FIRST STOP IN MURPHY for the officials touring Rimco was a luncheon hosted by Sen. and
Mrs. Frank Forsyth. The officials landed their DC-3 at Andrews - Murphy Airpark and
drove on to Murphy. Murphy Chamber of Commerce President W. D. Towns on met the group
at the airport and accompanied them to Murphy for the luncheon. Those in the photo include
(L-R) Earl Rushon, group vice-president, Indian Head Mills; Sen. Forsyth; James E. Robi
son, President, InOian Head Mills; Peter J. McKeon, Rimco Plant Manager; Mathew Birnbaum,
President of Native Laces Co., a division of Indian Head Mills, Inc.; Ira Birnbaum, vice -
president-manufacturing, Native Laces; John E. O'Sullivan, executive vice-president, Indian
Head Mills; and Dr. Linton G. Ray, Jr., vice-president technical director, Indian Head Mills.
Indian Head Mills Officials Tour
Murphy Rimco Lace Plant Wednesday
MURPHY - Top officials
of Indian Head Mills, Inc.,
toured the Rimco lace plant
here Wednesday. Rimco is
part of the Native Laces &
Editor 's
flote-Kook
The weather seems to have
settled down a bit during the
past week. . .with no more
floods at least. One problem
with all the rain is that the
fishing hasn't been up to snuff.
-TR
Initial earth moving was be
gun this week on the lot next
to Duncan Oil Co's. bulk plant
where a new Kerns Bread Co.
warehouse will be built.
TR
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be in Murphy Monday,
Apr. 20 at the Power Board
Building from 12:30-5:30p.m.
Officials report that 125 pints
are needed.
TR
A Heritage Tour and Silver
Tea will be held by the And
rews Konnaheeta Club in Val
leytown Sunday afternoon from
3:00 until 5:00 p.m.
TR
If you missed one of the
Sabin Polio Vaccine doses,
be watching for the announce
ment of a makeup date, and
don't fail to take advantage
of this protection.
TR
The Forest Service reports
that a temporary boat launch
ing ramp will be ready for use
this summer at the new Hi
wassee Lake Campground,
with a permanent ramp sche
duled for construction next
year.
TR
Another new facility for
boaters going in at Lake Hi
wasaae this summer is a new
floating, pre-mixed gas pump
at Shooks Boat Dock, to ser
vice outboard motors.
TR
Lights were burning late
this week as local folks labor
ed to complete income tax re
turns by the Wednesday dead
line.
TR
The heavy rains this month
have lakes full ahead of sche
dule In WNC and Hiwassee is
rising fast. First spring ac
tion at boat docks will prob
ably get rolling this weekend
if the weather holds.
TR
Officials of the North Car
olina Fund held a two-day
meeting in Asheville this week
going over projects sought by
counties who are asking for
help. Included in this program
is 'Project High Hope' which
included Cherokee and Clay.
Announcements of proposals
which are accepted will be
made shortly.
TR
Auto enthusiastsareexcited
by Ford's new sports car, the
Mustang, which will be intro
duced In local show rooms
this week.
TR
Movie fans in Andrews will
be happy to learn that the
drive-In will open In May, with
weekend shews for the first
two weeks and full time ope
ration for the remainder of
the summer.
Textiles Division of Indian
Head Mills. The visit was part
of a series which began on
March 17 for the purpose of
reviewing current operations
and discussing with Division
and mill managements the
Company's policies and goals
for the year.
James E. Robison, Presi
dent, John E. O'Sullivan, Exe
cutive Vice President, and Dr.
Linton G. Ray, Jr., Vice
President - Technical Direc
tor, were conducted through
the Rimco plant by Mathew
Birnbaum, President of Nat
ive Laces, Ira Birnbaum, Vice
President - Manufacturing and
Peter J. McKeon, Plant Man
ager.
The Indian Head of lcials
flew here from Greenville, S.
