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MUdPHY LlBflAHX MUHPHT H C SAMPLE Volume 74 - Number 29 and Clay County Progress Murphy, North Carolina, Thursday, February 13, 1944 " 'ho? Thl? Week Published Weekly ? ?CONO CUM roirxi PAID AT MURPHV. NORTH CAROLINA Republican Nominee For County Representative Declines To Make Race [ MURPHY' -Cherokee County Republicans nominated W. D. t Townson as their candidate for County Representative at the GOP Convention here on Saturday, but on his return ? from a business trip to Flo rida this week, Mr. Townson declined to make the race. "My main Interest is work ing with the Chamber of Com 1 merce in Murphy," Mr. Town son said Wednesday, " and trying to get more industry for i this area. I have no desire to enter politics." Mr. Town son is President of the Chamber of Commerce here and owner of Townson Lumber 1 Co. and Townson Funeral ? Home. A Republican candidate for the Representative post will now be left up to the five man County GOP Executive Committee, composed of the v County Chairman, vice chairman and secretary and two members, since the Convention Saturday approved a motion empowering theExe cutive Committee to nominate a candidate to fill any vacan cies on the ticket that might arise because of a nominee's declining to run. Herman H. West, incumbent Representative and a Repub lican, announced last Novem ber that he would not seek re-election. Other highlights of the Con vention included the re I Editor 's ! flote-Mook < The deadline for getting f, new auto tags had been mov ed up to midnight, Monday, ' Feb. 17, since the regular Feb. IS expiration date for ' tags falls on a Sunday. TR Gubernatorial Democratic Candidate Dan K. Moore of Canton will visit Andrews, Murphy, and Hayesville Sat urday, Feb. 22. Look for com plete pre-visit coverage in next week's Scout. TR Tax Listing in Cherokee is reported to be set to begin Monday, Feb. 24. Next week's Scout will carry the official story. TR A large delegation from Andrews plans to attend the Sports Banquet in Asheville Sunday night sponsored by the Mountain Amateur Athletic Club and the Land of the Sky Touchdown Club. The Andrews High football team and team member Butch Sursavage are finalists in the competition for awards and trophies. TR The Cherokee County Res cue Squad will meet Thursday night in Murphy. TR The MYF Sub - District Sweetheart Banquet will be held Saturday evening at the Murphy First Methodist L\ CKaCn. TR Murphy First Baptist's Sweetheart Banquet is set for today (Thursday) at 6:30 p.m. at the Church. TR A late report Wetbesday told that the County Sheriff's Dept. was investigating three men who attempted to break into Wayne Burrell's Service Station at the junction of High ways 64-294 Wednesday morning. The report said that Mr. Burrell apprehended one ' of the would-be robbers with a lick 011 the head. TR Wrestling comes to Murphy Friday night at the old Rock Gym, sponsored by the Cancer Society, with 613 pound "Mighty Jumbo' headlining the card. TR Stock Car racing fan* here about were agog over the speeds posted at Daytona In ternational Speedway this week by the new Dodges and Plymouth*. TR Moet folks here who watch ed the fabulous Beatles on the Ed Sullivan TV show last Sun day agreed that the young Britishers would be much bet ter on radio. TR Snow flurries here Sunday and Monday threatened all day, but never got serious. fft election of J. Doyle Burch, Murphy Ford Dealer, to a fourth two - year term as County Chairman, and elec tion of a new vice-chairman, Mrs. Lottie Murphy of Rt. 2, (Long Ridge), and election of a new secretary, Mrs. Irene Mills, who is employed as sec retary in the County Clerk of Court's office. Nominees for Justice of the Peace and Constable in the six county townships were also picked by the Convention. JP nominees include Lloyd Ramsey, Murphy Township; Floyd Brooks, Valleytown; Arvil Williamson, Shoal Creek; Wes Helton, Hothouse; Arnold Lee Hughes, Notley; and McKinley Beavers, Bea ver dam. Constable nominees includ ed Hayes Dockery, Jr., Mur phy Township; Marion Adams, Shoal Creek; Roy P. Clonce, Notley; Virgil Hogsed, Hot - house; and Lesard Radford, Beaver dam. A nominee for Constable of Valleytown Township was not selected. Two members of the County GOP Executive Committee elected at the Convention were John Dickey of Murphy and John Wishon of Andrews, who will serve on the committee along with the County Chair man, Vice-chairman and Sec * vim J * Cherokee County Attorney F red O. Christopher was sel ected temporary chairman to preside during the Convention. The nominees will run in the state-wide election next November, against candidates to be nominated by the Demo cratic party in the County in their upcoming Convention. Representatives from 19 precincts in the county were among the 50 Republicans on hand for the Convention. The Convention voted to let those party members who at tend the District and State Conventions upcoming in the next two months, serve as of ficial delegates, empowered to cast the 22 votes alloted to Cherokee County on the basis of GOP ballots cast in the last state election. Mr. Townson was the only