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ANDREWS MASONIC LODGE #529 INSTALLS OFFICE RS
Andrews Masonic Lodge #529 installed the elected and ap
polnted officers for (he year 1963 on Monday evening, Jan.
7. Pictured above are the officers for the coming year.
Front row, left to right, DUly Raxaar, treasurer; Herbert
Sbeldy, Junior warden; John Bills, master; Sam Hartman,
senior warden; Clyde Rector, secretary; second row, Harve
Muihey, chaplain; Charles Frarier, senior deacon; Lyle
Bryaon. Jisiior deacon; Vincent Hardin, senior Stewart; John
Bellman, Junior Stewart; and Burke Wood, tyler. The lnstal
ling officer was Gordon L. Butler with Kelly Hooper es In
stalling marsh all.
The retiring master, not shown In the picture, is S.J.
Gernert. Galusha Pulllum is the retiring secretary after 24
years of continuous service In that office.
The Installation ceremony was open to the public and
several visiting Masons were present along with other guests
of the Andrews Lodge. Refreshments were served to those
present by members of the Andrews Chapter of the Eastern
Star. (Photo by Smlley's Studio.)
County, Murphy
School Units
To ReceiTe Bids
MURPHY - The Cherokee
County and Murphy School
units will receive bids for
school building construction
on Thursday, Jan. 24.
The bids Include con
struction of a classroom -
lunchroom combination at the
Murp .iy Elementary School and
a lunchroom-home economics
bulldli)g at Murphy High
School.
In the County system, a
cafeteria building will be built
at Hlwassee Dam School; a
gymtorium at Ranger School,
and a multi-purpose room at
White Church School.
As of Friday morning, J an.
4, seven general contractors
had asked for the building
schools, plus five plumbing
and heating subcontractors.
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RUCTION CHAT J
FIRST AID CLASS - A Red Cross first aid instruction class began in Murphy Monday night,
Jan. 7. The class will continue through the remainder of this week. Shown above, Charlie
Johnson, left, is applying a cravet open hand bandage to fellow classmate, John Fleming, right.
' on are Jack Bvans, state director of Red Cross, and his assistant, C. J. Beck, from
the N. C. Highway Department, Sylva. Members of the Cherokee County Rescue Squad and
nersonnel of the U. S. Forestry Service make tg> the class. (Scout Phokt)
WEATHER
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Forecast: Thursday, partly
cloudy; Friday and Saturday,
rain; Sinday, fair.
Adopt Baby Girl
MURPHY - Mr. and Mrs.
Hobart MdCeever announced
Monday, Jan. 7, the adoption
of a baby daughter, Christina.
Farmers Home Lending
At Record High In 1962
HAYESVILLE - F aimers
Home Administration lending
in 1962 reached the highest
level for any 12-month period
in the agency's history.
An estimated $754 million
in loans were made by FHA
during the year ? 50 percent
more than In 1961 and 120 per
cent more than In 1960.
About 214,000 farm and
other rural families used cre
dit from Farmers Home Ad
ministration during 1962. This
was a 17 percent Increase over
the number of borrowers in
1961, and 24 per cent above
1960.
Three of the FHA programs
showed substantial Increases
In dollars loans during the
year.
Loans to fanners for the
purchase of, development or
enlargement of family sized
farms Increased 135 percent.
The amount of credit extend
ed for construction and Im
provement of rural homes and
other buildings more than
than doubled. And loans to in
dividuals and small towns and
other groigis to build on-farm
and rural community water
systems end finance other
water development and con
servation measures rose about
90 percent.
The Pood and Agriculture
Act of 1962 added a number
of new loan authorizations to
the FHA program of super
vised credit. Farm ownership
and opeatlng loans were
broadened to Include the fin
ancing of recreational and for
estry enterprises to sup
plement farmer's Incomes. The
Senior Citizens Housing Act of
1962 established a program of
loans to build rental housing
or Individual bull ding or reno
vating of housing for people
over 62.