C., where they spent the morn
ing touring the yard dyeing
plant of the Company's Frank
lin Process Division. Prior to
their visit to the Rimco Plant,
they attended a luncheon meet
ing at the home of Senator
Frank Forsyth.
Following the group's visit
to the Rimco plant, they flew
to Chattanooga, Tenn., where
they will tour the second of
F ranklin Process Company *s
three yard dyeing plants. This
portion of the mill tour will
terminate Thursday afternoon
at the Blue Mountain, Ala.,
plant of the Linen Thread Co.
Division, which makes indus
trial sewing threads, twines,
commercial fishing nets and
sports nets.
Mr. Robison said, "Regular
visits to the manufacturing
units of the Company are a
key part of Indian Head Mills'
continuing program of internal
communications."
Mr. O'Sullivan said, "The
visits made possible a valu
able exchange of information
and ideas between top cor
porate management and ope
rating managers in the field
who have the immediate res
ponsibility for maintaining and
improving the Company's ope
rating profits."
Indian Head Mills is a di
versified textile manufactur
ing and service organization
with IT plants in nine states.
The Company has three plants
in North Carolina and four in
South Carolina.
Murphy Power Board Begins
Appliance Purchase Program
MURPHY - A nine-week
program of home modernizat
ion, sponsored by Murphy
Power Board, begins here
Today.
The program is designed
specifically for locan con
sumers who wish to purchase
a new electric appliance.
John H- Bayless, manager
of the electric system, said
that a bonus will be given to
each of the system's consum
ers who purchases a featur
ed appliance during the cam
paign period. To qualify, the
appliance purchased must be
an original installation on the
electric system's lines.
Manager Bayless listed
these appliances and bonuses
being offered:
Free Food
Warehouse
Is Moved
MURPHY - The Cherokee
County Surplus Commodity
Distribution Center has been
moved to the former location
of Howell's Market in the
Regal Hotel Building on Hia
wassee Street In Murphy.
Effective April 16, food will
be distributed to certified
eligible, needy individuals and
families from the new lo
cation.
Yotny Democrat
Club Meeting
Thursday Night
MURPHY - There will be
? meeting of the Cherokee
County Young Democrat dub
on Thursday evening, April
16 at 7i30 p.m. at die Mur
phy Elementary school li
brary.
diaries F orris ter, presi
dent, urged all members to be
present, and lnvltsd all inter
ested persons over the age of
20 to come.
Electric range, $15; elec
tric dishwasher, $10; Elec
tric air conditioner, $10;
Electric water heater, $20.
To collect his bonus, the
consumer must take his bill
of sale to Murphy Power
Board.
"We believe this kind of
program is important to the
progress of our area," Man
ager Bayless said. 'Tirst of
all, it helps our consumers
in their desires to modernize
their homes. It assists ap
pliance dealers directly and
other businesses in general.
And of course, it improves
our system's electrical dis
tribution, which is one of the
major factors In keeping our
electric rates so low."
Local dealers, with national
manufacturers and distribut
ors, are cooperating in this
modernization program.
The special program ends
on May 30th.
Julian Suggs Ordained
Into Baptist Ministry
MURPHY - Julian S. Suggs.
Minister of Music and Edu- '
cation at the First Baptist I
Church of Murphy from Dec
ember of 1961 until this week, |
was ordained into the Gas- 1
pel Ministry Sunday, April
12.
The ordination service took
place In his home church, the
First Baptist Church of Hick
ory. Dr. J. Roy Robinson is the
pastor of the church.
Last Sunday Mr. Suggs ter
minated his services in Mur
phy. He began his services at
the First Baptist Church in
Lenoir City, Tenru, this week.
Mr. Suggs had revested
ordaination from the First
Baptist Church In Murphy and
the church voted to grant his i
request. Due to his father's '
recent illness. It was con- '
sldered unwise fay physicians ]
for him to travel to Murphy, ]
herefore Mr. Suggs' request
ras transferred to the First
iaptist Church of Hickory.
