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NOTICE
WORLD WAR I VETERANS
If you are In? re seed In a
decent Pension you can get
the facta by attending a
ft pedal meeting In the Sylva
Courthouse on Stnday, Aug.
25 at 2:30 pjn.
All World War Veterans and
their ladles are lnvittd to be
on hand for the facts pretain
ing to a Pension, the Junior
Vice Commander Jack Dun
wood of the Department of
North Carolina will have a
message of great Importance
for you.
AU of the W. W. I Bar
racks In Western North Caro
lina will be represented at this
meeting, come and mingle with
your old war Buddies, renew
friendships, make new ones.
This meeting will be the
largest to be held In the Stats,
many of the State Officers will
be on hand to answer
questions.
Mala tills a holliday that
will benefit you and your
family, remember the date
and place, the Sylva Court
house, 2:30 pjn. Sunday the
25th of August.
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16 80 54 0.00
17 80 56 0.00
18 82 58 0.00
19 gs 59 0.00
20 84 62 0.00
21 81 53 0.05
Forecast - Thursday - Fair;
Friday and Saturday - widely
scattered Thunder Showers.
Sunday - Fair.
Among Th? Sick
ANDREWS ? Patient Censui
at District Memorial Hospital
August 18, 1963:
Andrews ? Mr. Billy J.
West, Mrs. Douglas Der
reberry, Mrs. James Harris,
Mrs. Etta Taylor, Mr .Luther
White, Mrs. Earl West.
Robtdnsvllle - Miss Bula
Mae Adams , Mr. Vincent
Queen, Mr. Monroe Hyde,
Mrs. Dollie Mlllsaps, Mr.
Wade Garland, Miss Marie
McClung, Miss Elizabeth Orr
Mr. Earl Wayne Shuler.
Dr. Sedrlc Miller, F on tana
Dam; Mrs. Herbert Bryson,
Top ton; Mrs. T. A. Floyd,
Blalrsvllle, Ga.; Mrs. J. 3.
Wykle, Almond; Mrs. Mamie
Graves, Murphy; Mr. W. R.
Dockery, Marble.
Patients dismissed from
District Memorial Hospital for
the week of August 11 through
18 were:
Andrews - Nova Jean
Dockery, Mrs. Lynn Wood,
Mrs. Gordon Whitaker, Bryan
Howard, Geralene Mathls,
Mrs. Fred Hayes, Mrs. Win
nie Holland Mr. Cross Pul
11 urn, Mr. Asmn Hicks, Mrs.
Reva Crawford, Jim Allison,
Mrs. Claude Hurt.
Robbinsvllle - Frank Ashe
Mrs. Claude Orr; Mrs. Ro
bert Orr and baby boy, Mr.
W. B. Stewart, Jr. Maurice
Stewart; Mrs. Henry Sellers
and baby girls; O. W. Hooper,
Jr., Mr. Verlle Bller, Mrs.
Stanley Patterson and baby
girl; Miss Opal Hooper, Mrs.
J. C. Hooper, Baby Dean
Campbell, R. C. Jones.
Miss Bids Queen, At
lanta; Mr. Bd English, Mur
phy; Jedlle Douthit and Mrs.
Phillip Passmore, Nantahala;
Mrs. Lester Munger, Topton;
and Mr. Harold Long, Mar
ble.
CONGRESSMAN ROY A. TAYLOR will be In Murphy, No* the convenient grabege cans, camping platforms, and
Sunday September 1, to dedicate the New Hlwassee Lake picnic tables to the left and the out door prlvey to the right.
Campground. The entrance to the first loop is pictured above. (Scoutfoto)
Auxiliary
Has Picnic
MURPHY - The American
Legion Auxiliary held their
annual picnic on Thursday,
August 22 (Today) at the S.
C. Burgess Farm.
After stopper a short bus
iness session was held, and
Mrs,H. G. Elklns, nominating
chairman announced the slate
of officers for 1963-64 as
follows: Mrs. Ruth Cheney,
president, Mrs. R. H. Foard,
treaaurer, Mrs. Charles
Johnson, secretary and Mrs.