nominee for the County Re presentative post nominated at the Convention. Nominees for JP, Constable, and Party offices were also unopposed at the Convention except for the Murphy seat on the Executive Committee. John Dickey was elected to the committee, receiving a ma jority of the votes from Re publicans at the Convention over John O'Dell and Frank Plemmons. Chairman Burch spoke briefly, urging Republicans to rally behind GOP County office-holders, and to "stand up for Republicans who are in office in the county." He explained that the county-wide tax appraisal just completed, which has dis gruntled a few people in the county, was not the choice of the County Board of Com - missioners, which has a 2-1 Republican majority, but was required by a state law. Mr. Burch told the Conven tion that the Commissioners have already lowered the a mount of the taxable value of property from 50 to 45 per cent of its total appraised value, and predicted a de crease In the tax rate this year, with larger decreases for the next two years. He praised the work of OOP party members in the county for their efforts in the last county election, which sawthe Republicans sweep all but one office, and urged die same kind of effort for the November election. Top Ag. Official To Speak In Clay HArESVILLE - Harry B. Caldwell, Chairman of the National Agricultural Advis ory Commission who was re cently appointed to the post by President Lyndon B. John son, will speak at an Agri cultural meeting in Hayes vtlle at the Agriculture Building on Thursday, Feb. 30. PTA To Observe Founders Day MURPHT - The Murphy PTA will observe the 67m Anniversary of Founders Day at a meeting Monday, Fab. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Elementary School Auditorium. PTA President Don Ramsey announced this week that a filmed program will be pre sented and the whole family la invited to attend. SEVEN MEMBERS of a Hayesville family were crowded into the cab of this pickup truck when it veered off the road near Brasstown and hit a tree. photo By stmo?d. Truck With 7 Members Family In Cab Wrecks BRASSTOWN - Seven mem bers of a Hayes ville family crowded into the cab of a pickup truck were injured when the truck rammed a tree Monday around 7:30 a.m. on Rural Road 1135 near Brass town. The driver of the truck was Earl Frank McGaha, 28, of Hayesville, and members of his family in the truck includ ed his wife and five children. All members of the family except Mr. McGaha were ad mined to Providence Hospital here Monday, and Dr. George Size reported that Tommy, age Walter B. Owenby Murphy Soldier Killed By Accidental Rifle Wound FORT BRAGG - Walter B. Owenby, a 1960 honor grad uate of Murphy High School, and a member of the U. S. Special Forces, was killed by an accidental gunshot wound Wednesday, Feb. S, while placing a rifle into a vehicle at the Fort Bragg Military Base in Easter North Carol ina. A Specialist 5th Class in the Special Forces, Owenby had recently returned from a tour of duty in South Viet Nam. An investigation completed this week by his Commanding Officer and the FBI revealed that Owenby was fatally wounded when a rifle he was placing in an auto accidently discharged. The accident occurred as the soldier was preparing to leave a Special Forces dem onstration area and return to his Company. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Owenby of Route 2 Murphy. He returned from overseas in December. He graduated with honors from Murphy High School in 1960 and attended Wake For est College on a Hankins Scholarship until midway of his sophomore year, when he left to join the Army. He was Student Council President in high school, and a top college prospect, Murphy High officials said. In addition to his parents, he is survived by six sisters, Miss Carolyn Owenby of the home, Mrs. Henry Owenby of Blair sville, Ga., Mrs. Har vey Stalcup, Mrs. Claude Stal cup, and Mrs. Clyde Stalcup, all of Murphy, andMrs.Quen tin Robertson of Waynes ville; two brothers, Charles of Moss Point and Guynn of Murphy; and a grandfather, Astor Hughes of Murphy. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Little Glade Baptist Church, with full military honors conduc ed by members of the U. S. Army. The Rev. Ham Coffey, the Rev. Fred Lunsford, and the Rev. Billy Stiles officiated, and burial was in the New Martin's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were James Hughes, Don Hughes, James Evans, Troy Simmons, Billy Stiles, and Bobby Phil lips. A large number of fellow soldiers from Fort Bragg at tended the funeral services. Townson Funeral Homewas in charge of arrangements. A letter to the soldier's parents here this week from Col. Herbert F. Roye, Com manding Officer of his Special Forces Unit, stated "Walter was an exemplary soldier. In his work he was a perfection ist and his private life was centered around his religious beliefs. He had just returned from Viet Nam where he had performed his duties in an outstanding manner. Walter was well liked and respected by all who knew him." "A memorial service was conducted for Walter at the Special Forces Chapel at 11:16 Friday, Feb. 7. 