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The Cherokee Scout
And Clay Co u 11 ty Progress
Vohfo 73 . Nnwb?r 43 Murjhy, North Coralloa. Thor.dor, Moy 23. 1963 14 Poflos Thl. Wook Puhllthod Wooklr "u^runVi'c'nmAn'
Mrs. Savage, Longtime
Newspaperwoman,-Dies
I I
MURPHY - Mrs. Ida Moody
? Johnson Savage, 86, long time
%\shevllle Citizen and Times
%correspondent, civic leader,
3 retired music teacher and hotel
*1 owner, died Sunday night. May
la* 19 In aMurphy Hospital after
several weeks of illness.
I Mrs. Savage was born in
\ Shelbyvllle, Tenn., a daughter
, C of the late John Farris and
yv*Mary Jane Wiggins Johnson,
' was educated In Shelbyvllle
y schools, and graduated from
V Cincinnati Conservatory of
? Music in Cincinnati, where
(she majored in voice and
piano. She came to Murphy in
V922.
For three years she taught
| music in Murphy public
I jchools, and continued to
\ teach music in her studio after
V'her marriage ? the lateC. W.
fiS
. .Savage until 1960. Since her
{'J husband's death In 1949, she
\ has managed Savage Hotel,
'I which he built.
F Mrs. Savage was an active
f member of the Presbyterian
/Church. She was a Sunday
sChurch School teacher, di
rector of the choir for many
?years, president of the Wo
men of the Church (then cal
led Auxiliary), and district
chairman of Women of the
Ashevllle Presbytery.
She served as correspond
ent for the Ashevllle Citizen
- Times for more than 30
years, and of the Cherokee
Scout for twelve years. She
was active In Murphy Woman's
Club, serving as president and
treasurer, was chairman of the
Tuberculosis Christmas Seal
Sale for 28 years, and was a
member of Murphy Chapter
10 Order of the Eastern Star.
Surviving are a stepson,
W. B. Savage of Norfolk, Va.;
a half-sister, Mrs. J. A. Mc
Kay of Shelbyvllle, Tenn.;flve
nieces and nephews.
Services were held at 2
pjn. Tuesday In the Presby
terian Church.
The Rev. R. A. Potter of
ficiated and burial was In Sun
set Cemetery.
Pallbearers were C. W,
Barrett, Dr. Paul Hill, R. M.
White, Elmer Kllgore, L. D.
Schuyler, C. H, Townson, W.
A. Singleton and Douglas
Smith.
Ivle Funeral Home was in
charge.
f
Stedeet Of /heath
' MAXINEOtXLL, member of thlf yeer'e graduating dees et Murphy High School wee honored
? (he Murphy Buelnen end Profeeeionel Woman'* Club at Its regular monthly meeting May
rt3, 1963, a* Student of the Month. Mlaa 0*Dell la a well-rounded a aidant, having maintained a
g average throughout her four year* In High School, a* well e* having participated in the foUow
Sr activities. She ha* been cheerleader for the athletic department of the high school for I
ars and was selected as captain har senior year. She has played basketball for four years and
?as chosen as "All Conference Player" bar Junior and senior year* and was noted most
Valuable guard for two years. Maxine was student council representative her senior year which
i wtaB-r ta ^ R^tarto,, Contest,
this year's contest. She was votad
_ ware selected, Maxine was chosen as Most Athletic, and was
ilajo voted s> have "Personality Plus." She la a member of the French Qid>.
Maxine Is Vice President of the First Baptist Church Sunday School. President of the YWA,
tinge in the church choir. She plane a> enter Carson Newmw College, Jefferson City, Tsnn^
leu fell.
