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Volume 74 - Number 40
and Clay County Progress
Murphy, North Carolina, Thursday, April 30, 1964
12 Pa
Published Weekly
SfcCOND CLASS POIT4CI ?tlD
AT MURPMV north CAROLINA
Mayor Proclaims
Clean-Up Week
MURPHY - Mayor L. L.
Mason has proclaimed the
weeks of May 4 through May
16 "Clean-Up Weeks" inMur
phy, and urges every citizen
in Murphy to take part in the
program.
Clean-up week is held an
nually in Murphy. The,. >rpose
of the program is to beautify
as well as eliminate fire
hazards.
Homeowners and business
men can call the Town Hall
at 837-25X0 for rubbish pick
up. Rubbish should be placed
near the street to help with
loading. Only rubbish consist
ing of brush, cartons, boxes,
tin cans, old appliances, tires,
ets., can be picked up during
this program.
The town cannot haul away
trees and tree laps.
Father Praises Prisoner
For Saving Son From Fire
STEDMAN - Men become
heroes during unusual mom
ents of stress ? and some
times they are the men who
seem less likely to assume the
stature of a hero.
Loomis Hill is a very good
example.
He's a very special hero to
7 -year -old Miles Owen Edge
III of Stedman.
The strange thing about Hill
being a hero is the fact that
he's a convict serving time
working on the highways of
North Carolina.
Hill, assigned to the Har
nett County unit of the N. C.
Prison Department, was help
ing dump a load of dirt along
N. C. 24 at Stedman recently.
He heard the screams of a
child. Then he saw smoke
belching from a house trailer
nearby.
The convict ran from the
highway, realizing his leaving
the work crew might spell
trouble for him. As he neared
the trailer, the screams of
the terribly frightened young
ster spurred him on.
He forced open the door of
the trailer and grabbed up
Miles in his arms and ran out
to safety.
The Vander Volunteer Fire
Department was summoned to
the scene an ' poured water
onto the flar ling trailer. The
firemen agreed they probably
wouldn't have been able to
save the life of the youngster.
The boy's father. Miles O.
Edge, Jr., grateful to the con
vict for his action wrote this
letter to Gov. Terry San
ford:
"This is just a letter of
thanks which is the only way
I know how to express to you
what a prisoner did for my
family and me about 9 o'clock
today.
"This morning. ..our house
suddenly caught fire and our
home and all our belongings
were burned.
"A prisoner. . .Loomis
Hill, with a state road crew,
heard the screams of my
son who was trapped in the
house and rushed in the house
at great personal risk and res
cued my son from being
burned.
"I have been reliably ad
vised by family relatives that
if Hill had been one minute
later. . .my son would not
have been saved.
"I want you and the Prison
Department to accept this as
our humble thanks for what
this man did for us."
Hill, who is a native of
Murphy, in Cherokee County,
smiled wryly after the fire
was extinguished. "You know,
1 could get in trouble," he
said.
But he won't get into any
trouble for his bravery.
George Randall, director of
the N. C. Prison Department,
was in Fayetteville Saturday
and he praised Hill.
He indicated that Hill very
likely will be rewarded with a
reduction in his time.
Hill was sentenced to two
years in prison from New
Hanover County Superior
Court last August. He was
convicted of forcible tres
pass.
Hill, who has worked as a
salesman and a house paint
er, is married and has a son
of his own and 5 step-child
ren. He served with the U. S.
Army for four and one-half
years during World War II.
Pre-School Clinic
To Be Held Here
MURPHTf - School officials
announce that a pre-school
clinic for children living in
the Murphy School District
who will be six years old on
or before October 15, 1964,
will be held at the rock build
ing on the Murphy Elemen
tary School grounds, Friday,
May 8, from 9:00a.m. to 12:00
p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to
3:00 p.m.
Doctors from Murphy and
the medical and nursing staff
from the Cherokee County
Health Department will be
present to examine the child
ren. Also, several mothers
from the Murphy PTA will
be on hand to help with the
registration.