Kav Mauney, childwelfare and
rehabilitation and Mrs. S.C.
Burgess historian.
Mrs. John Bayless received
the attendance pool. Around
22 members were present
and two guests.
Young Harris
To Open
September 21
YOUNG HARRIS - The 1963
64 school year at Young Harris
College will begin on Sep
tember 21 when the dorm
itories will open for freshmen.
Other students will be
expected to arrive by Sept.
23 to begin orientation and
counseling.
Both sophomore andfresh
amn registration will be held
on September 24 end 25 with
clssses beginning on Sept.
25.
According to S. David
Frarier, director of admis
sions, a capacity enrollment
of 620 Is expected.
Work has begun on a new
$500,000 auditorium-fine arts
building which is expected to be
in full use by the next school
year. This building will con
sist of a 1,200 seat auditorium
and complete fecllltles for
music Instruction and practice
along with space for the other
fine arts.
MAN WHAT A WHOPPERI Little Hank Panter, 5 years old. Is pictured above with his
lather, Fred Panter, and a catfish they caught Tuesday night, August 20. The cat weighed
twenty-seven and one half pounds , and was caught on a trot line at Lovers Leap on Hlwassee
Lake. Mr. Panter had three other catfish weighing In the neighborhood of five pounds each.
(ScoutfotD)
Sffl-ttgw Average Home Cost Of
Electricity Hits New Low
hides Department's summary
of traffic deaths through 10
A.M. Monday, August 19,1963
Killed to Date 776
Killed to Date last year 745
Mrs. Beryl Fulton Was Injured
In A Two Car Accident Monday
MURPHY ? Mr*. Beryl
Pulton was injured Monday,
August 19 In a two car col
lision In the Nantahala Gorge.
According B Highway
Patrolman Corpral McDonald
Mr. Roy Pulton, driving a
1962 Olds mobile, was travel
ing west on Highway 19. He
passes a car and pulled back
to the right side of the road.
Mr. Fulton thinking he was
going to hit the cars In front
of him pulled back to the
left side of the road. Then
he' realised he was meeting
a car, ha applied Ms brakes
and *klded sideways. A 1959
Port driven, by Mr. Dewey
L. Beaver of Roanoke, Va.
Mt die Pulton car la the right
side.
Mr. Pulton was ac
companied by Ms wife, Mrs.
Beryl Pulura, who was taken
to District Memorial Hospital
In Andrews. Mrs. Pulton suf
fered a fractured pelvis, tee
broken rlbe and minor cute
and brMsas. Mr. Pulnm >tf
Mr. Beaver was ac
wtfe and two
companied by Ms wl
small chUdrsn. The
of the
THE 1962 GLCSMOBILE la wMch Mr*. Beryl FulM ??<
riding wfcaa Injured Monday, Auguat 1* la a two car colliatoo
la die Naatahala Gorge la pi cored above. (Scoutfo?)
MURPHY - Murphy Power
Board's customers are using
mora electricity In their
homes and paying less, on the
average, than ever before,
John H. Bayless, Manager of
the electric system announced
this week.
Official figures show that
electric system customers
paid an average bill of $102.00
last year for an average an
nual use of 11,596 kilowatt
hours, or an average of .88
of a cent a kwh.
In the first year of the
electric eystem'a operation,
residential customers used
only 480,239 kilowatt-hours,
for which they paid an average
annual faUl of $10,182.44, or
an averaga of 2.1 cents a kwh.
Unlike most necessary
commodities. Manager Bay
less pointed out, cost of
electricity here has steadily
dropped.
Since Murphy Power Board
began operation, Its low
electric rates have en
couraged wide use of
electricity In the home.
"That's the way lfs
supposed to work," Bayless
explained. "Or earnings are
used only for operation
meets, retirement of
Indebtedness, and as a basis
for rate reductions."