I? Milt 0"DoU was presented a sterling silver charm Inscribed, "May Student of the Month,"
gie Club as a he^isihe of the occasion. (Scout Photo)
juiDie guard for two years. Maxine was student Cornell rapt
a dltdncdve honor, in horjtmlor year, the was third place
Uch Is sponsored by the BPW Club, end won first place in t
3 Enter
Development
Program
MURPHY - Unaka, Sunny
Point and Wolf Creek are of
ficially entered in the Western
North Carolina and Cherokee
County Community Develop- ?
men t program. These newly
organized clube will compete
both on a couhty level and
among other WNC communi
ties reports James M. Ste
wart, County Extension Chair
man.
Projects already underway
in some communities are: ;
roadside improvement, mail
box improvement, establish
ing recreational facilities, es
tablishment of trash dumps
and cemetery improvements.
Officers of the newly form
ed clubs are: Unaka: Presi
dent, Charlie Bates, Vice -
President, Harold Fenstern
maker; Secretary, Mrs. Helen
Mason; Treasurer, Cecil
Jones; Reporter, Mrs. J. R.
Roberts; Scrapbook Chairman,
Mrs. Lois Radford; Program
Chairman, Glenn Farmer.
Wolf Creek: President,
Troy Slmonds; Vice Presi
dent. Winston Hawkins, Sec-1
retary - Treasurer, Joyce
Hawkins; Reporter, Louise
Helton; Scrapbook Chairman,
Hoover Ballew; Program
Chairman, Blllie Ruth
Slmonds.
Sunny Polne President,
Dlllard McAfee; Vice - Presi
dent, Paul Curtis; Secretary
Treasurer, Mrs. Paul Curtis;
Reporter, Mrs. Lyle Cstrin
ger; Scrapbook Chairman,
Mrs. Edgar Newman; Pro
gram Chairman, Mrs. Paul
Curtis.
AUNT HET
Sometimes young doctors
can't find out what ails their
patients; and they know just
enough Psychology to blame
their minds for their illness.
HIWASSEE dam high school honor students in
the 1963 graduating class are Miss Donna Jean Payne,
left above, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Payne and Is
recognized as ValedictDrtal of this year's graduating class.
Miss Payne has maintained a 96.4 average in high school,
with emphasis in Business Education.
She has been very active in extra currlcular activities
holding such honors as Annual Editor-in-Chief, President
of Beta Club, President of Student Council, President of
FHA, and many others.
Miss Margie Jean Roberts, right above, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Roberts, Route 4, Murphy, N. C., has been named
Salutatorlan of this year's graduating class. Miss Roberts
maintained a 94.85 average to place second in class rank. Miss
Roberts emphasized Business Education in her course of study,
and present plans call for employment in this field.
Miss Roberts has been most active in extra curricular acti
vities in high school. She has served as Vice-President of Beta
Club, Editor of the School Paper, Annual Business Manager,
Secretary and Treasurer of the Senior Class, to name a few.
We congratulate Miss Payne and Miss Roberts on their
achievements.
A STRAIGHT "A" AVERAGE for four years at Murphy
High School makes Linda Ruth Smith, daughter of the Rev.
and Mrs. C. A. Smith, valedictorian of the class of 123 sen
iors this spring. The salutatorian is Lester Lee Stowe, son
of the Rev. and Mrs. Lester Stowe of Rt. 1. Miss Smith
played basketball four years, was a member of the 4-H Club
and Future Teachers of America Chapter, and was a member
of the Student Council and a class officer. Stowe participated
in the Mechanics' Club and several sports, and is a music
fan.
Moore Pitches For Berea Team
BE RE A, KY. - John Gordon
Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gergsn Moore of Route 2,
Murphy, Is a member of the
Berea College Baseball team.
Moore, a freshman at Berea,
Is 19 years old. He plays the
outfield and pitches. He has
played left field in every game
except the ones he pitched. He
has a 2-1 record for the sea
son. One of his wins was a
masterful one-hitter against
the University of Louisville.
As a hitter, he is batting
.274.
Berea College is a non
denomlnal, liberal arts col
lege, located in Berea, Ky.