All FHA loans are accom
panied by tecnhlcal advice on
I farm and financial manage
. ment. Loans are made only *>
J applicants who are unable to
obtain needed credit from con
ventional lenders.
Planning i Week-end Accident?
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Bloodmoblle In Murphy - Wednesday,
Jan. 16 - 12:30-5:90 Power Board
Bloodmoblle In Hayesvllle - Thurs.,
Jan. 17, 1-6:00 p.m., Methodist Church
County Deeds Land
Behind Library To
Town Of Murphy
New Fire Station
To Be Constructed
MURPHY - The Cherokee
County Board of Commission
era met in a regular session
on Monday, Jan. 7. Present at
the meeting was chairman
W. A. Hoover, LesterN.Cole,
W. T.Moore, and J. E.Graves,
clerk.
A mo don made, seconded,
and approved was to deed to
the Town of Murphy 20 x 70
feet of land; said property
being back of the library; that
a two-story building be builton
this property and used for
fire trucks. Rescue Squad am
bulance, and other equipment
to be i used in this line of work.
W. T. Moore made amotion
which was seconded by L. N.
Cole and unanimously passed
to approve the bond in the a
mount of $1,000.00 for Virgil
Hogsed, county constable, with
the United States Fire In
surance Co.. Surety.
A motion was made by W.
T. Moore, seconded by L. N.
Cole, to give the N. C. Vet
erans Commission $1,000.00
per year, effective January 1,
1963, and was unanimously
passed. This is to be paid to
Frank Swan for service rend
ered from time to time. It
is to continue through Dec.
31, 1966, and is half the a
mount to be paid to Frank
Swan, the other half to be
paid bv the North Carolina
Veterans' Commission - the
salary to be paid $2,000.00.
A motion was also passed
that John Donley, Tax Super
visor, value all new homes
and buildings at 50% of the
building cost.
The commissioner* passed
on a motion B> pay expenses
for Donald Ramsey, Clerk of
Court, and Carlyle Matheson,
Accountant, to go to Chapel
Hill for Business Courses.
The final motion passed was
to place on the map 8/10 mile
of road In Murphy Township
known as the Fred Amos Road.
At the finish of the business,
the meeting was adjourned.
Ranger Grange
RANGER - The Ranger
Grange held Its regular meet
ing at Ranger Elementary
School on January 7, 1963, at
7:30 p.m.
The Grange considered and
endorsed the LeglsladvePro
gram drawn up by the State
Grange.
Monday, January 28, 1963,
will be the next meeting date
for the Grange.
Cilbtrsoi Htws
Mrs. Bonnie Cearley and
her granddaughter, Pamela
Church, were lour day visitors
In Atlanta with Chuck and Joan
Cearley.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gene Arp
have returned home n> Rt.
2, Culberson. They have been
living In Idaho Palls, Idaho,
for the past four months. Mr.
Arp was employed there. On
their return home they visit
ed Mrs. Arp's niece, Mrs.
Annls Payne Van Dyke, of
Salt Lake City, Utah, during
foe Christmas holidays.
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Mr. and Mrs. J ames Dock
ery and children have been
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Bruce.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Jenk
ins of Epworth visited rela
tives and friends here this
weekend.
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John Rush returned to Bob
Jones University, Greenville,
S. C.. after spending Christ
mas vacation with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rush. He
also spent a couple of days In
Ashevllle with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Haywood, his sister
and brother-in-law.
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NICKEL POSTAGE - A* of
Monday, January 7, you nod
on* of dMM on ? firet-claoe
low. Tho Washington (tamp
la on sale now. The flag stamp,
which la manual bocauao It
baara no words, wUl be avail
able K> the public January 9.
The Monro# a tamp haa bow
la uoo a long time and mil
not be
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First Phase Of $50,000
Forest Program Completed
MURPHY - The first phase
of the accelerated public
works program that was
signed inn lew by President
Kennedy on September 14,
1962 came n an end Decem
ber 31, 1962, on the Tusqult
tee Ranger District.
