sentatives drawing lines In
the preliminaries prior to
making the final decisions In
such vital issues as aid a.
education, re-apportionment
of the House and Senate, aad
re -districting theState*aCon
gresslonal Districts, Before
Legislature la over, most
every maa in the Senate will
know how everv otter senator
Is going to vote on these
vital issues. Geographic lo
cation of districts, friendship,
and prior committments all
play a part In this process.
In making weekly reports to
the people of the district which
I represent, it is hard to make
a factual report as so few bills
are introduced and no debate
happens on the floor. This
matter of getting ready, or
ganization, drawing lines, and
anticipation of legislation In
state wide nature happens
every session.
The basketball game on
Monday night State versus
Maryland - real fine game-?
State wonl
DID YOU KNOW?
THAT
A group of woman working
with their hand*, develop
(kill* they didn't know they
potaeiied. Such ? group meet*
In the carving room at the
John C. Campbell Folk School
on Monday*, Tueadty* and
Wednesday*. 9 0 11 a.m. Mr*.
Murrlal Martin help* them as
they whittle, with a jack-knife
their favorite designs from
cherry, walnut, and holly.
They are meadamo Bes* Al
gernon. Helen Moody, B tilth
Fuller, Wanda McDonald,
Katharine Well*, Alice Cans,
and Mary Nell Moore.
THAT
The *ame group mentioned
above meets with Jeeae Led
ford In the woodworking shop
on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
from IrOO to 3:00 p.m. Her*
they fashion picture frames,
fireside benches, and bowls.
You will be surprised, and a
little envloua, when you see
their eshlWt7 Watch ihia Col
isnn for the date.
s?n
C?BStrvafi?B
Maws
By John Smith
A delegation of farmera,
landowners, and Africuloral
? rii'hwi from Cherokee
County attended ? vary Infor
mative meeting 00 Thursday
February 16. 1*3 at Hlavassee
Georgia. The purpose of the
meeting area * explain mere
fully the eatabllahnieat of a
Small Watershed Project oo
the area drained by Brass town
Creak. This area taclutea
portions a f Towns aad Uaioa
Counties, Georgia, aad Clay
and Cherokee Counties, North
Carolina.
A team of specialists in
Watershed Planning ?u pre
sent from Ike Slate Office of
the Soli Conservation Service
in Georgia and another team
from the State Office in North
Carolina. Also present were
representatives of The Far
mers Home Administration,
State Wildlife Resources
Commission in Georgia. The
State and Federal ForestSer
vice from Georgia and North
Carolina, and a number of
supervisors of the various
Soil Conservation Districts in
Georgia and North Carolina.
A total of about fifty per
sons attended the meeting and
discussed in detail the various
aspects of the program which
would be necessary if a small
Watershed project i s
approved.
Several survey teams were
appointed including the far
mers, landowners, agricul
tural workers and others pre
sent. A tour of the entire
watershed in both states was
made by these groups to get
a better idea of how much
work would be needed. One
team looked particularly for
flood damage in the watershed.
Another investigated possible
sites for the construction of
water- retarding structures. A
third looked into the interest
of local landowners in the
establishing of such aproject.
Another group looked over
the area to see how much of
the land was already adequa
tely protected, and how much
would need further protection.
Each of these teams made
a report of their findings to
the leaders of the work plan
ning team, and from these
reports a consolidated will
be made and issued in the
near future. This report will
be made public, at the time
of its release.
At the conclusion of the
meeting, the feeling was gen
eral that a Small Watershed
Project for the Brasstown
Creek Watershed would be
approved.
YOU ARE INVITED T
REVIVAL
BEALTOWN
BAPTIST
MISSION
Rev. Wm. J. Thompson
Preaching
First Service - Sunday Feb. 29th
3 p. IN.
Monday ? Saturday
SERVICES NIGHTLY ? 7 30 p. m.
Special Music To Be Presented
Men's Chorus - Baptist Chior
Quartets - Bnets - Solos
C. E. Hyde - Song Leader
/
BEA1T0WN Baptist Mission
CONSOLIDATED BANKS OF
Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Andrews - Hayesville ? Murphy ? Robbinsville
NORTH CAROLINA
Comparative Statement Of Condition For 1959 And 1960
DECEMBER 31
RESOURCES:
Cash ond Due from Banks
U. S. Government Securities
Federal Agency Securities:
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
Banks for Cooperatives
Federal National Mortgage Association
N. C. State Bonds
County and Municipal Bonds
Other Securities
Loans
Less: Reserve
Banking Houses
Furniture and iFxtures
Less: Reserve
Accrued Interest
Inter-Office Float
Other Assets
1959
$1,530,879 06
$3,044,983.35
150,000.00
100,000.00
5,119.78
659,637.19
110,000.00
3,100.00
$4,1 17,840.32
3,257,035.08
223,588.24
3,033,446.84
148,780.07
106,464.91
255,244.98
107,363.84
147,881.14
61,621.64
57,427.49
61,846.71
$9,010,943.20
1960
$1,638,571.98
53,434,479.15
100,000.00
NONE
50,082.28
1,243,848.76
NONE
3,100.00
$4^31,510.19
3,404,096.89
222,542.10
3,181,554.79
137,297.12
121,962.26
259,259.38
124,163.84
135,095.54
30459.94
38,435.83
80,300.90
$9,935,829.17
LIABILITIES
Capitol
Surplus
Undivided Profits
$ 200,000.00 i
200,000.00
58,022.58
i 200,000.00
300,000.00
109,028.16
Unearned Interest
Reserve for Expenses (Taxes, Int., Insur., etc )
Other Liabilities
DEPOSITS
$ 458,022.58
53,632.35
60,879.85
45,255.93
8,393,152.49
$9,010,943.20
$ 609,028.16
50,952.94
120,576.25
40,272.19
9,114,999.63
$9,935J29.17
Citizens Bank fir Trust Company
Andrews - Hay?svill? - Murphy - Robbinsvillt
NORTH CAROLINA