The
and Clay County Progress
Volume 74 ? Numbar 45 Murphy, North Carolina, Thursday, Juno 4, 1964 10 Pogos This Wook
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LION TOMMY GENTRY is looking over some of the 46 trophies to be given away at the
Second Annual Smoky Mountain Horse Show Saturday, June 6.
Second Annual Horse Show
To Be Bigger And Better
c o u 1 1 c t s
Bell view Community De
velopment Club will sponsor a
gospel singing at Martin Creek
School, Saturday, June 6 at
8:00 p.m. Singers will be
the Moore Family of Cullo
whee. Admission for adults
will be 75g and children 25*.
"J"
A bulletin from the Uni
versity of N. C., Chapel Hill
stated that Mrs. Betsey Elaine
Arumi had received her A.B.
degree, and Harry W. Killian,
son of Maynard W. Killian of
Route 1, Murphy, had received
his DDS degree, in exercises
held in Kenan Stadium Mon
day, June 1.
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Spring Fun Fest, a week
long western-style dance
festival, opened at Fontana
Village Resort last week with a
party for early arrivals.
Dancers from North Carolina
and east Tennessee are in
vited to come to the festival
dances, even if they do not
register for the full Fun Fest
vacation.
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It has been announced that
a giant Motorcade, planned
for ALL Western North Caro
lina for June 15, will be used
to tie-in with the 30th Anni
versary Celebration of the
Great Smokies. Congressman
Taylor will be one of theVIPs
who will head the Motorcade.
Plans are to leave Asheville
at 9 a.m. on June 15, and
to be back the same evening.
Any citizen can join the
Motorcade and there is no
expense.
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The Rev. J. Lee Stokes,
second president of Pfeiffer
College, will be guest speaker
at First Methodist Church
Sunday, June 1. The pastor.
Rev. Clark Benson, is attend
ing a Conference being held
at Lake Junaluska from Wed
nesday through Sunday.
According to State Head
quarters, Cherokee County
Cancer Drive has turned in
only $1,230. compared to
$1,321 reported on the same
date last year. If you still
haven't contributed, contact
OJlie McSwain or Sam David
son, co-chairman of the
Cancer Drive.
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Cherokee County students at
North Carolina State re
ceived bachelor's degrees
Friday. May 29. They were
Stephen C. Hembree. "oology .
Murphy; Peter R. Gernert.
mechanical engineering,
Andrews; Jerry F. Purser,
agricultural education,
Andrews. Also Thomas G.
Norwood, of Clay County re
ceived his degree in
metallurgical engineering.
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We're glad to hate our book
keeper, Tonunie Almond, back
this week from a week's vaca
tion at the beach.
Congr atualtions to Bobby
O'Dell, now doing business in
Murphy as new owner of the
Tarheel Restaurant.
MURPHY - A spokesman for
the Murphy Lions Club stated
that this year's Horse Show is
shaping up to be even bigger
and better than last year's.
The Murphy Lions first ex
perience in the horse show
business last year proved to be
a success and has become an
annual event, this being the
Second Annual Smoky Moun
tain Horse Show. Entries have
been pouring in this past week
from six states and many more
are expected by Saturday.
Things will get underway
Saturday afternoon June 6 with
the first show beginning at 1:00
p.m. The evening show will
begin at 7:30 p.m.
Bleachers and a portable
ring are being set up at the
Murphy Fair Grounds and a
large crowd is expected to be
on hand to view the shows.
Advance tickets are now on
sale and can be purchased
from any member of the
Murphy Lions Club. These
advance tickets are numbered
and a drawing will be held at
the evening show for a real
live pony complete with saddle
and bridle.
Tom Chase of Jonesboro,
Tenn. will be the judge; Max
Blakemore, master of cere
monies; and Tom Palmer,
ringmaster.
In case of rain the shows
will be June 13, 1964, with
afternoon and evening shows
beginning at the same times
at the Murphy Fair Grounds.
The Cherokee County 4-H
Council will sell barbecue
chicken at the fairgrounds be
ginning at 6:30 p.m. Price
will be $1.25 per plate.
He v. Lunsford Rep ins Work
As Missions Superintendent
Rev. Fred Lunsford
HAYES VILLE - Fred
Lunsford has started his work
as Siperintendent of Missions
for the Western North
Carolina Baptist Association
and the West Liberty Baptist
Association.