Mr. Suggs was licensed to
?reach by his home church in
October 1957. He attended
ind graduated from the Hick*
try High School in 1965 and
'eceived a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Religious Educa
:lon from Lenoir Rhyne Col
lege in 1969.
He attended Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary
it Wake Forest, N. C. for
>ne year.
Community
Development
Meeting Apr. 23
MURPHY - The quarterly
neetingof the Community De
elopment Council will be held
rhursday. AprU 23, at 7t30
i.m. in the Murphy Power
loard Building.
Brumby Textile Mills
Resumes Operation
MURPHY - Brumby Textile
Mills in Murphy resumed ope
rations this week after being
shut down since Feb. 1, the
longest layoff in the history of
the firm.
Edward H. Brumby, owner
of the mill, said this week chat
the company had been awarded
a contract to produce 717,360
undershirts for the Defense
Clothing and Textile Center
In Philadelphia, Pa.
The Center, which is anac
tivity of the Defense Supply
Agency, announced that four
firms, fixed-price contracts
were awarded to various mills
in North Carolina and Penn
sylvania at the same time the
Brumby Mills contract was
negotiated.
The Center added that the
contracts were awarded to
the lowest responsible of
ferors whose proposals con
formed with all requirements
of the solicitation.
County Democratic
Convention Date
Announced By Chairman
RALEIGH - The official
call for all Cherokee Demo
crats to organize on the pre
cinct level on Saturday, April
25 has been received from
State Party Chairman Luns
ford Crew, Democratic County
Chairman Harry Bishop an
nounced this week.
All over North Carolina on
April 25 in more than 2,000
precincts Democrats will be
gin the machinery designed to
elect a President, Governor,
Congressman, State and
County officials in November.
At each precinct meeting five
persons, two of whom have to
be women, will be elected as
a precinct committee.
After election the precinct
committee will then elect a
chairman and a vice
chairman, one of whom will
be a woman, and name dele
gates to the bi-annual County
Convention to be held on May
9, the chairman said.
At the County Convention
the precinct chairmen and
vice-chairmen will then or
ganize their county executive
committee and elect delegates
to the State Democratic Con
vention in Raleigh on May 20.
District committees will be
named as well as delegates
to the Democratic National
Convention, to be held in At
lantic City on August 24, where
the national platform will be
adopted and candidates for
president and vice-president
will be nominated.
The chairman pointed out
that any Democrat is cordially
invited to attend the meetiqg
in the precinct in which he
vote*.
9,550 Take
Lost Sabin
Vaccine Dos<
MURPHY " The third and
final dose of Sabin oral Polio
vaccine was given to 9,550
persons in Cherokee County
Sunday as the campaign of im
munization sponsored by the
County Medical Association
and the Murphy Jaycee Club
came to a close.
More than 10,000 people in
Cherokee County have taken
one or more doses of the
vaccine during the three Stop
Polio Sundays held in the last
three months.
Those people who missed
the final dose or either the
first or second dose of the
Sabin oral vaccine will be able
to get a make-up dose.
A definite date has not yet
been decided, but a spokesman
for the Jaycees said this week
that some time during May a
four or five day period would
be set up with any of the three
types of vaccine available for
persons who missed a dose.
The cost of the program
was taken care of by contri
butions from those who took
the vaccine, and although final
totals are not available, the
Jaycees expect that contri
butions will take care of all
Expenses.
Contributions for Sunday's
third dose amounted to
(1,946.25, averaging slightly
less than the quarter contri
bution asked of each person
who took the vaccine. The
vaccine was given, however,
with or without a donation.
?
Anna Bruce Tapped
For Membership
In Honor Society
JEFFERSON CITY - Anns j
Bruce, daughter of Mr. and'
Mrs. Robert D. Bruce ol Mur
phy , has been tapped to be
come a member of the Pana- i
thenees Honor Society at Car
son - Newman College in Jef- ,
ferson City, Tenn.