National average home use
of electricity, BeyUss said.
Is constdarabiy lower while
national average cost is much
higher than paid here.
Last year, national average
residential use of electricity
was 4,334 kilowatt-hours.
National average cost for this
electricity was 2.39 cents a
Idlowatt-hour, or more than
2.72 times average cost here.
"Our low electric rates
here have meant a great
deal to us," Bayless said.
"They permit us to make
our homes truly modern with
electric equipment at a truly
low cost. And I see an
even greater Increase In our
use of electricity for better
living In the years ahead."
W.S.C.S. Honors
Mrs. Dole Greene
The Woman's Society of
Christian Service of Hickory
Stand Church held Its regular
monthly meeting Monday night
August 19. The ladles made
plans K) have s fellowship sim
per at the Church on Saturday
September 21.
After the business meeting
the gro?g> honored Mrs. Dale
Greene with s Stork Shower.
She received many lovely and
useful gifts.
Mrs. Sue Reese, Mrs. lists
Greene, Mrs. Bemlece Stal
ing) and Mrs. Bessie Stalagt
standings.
Congressman Taylor To
Dedicate Forest Campground
MURPHY - On Sunday, Sept.
1, 1963 at 2KM p.m . the new
U. S. Forest Service Camp
ground on Hlwassee Lake will
be formally dedicated. The
Honorable Roy A. Taylor,
Congressman for this area,
will make the official dedi
cation.
"Mr. Taylor has taken his
valuable time to make the trip
to Cherokee County for the
official opening of Hlwassee
Lake Campground and It Is
hoped that an enthusiastic
crowd will be on hand to greet
him," Hilton Carmlchale,
Forest Ranger, said.
Personnel of the U. S. For
est Service here In Murphy
will be on hand to assist In
parking at the campground be
fore the dedication and to as
slt visitors In any way. Peter
J. Hanlon, North Carolina
National Forest Svgtervisor
will be here as well as Forest
Service personnel from the
Regional Office In Atlanta.
Housing Project
Bid Opens Today
MURPHY - A postponement
in the opening of sealed bids
for the >500,00. forty - unit low
rent housing project to be built
here has been announced by
Ben A, Palmer, executive
director of the Murphy
Housing Authority.
The bids, originally to be
opened last Thursday, will be
opened Thursday (today ),
Aug. 22, at 2:30 p.m. In The
Murphy Power Board Building.
Bids for the furnishing of
all labor, material, equipment,
and services required to con
struct the 40 - unit housing
project and administration and
maintenance buildings, land
scape work, site Improvement,
and utilities will be publicly
opened and read.
Construction on the project
will start 10 days following
the opening of the bids.
Thirty-six units of the pro
ject will be located on a 10
acre tract known as the old
Beal Propery on Hlwassee
Street. The other four units
will be built at the city limits
in Taxana for Negro occupancy
An addendum c the original
bids has been added. The num
ber of days to complete the
project has been changed from
210 to 270 days.
To Meet
ANDREWS ? The Valley
River Garden Club will meet
on Thursday (t>day) at the
home of Mrs. Hermann K.
Brauer at 3:00 p.m. Mrs. W.
T. Forsyth will becohostess.
Final Fair plans will be
made.
"The Murphy Chamber of passing visitors to come and
Commerce, The Cherokee bring their picnic lunches to
County Development Corp. be on hand when the official
and the U. S. Forest Service dedication of Hlwassee Lake
would like to extend an In- Campgroisid will be made by
vltatlon K> all the people of Congressman Roy Taylor at
Cherokee County and sur- 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1,
rounding areas as well as 1963," Carmichael added.
Annual Brasstown Bald
Wagon Train To Be Held
The annuel wagon train K>
the top of Brasstown Bald,
the highest mountain in this
area, will be held Labor Day
week-end. The Wagon train
will assemble In Hlawassee,
Ga. Thursday, August 30 for a
big Street Dance that night.