Rev. Lunsford succeeds
Rev. Elmer Greene who died
with a heart attack a few
months ago. Mrs. Greene
has been serving In this
capacity until now.
The Superintendent of
Missions office will be in the
old George W. Truett home
near Hayesville and Rev.
Lunsford will reside In his
home near Marble Rev . Luns
ford has been pastor of the
Little Brasstown Baptist
Church for 13 1/2 years. He
has also done pastoral work
in Georgia.
Kimsey Named Solo Harpist
With ECC Symphony
MURPHY - Jim Kimsey of
Murphy, North Carolina has
the distinct honor erf being
the first and only Harp major
in the history of the School
of Music at East Carolina
College.
Mr. Kimsey studies harp
with the well known artist,
Mrs. Emily Richardson
Kellam of Raleigh, North
Carolina. Mrs. Kellam is a
graduate of Oberlon Con
servatory and the Curtlss
Institute of Philadelphia. She
did her graduate work with
the great master of the harp,
Carlos Salzedo. Mrs. Kellam
has performed as solo harpist
with some of the finest
orchestras in the United
States, and toured one year
with the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Kimsey has been named
solo harpist with the East
Carolina College Symphony
Orchestra. He has played
several performances with
the orchestra, as well as
numerous solo performances.
Other performances Include
the Summer Concert Series
of the Ashevllle Symphony
Orchestra, and the Rocky
Mount Symphony Orchestra.
This summer he will play a
series of concerts with the
East Carolina College
Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Kimsey will return to
Murphy in July , after a concert
in South Carolina, for two
weeks vacatln, after which he
plans to go to New England for
a few weeks of study and
practice before returning to
school In mid September.
Five Attend Annual
Hospital Workshop
ASHEVILLE - Five ad
ministrators and office per
sonnel from three Cherokee
County hospitals attended the
thirteenth annual Hospital
Workshop held at the Grove
Park Inn, Tuesday, May 26.
The hospital workshop
sponsored by the Hospitals
Savings Assodatln of
Chapel Hill, enables ad
ministrators and secretaries
to familiarize themselves with
provisions and hospital bene
fits, certificate provisions,
and billing systems.
Those attending were Mrs.
Nellie Tsylor, Mrs. Joyce
Nunnetley from Murphy
General; Cannon Haney.Pro
vl dance Hospital; and Mrs.
Doris Wilson and Miss Avis
Hardin, District Memorial
Hospital, Andrews.
Moore Takes Mountain Votes
Heads For Runoff With Preyer
Dan K. Moore and L.
Richardson Preyer, both
former judges, eliminated
secregationist I.Beverly Lake
In the North Carolina Demo
cratic Primary voting Satur
day, May 30, and will meet in
a runoff June 27 for the Demo
cratic nomination for Cover
no.
Republicans, staging the
first GOP primary election in
North Carolina, nominated
attorney Robert L. Gavin to
oppose the Moore-Preyer
winner for the governor In
the November General
Election. Sanford won over
Gavin In the 1960 election.
Lake was also defeated by
Sanford for the Democratic
nomination in 1960.
The 17 counties In the moun
tain region gave Moore the
largest majority ever given a
candidate for governor a
majority of more than 30,000
votes.
"This is the finest
endorsement a man could
have," Moore said.
"1 will never cease to be
grateful, and 1 hope that 1
can always so conduct my
self as to merit their con
tinued support and approval .
Moore quickly made a bid
for support of the Lake forces.
He told newsmen, "I will be
most happy to have the support
of all those fine people who
voted for Dr. Lake. Many
them are already wearing
Moore badges."
Votes By Precints-Cherokee County
As was expected, Preyer got
his biggest vote In the heavily
populated Piedmont, Moore
ran strongest in the mountains
and Lake piled up his margin
mostly In the eastern counties.
In a statement from
Charlotte, Allen A. Bailey,
Lake's campaign manager,
said that Lake had four
possible decisions to make:
support Moore, support
Preyer, go fishing, and the
fourth is being Investigated.
Robert W. Scott, former
state Grange master and son
of former Gov. and U. S.