Those chosen for the honor
are selected due to superior^
achievement in character*
scholarship, leadership, and
serivce to the college.
Panathenees is eligible for
membership in Mortar Board,
the highest nationally recog-1
nized women's honor society
and recognition is expected to (
be made soon.
In a letter to Mr. and Mr* ?
Bruce in Murphy the presi'^#*
of Panathenees at Carson -
Newman said "this recogni
tion will make this honor for
which your daughter has boot ,
chosen doubly Impressive."
Anna was not awsrs of her
selection until the tapping
ceremony last Friday at the
college, and she was also sur
prised by the present of her
parents, her grandmother,
Mrs. Myrtle Bruce, and Mrs.
Don Ramsey of Murphy at the
ceremony.
The ceremony was held in
the auditorium of First Bap
tist Church in Jefferson City.
Anna was one of six girls
studying at the college to be
chosen for the honor.
7 County Students
On Honer Roll
At Western Carolina
CULLOWHEE - Seven
Cherokee County students
?re among those listed on the
honor roll for the winter quar
ter at Western Carolina Col
lege.
Those listed on Alpha Honor
Roll are Judith Ann May of
Andrews, and Donald Paul
Smith of Murphy.
Named to Beta Honor Roll
are Veral Deanna Allen, Ger
ald Thomas chambers, Caro
lyn Mae Graves, Lester Lee
Stowe, all of Murphy, and
Hilda Ann White of Culberson.
CORONER J. C. TOWNSON and an unidentified Negro man were removing Mrs. Hudgen's
body from her home when this picture was taken Monday night. A Coroner's Jury viewed the
body before it was moved.
Negro Woman's Body Found,
Husband Charged With Murder
MURPHY - A Murphy Negro
woman's body, beaten and
bruised almost beyond recog
nition, was found Ln the back
room of her home here Monday
night about 6:30 p.m. by three
neighbors who were concern
ed thi.t she hadn't been seen
since last
The woman, Mrs. Ethel
Hudgens, had been dead since
Friday night according to
Cherokee County Coroner J.
C. Townson, who conducted an
inquest Tuesday.
Her husband, James Samuel
Hudgens, was arrested by the
County Sheriff's ^OMnment
Pfanning
ursday To Take Up
and Use Survey
PHY - The Murphy
ing Board will meet on
sday night, April 16, at
Murphy Power Board
ding at 7:00.
The Planning Board, Joe
Chairman, and Charles
igham, Murphy Corn
planner from the West
ijiorth Carolina Regional
Planning Commission, Ashe
vilte, will lead the study of
die next phase of the Planning
Board's work which will be
"Land Use Survey And Plan
For Murphy."
The present land use and
land use problems will be
analyzed as to summary of
j?Vbilng land use ? Resi
dential, Commercial, Indus
trial, Public and Semi -Pub
lic, Streets and Highways.
Railroad Facilities, Vacant
Land, Water, and Planning
Principles for Murphy.
The land use plan will also
Jgfcr and attempt to designate
Ht manner in which land in
pgurphy should be used con
sidering its optimimun de
Mopment.
I: As develi
?or as opportunities arise M
consider land development aftdT
re-develop,i>ent, the land usJ
plan should point the way l?
the best possible use of Mur-1
phy's land. Some of theMl
problems have been long in
the making and some, such as
annexation possibilities, will
take highly detailed cost stud
ies and general public under*
standing.
Murphy planning Board and
Murphy Advisory Committee,
Jack T. Owens, Chairman,
are available at all times to
cooperate in any way possible
toward bringing a better un
derstanding of the needs of
the town, and in explaining the
study and work they are un
dertaking to accomplish theie
needs. , ,
The Planning Board medSk 1
every third Thursday tn tvi
month at the Murphy po#i?