The Area Development Ad
ministration of the Depart
ment of Commerce in
cooperation with the Forest
Service of the Department of
Agriculture allotted (50,000
for Improvement of roads,
firebreaks, hellspots, build
ings, and trails on National
Forest land In Cherokee and
Clay Counties In order u help
provide Immediate useful work
for the unemployed and tnder
employed In this area of labor
suiplus.
Tusqutttse District Ranger,
Bunch A. Nugent, reports the
following accomplishments In
Clay and Cherokee Counties:
Awarding of a contract to
DUlard Construction Com
pany of Sylva. N. C? to build
a new warehouse for the For
est Service Work Center in
Murphy. Awarding of a con
tract t> Harold Walls of Mur
phy to construct the Hanging
Dog Road which will serve
the proposed Hlwassee Lake
Recreation area. This con
tract Included (15.000 of
AA To Meet
HAYESV1LLE - At the Jn
uary 13 meeting of Alcoholic
Anynomous, which will be held
at Hlnton Rural Life Center,
Hayesvllle, N. C? Smille M.
from Hendersonvllle, N. C?
will be speaker.
A covered dish dinner and
fellowship will begin at 1:00
pjn.
K. P. W. money to supplement
regular finds approprlstedfor
this road.
New service buildings have
been constructed at BlgStamp
and Panther Top Lookout Tow
ers. Two hell spots (helicop
ter lending spots) have also
been constructed near these
towers. Three and one - half
miles of firebreaks have been
re-worked and approximately
22 miles of Forest Service
Road shoulders have been
brushed. Approximately four
miles of Forest Service roads
have been graveled.
All of this work has furnish
ed temporary employment di
rectly by the Forest Service
to 19 local men. In addition,
numerous workers will be
furnished employment through
work contracts awarded.
The Forest Service in anti
cipating additional funds inder
the Accelerated Public Works
program to furnish furthet
employment through June,
1963. To date, no additional
finds have been allotted.
Dale Lee, Murphy
Merchant, Home
From Hospital
MURPHY - Dale Lee, 60,
popular Murphy clothing store
)pernor, returned home Moo
lay night, Jan. 7, after under
going extensive teata for a
malignant tumor at an Emory
University hospital In Atlanta.
Mr. Lea was at his desk In
the rear of Candler'a Tues
day morning busily catching
tg> with correspondence
tax reports that had piled ip
during Ma absence last week.
He must return 0 Emory
Thursday, Jan. 10, for a ser
ies of X-ray treatments and
Mr. Lee is aider the care
of Dr. Oiso Abbott, a famed
CanaMaai doctor who has bean
dn operating physician for the
Royal Family of England.
He will remain In Atlanta
for a period of 20 days during
which time he will receive
Mr. Lee said, "I fool fb?
have caSMtta la my
Emory. They have
In Ma world right
CONGRATULATIONS
The erection of large, attractive highway eigne on all
major highway* leading Into Murphy i* another amp for
ward in advertising the Murphy area to tha ever growing
number of Burlsts visiting North Carolina each
Recently, the Family Reataurant in Mtcpby erected
on U. S. Highway 19 - 129 from Bl*rtvUle, U. S. Highway
64 from Copperhill, and two eigne on U. S. 19 from Ashe
vllle. One of thaee signs la 40 miles from Mtvphy, this
aide of Bryeon City.
All these eigne advertise the restaurant awl secondly,
the motel accommodations in Murphy. The word MOTH.
"Virtf]T0*DeuT owner^esTop?-a*Mr*of "this reel
I* to be congrandated for tMa '
WEND ALL WILLARD LOVINGOOD, JR? 33 year old tailor,
was promoted to Lt. J. G. In the U. S. Navy on December 30,
1962. He entered the Navy In June. 1948.
Lt. Lovlngood Is presently stationed at Ft. Campbell, Ky.
Prior to this assignment, be served for two years on the Air
Craft Carrier RANDOLPH. For twelve years he was on sub
marine duty.
Lt. Lovlngood Is the son o4 Mr. and Mrs. Wendell W. Lovln
good. and at one time attended Andrews High School.
