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The Cherokee Scout
AndCIay Coun ty Progress
VoiiMM 73 ? Nwohor If Murphy, North Corollna, Thursday. iDkmU 6. 1962' U fifrt This Wo.li Puhllshod W..klr I Vmo i?Vk v*"o ??thT? i So'lh??
MURPHY MAYOR L. L. MASON Is shown at left above delivering the oath of office to the
new Cherokee County Commlastonera W. T. Moore, Leater N. Cole, and Dr. W. A. Hoover.
(Scout Photo)
County Officials
Sworn Into Office
Cherokee County's newly
elected officers took office
Monday, Dec. 3, at swearing
in ceremonies In the court
room at the courthouse.
Fred Christopher, county
prosecuting attorney, presid
ed at the meeting. The Rev.
W. J. Thompson delivered the
Invocation.
L. L. Mason, Murphy may
or, administered the oath of
office to a host of Republicans
and one lone Democrat. Each
oath contained three parts,
allegiance to the U. S. consti
tution, the N. C. constitution,
and the dlschargement of the
duties of the elected office.
Those receiving the oath of
office were the three com
missioners, Dr. W.A.Hoover,
Lester N. Cole, and W. T.
Moore, the lone Democrat to
be installed. Don Ramsey was
sworn In as Clerk of the Stg>
ertor Court. J. E.Graves a
gain took the oath as Register
of Deeds. C. E. Hyde was
sown In by Mr. Mason as the
Judge of Recorder's Court.
Sheriff Claude Anderson
took the oath as Sheriff for the
third time. J. C. Town son was
sworn In for this second term
as Coroner.
Justices of the Peace for
Murphy township taking the
oath of office Monday were
Virgil O'Dell, M. S.Richards.
J. W. O'Dell, and Lloyd Ram
sey. W. J. Martin was not
present.
Valleytown Justice of the
Peace Vincent Adams was
sworn In while the remaining
J. P.s were not present,Rich
ard Flowers,Ernest Whltaker,
and Harold Gee.
Justice of the Peace Jack
Watklns from Hothouse was
present at the ceremony. Gar
land Cornwell, Beaverdam,
and Arvll' Williams, Shoal
Creek, were not present.
County constables taking the
oath of office Monday were
James Conley, Valley town;
Virgil Hog seel. Hothouse;
Marlon Adams, Shoal Creek;
Jess Wingate,Notla; and J esse
Hot-ton, Beaverdam. Will Rog
ers from Murphy was notpre
sent.
Immediately following the
ceremonies in the courtroom,
the new coiaity commissioners
held their first official meet
ing.
Dr. W. A. Hoover of dis
trict two was elected unani
mously as chairman.
A $10,000 bond was ap
proved for Register of Deeds
J. E. Graves, Miss Alice Kep
hart was approved as assist
ant.
A $15,000 bond for Clerk of
Court Don Ramsey was ap
proved.
Sheriff Claude Anderson
was placed under a $5,000
bond while a $2,000 bond was
taken on Coroner J. C. Town
son.
Fred Christopher advised
the board that those county
officers required to post bond
should place the bonds with
the board and be duly in
due lad.
The board appointed Car
lyle P. Matheson of Andrews
as tax collector and county
accountant. His salary was
fined at $300.00 per month,
the same salary paid W, P.
Walker whan he was coiaity
accountant. a
At this point. Dr. W. A.
Hoover said, "I'm In favor of
making all appointments tem
porary mtd let's sue how they
pan out." The board con
curred.
Attorney Christopher ad
vised that all county Jobs ap
pointees bold their Jobs at tht
will of the board of coisttj
commissioners.
Mrs. Loratta Voylee Walk
er was appointed the assist
ant to the cowty accountar
with a salary of $200.00 pet
month.
