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Murpliy, Noctfc Cmlina, Ttiwt^, January 30, 1964
and Clay County Progress
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This week's Scout includes.
t the annual Scout Calendar with
twelve lovely young ladies
from Murphy High gracing the
page. The girls of the month
> are all seniors, were sel
, ected by members of the sen
ior class, and have not ap
peared in a previous calen
dar. We suggest you clip and
save the whole calendar pic
nted here, but if you forget,
we will run a monthly calen
dar on the front the first week
in each month. Our thanks to
Miss Maria Travis of Mur
phy High for her help in the
calendar.
TR
Fred G. Smith of Brass
town received congratulations
from Congressman Roy A.
Taylor for his craftsman ex
hibit in the Smithsonian In
stitute.
TR
There's a lot of interest
in the meeting on tomato grow
ing tonight (Thursday) at 7:00
p.m. in the Vocational Agri
culture Building in Andrews.
TR
Wayne Gladden, community
planner assigned to Andrews,
by the Western North Carolina
Regional Planning Commis
sion, and Charles Cunning
ham, Murphy's planner from
the WNCRPCk presented a
program on housing conditions
at Andrews to3the town Plan
ning Board here Monday
night. "u.
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( The power of newspaper ad
vertising has done It again.
Mrs. Lillian Higgs who is
opening a nt * beauty shop
In Andrews advertised a free
permanent to the lady sub
mitting the best name for die
new shop. She's been flooded
with entries, and has decid
ed to leave the contest open
until Feb. 10.
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HATESVU-LE - The meet
ing of the Trl-County Metho
dist Men will be held here
tonight (Thursday) at 7:00
p.m. at Hinton Center.
Mr. Jordan
John Jordan Receives
Scouting's Highest Award
MURPHY - John Jordan,
who has an outstanding record
of some 26 years of work with
the Boy Scouts, received
Scouting s highest honor. The
Silver Beaver Scouting A
ward, at the 43rd annual ap
preciation dinner of the Daniel
Boone Council at the Battery
Park Hotel in Asheville Mon
day night.
The award came as a sur
prise to the veteran Scouting
leader, as he was 'tapped' in
an impressive ceremony con
ducted by the 'Order Of The
Arrow,' a Scouting Society,
but an equal surprise was in
store when his three sons
appeared to accompany him to
the rostrum to receive the
award.
The Jordan boys had been
'smuggled' to Asheville by
some of Mr. Jordan's many
friends and Scouting assoc
iates from Murphy who were in
Asheville for the dinner. So
many Murphy folks were on
hand, in fact, that the local
" DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATX
Prey er chatted with Mrs. G. V
Postell of Murphy after hi
afternoon.
Scout Photo ? Reect
XUAL CANDIDATE Richardson
/. Cover of Andrews and George
Is speech In Andrews Monday
Preyer Visits
Murphy, Andrews
ANDREWS - Democratic
candidate for governor Rich
ardson Preyer was the first
of five announced candidates
in his party to visit Cherokee
County, as he visited briefly
in Murphy Monday then went
to Andrews for a campaign
speech at City Hall.
| Earlier in the day, Mr.
' Preyer spoke at Hayesvllle,
and his visit to Murphy was
not on the schedule. ,
His entourage arrived hare
about 2i46 p.m. Monday, he
visited several party mem
bers 19 and down main street,
shaking hands and greeting
the piddle, then stopped by the
County Courthouse, accom
panied by Sen. Frank Forsyth
of Murphy, who went all out to
give Mr. Preyer a warm wel
come here even though he has
already announced his f import
of ' another candidate, Dan
Moore of Canton, th< favor
ite son' candidate Vof most
people in Western Nolth Car
olina.
The party arrived In And
rew* around 4i00 where Mr.
Preyer was greeted by Mayor
Percy B. Ferebee. The can
didate spoke to those who
gathered at the City Hall for
about 30 minutes.
He was Introduced by Rob
blnsvllle attorney Leonard
1 loyd, who accompanied him
for the day's visit to WNC.
At Andrews, Mr. Pfeyer'a
talk covered public utilities,
roads and Industrial develop
ment.
He also made notice that
voters in the West had a
favorite son candidate in
Dan Moore, and he pledged to
refrain from attacks on that
candidate and asked only for
a fair hearing for his own
program.
On the subject of utilities,
Mr. Preyer pledged to rem
ember that the Job of the State
Utilities Commission Is to
protect the people's interest,
and he promised action to
speed up cases before the
commission, citing specific
ally the Nantahala case as
one that dragged on for too
long.
