MUjaiffC libbahx kuhfhy s 0 Housing Project Bids To Be Opened Friday MURPHY - A postponement of on* day in the opening of sealed bids for the $500.00 forty unit low rant housing project to be built here was announced this week by Ban A, Palmar, executive direcmr of ilia Murphy Housing Authority. Originally the bida were set to be opened Thursday, August 15. The openings have been reset Friday, August 16. The bids will be opened at 2:30 p.m. at the Murphy Town Hall. Bids for the furnishing of all labor, material, equip ment, and services required to construct the 40-tmit housing project and administration and maintenance buildings, land scape work, site improve ments, and utilities will be publicly opened and read aloud. Miner Is Fatally Injured * MURPHY - A miner it The iHitchcock Corp. ulc mtaZ tare was fatally injuredsome dme around mldnightTtasdav Au8. 13. in a freak accident In which two other miners were injured. Ode an Garrett. 28. of the Town ?ection. was killed instantly when be was thrown from the lift bucket In which he was riding with two other miners in shaft ? '"ecendy opened shaft ?t the mines. n 1^? JnJured men were Lloyd B*tar. foreman of the third shift, ?nd JackOllliard. Baker ?nd Dilliard were admitted to tta Providence Hospital for treatment of their injuries. reP?rtBd to have suffered a broken leg. Dil liard reportedly suffered a broken or badly sprained wrist cuts and bruises. The men were attempting to raise a "shot mat," an apparatus used id contain the roc'' *nd other debris thrown when s blast is set off in a mine shaft. The mat was made of six railroad cross des, cut off to six foot lengths ?snd weighed 1800 - 2000 pounds. In the process of bringing the mat ig> , the men got the mat to the desired level and signaled the hoist man to stop. As the men gave the signal the power failed. Tta hoist man applied the brake and fastened the ratcfcet holding the cable steady thatsupported the bucket containing the three miners and the mat. The hoist man went to check the fuse box and as he turned back to the shaft, he saw the cahle make a big Jump, or whipping motion. The chain holding the mat broke , loosening almost a ton of weight and thus causing the bucket carrying the miners to ljmge, throwing all three out Tta miners fell 30-40 feet in to the shaft The mat had been fastened to the cable with a new heavy, chain. A second smaller chain, that had been used previously ? hoist the mat was not in a? of tta accident Half of tta larger chain was found on the mat Ae other half on the cable. Garrett is survived by his widow, Annie Ruth, and nine Elizabeth? d*U*htBr> T,mm* Cherokee Coiaity Coroner, J. C. Townson said Garrett died of bead injuries Early Wednesday * morning mine officials were examin ing the pieces of equipment Involved in the accident A company official said. 'Everytime we have an ac cident we & over every piece of equipment to find what caused the accident" Construction on the project will start mb days following the opening of the bids. 36-units of the project will be located oa a 10-acre tract known as the old Beal property on Hlwassee Street. The other four units trill be built at die city limits In Texana for Negro occupancy. Rhodo by Harley W. Grant Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Day and children of Robbtnsvllle attended church services at Moieitain View Church Sun day morning. -R Several people are attend ing the singing school at Red Marble Church. The school is conducted b y Hoyt Luna ford. -R Mrs. Alma and Theodore Orfanedes left Thursday for their borne In Homestead, Fla. after spending several days In the Rhodo community. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Belle Mead, also of Homestead. -R Several of our people at tended singing at the Free Methodist Church of An drews Saturday night. The Crusader Quartet of Georgia was the guest. -R Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dock ery and son, Jeffry and Mrs. Thomas H. Grant visited re latives at Nantahala Sunday afternoon. -R Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bateman and children. Tammy and Susan Rena, spent Saturday night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bateman of Kyle. -R Mr. and Mrs. Billle Stanley and children spent the week end visiting Mrs. Stanley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Styles at Nashville, Tenn. Boiling Springs by Druery O'Dell We ere