Trial Date Set For
6 Hiwassee Dam
High School Students
H1WASSEEDAM - Five sen
ior boys and one Junior at
HI was see Dam High School
were expelled Wednesday,
May IS, following the theft
of gas from one of the school's
buses, the breaking andenter
of the school Tuesday
night and the larceny of a
safe containing over $2,000.
The Junior and four of the
seniors were charged Wed
nesday with breaking and en
tering the school and larceny
of the safe.
All six boys were charged
with stealing gas from the
school bus. "Hie boys will
face this charge In Cherokee
County Recorder's Court on
Monday, June 3.
Sheriff Claude Anderson
Identified the boys as Lewis
Voyles, Pat Hogan, Joe Crisp,
Charles Bryant, James Glad
son, and BUI Helton. Helton
was not Involved In the break
ing and entering and larceny
of the safe.
Voyles, Hogan, Crisp,
Bryant, and Gladson, all of
Route 2, Culberson, waived
preliminary hearing and were
bound over to the July 29
term of Cherokee County
Sigjerior Court.
AU six boys are free under
$1,500 bond each.
All five seniors were due to
graduate on Monday, May 27,
with the 1963 senior class at
Hlwassee Dam School. None
of the boys will graduate on
time with the regular class.
According ?> school authori
ties, plans have been laid for
the boys to graduate and re
ceive their diplomat some
time in the future. These plans
were laid at a meeting with
the boys, their parents, and
school authorities at a mast
ing Saturday, May 18.
A detailed list of
K> the school cona lined - safe
carried off and destroyed; two
agrtctdtural, broken tns>; two
sportsmanship trophsea,pre
sented to the school by the
Smoky
? a station
wagon In *a agriculture
building; and other minor
damages a various small
Items In the buildings. The
parents have agreed with the
school authorities to pay lor
and replace all material that
was damaged.
Early news releases listed
the safe contained (1,600. A
thorough check following the
incident revealed that the sum
was almost $2,100. Not fig
ured In the first figure were
funds collected by the senior
class for caps and gowns.
These funds were in bags and
had not been entered In the
school's receipt book.
The youths Involved In the
larceny attempted to burn the
checks found In the safe. They
were not successful.
The sheriff said the money
appeared to be intact. The
partially burned checks were
readable rfnd efforts have been
started id collect the funds.
Harest King, principal of
the school, said, "1 think we
will be able id cover every
thing."
The sheriff said the boys
told him where they had hid
den the money. Anderson and
SB1 Agent M. G. Crawford
found die safe on a side road.
Stills 1132, off State 1131 off
U. S. 64 near the Tennessee
line.
Anderson said the boys Bid
him they had not planned m
enter the school, but acted on
the spur of the moment. The
back door of the building and
the office door were found
open at 7 a.m. Wednesday by
the school janlor. Cliff Henry.
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Porcase Thursday, clear la
acatawed doudtneaa: Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday, pardv
cloudy.
County Now Has Until
Aug. 1st To Decide
Oh' Fire Protection
Ask, If You Want It
Fire protection for property outside the Murphy Town
mlts has created quite a bit of discussion the past few
eeks.
The town Is taking a position that the obligation for fire
rotecdon for county property owners lies not with the Town
f Murphy but with the county.
This Is based on the fact that the Murphy Fire Department
) supported solely by Murphy taxpayers, the comity govern
tent or pfbperty owners not contributing id the support of a
ire department.
At a meeting of the Town of Murphy *>wn council and the
herokee County Commissioners Monday, May 6, the town
ouncll sought to work out a plan with the county whereby the
ounty or or sity property owners could share in the cost
f maintaining the fire fighting equipment.
At the town council meeting Monday, May 13, a resolution
'as Introduced terminating fire protection id private property
1 the county. Industrial, religious and government property
owever vqpuld be protected.
This resolution was amended at a special meeting Thurs
lay morning whereby fire protection will be continued id all
roperty in the county until August 1, 1963, at which time
Ire protection will be discontinued to all property In the
ounty Including churches, schools, businesses. Industries,
nd governmental.