He said that many roada in
the state, including U. 8. IS
that runs the length of Chero
kee County, are 'T Model
roads,' nar row.-nd dangerous,
and told of a plan to finance
road bonds for future con
struction.
He complimented the county
on Its efforts to seek indus
try, and said be favored a
Western branch of the State
Department of Conservation
and Development to aid in
getting more industry here,
and mentioned that he had
noticed many beautiful indus
trial situ on his visit here,
especially in the Peachtree
section.
In closing he said, "while
we can't cure all the ills at
once. 1 will promise to have
the courage and will to tackle
all the problems.**
delegation won the attendance
award for having the most
people present at the dinner.
As the ceremony by the
Order of the Arrow was in
progress, two Scouts in Indian
regalia roamed the aisles of
the banquet hall and stopped
beside Mr. Jordan, signifying
that he was an award winner.
He was accompanied to the
rostrum to receive the award
by his wife, Mary, and by three
previous winners of the award
from Murphy, Holland Mc -
Swain, Joe Ray, and Hobart
McKeever, and then joined
there by his sons as they made
their surprise appearance.
Hugh Momeith presented the
awards, and it took a five min
ute talk just to cover the high
lights of Mr. Jordan's career,
as ? leader in education,
church and divic affairs, as
well as his Scouting career.
His accomplishments In
cluded the facts that he holds
a Masters Degree from Col
umbia University, is principal
of Murphy Elementary School,
had received his 25 year
Scouting pin on this same
night, and had served as head
of the junior department of
Murphy First Baptist Church
for the last 13 years, as well
as a long list of civic en
deavors.
Mrs. Jordan placed the rib
bon bearing the medal around
her husband's neck, as Mr.
McKeever read die inscript
ion on the certificate accom
panying the award.
TT?e crowd of some 250 on
hand gave Mr. Jordan a stand
ing ovation.
Winners of the Silver Bea
ver Awardareselectedbypast
winners of the medal.
Mr. Jordan is presently the
Chairman of the local Scout
Troop Committee, a District
Committeeman of the Nanta
hala District, and has past
service as both assistant
Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster
of a local troop, troop com
mittee member, District
Commissioner and District
Chairman.
Dr. George D. Heaton, for
mer pastor of Myers Park
Baptist Church in Charlotte,
who is presently engaged in
industrial relations work, was
the main speaker at the din
ner.
Council Scout Executive
Kenneth Drupiewski gave his
annual report and president R.
R. Williams, Jr., outlined ob
jectives for the coming year.
Others from Murphy who at
tended the dinner included Mr.
and Mrs. Holland McSwaln,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruce,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Minor,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ray, the
Rev. W. J. Thompson, Julian
Suggs, Hobart McKeever, Paul
Rlderhour, Larry Black, Dave
Moody, Dr. and Mr*. Doyle
C. Burch, Becky Jo Ray, Mike
and Bob and Jimmy Jordan.
^WEATHER
Date High Low Prec.
23 70 33 0
33 71 38 0
34 70 36 IM
36 60 37 1-8?
36 67 30 0
27 66 94 0
38 63 26 0
Forecast! Thursday, over *
cast with showers possibly
thunder showers; Friday,
showers ending; Saturday,
broken cloudiness, showers
by Saturday night or Sunday.
Planning Board Reviews
Land Use, Hears Report
On Town Subdivisions
MURPHY - Policies and
plans by which land can be
more efficiently used in Mur
phy are under review by the
Murphy Planning Board.
In conjunction with tech
nical work performed by staff
personnel of the Western
North Carolina Regional Plan
ning Commission, members of
the Board are examining mis
takes made in the lay - out of
streets and lots in the past,
with the view toward recom
mending improvements for
future growth.
At a special meeting of the
Board last week, members
heard from a study commit
tee headed by F. O. Chris
topher, which has under re
view proposed standards for
the development of subdivis
ions in the town.
The standards would insure
that new roads and streets
are of adequate width for the
traffic they will handle, that
building lots are of adequate
size, and that certain im -
provements are made to land
before it is offered for sale
as a residential building site.
Many communities in the
state have adopted such re
Contract Awarded
For Andrews New
Sewerage System
ANDREWS - Bids on con
struction of a new sewage dis
posal plant and system for the
town were opened here last
Thursday, Jan. 23.
A. P. Allen and Associates
of Charlotte was awarded the
contract on a low bid of
$185,000.
Low bid for the electrical
contract on die job was sub
mined by Midnite Electric Co.
of Andrews for $1,075, but
after a check with attorneys
it was discovered that the
bid could not be accepted be
cause Harold Jones, owner of
Midnite Electric Co., is a
member of the Town Board.