sorry to heer that R. V. McClure, who has been ill for some time has taken a urn for the worse and Is In the hospital in a serious con dition. With God's will we hope for his soon recovery. -BS On Thursday afternoon. August 8, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Abernathy, a Four-H Club was organized. The club members will meet every Thursday afternoon. It is a nice thing for the youth of our land as this helps build up our living resources and promises better achievements in our way of life. We hope they will have the very best success in this worthwhile enterprise. -BS Mrs. Callle Gentry and one of the teachers of the White Church School visited Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Abernathy and family Monday afternoon. -BS Mrs. Tina Arms was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. O'Dell Saturday. Miss J une O'Dell and Miss Minnie Alien went on a hike t> Murphy Sunday afternoon. They reported that they were badly fatigued but were de lighted by their experience. Good for you girls, repeat it again. -BS Mr. and Mrs. OM Davis, their son and his mother-in law, of Ohio are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Davis, this week. -BS Mrs. Cleo Mills visited her sister, Mrs. Jack O'Dell, and family recently. Mrs. Osla Bell Odom of New Ellington, S. C., has re turned home after spending several weeks with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. O'Dell THOSE COMPLETING THE JUNIOR UFBSAWC COURSE conduced July 22 lt will their eyes contact a Lion . Willing you eyes ater death will en able some person who Is blind Notice ANDREWS ? All Little Leagures are asked to turn In your uniforms as soon as pos sible. NOW NOTICE MURPHY - Thursday and Friday, August IS and 16, all persons planning id attend I Murphy High School this year who did not register In spring will please report to the school between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m Pupils who wish id make nec essary changes In their spring registration will report at the same time . A total re registration as announced earlier will not be necessary. WEATHE Date H L Perc Aug 8 86 63 o.OS 9 85 55 o.OO 10 85 56 o.OO 11 76 55 o.00 12 83 54 o.OO 13 88 62 o.OO 14 83 56 1.19 Weather Forecast: Thursday scattered cloudness. Friday, Saturday and Sunday; Isolated p.m. Thundershowers becom ing more numerous Saturday and Sunday. and Clay County Progress VoIwm 74 - Number 3 Murphy, North Corolina, Thursday, August 15, 1963 14 Paaes This Week Published Weekly second class postage paid * AT MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA Hiwassee Dam by Charmla Jones Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Starks, Jr. and son, Jeffrey, have re turned to their home In Cicero, 111. , after spending several weeks withMr.Starks parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Starks, Sr. -HD Mr. and Mrs. Fade Chap man entertained guests with a bar-b-que chicken dinner on Saturday evening, guests were Mr. and Mrs. EuclidVoy les and Bruce and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jones. -HD Mr. W. B. Dockery Is a surgery padent at Memorial Hospital In Chattanooga, Tenn. We wish him a speedy re covery. -HD Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pickle and Tonya of Etowah, Tenn. visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jones last Friday. -HD Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knight on and daughter, Julie, of At lanta, spent the week-end with Mrs. Knighton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Alien. -HD Mr. and Mrs. Carl Qulnn and son, Johnnie, of Solomons, Md. are spending a few days at their home here. -HD Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Starks and children, Alex and Boo, visited W. C. C. at CuUowhee where Alex will attend school this fall, and made a short visit to Fontana Village one day last week. -HD Mrs. Nora Floyd is spend ing this week with be r dau ghter, Mrs. Mitchell Stephens, In Blalrsvllle, Ga. -HD Mlss Syhle Starks Is In Adanta this week visiting Miss Dee-Dee Owens. -HD Mlss Sharon Floyd cele brated her eleventh birthday last Sunday. -HD Here and There Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Reece, Jr., end son, Mark, of Smyrna, Ga. visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Reece, Sr. over the week-end. -HD Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Tate of