Reuben Battle And Ed
Garrison Nominated For
Morebead Scholarships
CHAPEL HILL - iwenty
flve high school male seniors,
nominated from counties In
this area for consideration for
More he ad Scholarships id the
University of North Carolina,
will be interviewed by the
More head Scholarship Dis
trict VI Committee at the
Battery Park Hotel, Ashe
ville, January 16.
The nominees from District
VI are being interviewed in
statewide competition with 1S6
boys from the other slxMore
head Scholarship Districts in
the state.
Morehead Scholarships pro
vide a four-year all - expense
paid undergraduate college
education to recipients. They
were established in 1951 by
John Motley Morehead, UNC
graduate and native North
Carolinian who lives in Rye,
N. Y. Mr. Morehead la chair
man of the John Motley More
head Foundation.
Morehead Scholarship Dls
trlce VI is composed of the
following 17 counties: Avery,
Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay,
Graham, Haywood, Hender
son, Jackson, Macon, Madi
son, McDowell, Mitchell,
Polk, Rutherford, Swain,
Transylvania, Yancey.
Among the nominees for
district interviews from these
counties were Reuben Brian
Battle of Andrews, Cherokee
County; Edwin Bud Garrison
of Hayesvllle, Clay County;
Wi
Cat.
urpky
Jo
endar
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10
:00 p.m. - Cancer Clinic At
Health Department.
1:30 pjn. - Peachtree Home
Demonstration Club id meet
with Mrs. Aud Sudderth.
1:15 p.m. - Cherub and Junior
Choirs to meet at First
Methodist Church.
7:00 p.m. - Rescue Squad *>
meet at Murphy Power
Board Building.
7:30 pjn. - Murphy Chapter
No. 10 Order of Baa tarn
Star to meet in Masonic
Hall.
AAUW K> meet with Mrs.
J. Alton Morris, Andrews.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 11
7:00 pjn. -Swain -vs-Murphy
basketball game at Bryson
City.
Rescue Squad First Aid
Class at Murphy Power
Board Building.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 13
6:15 p.m. - Mass at Provi
dence Chapel.
11:00 a.m. - Holy Mass at
St. Williams Chapel.
5:30 p.m. - MYF at First
Methodist Church.
MONDAY, JANUARY 14
6:30 p.m. - Rotary Club to
meet at Family Restaurant.
B h PW Club to meet at
Regal Hotel.
7:30 p.m. - Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine officers
and committee meeting at
the St. Williams Catholic
Church.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15
lOrtO a.m. - Circle No. 4 of
First Methodist Church ?
meet with Mrs. Brooce
Breland.
2:30 pjn. - Circle No. 9 of
First Methodist Church to
meet with Mrs. W.P.Odom.
4:00 pjn. - Teachers NCSA
Area conference to be held
In RobfctnsvlUe School at
Robbtnevtlle.
6:30 pjn. - Clvttan to moat at
Family Raataurent.
7:30 pjn. - Circle No. 1 of
First MethodUt Church m
meat with Mrs. Hataa
Dlchey.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1*
7:15 pjn. - T
at First T
7:90 pjn. - Bo
at Presbyterian <
7:90 en.
at Pisa
kOO pjn. - ChMr
at Ptssbytarlaa <
Tar Heel
Restaurant
Opens At Murphy
MURPHY - The town's new
est resuurant opened Tues
day, J anuary 8, under the name
of the Tar Heel Restaurant.
The Restaurant, formerly
known as Tracy's Restaurant,
la owned and operated by Mr.
and Mrs. SonnyGUlesple, both
Murphy natives.
The restaurant opened fol
lowing extensive redecorating
and repairs. Including a bright
new paint job and a colorful
neon sign that beckons to the
tourists.
The restaurant la located
on Valley River Avenug, three
doors down from the square.
Mr. wad Mrs. Gillespie
bought the restaurant from
?o. Mr. Gillespie was
associated with Ms parents In
Mrs. Gillespie was formerly
a legal aaci etai y
Prod O. Chrism
Bo th will devott full
V!
Murphy
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