Volume 74 - Number 10
and Clay County Progress
Murphy, North Carolina, Thursday, October 3, 1963 14 Poaes This Week
Published Weekly
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAlO
** MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA
Editor 's
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Man, did we stir 14) a hor
nets' nest last week. One mis
take a newspaper can't get
away with Is to make an error
In sports ' reporting. Hawk
eyed football fans informed
us that Murphy's record on
the home field suffered a loss
or two some years back. Sorry
* about the error, but the local
gridders hold plenty of other
records.
TR
Applicants for that ARA
sponsored leather craft school
opening Oct. 14, at Hayes -
vllle will be Interviewed on
Thursday and Friday, with
15 to be chosen from the three
-county area.
TR
Andrews High Seniors were
, washed out of their car-wash
last Saturday by the rains,
but they plan to be back on
(he job at several stations
around town this Saturday.
TR
A course in conversational
French for adults will start
classes next week with Mrs.
Lynn Gault as instructor.
Time and place will be an
nounced later. Interested per
sons may contact Mrs. Gault
or Mrs. E. H. Brumby.
TR
County Commissioners hold
their regular monthly meet
ing here next Monday, In con
nection with a public hear
ing at 10:00 ajn. on the is
suance of $50,000 in refunding
bonds.
TR
Our Boiling Spring reporter
Druery O'Dell says that katy
dids hollering late and hor
nets' nests observed low to
the ground point to a mild
winter. Some other prophets
have foretold a rough winter.
We hope our man In Boiling
Springs is right.
TR
Chester UDodson, former
ly of Murphy, has been
appointed as the University
of West Virginia's first hy
drdogist In the school's new
Institute of Water Resources.
While living in Murphy, Mr.
Dodson was connected with
the U. S. Geological Survey.
TR
Don't be surprised If you
see troops in the area dur
ing the week of Oct. 8-17.
A batallioo of Marines from
Camp Lejune will be conduct
ing a nine - day Mountain
Training Operation in- the
Nantahala National Forest.
Most of the action will pro
bably be confined to the area
around Franklin, however.
TR
Parents of students at
Berea College and others in
this area familiar with the
school will want to be on die
look-out during the current
TV season for one of CBS's
Twentieth Century programs
that will feature the college
as part of a show dealing with
problems of the Appalachian
South. The show will probably
appear on CBS stations early
next year.
-TR
A course in conversational
French for adults starts
classes next Tuesday at 7:30
pan. in Room 13 of Murphy
High. Mrs. Lynn Gault will
instruct the course, which
will run for six weeks. In
terested adults can contact
Mrs. Gault or Mrs. E. H.
Brumby. Cost of the course
for the six weeks is $12.
TR
Murphy High's band will
journey to Clemson College
Saturday to participate in the
annual band day ceremonies
during the half of the Ttger
N. C. State game. Director
Ed Reynolds, 40 band mem
bers and nine majorettes will
make the trip by darter bus,
leaving here at 5:30 ajn.
Saturday morning and re
turning that night.
TR
Monday, Oct. 7, lathe dead
line for teachers in the area
to sign up for WCC sponsor
ed in-service course set for
December at Andrews. At
least 33 teachers must sign
up for the course at School
Supt. Holland McSwain's of*
flee by Monday before the
course gets the green light.
TR
Area high school news -
paper and yearbook staffers
and their sponsors will at
tend the High School Editor's
Roundtable at Western Car
olina College Friday and
Saturday. Ann Hughes, Hilda
Decker, Mona Kisselburg and
Tommy Adams, Mrs. Maria
Travis will attend from
Murphy High.
Horse Show Held
Over Due To Rain
Topton Man
Victim Of Fire
TOPTON - A local man
perished here last Thurs
day night in a fire that des
troyed his home.
The victim was Lyle Mc
Lean, 45, who was alone in
the house. He lived there with
his mother, who was away for
the night visiting friends.
Neighbors discovered the
fire between 10:00 and 11:00
pjn. Thursday, and attempt
ed to enter the blazing house
and save the victim.
One neighbor said that he
and several others watered
down the fire with garden
hoses, trying to enter the
front room of the house, but
the heat and smoke were
unbearable.
Andrews Volunteer Fire
Dept. Chief Jeff Brooks was
summoned to the scene, but
when he arrived he said the
house was consumed with
flames, and there was no near
by water supply, so the And
rews fire truck was not
called.
Neighbors said that Mr.
McLean bought some kero
sene for a stove in the liv
ing room of the house earlier
in the day.
They surmised that the fire
could have started from the
stove, since it appeared that
the fire did start in the living
room of the house.