1 hope you will find some solace in the know ledge that your grief is shared by all the men of the 6th Spe call Forces Group (Airborne). 3, was later transferred to Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, suffering from a fractured skull. Injuries to other members of the family were reported as follows: Mrs. Inez McGaha, fractured left foot and right thigh bone, and multiple lac erations and abrasions, and a possible broken jawbone; J eannie 8, compound fractures of both bones of the lower right leg, broken right thigh bone and lacerations; Betty, 6, concussion and lacerations of the face; Barbara 4, con cussion and lacerations; Jerry a year and a half, concussion and lacerations. Dr. Size reported Wed nesday that all injured mem bers of the family were doing as well as could be expected. State Patrolman E. N. Hooper of Andrews, who in vestigated the wreck charged the driver, Earl Frank Mc Gaha, with driving under the infl lence of intoxicants. Atlanta Postmaster Explains Long-Lost Snapshots of Murphy MURPHY - This is the story of some long-lost pictures and a red-faced Postmaster. In April of 1958, Mrs. A. G. Smith of Martins Creek mailed a roll of film to At lanta to be processed. The film company finish ed the pictures and mailed them back to Mrs. Smith, but the pictures were never seen again. A postal check traced them to an Atlanta Post Office. The Postmaster there was baffled ... the pictures had simply vanished. This week Mrs. Smith fin ally received the pictures and a letter from George W. Camp, Acting Atlanta Post master. The Postmaster ex plained that an old letter dump was being dismantled in the Atlanta Post Office, andasthe workmen were demolishing it, they found the pictures, still in the envelope addressed to Mrs. Smith. The envelope containing the pictures had slipped into a crack in the letter dump, and there they stayed, from 1958 until this week. Mrs. Smith said this week that the pictures were still in fine shape when she re ceived them and included shots of the snow storm here in '68, a flood here later in the spring and flowers blooming in the summer. uta* ROBERT BRUCE, County FHA Supervisor and Mrs. Andrew Kaylor who works In the FHA office posed with Mr. Bruce's Award Certificate for outstanding work. FHA Supervisor Gets Incentive Award MURPHY - Robert D. Bruce of Murphy has received m Incentive Award for Sustain ed Above-Average Perfor mance as County Supervisor of the Firmer i Home Ainln Utratlon. The U. S. Dept. of Agri culture ? FHA Incentive A wird Certificate mi signed by Melvln H. Hearn, sute FHA Director of Raleigh, who announced at the same time (Com. on back page) Two Robbers Find Folks Heri Don't Give Up Without A Fifbt MURPHY " Two Greens boro youths who tried hold ing a local family at gun point with demands for moeny here Saturday found them selves in County Jail Mon day, one peppered with shot gun pellets, and both under $10,000 bond on a charge of armed robbery. Sheriff Claude Anderson, Deputies Kellis Radford and Robert Hartness and Highway Patrolman R. H. Ensley ans wered a call for help Sun day from the home of Gar lee Rich on U. S. 64 West, but when they arrived, one youth was already on the way to a Murphy Hospital and the second was disarmed and sur rounded by Mr. Rich and sev eral neighbors, all weilding shotguns or rifles. The officers said that Mr. Rich had shot one of the men, 18 year old Roger Dale Law son of Greensboro, and ap prehended his companion, 19 year -old Jimmy Wayne Camp bell, also of Greensboro, when they attempted to leadhiswife and daughter into the woods at gunpoint. The officers learned that the two had abandoned a car stolen in Greensboro in Cle veland, Tenn. and were hitch hiking back up U. S. 64 when they decided to enter a house and demand money. They went into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carmel Curtis on Highway 64 some 10 miles West of Murphy Saturday, and found Curtis's 15 year -old son there alone. He couldn't pro duce any money so they sent New Police Chief.. .Blain J. Stalcup Blain J. Stalcup New Murphy Police Chief MURPHY - Blaine J. Stal cup, a native of Murphy who has been on the Murphy Pol ice force for the past eight years, was named as Police Chief here Monday night by the Town Board. Veteran Murphy Police Chief Neil Sneed retired May 31, 1963, and the police de partment here has been super vised by Town Clerk C. E. Johnson since Mr. Sneed's retirement. Mr. Stalcup, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harve Stalcup of Murphy, attended Murphy High School, joined the U. S. Army in 1953 and served most of his tour of duty stationed in Germany. He received his discharge from the Army in May of 1955 and worked at the Murphy Pure Oil Station until January of 1956 when he was employed as a member of the Police Department here. In October of last year, Chief Stale up attended and graduated from a Police School held In WaynesvLlle by the N. C. State Bureau of Investigation, in co-ope ration with the Institute of Government. He is married to the for mer Miss Bobbie Reece. He is a member of the Cherokee County Rescue Squad and the Murphy Vol unteer Fire Department. Chief Stalcup