The bond for the county ac
countant and tax collects:
caused some discussion, a
motion was mads B liters as'
cne amount ox me oonu uvm
(20.000 id 130,000. The bond
for being tax collector will be
Increased from $15,000 to
(25,000. The $5,000 bond on
die county accountant's Job
will remain at $5,000.
Fred O. Christopher was
appointed county attorney with
a salary of $100.00 per month
and a 20% commission for col
lecting delinquent tax turned
over for collection by the
county commissioners.
Christopher was also ap
pointed county attorney with a
salary of $225.00 per month.
C. E. Hyde, Judge of the
Recorders Court, will receive
a salary of $275.00 per month.
The board appointed John W.
Donley tax supervisor. Com
missioner Lester N.Cole read
Mr. Donley's letter of appli
cation. According to Dr. Hoo
ver, Mr. Donley's application
was the only one received.
The letter as addressed to
the board read: "To newly
Elected Board of County Com
missioners for' Cherokee
County: I shall appreciate very
much If you gentlemen will
consider me for the position
of County Tax Supervisor. I
promise to do the Job to the
very best of my ability.
Respectfully, J. W. Donley.
Commissioner Cole moved
that the tax supervisor's sal
ary be Increased to $400.00
per month, and not travel
expenses. In the past, the sal
ary was $300.00 per month
plus travel expenses.
On the first vote, w. t.
Moore voted against the raise
in salary saying "Thafs an
Increase of $1,200 per year."
He further objected that it
was not fair to raise one sal
ary and not the others.
Following a discussion when
Register of Deeds Ed Graves
said that the travel expense
pay for the tax supervisor was
hard to keep up with, the board
voted unanimously to the raise
of $400.00 per month with no
travel expense allowance.
Outgoing Clerk of Court
James C. Howse passed on to
the board the recommendation
of Judge James C. Farley to
draw women jurors at the next
term of Superior Court, to
draw Negro men and women
Jurors, and to install a rest
room for women In the Jury
room.
The board In other business
appointed Wesley Totherow of
Msrble as courthouse Janitor
with a salary of $160.00 per
month.
Tax listers are to be named
at a special called meeting of
the board of commissioners on
Monday, Dec. 17. At this time
the listers will be given in
structions and the oath of of
fice by TaxSipervlsor Donley.
L. D. Schuyler was appoint-.
ed county electrical Inspector
with salary of $60.00 pervlslt
to the cotsity schools. The
electrical Inspector Is re
quired to visit the schools
twice a year.
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Co. was named county de
pository.
The board further agreed to
pay to the estate of R. S.
Parker $40.00 par month for
office spece In the new Parker
Bulldog for the Cherokee
County ASCS office.
It was ordered by the board
that all parsons having In their
hands tax for collection shall
surrender them n the tax col
lector's office except however
any tax sdts already started
by ? attorney may be contin
ued to final Judgement by the
On motion by W. T. Moore,
and seconded by L. N. Cole.
It was ordered that all qp
are made at will
i board.
N. Cole, $22.90;
$22.SO; and Dr.
chairman.
$500,000 Sewage Plant
Improved Water System
Available For $165,000
GIRL SCOUTS
HONOR THE FAST
SERVE THE FUTURE
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EDITORIAL
Bye, Bye
Bye, Bye Cherokee County Cancer Clinic. It's been
good to know you. You were an asset to our area, but we
didn't keep you going.
This could easily be the opening remarks of a future
editorial or news article in this newspaper.
The citizens of Cherokee County are not taking ad
vantage of Cancer Detection Clinic now in operation at the
Health Center.
The Cancer Detection Center is designed to detect cancer
early so that treatment can result in the patient being able
to lead a normal and active life.
The Cancer Clinic is free of charge. Andrews and Mur
phy doctors devote one day a month of their time to running
the clinic.
At first when the clinic opened its doors, patients flood
ed the clinic with applications for appointments. The
clinic set for the second Thursday in December (Thurs
day, Dec. 13), has only one application for an appointment.