If county property owners desire and feel a need for fire
rotecdon for their homes, businesses, churches, and schools,
te time has come to ask the county commissioners id pro
'de this service. ?
MURPHY - Murphy Town
Council met at 11:00 a.m. on
Thursday. May 16, at the Town
Hall with the City Fire De
partment present.
W. A. Singleton made a mot
Ion. duly seconded by John
Jordan that the resolution pre
viously passed on Monday,
May 13, concerning ceasing
fire protection outside the city
except public buildings or
propertUsuch as schools,
churchMf town, county, and
state or federal owned
buildings, be amended as fol
lows:
Effective immediately, fire
protection will continue for the
Town of Murphy and Chero
kee Cointy as in the past un
til August 1, 1963. If at this
time no satisfactory agree
ment can be worked out be
tween v m and county, all fire
protection ygU be discontinued
outsit : the?1/ limits. This
means there will be no fire
protection for schools,
churches, or industries out
side the city limits, as aul
as private property.
The town, seeking a work
able plan with the county,
sought help . .mm the North
Carolina Legiue of Munici
palities. The folN ting Is a
report from this organization:
OUTSIDE FIRE PROTECTION
SERVT
"The question! f providing
fire service to areas outside
the corporate limits has
plagued North Carolln^munl
cipalltles for many years and
Is one of the most difficult
problems to resolve from a
policy standpoint that exists
In this state today. As a re
sult. this office has f< - ??ulated
definite recorrwrr Celtic, s con
cerning outsiiers were i vice.
In recent Jarl Stile-mber
of munldpall ass Lovin con
siderable disciK'llardand dif
ficulty, have decioS'd to dis
continue providing any outside
fire service. Our records
indicate that at present there
are 40 municipalities In this
state which do not render any
fire service outside the cor
porate limits. The majorityof
these towns which do not pro
vide outside service are towns
over 5,000 In population.
In attempting to determine
a policy for outside service,
there are several basic con
siderations which must be tak
en into account, and these
considerations are summariz
ed below:
BASIC CONSIDERATIONS
1. Municipalities in North
Carolina have the authority
to provide fire service outside
the corporate limits, and in
general, the city or town is
not liable for damage to per
sons or property in rendering
this service. The municipality
is liable for the payment of
Workmens' Compensation
claims for firemen who are
killed or injured outside the
corporate limits in perform
ing their duty. Most munici
palities that render outside
service carry adequate Work
mens' Compensation In
surance.
2. The primary considerat
ion for any municipality in con
sidering outside service is
whether or not it can do so
and still leave the city or
town Itself with adequate fire
protection service. Municipal
fire protection should not be
depleted when outside ser
vice is rendered, and under no
circumstances should the
municipality ever permit all
of la equipment and personnel
a respond a an oualde call,
leaving the municipality un
protected. If oualde service is
rendered, additional equip
ment and personnel should
provide the service a the out
side area, leaving the munici
pal equipment lnuctfor inside
calls.
3. In determining whether or
not to provide outside service,
and the extent of this service,
one of the molt Important fic
tors Is the effect the outside
service will have on existing
fire insurance ratings estab
lished by the North Cerollna
Fire Insurance Rating Bureau.
When a municipality renders
outside service, it Is greded
on the area served with ex
isting personnel and equip
ment, rather than on the area
within the corpora* limits.
This means that if the Btal
area requires additional
equipment and personnel
and this additional equipment
and personnel is not provld
ecL the D wit's Insurance
classification will be lower -
rale on municipal property
will Increase.
4. A municipality that read
ers outside fire service should
be adequately numpeasawl by
fire proa
an for people who are not
axpayers within the munlci
iality.
5. Generally speaking, fire
ervice is not adequate when
he property served Is located
no re than three miles from
he fire station. Therefore, In
onslderlng outside service,
he municipality should place
i limitation on the area serv
ed, according to this general
jrlnciple, and not attempt to
terve property which Is ?o
hstant from the existing fire
station.