Douglaavllle, Ga. spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reid. -HD Mr. and Mrs. Billy Moore and Mr. and Mrs. George Baker of Atlanta, Ga., visited friends over the week-end. -HD Week-end guests In the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Satter field, were Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Rice and sons, Kenneth and Charles, of Atlanta, Ga. -HD Dinner Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Sitter field one evening last week were Mr. and Mrs. Austin Dockery and children, Ttmmy and Gary; Mr. and Mrs. Big ham and children, Danny, De borah, and Kathy, of Cleve land, Ohio; Gerald Bigham of Dal ton, Ga., and Mr. andMrs. Vineyard Newman and son, Mike, of Turtletown, Tenn. Marble by Mrs. Ben Mann A revival began Sunday night at the Marble Springs Baptist Church with the pas tor, Rev. Thad Dowdle, as speaker. The public is in vited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Herman West and sons, Robert and Roger, have returned home from a two week tour of the West ern States. While on their tour they visited friends in Rock Springs, Wyo. and the boys enjoyed a fishing trip at Big Pinney Lake there. Leaving Wyoming, they toured Utah and visited Victor West, who is employed there, and en route home visited their son, Wallace West, who is employed by his father in Cadez. Ky. They reported a nice trip and had a wonderful time. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. Dale Barwood and daughter of Oscida, Mo., have been visiting his mother Mrs. Leonard Barwood, and his sister and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Glbby and family. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Don Barwood and family and her mother, Mrs. Edna Kent, of Hanging Dog. A revival will begin at Oak Grove Baptist Church on Sun day, Aug. IS. TheRev.Grover Moss is the pastor. Guy West, Leonard and Joe West have returned from Dutch John, Utah, where they employed. Mrs. Leila Roberts and sons of Lenoir, N. C. visited ?,. ?, Mr*. WW- ?? gs and Mihkwd last Mrs. homecoming held ?: the Little Glade Baptist Church in Martins Creek last Sunday. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs Clyde Ingalls and daughters, Libby and Dlanne of Lexington, N. C. have moved into our com munity at Marble. Mrs. In galls will be teaching in the Hiwassee Dam School this year. ? ? ? Mrs. Evelyn West and dau ghter, Clarise , and son, Rickie, are visiting Mr. Vin son West in Cadez, Ky? this week. ? ? ? Mr. Bill Dockery andHarold Long are patients In District Memorial Hospital at An drews. We wish them a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Trull, of Cleveland Tenn., visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Palmer and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rax ter last week. ? * ? Mr. and Mrs. Mack Moss have received word that their son-in-law. Bo wen Montelth, passed away early Monday morning In Sylva, N. C. ? ? ? Mrs. Donald Earwood hon ored her son, David on his third birthday, Saturday, at 3:00 p.m. Games were played by the group attending, after which they were served birth day cake, Ice cream, and cokes. Those attending were Terry and Donnle Moss, Jerry,Katie and Sharon Hughes, Henry and Jimmy Swan son, Charles, Brenda and Gerald Gibby, Sherry Watts and Pa t Nix, Miss Diane Watts and Mrs. Forrest Gibby assisted Mrs. Earwood In serving. Mrs. Amos Moss, Mrs. Paul Hughes Mrs. Leonard Earwood, Mrs. Ernest Humphries were also present. Mr. and Mrs. J. M Moss, Sr., Miss Wllla Belle Moss and Rev. Thad Dowdle of Marble attended funeral ser vices Tuesday for B. H. Mon de th in Sylva. Mrs. Forrest Gibby, Mrs. Leonard Earwood, Ronnie, and Lois and Mrs. Glbby's child ren were visitors In Ashe ville Monday. They also visited Mrs. Dee Rsxter In Canton. Rev. and Mrs. Homer and boys were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. andMrs.Harley McHan of Marble. , Clay County Mr. Pat Feeney returned home with his parents after visldng the summer with his grandmother and cousins of Young Harris, Ga. -CC Mra. Paulina Payne, Archie Payne and chlltfcwn, Mr. and Mrs. Daan Co her and family enjoyed a picnic with Mrs. Marge Coher and son, Billy The children had a wonderfu Ana playing | Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mash bum and little daughter of Sominerset, F a. arrived Sat urday for a weeks visit with relatives and friends. -A Gary McBrayer of Fort