said this week, "1 respectfully ask for the cooperation of the people of Murphy in working with the Police Department here." At present, Murphy has a five-man police force. Other officers include Pete Stalcup, Ray Killian, R. A. Martin, and Jerry Graham. Town Board Approves Use Of 2-Way Police Radios MURPHY - Members of the Town Board voted Mon day night to install a two way radio in the town police car and a base radio station with a man on duty 34 hours a day. Members of the board dis cussed the need for radios and approved the installation of a base sution and a radio in the police car, plus the addi tion of an extra man who will also serve as night firemen to man the base sution at night, as soon a& the town budget will allow the extra expense. The Police Department has been trying out citlsens Bank type radios for the past several weeks, similar to those now in use by the County Rescue Squad, and other tests of different type radios will be continued in the next few weeks "so we can git the best radios for our money," Town Clerk C. E. Johnson said this week. Mr. Johnson reported that the town budget will probably not stand the expense of the radios and another man on the force until after 1944 tax revenues begin coming in, sometime after July 1. Members of the Board also voted to remove some old con crete steps off the right-of way at West Central Street where it Joins Peachtree St. acroas from the County Courthouse. The steps were removed Tueaday, so the street could be widened to its full right of-way as recorded by sur vey and thereby get rid of a hazardous condition and traf fic bottle-neck that existed at the Intersection. cioy Democratic Womont Club HAYESVILLE - The Wo man* Democratic Club of day County will meet Tuesday, Feb. 18, in die Hayesville School Library at Ti30 jun. Mrs. Neal Jarrett, president, announced this weak. him next door where his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis were visiting Mrs. Curtis' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garlee Rich, with instructions to tell his father to come home quickly because the bathroom toilet was stopped up. Mr. Curtis, his wife, and Mrs. Rich all came to the house and the two men point ed the gun at them and de manded money. They told the robbers that they had no money with them, and they sent Mr. Curtis back to Mr. Rich's house to get some. Mr. Curtis told Mr. Rich what was happening, called the Sheriff's office htfe, and returned with J 10 which he gave to the two men. By that time, the men had decided to take Mrs. Curtis and Mrs. Rich into the woods as hostages, but Mr. Rich had slipped around to the rear of the Curtis home with a 16 guage shotgun, and when one of the men stepped away from the others, Mr. Richshothim, and told the other one to drop his eun. The other man threw a 22 calibre pistol, which had been stolen earlier from a home further back down the road, into some weeds and sur rendered. Mr. Rich had also alerted other neighbors and they were converging on the Curtis home well armed to help. When the law officers ar rived, someone had already summoned an ambulance to take the wounded man to the hospital, and they arrested the other one and brought him to County Jail. Deputies Kellis Radford and Robert Hartness stayed in the hospital room with the wound ed desperado until he was released then placed him in jail with his companion. Murphy Physician George Size, who treated the wound ed man said that he had been shot from the left rear, ap parently with No. 4 size shot gun pellets, and that some 80 shots had entered his body from his knee to his head. Most of die shots were con centrated in the man's left shoulder, neck and face. Dr. Size said, and one barely missed his eye. None of the shots entered vital organs, though some were close to the man's wind pipe. He was kept in the hos pital overnight and released Sunday to the officers to be transferred to jail. Justice of the Peace Lloyd Ramsey placed each man under $10,000 bond and bound them over for trial in the March-April term of Chero <ee County Superior Court. 'Landmark' To Be Sold At Auction MURPHY - A little frame building that is something of a Murphy 'landmark' will soon be removed from the scene. The little building known as 'Frank's Place' beside the Murphy Carnegie Library will be sold at public auction at noon Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Courthouse Door in Mur phy. The building was used for years as a concession and cold drink stand, after it was | built by the Murphy Lions Club as part of their work to aid the blind. It has not been used for some time, since it was 'replaced* by another store on U. S. 84 West, and the Lions need to move it anyway, to make room for an entrance to ? parking lot In the rear. So the landmark will be sold at public auction Saturday, for cash at high noon. Bids may be mailed In to the Lions Club if received by mail before time of the sale, or made in person. 50 46 41 44 60 46 Prec. 0.02 0.W 0.12 0.00 0.09 0.06 0.44 0.00 Korec?s?: Thursday, Ratal Friday, clear and coMer) Sat urday and Sunday, fair.
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