The consideration which has
given as much difficulty to
many cities and towns as any
other Is the question of how
the municipality can be ade
quately compensated for this
service. In general, there are
4 plans in use in die state to
day. These 4 plans can be
summarized as follows:
1. Contract with property
owners. Under this plan, the
city agrees to serve only cer
tain properties, such as In
dustries, schools, or other
public buildings outside the
corporate limits, for which
[hey enter Into an annual con
tract and receive an annual
payment for this service.
2. Contract with county.
Several municipalities have
entered Into contracts with the
county, under which the county
pays annually to the town or
city an amotsit which will com
pensate the municipality for
service rendered to a par
ticular area of the county. In
Klnston, for example, Lenoir
County purchased a truck that
Is housed by the city and ap
propriates annually an amount
sufficient to maintain this
equipment and pay the per
sonnel to man the equipment.
3. Charges and Fees. Sev
eral municipalities impose a
special fee per call for ren
dering outside fire service.
This plan has not been too
successful, because of the dif
ficulty In collecting the fees
and charges imposed from
Individual property owners.
K variation of this plan Is *>
permit the property owner to
buy an Insurance rider for his
fire Insurance policy, under
which the Insurance company
pays the city or town the fee
or charge Imposed for this
service.
4. Fire Protection Dis
tricts. The General Statutes
authorize the creation by the
cotnty of a fire protection
district, which has the
authority to enter into a con
tract with the municipality for
fire service. Under this ar
rangement, the county levies
a tax not to exceed 10f on
the $100 valuation within that
portion of the county Included
within the fire district. This
tax is collected by the county
and turned over to the muni
cipality annually in payment
for this service.
If a minidpallty Is con
templating an outside fire
service policy, your firststsp
should be to contact Mr. R.
Kenneth Scott, Chief Bnglneer,
N. C. Fire Insurance Rating
Bureau, Raleigh. Mr. Scott
will be happy to discuss with
you and your officials the re
sults that you could expect
your fire In
rating If you served
a certain area outside the cor
pora* limits. He Is happy *
give you soma Idea of the re
tire da
should not exceed 3 miles
from the present fire station.
2. The city should establish
two separate units within the
fire department; one utlt
would be composed of per
sonnel and equipment which
would be used only for the pur
pose of protecting the city.
This unit would have Its own
officers and should have sepa
rate training. The second wit
would be used exclusively for
the outside area. This inlt
should be composedof person
nel who do not have any part
In the Inside unit, and the
equipment used for this inlt
should be suitable for rural
fire protection service.
3. By far the most satis
factory type of financing plan
is the creation of a fire pro
tection district; under which
the county levies a special
fire tax and reimburses the
city annually for this service.
If you have any questions
concerning the above, of If
we can provide you with any
additional Information, please
let us know.
N. C. League of Municipalities
Post Office Box 3069,
Raleigh, North Carolina."
Cherokee County
Borrow* $40,000
From Ferebee Co.
ANDREWS - Fere bee and
Co. of Andrews purchased
$40,000 worth of six-month
Cherokee County revenue an
ticipation bonds Tuesday, May
21, at an approximate Interest
cost of 1.7 per cent.
The sale was announced by
the N. C. Local Government
Commission in Raleigh, along
with seven other municipal
bond Issues.
The money Is to be used
by the county for general op
erating expenses until In
come from a tax revaluation
can take effect. The revalua
tion program is not yet
complete.
John Jordan
Heads Legion
MURPHY - John Jordan
Was installed as Commander
of Jos Miller BUdM Post 96,
The American Legion, at a
special meeting at Doha's
Lodga Monday eeaotag. May
20.
Jotdaelsa
of World War Khar
'In We U.S. Navy
He lei
Mrs. Jordan Is also a i
af World Warn, hsvtaL
odea Navy Nurse. Mr. Jer