With this sort of participation by the public, this cotmty
will soon lose this free service. According to Dr. W. A.
Hoover, clinic chairman, "If the people are not going k>
take more interest, the clinic will soon be discontinued."
If you have any questions about the clinic, contact the
health office. Dr. Hoover, or Mrs. Betty Jenkins, Rt. 2,
Culberson. These folks will be glad to answer any question
you might have.
The three southwestern
North Carolina counties of
Cherokee, Clay, and Graham
are eligible for 75% grants
from the federal government
for public works projects.
Two Murphy civic clubs
have been given a complete
explanation of the program and
how It can be applied to the
town's situation. The Clvltan
and Lions Clubs, after hear
ing the presentation, have gone
on record endorsing the ap
plication of the public works
program in Murphy.
The program can be used
to help Murphy construct a
sewage disposal plane This
plant is required under state
law to be built for Murphy by
1965 under the state's stream
pollution abatement program.
"The question facing the
people in Murphy today Is
whether to go ahead and try
for the 75% grant from the
federal government or wait
until 1965 and pay the entire
cost of the sewage disposal
plant." Charlie Johnson, the
Murphy town clerk said.
It was the feeling of the
two civic groups that Murphy
should make every effort to
receive the federal grants.
The Town Board has already
taken steps toward making
the application. The town at
torneys are preparing the
forms now.
One of the requirements Is
that the project be started by
July 1. 1963.
Murphy Mayor L. L. Mas
on told the Lions Club last
Tuesday that the town has
realized for some time that
sewer lines need work and
that no revenue is set tq> to
maintain the town's sewer
system. The present system,
he added, was built by a bond
issue.
"When the 50% public works
program became available,
the town board had in mind to
present a bond issue to the
voters to furnish the town with
its half of the necessary
funds."
"Then in September, the
accelerated public works pro
gram was passed by Congress
and signed by the President to
spend $900 million in public
works construction, exclud
ing school buildings. The town
board voted to present a bond
issue to build a sewage plant,
repair and replace some sew
er lines, and to improve water
Last Chance
To Collect
Cash Bonuses j
Saturday, Dec. IS, Is the last
day of the "Laundry Spectacu
lar" promotion, according to
John H. Bayless, Manager,
Murphy Power Board.
During this promotion, local
consumers of the Murphy
Power Board have been paid
cash bonuses with the purchase >
of electric water heaters,
washers, dryers, and water
systems.
Mr. Bayless said, "We hope
that any of our consumers who
have planned to purchase
electric laundry equipment
will buy them this week to
take advantage of our cash
bonus offer.
"This has been a successful
program, and a popular one
with our consumers, Mr.
Bayless said. "Many of our
homes now have modern
laundry equipment."
Additional copies of the free
laundry planning booklet are
still available at the system
office, Bayless added.
systems."
"Application was made
when we thought we could get
a 50% grant. Engineers were
hired and a study has been
made."
"Now under the new
program, the federal govern
ment will pay the engineering
cost."
The engineering firm of W.
K. Dickson has recommended
that the sewage disposal plant
be built 1,000 yards below the
quarry on Hlwassee River.The
site would be out of the way,
with a mountain between It
and the town.
The sewage treatment plant
would cost (410,000. With a
75% grant from the federal
government, the cost to the
people of Murphy would be
(102,500. This would Include
the cost of land and right of
ways for the sewer lines.
The site of the proposed plant
Is on forest service land.
The engineering frlm fur
ther recommended that the
town float bonds for (125,000.
"If the money Is not needed,
then It does not have to be
spent," Mr. Dickson said.
Concerning the improve
ments to the Murphy water
system, Mr. Dickson said,
"Your water system has
grown. Pressure Is not good
In the high places."
"We have recommended
that dead ends be connected
to Increase pressure. Then
an eight Inch pipe will re
place the six Inch pipe In use
now in Bealtown. And that the
new eight pipe run under the
river from the storage tank."