The victim's body was dis
covered in the bedroom of the
home after the fire burned
out.
Mr. McClain was a native
of Cherokee County and a
World War n veteran.
Surviving besides the
mother are seven sisters,
Mrs. Elsie Davis and Mrs.
John Summerowof Hazel wood,
Mrs. James Kuykendall of
Waynes ville, Mrs. Leo Mc
Gee of Stanley, Mrs. Glenn
Chappell of Forest Park, Va.,
Mrs. Roy Brown of Canton,
Mrs. Theodore Long of Har
risonburg, Va.; and two bro
thers, Kelsie of Front Royal,
Va., and Odis McLean of
Cherry Point.
Services were held at 11
a.m. Sunday at Ivie Funeral
Home Chapel in Andrews.
The Rev. M. R. Ellis of
ficiated and burial was in
Green Hill Cemetery,
Waynes ville.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge.
H.M. Andersoi
Freed On Bond
MURPHY - H. M. ?Milt"
Anderson, confessed assail
ant of Sheriff Claude Ander
son here Sept. 7 in which the
sheriff suffered five gunshot
wounds, was released from
county jail here on an $8,000
bond Friday, Sept. 27, at 12:15
a.m.
The case will be heard in a
terra of Superior Court open
ing here Nov. 4, with Judge
George B. Patton of Franklin
presiding.
Eight names appeared on
the $8,000 bond for Anderson.
Signers were Ralph Ledford,
Edith Ledford, Lloyd Wilcox,
Diryl Wilcox, G. W. Radcliff,
Mrs. G. W. Radcliff, W. F.
Taylor and Otna Taylor.
Teachers
Elected To
NCEA Posts
ASHEVILLE - Five teach
ers from Cherokee County
were elected to officers posts
for the 1963-64 school year
In departments of the Western
District of the N. C. Educat
ion Association at the annual
NCEA meeting here last
Friday.
Mrs. Maggie B. Pins on of
Murphy was elected as sec
retary of the Directors of
Instruction department.
Mrs. Trilby Glenn of And
rews was elected secretary
of the Art Department.
Mrs. Edward Reynolds of
Murphy was elected vice -
president of the Elementary
Education department.
Mrs. Emma Louise Minor
of Murphy was elected presi
dent of the High School Library
department.
Mrs. Margaret Bruce of
Murphy was elected vice -
president of the Special Edu
cation department.
MURPHY - An all - day
downpour of rain forced a i
pc.tponement of the first an- j
nual Smoky Mountain Horse \
Show here last Saturday night, \
but the Murphy Lions Club,
sponsor of the event, promis
es a bigger and better show
this Saturday night. . .weather
permitting.
The show's starting time )
remains the same, 6:30 p.m., i
at the Murphy Fair Grounds.
A portable ring and bleach- !
ers are still standing to offer i
good viewing for the capacity jj
crowd expected.
Free parking will also be j
provided.
All but one of the many !
horse owners from out of (
town who planned to be here J
last Saturday were notified of 8
the postponement before they j
pulled out-" heading for the S
show. i
Practically every one j
plans to attend this week, and !
some who couldn't come last 8
week because of other en- \
gagements will be on hand
Saturday. jj
Over $1,500 in prizes and >
trophies will be awarded to J
winners of 16 classes in the {
show. },
A
A Second Chance
A second chance doesn't come along often.
Murphy is lucky to have a second chance to
keep the local Red Cross Chapter alive, along with
w its many invaluable services such as the Blood
jj Program and the Home Service Committee.
The crux of the problem is money. . .rather
a lack of money to keep the chapter going.
This year's campaign raised less than half
the necessary quota.
Tonight (Thursday) people in Muxphy get the
second chance to preserve this important organi
zation here.
An extended fund drive was approved by the
area office to run through Oct. 15, when the chapter
was reorganized here last week.
This drive must succeed. Failure would mean
the loss of Red Cross and the Bloodmobile visits
here, a program that can mean life or death for
every citizen.
The money must be raised before the next
Bloodmobile visit, scheduled for Oct. 21.
A canvass of every home in the area will be
held Thursday night. Volunteer workers will set
up the base of operations in the Tar Heel Restaurant.
More workers are needed.
Every thinking citizen who can work should be
at the restaurant at 6:00 p.m. tonight to join in the
canvass.
Everyone else in the area should leave the porch
8 light burning, and dig deep when the workers call.
Teams will cover every section of the town and
ij surrounding communities.
There is only one choice: give generously.
? This is our second chance; there won't be a
n third.