The Train will leave Hla
wassee Friday morning at the
break of dawn for Young Har
ris and will make camp there
Friday night. There will be
a Street Dance on the College
Campus Friday night.
Leaving Young Harris .Sat
urday morning for the top of
Bald Mountain. Upon arrival
at the top of the mountlan
Social Security
"Workers now require much
less work to be aide to re
ceive social security bene
fits," Mrs. Lucille M. Rich
man, field representative,
sated recently.
The last amendments to the
Social Security Act reduced
the amoiait of work necessary,
so many pesons who pre
viously could not qualify may
now eligible for benefits.
A worker who reached re
tirement age (65 for men; 62
for women) In 1957 or earlier
now needs only 1 1/2 years'
work under social security;
retirement age or death in
1958 requires 1 3/4 years'
work: 1959 , 2 years work;
19 60, 2 1/4 years' work;
1961, 2 12/ years' work; 1962
2 3/4 year's work; and 1963
3 years' work.
"If you or any of your fam
ily or friends have previously
been denied because of lack
of work, these changes may
apply to you," Mrs. Rlckman
said. "Also, a widow 62 years
of age or older may now be
eligible. If a claim Is field."
Mrs. Rlckman suggested that
any person to whom these
changes may apply should con
act the Sodal Security Ad
ministration, 50 South French
Broad, Ashevllle, N. C., for
further Information and as
sistance.
there will be a Bar-B-Q sup
per, Public Speaking and a
square dance Saturday night.
The Wagon Train will leave
Brasstown Bald, Sunday morn
ing returning to Young Harris
Simday afternoon for a free
horse show.
Everyone Is Invited id attend
this annual affair wheather
you have a horse or not ac
cording to Wayne Phillips ?
Jimmy Rogers
Leads WNC
Baptists
ANDREWS - "Win Them For
Him" was (he theme of (he
seventy-ninth annual session
of the Western North Carolina
Baptist Association held at the
Hanging Dog Baptist Church
on August 13 and at Shiloh
Baptist Church on August 14.
The Rev. Fred Lwsford,
moderator, presided.
During the sessions reports
from the various assodational
officers and state-wide
agencies were heard. The Rev.
Don Turner, pastor of Truett
Memorial Church, Hayesville,
brought the annual sermon.
The meeting was cllmased on
Wednesday afcmooa with a
message on evangelism by the
Rev. TTiad Dawdle, pastor of the
Marble Springs Baptist
Church.
The following officers were
elected for the coming year:
Moderator - Rev. Jimmy Rog
ers, pastor of Mt. Plsgah
Church. Hayesville; Vice -
Moderator - Rev. Thad Dow
dle. Marble; Clerk - Doris
Raster, Andrews;
Assistant Clerk - De Etta
Watson , Andrews; Treasurer
Mrs. J.J. Hamilton, Murphy;
: Assistant Treasurer - Mrs.
' Arden Davis, Murphy; and
Historian - Mrs. Clarence
Hendrlx. Peach tree.
Messengers from thrity-flve
churches attended the
sessions. Lunch was served
by the host churches.
Andrews Personal Mention
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mafhe
son had as their recent guests,
sisters of Mrs. Matheson,
Mrs. J ack Brown, Ojal, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Murray
of Lake Wales, Fla., Mr. and
Mrs. Roy West, Vernie and
Cathy and Mr. and Mrs. T.M.
Nelson, all of Chamblee, Ga.
The Nelsons and Mrs.
Matheson attended the Atkins
reunion held on Sunday at
Erwln, Tenn.
-A
Mr. and Mrs. Nell Mathe
son and children, Jimmy, Anna
Neal, and Frelda Rogers were
week-end guests of Lt. and
Mrs. Bobby Nelson and family
of Hunters AFB,Savannah,Ga.
While there they visited Sa
vannah Beach.