Officials in charge of the
clinic stress the fact that no
immunizations will be given at
this clinic. However, it Is re
commended that parents see
their family doctor or go to
the Cherokee county Health
Department and have the re
quired shots given before the
child enters school next fall.
This action is required by
law and no child will be al
lowed to enroll in school next
year who hasn't had all the
shots. Diptheria, whooping
cough, smallpox, tetanus and
polio are the required shots.
(The Sabin oral polio vaccine
will be acceptable).
Parents are asked by the
school officials to bring to
the clinic a record of the
child's shots and also his
birth certificate. They state
this is required by law and
proof of birthdate must be
shown.
Parents of the children who
are attending the first grades
in the Murphy Elementary
School are asked to keep these
children at home this day in
order for the first grade
teachers to have time to talk
to parents and children attend
ing the clinic.
SO Acres Destroyed
In Forest Fire Here
MURPHY - A forest fire
raged out of control for eight
hours Monday, April 20, in
the New Hope section of
WEATHE
Date Low
22 52
23
24
26
26
27
28
66
54
66
52
52
60
High
82
73
78
78
65
58
68
Prec.
0
0.02
0.46
0.40
0.23
0.50
0.37
Forecast; Thursday, Fri
day, and Saturday, fair.
Cherokee County, fifteen
miles west of Murphy.
The first major fire of
1964, caused by ? private land
owner losing control of a trash
fire, destroyed some SO
acres of timber.
Due to National Forest
land being threatened, the
U. S. Forest Service deployed
some forty men to fight the
blaze, although the fire was
on private land.
Fire crews, called by the
Forest Service to fight such
fires, are paid by the U. S.
Forest Service. The cost to
fight this fire was approxi
mately 1 1,600.
?eout-Pholo Davl
Flames Leap High as Home Burns in Pleasant Valley
Gill Home
Destroyed
By Fire
MURPHY " A fire which
possibly could have been
caused by lightening strik
ing the TV antenna, accord
ing to a Murphy Volunteer
Fireman, destroyed the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John Gill
here Tuesday night, April 28,
at 8:15 p.m.
The Gill home is about 2
miles from Murphy in the
Pleasant Valley Community.
The fire was discovered by
a neighbor, but flames had
made too much progress for
the Murphy Volunteer Fire
Department to control. Chief
Bob White stated.
The family, including five
children, was attending a re
vival service at the Murphy
F*rst Baptist Church.
Mr. Gill is vice - president
of the Citizens Bank here.
There was no immediate
estimate of the loss, which
included all the family's be
longings.
Va. Youth Charged
With Larceny
MURPHY- A 15 year-old
Hopewell, Va. youth is being
h eld at County Jail here charg
ed with larceny of an auto.
Murphy Policeman Ray Kil
lian stopped the youth coming
through Murphy because he
looked too young to be driv
ing.
Killian found that the boy
had no drivers license, and
further investigation revealed
that the auto had been stolen
in Hopewell, Va., and that the
youth is wanted by Virginia
officials on a charge of grand
larceny.
The youth was charged here
for driving without an opera
tor's license.
A hail storm Tuesday, April 28, at 4:30 P.M. on the ground
in the Marble area. This picture was taken on a secondary
road about 5:15 P.M.
Ranger School Vandalized
RANGER - Ranger Ele
mentary School was broken
into some time Monday night
or early Tuesday morning,
April 26 and 27.
Albert Beavers, the jani
tor, came to the school about
7:00 a.m. Tuesday, discover
ed the break-in, locked the
school and called the princi
pal, Douglas Smith.
The vandal, or vandals, had
broken window panes in the
door leading into the gymnas
ium, unlocked it, and gained
entrance to the rest of the
school.
The lunchroom was the most
heavily damanged room in the
building. Milk cartons had
been broken open and the con
tents poured over the build
ing. Silverware wasalsoscat
tered throughout.
The office was broken into
with the cash register open
ed and all the money taken.
Luckily there was only $1.62
in the cash register.