Your life may depend on your donation tonight.
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Low Bidders Announced
ForFederalHousing Project
MURPHY - Bids on Mur
phy's half-million dollar
F ederal Housing Project
were opened here last Thurs
day after many anxious weeks
of postponements caused by
last-minute complications.
Low bidders for thegeneral
contract was Smith and Jones
Construction Co. of Atlanta.
Low bidder for plumbing
was Raymond K. Caldwell of
Waynesville, and for the elec
trical contract Lawing Elec
tric Co., Inc., of Charlotte
submitted the lowest bid.
CHARLES D. CUNNINGHAM, (right) community planner
recently assigned to Murphy by the Western North Carolina
Regional Planning Commission, and Jim Holbrook, a drafts
man for the commission, were in town last week looking over
some maps and aerial photos of Murphy as they began a
long-range program designed to aid in directing the town's
growth in future years.
Bulldogs Battle, But
Black Bears Win 33-19
CANTON - Murphy's Bull
dogs ventured into foreign ter
ritory Friday night and put 14)
a fight equal to their name
sake, but a bruising bunch of
Black Bears finally clawed
the visitors into si&misslon
33-19.
The triple- A team from
Canton High never breathed
easy, as the scrappy Smoky
Mountain Conference eleven
trailed by 21-13 at halftlme.
Murphy continues a rough
schedule against a Blue Ridge
conference opponent this Fri
day night, but on the home
gridiron, as Handersonville
comes here for a non - con
ference clash.
Canton took the opening
kickoff Friday night and
marched 77 yards In six
plays to take the lead, as
Gary Mann bulled three yards
for the tally. Dennis Frady
booted the point for the Bears.
After the kickofi , Murphy
picked up two fast first downs
but could go no farther and
punted to Canton on the Beer
42 yard line.
Moments later Canton scor
ed a second TD with a 17
yard aerial from Mann to
Anthony Duke. Frady booted
another point.
Murphy battled uphill early
in the second quarter as Tony
Hembree moved the ball to the
Canton two with two nicc runs.
Wayne Watson assisted in the
drive with a pass to Hembree,
who then plunged over from
the two.
The Black Bears came
roaring back in the same
period and put seven more
points on the scoreboard with
a 63 yard drive. Mann passed
two yards to IXike for the
TO and Frady kicked his third
PAT.
With time running out in the
first half, the Bulldogs took
to the air and rolled to Can
ton's two.
With 10 seconds left. Wat
son plunged over to tighten
the score and Hembree ran
the point.
Early in the third period.
Gary Barnett pounced on a
Canton fumble and the Bull
The contracts will not be
awarded until Murphy Hous
ing Authority Executive Di
rector Ben A. Palmer meets
with FHA officials of the
regional office in Atlanta
this week.
Amounts of the bids will
not be released until the con
tracts are awarded.
A large crowd was on hand
at the Housing Authority of
fice here last Thursday for
the opening.
After the contracts are
awarded, further information
will be released as to when
construction will get under
way on the job, which has
been described as the
largest single contract in the
history of the town.
Six Masons
To Receive
Certificates
MURPHY - Six members of
Cherokee Masonic Lodge No.
146, A. F. and A. M., will
receive 25-year member -
ship certificates at a cere
mony Monday night, Oct. 7.
Allen Chambers, Albert
Crain, Frank Forsyth, Ralph
Stirewalt, John W.Roberts and
Fred Stiles will receive the
certificates for 25 years of
continuous membership in the
fraternity.
Presentation of the certi
ficates will be made by Earl
Van Horn, district deputy
Grand Master.
Date High Low Perc.
Thursday, chance of light
showers in the morning; Fri
day, sunny and fair.
dogs began to roll again.
A 15 yard jaunt by Watson
and a pass to Jimmy Cole
moved the ball to Canton's
three. Two plays later, Wat
son pilunged over to score
his second TD for the night.
The conversion failed and
Murphy pulled within two
points of the Scars 21-19.
Canton Iced the glnte, how
ever, with another TD early
in the fourth quarter with a.
7 yard touchdown pass from
Mann to Roger Hall. The con
version failed.
The Bears added a final
tally moments later when a
pass Interception put them
on Murphy's 13.
Mann passed to Dwight El
lis for the score, and the point
attempt was blocked.
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This photo shows a section of the 133 acres already cleared for the seed orchard on Beech
Creek. Some 70 men worked on the big clearing job, that started last March with timber cut
ting. West Brothers started the final clearing for this tract in July. Over half of the tract
has been seeded, and the rest will be seeded next Spring, when four types of pine-shortleaf,
white, loblolly, and Virginia - and several varieties of hardwoods, including oak, cherry, maple
and poplar will be set out. U. S. Forest Service District Ranger Bunch Nugent and Orchard
Manager Edwin H. Manchester supervised the project, which will be a long-range attraction
for the County for years to come.