Next low bid for the elec
trical work was submitted by
Dock Gibson, electrical con
tractor in Andrews, and the job
was awarded to his company.
quirements under authority o:
state statutes. Land develop
ers, residential home builder:
and the general public beneft
from the knowledge tha
streets and lots are laid ous
in an orderly manner.
The Murphy Planning Boar<:
will continue to review pro
posed standards and has re
quested its community planne.
to give particular study to th<
problems presented by unusu
ally steep topography in th
area.
New Form
Slowing
Tag Sales
MURPHY - A recent check
with Max Johnson, license
tag salesman here for the N.
C. Dept. of Motor Vehicles,
showed that sales are running
about 200 behind last year at
this time.
There is also considerable
confusion about a new form on
the back of pocket cards re
ceived by vehicle owners this
year.
Before applying for a tag,
vehicle owners must supply
information about their in
surance on the back of one of
the cards. This information
must include the name of the
insuring company for the ve
hicle, die policy number and
the date the policy becomes
effective.
Mr. Johnson said that he
kept a record of onemorning's
sales recently, and 16 out of
20 applicants didn't have the
form properly filled out.
Deadline for purchase of
1964 N. C. tags is Feb. 15.
Tags for Cherokee County
this year are numbered CZ
2901 to 7500.
Mr. Johnson urged vehicle
owners to buy tags now and
avoid the last-minute rush.
Payment for tags must be in
cash.
The tag sales counter is in
Murphy Western Auto Store.
Walter Carringer To
Appear With Symphony
MURPHY - The announce
ment this week that a Murphy
native of great fame, Walter
Car ringer, will be guest solo
ist when the N. C. Little Sym
phony appears here for two
concerts Feb. 27 added extra
excitement to the prepara
tions for the event.
Mr. Carringer is the son
of Mrs. Ruth Carringer of
Murphy, and is rated by cri
tics everywhere as one of
the top tenors in the world.
Members of the Cherokee
County Chapter of the Sym
phony Society are renewing
their efforts to sell enough
memberships and get Don
or and Patron memberships
to make the Symphony's ap
pearance here this season a
financial success, as well as
to insure that the orchestra
will appear here In future
years.
While the children's con
cert the afternoon of Feb.
27 is free to students who
will attend from schools
throughout the county, the
educational matinee must be
supported through the sale
of memberships.
At this time only about
half enough memberships have
been sold to finance this year's
Symphony concerts here, and
members of the local Society
are urging patrons in the
county to buy their member
ships now to keep this fine
attraction coming here.
Edward J. Reynolds is
president of the Society in
this county, and membership
chairmen who are working to
sell enough memberships to
make the concert a success
are John GUI and Ron Res sell
for the Murphy area and Mrs.
Dan Hawk and Mrs. Herman
Brauer for Andrews.
Membership prices are
listed as follows:
$1 Student (to attend evening
concert), $3 single, $5 joint
(2 adults at the same address),
$10 Active (four adults or ten
student cards). Donor mem
berships begin at $25 and
Patron memberships start at
$100. Donor and Patron mem
bers receive 10 adult or 25
student cards for each $25.
All interested persons In
the county are urged to con
tact one of the membership
chairmen listed above to help
keq> this year's concert in
the "black*.
Nantahala And luke
Withdraw Application
FRANKLIN - Nantahala
Power and Light Company and
Duke Power Company have
withdrawn their application
for approval of the sale of
Nantahala'i electric dlatrl
bution facilities to Duke.
Formal notice of the with
drawal was filed Jan. 23, with
the North Carolina Utilities
Commission.
The Commission's order
approving the sale was af
firmed by the Superior Court
but was reversed by the North
Carolina Supreme Court.
In a statement issued by
John M. Archer, Jr., presi
dent of Nantahala Power and
Light Company, he saldi "w*
regret that we have bean un
able to the transfer
of (he Nantahala facUitiea to
Duke Power Company u our
companies had planned.
"We wish to express our
sincere thanks and apprecia
tion to the many fine citizens
of the Nantahala area who
s imported our application be
fore the Utilities Commis
sion."
W. B. McGulre, president
of Duke Power Company, Midi
"We are glad that the Nanta
hala area will continue to be
served by a privately-owned
public utility company.
On behalf of Duke Power
Company 1 wish to express
our appreciation and thanks
to our many friends in the
Nantahala area who siyportad
us, and partlculary those who
appeared In our behalf In the
Commission hearing."
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GEORGE W. YOUNG, (center) was able to sit up when members of the Rescue Squad arrived
to bring him out of the mountains early Sunday. Squad members in the photo are Jim Ed Hughes
(left) and Hayes Dockery, Jr., (right).