He added, "That a storage
tank be built over - looking
the town. A water system la
like blood system In your
body. Water follows the course
of least resistance. When you
cut yourself, the blood rushes
out. The same with water when
a line breaks or the water is
in use - It rushes out. Under
this proposed plan, the sys
tem will be improved along
the Joe Brown and the And
rews highways."
"It will take (40,000 to meet
the town's share of the water
Improvement cost," Dickson
added.
"Therefore a total bond Is
sue of (165,000 for the Town
of Murphy would give this area
over (500,000 worth of con
struction work and most of It
would use local labor."
Hepatitis
Hits Five
Girls Here
Hepatitis has shown Its un
welcome favor to five girls
In one school room of the
Murphy Elementary school,
the grade taught by Misa Ella
Faye Byers.
All of the girls afflicted
with the disease, which la an
Infection of the liver, caused
by one of two viruses, are
Girl Scouts. One theory is
that the yotsig folk caught the
liver ailment In arecentScout
outing; but It has been pointed
out that no fifth-graders, also
on the camp, have been attack
ed by the complaint.
Cure of the illness calls
for three to six weeks of rest
with good dietary sigiport. It
' is transmitted by die mouth;
and girls and boys are being
advised to see B hand-wash
ing all the more.
The laid-ip lassies include
twins, Mildred and Marilyn
Coleman. Mary Alice Shields,
I Susan Tutherow , and Donna
W11 kins.
3 Defendant*
Gel Suspended
I
Sentences
Two at
a $645,000
Ins p>UtT la U. S. District
Court at Bryaon City.
? Thny wore Wealay J. Par.
ry, 47, ot Paraat Perk, Ga,
zz
a< $3,300, md Daaey
Sharlfl. S3, Of Adwta. gT??a
tea n?ss .
of$U?.
CLAUDE ANDERSON, Sheriff
J. E. GRAVES, Register of Deeds
C. B, HYDE, Jik%? of lUcordtr** Court
DON RAMSEY, Clerk of Court
J. C. TOWNSON, Coroner
Visitor Goes On Door Hunt;
Misses lll-Fated N.Y. Flight
The urge to hint deer In
the mountain* of western
North Carolina delayed a New
York geologlat from return
ing bom* aa planned laatweek.
The visitor to Murphy had
reservations on die Ill-fated
Baa tarn Airline* flight from
Charlotte a> New York laat
Friday. No*. 30. The DC-7
crashed while landing in heavy
fog at New York's Idlew" '
Airport. Twenty-f I we of the
S3 parson* died In the crash.
Dr. Yvor Smlttor of 1160
Fifth Street. York City,
wan a laying at the Coneheetsh
Mow I in Murphy whan ha de
cided a> stay over la Mwrphy
and go deer hunting. l>.Smit
wr Is consulting geologlat tor
Universal Material* Corp. of
Murphy. Ha ha* been here 3
day*.
Dr. S ml tier's brother, not
knowing of die change In plans
was waiting at the New York
airport. He witnessed the
flaming crash.
The phone lines were hot
all Friday night K> the mo ml,
Christmas
Float Winners
The winners for the bast
floats la Sa 1962 Murphy
Christmas Parade last Flr
day were as follews: Chero
Gardsti ClUb, first
piase; Murphy Pep Clah.
and; sad Murphy Llaaa <
Club.
according to Ban Palmer,
motel owner, aa anxloua rela
tives started at check of Ik1.
Sml titer's whereabouts.
Dr. Sminer's wife called
from New York and Ids mother
from California.
The deer-hutting Dr. Smlt
ter returned home by airliner
from AshevtUe on Satu-dey.
Letters To
Saita Clsus
Hey, kldel Start
your letters at Santa Claua
new ae tea can put them In the
paper before Christmas. Last
year a lot of yea wrote n
Santa via sua