Windows in the doors of
practically every room had
been broken and several light
fixtures.
One of the school officials
estimated the damage to be at
least $100.00.
Cherokee County Sheriff's
Department is investigating
the case.
2 H.D. Students Injured
In School Bus Accident
CULBERSON- A school bus
accident at 3:45 p.m. Friday,
April 24, injured two Hiw
assee Dam school children.
The accident occurred on rur
al gravel road #1112 in the Cul
berson section.
Injured in the accident were
Phyllis Newman, 7, and Ann
Montgomery, 15. Both girls
were treated a a local doc
tor's office for cuts and bru
ises and re'eased.
John Perry Wallace, 17, also
Graham County Auto
Accident Drowns Two
ROBBINSVILLE - A Gra
ham County man and woman
drowned Sunday night when
the car In which they were
riding overturned down a 40
foot embankment into Buffalo
Creek, 12 miles Southwest of
Robbinsville.
They were Identified as
Mrs. Rurie Bell Williams Mc
Leldry, 41, who lived on U. S.
129 near Tapoco, and Harley
Waldroup, 39, of Robbinsville,
Route 1.
A coroners jury ruled that
death was due to accidental
drowning. Evidence studied by
State Trooper J. M. Shuler
showed that the car, of which
Mrs. McKeldry was part own
er, apparently ran onto the
shoulder of unpaved rural road
1123, which gave way and
dropped the car into seven feet
of water. Only the wheels
could be seen above the water
line.
The car was seen at 7:15
a.m. Monday, April 27, by
Tlmmy Phillips, a 9 year-old ^
school boy who was walking to
a bus stop. Investigation by
troopers Shuler and W. R.
Boyles, and Sheriff G. E. Bre
wer, placed the time of the
accident at around 9 p.m.,
Sunday, April 26.
Murphy Baseball
Season Opens
Sunday, April 3
MURPHY - The Murphy
Baseball Team will begin
their season of play Sunday,
May 3, against the Copperhill
Ball Club at Copperhill, Tenn.
Come out and support your
team. Game time will be 2i00
p.m.
a student at Hiwassee Dam
School, was driver of the bus.
According to Perry Wallace,
the steering sector came loose
and he lost rontrol of the bus.
Traveling west on the rur
al road, the bus skidded ap
proximately forty feet into
an embankment.
Patrolman Don Reavis, in
vestigating officer, charged
the driver, John Perry Wal
lace, with driving too fast
for road conditions.
Damage to the bus was es
timated at )150.0C.
Man Loses 3 Fingers
In Freak Accident Here
MURPHY - William Ray
Moore, 28 of Marble, lost
three fingers and part of his
right hand in a freak acci
dent at Smoky Mountain Fiber
Co., Monday at 11:30 a.m.
Mr. Moore, while operat
ing a lathe, caught the glove
of his right hand in the gears,
pulling his hand intothemach
ine. The third, fourth, and
fifth fingers and part of his
hand were badly mangled.
As the gears on the lathe
?re located on the left side,
it is not understood how the
accident happened.
Quick thinking on the part
, of the fellow employees pos
sibly saved his arm. They
stopped the machine and re
- versed the gears.freeinghim.
Mr. Moore was rushed by
by ambulance to Providence
Hospital where Dr. W. A.
Hoover gave treatment. He
was then sent on to Memorial
Citizens-Times
Truck Overturns
MARBLE " A Citizen
Times truck, traveling East
| on U. S. 19, overturned Sat
urday, April 25 around 5:30
. a.m.
? Jackie Joe Crowder, 24, of
> Bryson City, Route 1, driver
^ of the truck, suffered a head
t laceration.
? Investigation State Trooper
? Don Reavis stated that Mr.
? Crowder, seeing a pedestrian
' hitching a ride, applied the
brakes. The brakes were
wet and locked, causing the
truck to leave the roadway
\ on the left side and overturn.
The pedestrian, Billy R.