Worth, Texas, was guest of John Gernert and parents, during theweek.Gary andjohn have served as councelors at Rockmont Camp at Black Mountain during the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Vance Wilson spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Burl Brown. A nephew, Marshall Clounts, of Peach tree, was a Sunday visitor. Bellview 4-H Club by Steve Hatchett BELLVIEW - The Bellview 4-H Club held its regular mon thly meeting in the community building, Monday, August 12 at 7 p.m. Miss Patsy Anderson pre sided over the business. Mrs. Clyde McNabb and Mrs. T. E. Anderson, adult leaders, were present. A fair booth was dis cussed by die group and a committee appointed to meet with Mrs. Clyde McNabb, Thursday, August 15 at 7 p.m to make plans for the booth. Also they discussed helping with a chicken barbecue. The J unior 4-H had a pro gram on Health. Carolyn Hughes talked about "Person al Health Improvement." Re creation for both groups was led by Brenda Stalcup. Murphy's Electric System Plant Valued At $669,015 MURPHY - Murphy Power Board's facilities are valued today at more than $669,015.16 "That's a long jump from the $71,000 that the system was worth during the first year of operation," John H. Bayless, Manager of Murphy Power Board, said this week. This great increase in the electric system's plant value Is due mainly to expansion and Warne Mrs. Crover Shook and dau ghter of Atlanta, Ga., are visiting her mother, Mrs. Date Stevens. -W Mr. C. D. Garden of Knox ville, Tenn., Mr. E. B. Tol liver of Ellzabethton, Tenn., and Mr. W. J. WllderofMem phis, Tenn., visited Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ford last Tues day. They presented Wayne with a 15 year loyal service pin from the American Snuff Co., in Memphis, Tenn. -W J ay Brown and sons. Wade and Buck, were home with Mrs. Jay Brown over the week-end. Jay and Wade are employed InAtlanta and Buck is with the U, S. Army . Air Force stationed in Texas. -W Miss Mary Jo Burch and Mrs. Roberta May and Char les spent last Thursday with Mrs. Claude Moore. ' Improvement programs to sen. an ever-growing demand for electricity in this area. Almost $63,000 was spent to improve the system during the past 12 months. And thou sands of dollars have gone into lines, transformers, and other distribution equipment ? all aimed at giving better electric service ? each year that the power system has been in operation. Some of the major improve ments last year include an ad ditional 8 miles of line-mostly rural. $17,000 went into the system in poles and pole hard ware, $26,000 in trans formers. The street lighting system was improved at a cost of $13,000 overhead lines $10,000. Other improvements consist of additional services, meters, and metering equip ment, new transportation and communication equipment. "Although we're proud of the growth of our electric system," Bayless said, "we're not standing still." "We're planning ahead for an even greater and better elec tric system to take care of our rapidly Increasing de mand for electric power." Chattanooga NBC . CBS . ABC iJicnPE kppaars Regularly In Tha Scout THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM of the Murphy-Hayesville Epalcopel Btfata School woo held on Friday, August 2, at Messiah Episcopal Church. The program began with a worship service in which the children red led whet they hod learned from the sermonettts given by the Sigwrtnaendant, Robert Hadaa, during the too week school. The older juniors presented a puppet play entitled "Love la a Seed**. A mural dqplcttag the Exodus drawn by the younger jieiiors waa exhibited and narrawd by members of As dan*. The Primary Class presented projects they had made, lndudUgt a box TV with a series of paintings; a poem, 'Then'; beg ptgtpets of the Biblical character Pad; aad a cloth I which the class made as a gift for a baby which had vlstad the class. The pre-t sang and panto mined the 'Rabbit Song' learned In their recreadonol period. All the ptgilla and parents net for a picnic aad swim et the Kiddle Park following do I Members of the Murphy and HayesvUle Episcopal Bible School era bottom row loft ml Johnny Wilson, Price McKeewer, Bryan Clayton. Vicky Richer*. Florence Wilson, I Vlck. DUnne Winer. Clerks Bo Saoend row, Debbie Clayton. Ass Wilson. Bill Roberta, P Third row; Denny Wilson. Carl ma VaaHorn. Mart VMt, Fourth row; Elizabeth Bourne. Maty Bllaa Neva, CeBry