-A
A birthday dinner honoring
Jim Jones, age 75, and Delia
Tatham, 11, was given on Fri
day at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Jones. Mr. and
Mrs. John Reese of Candler
attended, bringing a large de
corated cake. Other guests
Included Mrs. MarvlnPulllum
and daughter, Diane, Mrs.
Billy Tatham, children,Delia,
Dana, Mack, Johnny and Jerry
and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jones.
-A
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Mull,
children. Eddie, Mickey, Betty
and Jo Ann of Mt. Clemmons,
Michigan, left Friday after a
visit with parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lee MuU. While here
they also visited, Donald Midi
and family of New Smyrna,
Georgia.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Baer
and daughter Nancy of Char
lotte have bean the guests of
the Clyde Ellis family this
past week.
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Mrs. Pech SherrlU and
da ugh Mr Diane of Scotts ware
guests tf^Mrs. Lucy Laughter
-A
Mr. and Mrs. PredNlchola.
Judy and Charles apentSaor
dsy lr^ A shrrllle. Their dau
of Memorial Mission Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. George Han
dura end daughter Elaine, of
Largo, Florida , are spending
two weeks vacation at thler
summer home in Andrews.
-A
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gibson,
daughter, Terry Jean and
Jackie Rawer are touring
mid-western states. They plan
to spend time at Yellowstone
National Park, from there to
Seattle, Washington and
Portland Oregon, returning by
southern route, visiting in
Mexico and Tuson, Arizona.
-A
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Whltson
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
were visitors In Andrews on
Wednesday. Mrs. Whltson was
the former owner of Daniel
Boone's Diner at Topton.
-A
Mrs. L. G. Llnman, child
ren, Gary, Vickie and Cathy
of Woodbrldge, Virginia are
visiting Mrs. Unman's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Vlck Wood.
-A
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Con
nor and Mr. and Mrs. Stan
Slberskl and daughter Mary
J une of Aahevllle are visiting
Mrs. Maude Hamlin and Miss
Elizabeth Kllpe trick.
?A -
Approximately 175 attended
the Homecoming at Beaver
Creek held on Sinday at Free
Will Baptist Church. Rev. Roy
Redman of Ashevllle delivered
the sermon preceding lunch.
Special music was heard
through the day.
Gordon Barwood, 3r
of Mrs. John Baruood, flew to
Anthwws on Satm-day from
Columbia, Tenn. for the week
end. While bare he also
vlslwd other relatives In
cluding Willlard Barwood and
Mrs. Creed Bass and family
of Murphy.
-A
Mrs. Arnold Derrefasrry,
by Tarry Postal!
ofMr.i '
Mrs. Fr
family of i
home Stay apset time at Mars
Hill
rolled
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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J ones
David, Louise, Carolyn, Diane
and Terry of Cullowbee are
visiting relatives and friends.
-A
Martha Baldwin returned
Sunday from a weeks visit
with Mrs. Jessie Blankenship
and Mrs. Laura Nell Solesby
of Black Mountain.
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Prank B.Cooper of Southern
Pines spent Sunday with his
father, John H. Cooper. He
was accompanied by daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
J ames Miller. Mr. Miller re
cently Joined the Cooper Ap
praisals, who are presently
appraising Haywood County.
-A?
David and Linda Bax
ter completed their five week
period of service In First
Methodist Church on Stoday.
Their leadership In the church
during this time has been most
effective and deeply ap
preciated. We wish for them
great success as Davldanters
his final year at The Divinity
School of Duke University and
then Into the Methodist
ministry.
-A?
Mr. and Mrs. J lmmy Brown
Mrs. BUI Newman, Henry and
Jim LaU attended the home
coming at die Bear Creek
. Church on S today.
?A?
Mrs. Lores Wise and
daughter Gall have returned
home after spending the pest
with relatives and frl
In Gastenta and
City. N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Free
man and famUy of Knoxvllle
were recent guests of Ms bro
ther, Mr. Robert Freeman and
family. ^
Mr. and Mrs. ja
ha and famUy of
hHe" "
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