Forest Service To Establish
Seed Orchard In Cherokee Co.
MURPHY - The Tusquittee
Ranger District, U. S. Forest
Service, has recently been
selected as the location for a
superior seed tree orchard.
This orchard will serve the
Mountain Districts of the
North Carolina National For
ests, Georgia National For
ests and Tennessee National
Forests.
Establishment of 250 acres
of seed orchard on Beech
Creek in Cherokee County is
a portion of a southwide pro
gram to improve thepineseed
and seedlings being used in
reforestation in eleven states.
In the orchard, limbs or
scions from superior trees
v?ill be grafted to selected root
stock, producing seed for
superior in inherited chara
ter over those whichhavebeen
used in past reforestation in
the South.
Work has already begun on
the establishment of the Beech
Creek Seed Orchard. A con
tract for clearing 133 acres
has been awarded to the West
Brothers of Murphy.
Additional contracts for the
clearing of the remainder
of the 250 acres will be award
ed in the near future.
Initiation of a North Car
olina Forest Tree Improve
ment Program by the U. S.
Forest Service promises an
important step forward in
F ores try in this state.
Community Development
Judging Set For Oct.
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MURPHY - Cherokee
County's fledgling bat promis
ing Community Development
Program comes to the climax
of the year when the top com
munities will be judged during
the week of Oct. 21-26.
The judging dates were
chosen at a meeting of the
Cherokee County Development
Council here Sept. 17.
Winners will be named and
awards made at a banquet
planned for Nov. 1.
At the council meeting,
congratulations were issued
to die county's three organiz
ed communities for 'outstand
ing displays' at the County
Fair.
Fair prize money is being
used by the communities in
their current programs.
The communities will also
enter the regional contest,
with the Asheville Agri
cultural Development Coun
cil handling the judging.
Results of the regional con
test are announced each year
early In December.
Scoring in both contests is
based on communities' im
provements during the year.
Community organization and
improvement represents 25
per cent of the score; youth
programs, 26 per cent; In
crease in income, 25 per cent;
and better family life, 25 per
cent.
In the regional contest
special awards are made for
the outstanding youth program
by the James G. K. McClure
Educational and Development
Fund.
'Friends of the Roadside'
offer special award for road
side improvements in the
community, and Southern
Railroad awards 9100 to die
community planting the most
pine seedlings successfully
during the year.
On the local level, cash
prize money comes from. do
nations of local civic clubs,
businesses, and individuals.
The final amount of this
year's local prize money is
to be announced later, but
total prize money on both
the regional and local level
will exceed $2,500.
The County Council meets
again Oct. 3, at the Murphy
Power Board Building, with
representatives from local
civic clubs.
Representatives of any
community interested in join
ing the program are also in
vited to attend.
Next year's contest runs
from Nov. 1, '63, to Nov.
X. '64.
In the past, tree seed used
for nursery production and
direct seeding have been col*
lected from the easiest
sources, such as down trees
and rough, llmby, field pines
whose cones were most
accessible.
Research in recent years
has proven that certain quali
ties of trees such as crooked
tr unks .large limbs , fiber qua
lity within the tree and high
resin production are inheri
ted. Superior trees definitely
produce more desirable
offspring*
Rapid advances in ability to
sraft the forest trees, cross
pollination by artificial means
and other helpful research now
enable the Forest Service to
select the parent trees whose
characteristics develop in
seed and nursery stock in
reforestation.
Over the long term, the new
seed orchard program will en
able the Forest Service to de
velop far superior parent
trees. The most optimistic of
expert geneticists believe that
future trees may be bred for
fast growth, long, clean trl**s
and high gum production, dis
ease and fire resistance, or
any combination of these.
Forest Service plans call
for careful control of high
value seed collected In die
seed production areas and tree
orchards.
Homecoming,
Reunion Sunday
MURPHY - The annual
homecoming service at
Hangingdog Baptist Church
and the Lovingood Reunion,
which are held jointly each
year, are set for Sunday.
Oct. 6, at the church. ^
Homecoming Sunday
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CULBERSON - A?""1
homecoming services wiU
be held Sunday, Oct. 6, at
Harris Chapel Church of
??f guest speaker will de
liver the morning
lunch will be
served at noon.
Visiting quartets will tea
?ure an afternoon of singing.
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