Senator W. Kerr Scott, ran
up a sizeable lead In a three
way race for the Democratic
nomination for Lieutenant
governor. However, House
Speaker Clifton Blue won the
right to call for a runoff. Blue
said he probably would ask a
runoff after conferring with
supporters.
Planning Board Reviews Murphy Flood Report
MURPHY - The Murphy
Planning Board continued Its
review of a preliminary land
use study at its regular meet
ing Thursday, May 21.
In order to Include the con
sideration of lands along Hi
wassee Reservoir the Plann
ing Board invited members of
the TVA Local Flood Relations
Staff to be present to discuss
the Murphy flood problem and
its relation to the land use
study. In discussing the
utilization of low-lying land
along the reservoir the TVA
representatives reviewed with
the Planning Board the 1961
TVA report, "Floods on
Hlwassee River, Valley River
and Peach tree Creek."
It was pointed out that town
and county officials In the
Murphy area have realized for
some time that local flood
problems must be recognized
and considered, if the best
over-all plan for development
of the area Is to be effected.
The or 'ectlve of the Murphy
flood report was to provide
data that would be useful to
the community leaders In
working out the best use of land
which is subject to flooding and
in guiding development of the
local areas bordering the
streams. The initial report
was prepared and presented to
officials of Murphy in 1959.
At that time copies of the re
port were distributed to
community officials, news
papers, libraries, local In
dustries, the Chamber of
WEflTHE
Date High Low Prec.
May 27 86 54 0
28 M 59 0
29 81 53 0.31
30 62 54 0.02
31 > 70 53 0
June 1 73 59 0.33
2 75 55 0.03
3 73 43 0
Commerce, and others having
a real need for the data In
cluded. The report was re
vised In 1961.
The report covers three
significant phases of the flood
situation In the area.
The first brings together a
record of the largest known
floods of the past. The second
treats of the Regional Flood,
which is derived from a study
of floods and storms In the
nearby geographic region
generally within 70 miles of
Murphy. The third develops
the Maximum Probable Flood.
Floods of this magnitude are
considerably larger than any
that have occurred In the
past. They are the floods of
Infrequent occurrence which
are considered In planning
protective works such as
dams or levees? the failure
of which might be disastrous.
In reviewing the flood re
port the Planning Board
learned that much of the flood
plain land within the corporate
limits of the city is below the
maximum pool elevation of Hl
wassee Reservoir and has
little development potential.
However, land adjacent to the
TVA reservation limit and up
stream from It does have sub
stantial development po
tential. Most of the land In
the flood plain was purchased
by TVA, but s number of
structures outside the re
servation limit are subject
to flood damage.
largest known floods on the
streams in the Murphy vicinity
occurred In the tnree-year
period 1897 to 1899. The
highest recent flood* on these
streams were those o t Feb
ruary 1936 and January I9S7.
The 1957 flood In Murphy
would have been considerably
greater If It had not been
for regulation of Chatuge re
servoir. The 19S7 flood la
several feet lower than the
large floods that may reason
ably be expected In the future.
The discussion of the
Regional Flood Indicates that
greater Hoods than those ex
perienced so far may reason
ably be expected at Murphy.
Based on the magnitude of
floods that have occurred on
neighboring streams, future
floods may occur which are
about 10 feet higher than the
highest known past floods. The
Maximum Probable Flood
would be even higher.
The Murphy report is one of
a number that TVA has made
to aid communities in the
Tennessee Valley. Much of the
report Is based on work that
TVA has been earring on
since Its beginning In con
nection with Its water
resources operations
throughout the Tennessee
Valley. In Its regular pro
gram TVA has assembled In
formation on rainfall, runoff
and other technical data
bearing on occurrence and
magnitude of floods in
localities throughout the
region. When Murphy re
quested information on the
local situation TVA drew on
this data, supplementing it
where necessary to compile
the Murphy flood report.
Those present at the Plann
ing Board meeting were: Joe
Ray, ChalrmanjA lden Coward.
Vice - Chairman; Fred
Christopher and Mary Faye
Brumby, Planning Board
members; Charles Johnson,
City Clerk; Otis F. Jeffries,
resident of Murphy employed
at TVA; Charles Cunningham,
planner with Western North
Carolina Regional Planning
Commlsslofc: Marvin S.Shadel
and Glenn IT. Wall, Local Flood
Relations Staff, TVA .
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