Murphy Man Found
Safe After 3-Day Search
MURPHY - A massive search
for a local man missing since
around 1K)0 a.m. last Friday
ended here early Sunday morn
ing when the man was found by
a trio of 'coon hunters on the
side of a mountain some four
miles from his home.
George Young 76, of the
Owl Creek section was re
ported as missing to the Chero
kee County Rescue Squad about
7:00 p.m. last Friday night.
A stepson, Neil Marcus of
Fort Leonardwood, Mo., a stu
dent at N. C. State College,
stopped at Mr. Young's home
Friday and found that he was
missing. The only clue at that
time to his whereabouts was
an overshoe found as Marcus
tracked him into the moun
tains.
Wf.en Young didn't return,
Marcus became worried and
contacted the Rescue Squad
here. Mr. Young had been re
ported despondent since the
death of his wife about a year
?go
Members of the Rescue
Squad combed the mountains
near Mr. Young's home Fri
day night, traveling in jeeps
and on foot.
Some 200-300 members of
Rescue squads from Cherokee,
Graham and Union County, Ga.
were ready to resume the
search Sunday morning, when
word came in that the hunters
had found the man.
Gaines, Dale and Luther Cof
fee of Marble accidentally came
across Mr. Young, huddledhalf
frozen under the branches of a
spruce tree, in the rugged
mountainous section at the
forks of Colvert Creek and
Gibby Branch.
His clothes had frozen to
the ground.
Gaines and Dale Coffey built
a fire and attempted to warm
the man and get him to eat,
while Luther Coffey walked
back to Marble and telephoned
the Rescue Squad to come help
bring him out.
Luther's call fromthehome
of Ralph Trull in Marble
reached Murphy about 4:00
a.m. Sunday morning, and a
dozen or more members of
the Rescue Squad were soon
headed to the scene to bring
Mr. Young out.
The squad members made it
to the spot where Mr. Young
was found about two hours lat
er in jeeps, and they brought
him back to Providence Hos
pital here.
Doctors said he was suffer
ing from exposure, but the man
was reported in satisfactory
condition by Sunday afternoon.
He was so cold and weak
from hunger when the Rescue
Squad members arrived to
bring him out that he had to
be helped to the jeep.
Although Mr. Young was
found only about four miles
from his home, Rescue
Squad officers speculated that
he may have wandered for sev
eral additional miles before
seeking shelter under die
spruce tree.
The two hunters who had
stayed with Mr. Young while
the other went for help, rode
out with the Rescue Squad
members.
They said it was about 1:30
a.m. Sunday when their dogs
led them to where Mr. Young
was found.
Sctmt Photo - '.wen*
'COON HUNTERS Gaines Coffey (left) and Dale Coffey and their dogs accidentally came upon
Mr. Young about 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning, at the forks of Colverts Creek and Glbby Branch.
A third hunter, Luther Coffey, walked out to Marble to summon help.
Neil A. Davidson, 90,
Retired Merchant, Dies
MURPHY - Neil Allen Tuesday morning after a short
Davidson, age 90, passed a* illness.
way in a local hospital early A native of Cherokee
County, Mr. Davidson was a
MR. DAVIDSON
well known merchant of Mur
phy for m*ny years.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Sallle stanberry David
son, one son, John A. David
son of Murphy, and two grand
children.
Funeral services were con
ducted Wednesday at2K>0p.m.
at the First Methodist Church
of Murphy with the Rev. Clark
Benson officiating.
Burial was in the Sunset
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Roscoe Wilklns, Harvey Akin,
Alden Coward, Frank For
syth, Thomas King, and Nat
Kinney.
Honorary Pallbearers in
cluded the Men's Bible Class
of the First Methodist Church.
Townson Funeral Horn* was
in charge of arrangements.
Hayesville Pulls
Near Upset Over
Andrews Cagers
HAYESVILLE - Highlight
ing high school basketball in
the area during the past week
was a game between Hayes
ville and Andrews here last
Friday night which ended with
Andrews still holding a per
fect record, but mighty scar
ed.
Hayesville took die lead in
the game from the start, and
the Clay County lads strayed
ahead until only four minu
tes remained in the third
period.
At that point Andrews tied
the score at 36-26, then went
on to win 64-62. Bill Gray led
the Yellow Jackets in the fine
showing with 24 points, while
Larry Owenby was high scor
er for Andrews with 17. And
rews JV*S won 87-34.
Other Friday night action
Included an i^aet win for Rob
bins ville's beys over M ? p' ? .
66-82. Murphy's girls MB
over Robbinsville 66-36, with
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