* Parker, from Marble, Route
1, mistook the truck for a
* bus in the pre-dawn light and
is was trying to flag it down.
% No charges were filed.
Home
* Meeting Held Here
MURPHY - A meeting
of citizens interested in home
improvements was held Fri
day evening April 24, at the
Murphy Power Boardbuilding.
The primary concern of this
group is the fact that a high
percentage of the homes in
this area are without running (
water or indoor plumbing. ;
After an open discussion, con- (
elusions were drawn that the ]
biggest obstacle in home im- ;
provements seems to be lack
of funds to finance these im- ]
provements and the lack of
knowledge to obtain an im
provement loan. ]
Another problem pointed out i
was the necessity of meeting [
certain standards of plumb- ;
ing, from a health standpoint. _
Ed Swartz of the Blue Ridge
Electric Association, Albert
Sosebee of Tri-State Electric I
Co-Operation, and Mrs. Beryl
Fulton of Murphy Electric
Power Board announced that
cash bonuses are now being
offered as an incentive to buy
and install electric water
heaters and water systems, p
A committee was selected c
to compile information on 0
availability of certain loans e
and plumbing specifications.
Members of this committee g
are Mrs. Mabel Rayburn, s
chairman: Dave Moody, Mrs. a
Ann Kaylor and Mrs. Beryl ei
Fulton. pi
Those attending the meeting ci
were Albert Sosebee, Ed ol
Swartz, Charlie Brumfield, M
Max Blakemore, Mrs. Ann si
Kaylor, Mrs. Mabel Rayburn, a<
Mrs. Martha Palmer, Mrs. M
Lloyd Black, V. D. Ayers,
Dave Moody, Mrs. Beryl Ful
ton, C. E. Holder', Mrs. Mir- el
iam Moore, Charles West, tj,
Ronnie Atkinson, and Jim m
Stewart. u
Improvement
oung Harris To Present Musical Concert
YOUNG HARRIS, GA. - The
Young Harris College Music
Department and Student Coun
cil will present Peter Har
rower, young bass -baritone,
Tuesday night, May 5, in a
concert at 8:00 p.m. in
Sharp Memorial Church.
Peter Harrower was born
In Atlanta, the son of a musical
Family. His father, a New
Yorker, was a professional
singer in the early days of
network radio and the New
fork Roxy Theatre. His
mother was a pianist and ac
companist.
Mr. Harrower first plan
ned an engineering career,
receiving his degree from
Georgia Tech In Atlanta. While ,
it Tech he joined the Tech ,
Glee Club. From that day
forth, singing took precedence s<
over engineering. aJ
The recipient of two con- w
secutive Fulb right awards to T'
Italv, Peter Harrower carv- 1,1
ed for himself a reputation as
one of that country's leading dl
classic and operatic singers.
After appearances with the
Theatro dell'Opera of Rome, 34
Radio-Television Italy, and c?
various other organizations, Tt
Mr. Hirrow?r returned to the w<
United sutes to fulfill en- fo:
gagements. ze
Mr. Harrower has won for ed
himself great reputation both fui
is a gifted Interpreter and as pit
in operatic singer. Mi
The public Is Invited to at- clt
tend the concert. No admission foi
(fill be charged. he
Mission Hospital in Asheville.
At Asheville he underwent
surgery by an orthopedic sur
geon. A hospital report from
Asheville Wednesday stated
that Mr. Moore is in satis
factory condition. His thumb
and forefinger were saved.
"This is the worst acci
dent in the fourteen years'
history of Smoky Mountain
Fiber Co.," a spokesman for
the management said today.
In 1962 and 1963 the com
pany was awarded a safety
citation by the State Board of
Labor for no lost time acci
dents.
The management stated
further that Mr. Moore is
covered by insurance. He is
married and the father of 2
children.
Recitation Contest
\\ i 11 n ers A n nou need
MURPHY - The annual
girls' recitation contest spon
sored by the Business and
Professional Woman's Club of
Murphy was held in the Murphy
High Gymatorium Wednesday,
Arpil 22, with Mrs. Robert
Weaver presiding.