Board at seven o'clock P-B*.. I
These meetings are open tQ
anyone who is interested In
the work and study taking plac*
at these meetings for the bet- ^
of the Town of . t
MUfe, :*m
'tVvernor Tames Chairmen
For Kennedy Memorial
RALEIGH - The appolnt
ment of Murphy Attorney Ho
bart McKeever and Clay
County Sheriff Neal Kitchens
as county chairmen of the
state - wide drive to raise
North Carolina's portion of
funds for the John Fitzger
ald Kennedy Library, was for
mally announced this week by
Go*. Terry Sanford.
Included in the announce
ment Were others plans for
the campaign.
Dr. Billy Graham will be
one of the featured speakers
paying tribute to President
John F. Kennedy In Kenan
Stadium In Chapel Hill on
Sunday, May 17, to close the
North Carolina drive for con
tributions to the Kennedy Li*
brary.
All persons contributing
|10 in Cherokee and Clay
Counties will receive tickets
to the Chapel Hill event from
Sheriff Kitchens or Mr. Mc
Keever, and members of the
local committee.
Members of both political
parties were appointed by
Governor Sanford to sponsor
the drive In North Carolina
for the library which will
house historic papers that
came into the nation's pos
ession during President Ken
nedy's term.
Democrats on the State
Committee for the Kennedy
Library Include U. S. Sena
tors Sam J. Ervin, Jr., and
B. Everett Jordan, u well
as Secretary of Commerce
Luther H- Hodges and State
Party Chairman W. Luns
ford Crew.
Prominent North Carolina
Rqmblicans on the non - par
tisan State Committee for the
Kennedy Library Fund are
Congressman Charles Raper
Jonas, J. Herman Saxon, J.
E. BroyhUl, and Federal Dis
trict Judge A. L. Butler.
Persons interested In pur
chasing tickets to the May 17
tribute to President Kennedy,
or In helping in the local
drive, should contact sheriff
Kitchens or Mr. McKeever,
shortly after his wife's body
was found. Officers picked
him up beside Highway 19
East of Murphy. They said
he had apparently been stay
ing in the house at night over
the weekend.
Hudgens was jailed Sunday
and Tuesday afternoon around
4:00 p.m. another prisoner at
County jail discove-cJ that
Hudgens had cut his wrists
with a discarded razor blade
he found in the cell.
Hudgens was rushed to Pro
vidence Hospital where he was
treated for loss of blood and
his wrists were stitched. He
1 was then returned to jail.
He has been charged with
"lurder of his wife andis
grand jury action during the
July term of Superior Court
1 Jn the county.
;7iiThree Negro men who live
in Texana community near the
Hudger.s home crawled
through a window in the house
Monday when they became
worried about Mrs. Hudgens'
disappearance.
The three, Ralph Hyatt, Neal
Colbert and Luther Allen,
found her body lying on some
boxes behind a roll-away bed
in a dark back room <rf the
house. Colbert called the
sheriff's office.
Hudgens had told neighbors
that his wife had caught a bus
to Knoxville Thursday. Hyatt,
one of the three who found the
body, checked at the bus sta
tion here and found that Mrs.
.Hudgens had not bought a tic
ket Thursday. He then return
ed to search the house.
The body was viewed at the
le by a six-man coroner's
held without bond for
Coroner Townson said that
S. Hudgens suf ere d ?
skull causing her
and that a walking cane
in the home was being
" as a possible mur
weapon. He said that Hud
Mas and his wife "fought
ivary day."
When questioned by authori
ties, Hudgens said he found
his wife dead when he woke
up Saturday morning, and that
he had no recollection of what
happened the night before.
The coroner said there was
evidence of drinking in the
house.
Four other Negro men were
jaUed Monday and held for
questioning and were released
Tuesday.
^ WE?
Date High Low Prec. ?
9 56 29 0.13
10 56 24 0
11 66 29 0
12 72 36 0
13 62 58 0.69
14 63 S2 0.52
16 68 31 0
FORECAST: Thursday,
fair; Friday, scattered to bro
ken cloudiness with showers}
Saturday, showers and a few
scattered thunder showers)
Sunday, showers.
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