Bobby Odom, first place
winner was dymanic with her
rendition of James Weldon
J ohnson's ' 'The Creation";
Peggy English placed second
with "De Glory Road" in
Negro dialect; Adinah Brown
was third with the reading "On
His Own Two Feet."
Each of the twenty contest
ants will receive a season's
pass to the swimming pool.
Girls participating in this
contest and the reading they
gave areas follows:Sue Amos,
"The Sacraments"; Marilyn
Anderson, "The Eulogy given
by Chief Justice Warren";
Adinah Brown, "On His Own
Two Feet"; Peggy English,
"De Glory Road ; M rgie
Foster, "Tommy's Prayer";
Janice Hughes, "A RingFrora
Her Finger"; Carol McRae,
"Kentucky Philosophy";
Bobhy Odom, "The Creation";
Dorothy Oliver, "How Jimmy
Tended The Baby"; Betty
Plemmons, "Little Blos
som"; Kathy Ressel, "Little
Orphant Annie"; Dorothy Rob
erts, "Everyday"; Judy Rog
ers, "The Negro In Art ;
Patsy Rogers, "Mountain
Whipperwill"; Judy Sanders,
"From 'I Do' to "You Don't'";
Nancy Sanders, "The Un
delivered Letter"; Brenda
Stalcup, "The Squirrell";
Carmolita Smith, "Waiting
For The Telephone Call";
Sarah White, "Thanotopsis."
Mrs. William Wishon, Mrs.
Larry Black, and Mrs. Robert
Mrs. William Wishon, Mrs.
-arry Black, and Mrs. Tom
vlauney acted as judtes. Mrs.
Robert Minor acted as faculty
idvisor.
Bobby Odom
Peggy Eqgiisb
A (ft nth Brown
Cherokee County Observes
Special Week On Aging
The Cherokee County De
artment of Public Welfare is
ooperating in the observance
f Special Week on Aging, stat
d County Director of Public
Welfare V. O. Ayers today,
overnor Sanford has de
ignated the week of May 3-9
s the 1964 week for special
mphasis on the needs of aged
ersons in the State. The date
Dincides with the national
Sservance of the month of
lay, which has been de
ignated by President Johnson
> National Senior Citizens
onth.
Services available for old
r persons in this county
trough public welfare include
oney grants to needy people
ho meet eligibility require
ents under law. In addition
ere are many non-financial
sr vices available to needy
;ed persons stated County
elfare Director Ayers.
hese services are in addi
*i to public welfare services
mailable to children and the
sabled.
In March, 1964, there were
a persons in this county re
living old age assistance.
ie average monthly grant
is $46.92. Hospitalization
r this group of older citi
ns Is available where need
from a statewide pooled
id. Nineteen were hos
calized from this fund In
irch. In addition, ten older
izons whose only need was
r hospitalization were given
lp In March. The lien law
does not apply to the hospi
talization program.
Family care homes and
homes for the aged in North
Carolina are licensed by the
State Board of Public Welfare.
County department of public
welfare assist persons in se
lecting the appropriate type of
home to meet their needs.
There is one licensed home
in Cherokee County. Addi
tional family care homes for
the aged ami infirm are one of
the most needed facilities for
offering services to the aged in
Cherokee County. The local
agency is interested in discus
sing the possibility of licens
ing additional homes with any
home maker who would con
sider operating such facility.
Public welfare assists older
persons in finding the home
most suitable to their needs.
Other public welfare services
include counseling on ? wide
range of problems, rehabili
tative services to help older
people retain or regain as
much independence In living
as possible, referral of aged
persons to other community
resources, and cooperation
with other State agencies In
improving serlvces to older
people.
Lodge Notice
ANDREWS - Andrews Lodge
f539 AF & AM will hold their
regular meeting at the And
rews Lodge Hall Monday, May
S, at 81OO p.m.
CITY- WIDE CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN BEGINS MONDAY
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