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and Clay County Progress
, North Carolina, Thursday. August 13, 1964 16 Pages This Week
Publlthod Weekly
SECOND CLASS POSTAOC RAID
AT MURPHV. NORTH CAROLINA
What To Do
For the ladles who got up
enough nerve to purchase a
topless bathing suit and don't
have the nerve to wear it,
here's what to do: Sew up
the legs and you have a
pretty neat clothes pin bag.
'Course hanging out clotho
could get quite expensive,
but at least you won't have
a total loss.
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Even Better
Sign on a dry cleaning shop
in Troy, Ohlo:"Ladles Top
less Bathing Suits Cleaned
Free of Charge."
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Don't Change The Name
Marriage is bliss and now
a-days young girls and old
ones alike, seem to crave
getting their names changed.
Not so in this case. Re
cently a couple came to our
fair city from Tennessee to
get hitched. The oddity . . .
The groom's name was Smlh,
the bride's name was Smith...
you guessed It; They were
married by Rev. C. A. Smith
of Murphy. So you see ladies,
it isn't necessary to change
your name.
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Equal Space
We told you that Preacher
Bill's tongue would wag at
both ends. Sho' nuff it does.
He w. our office Satur
day morning wanting equal
space for what we said about
him and the Baptist Ball Club
in last week's column. Here
goes: Last Thursday even
ing softball fans saw Brother
Thompson and his Baptist
Nine take the field behind
the excellent pitching of
M. G. Decker and beat the
undefeated Tomotla Team by
a score of 6 to 4, in an eight
innii^ thriller. Okay, Wil
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Fire And Rain
Bunch Mugeiu, Big Chief
Forest Ranger here, while
relaxing at a local coffee table
Tuesday morning, was telling
how hard the Forest Service
worked. Well, that did it. One
coffee mooch er quipped rthat
he didn't see why the job was
so rough since all they had to
do was sit around and wait for
a fire to get started. Quipped
another. Then all they have
to do Is wait for the rain to
come and put it out." Nary
another word did we herefrom
Bunch.
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Almost Stolen
Cliff Hughes, a transport
carrier driver for Duncan
Oil got a surprise in the
wee hours Tuesday morning.
As Mr. Hughes, returning
from a road trip about 2i00
a.m., turned into the bulk
plant he saw a man sitting
in his car, the motor running,
and ready to go. On seeing
the tractor-trailer the fellow
Jumped out of Mr. Hughes'
car and ran like a jack rab
bit. That's what we call 1
"almost stolen."
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No! No! Not The Saw!
After much training on an
automatic compressed air Ore
changer, a young service sta
tion attendant man Franklin
had Just about mastered the
art of tire changing. A cus
tomer came in and wanted a
tire taken off the wheel. He
said lie realised the tire was
no good but the tube Inside was
new. Strong laimiage and odd
noises hroughi die manager of
the station and the customer to
the lidie bay to find the young
attendant busily sawing <he
tire off with a hack saw. Al
though the tire didn't matter,
he wasn't stopped until the
tube was sawed clean through.
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Long Trip- - -No Diapers
Joe Fowler, owner of
Murphy 86 Service Station, ,
passed this tidbit along to us.
Net long age, a lady tour li
ter stepped in his station with i
a car load of kids. Ae the |
story goes the lady pulled down
e long strand of white linen
towel from the reatroom rack, i
clipped It off, and made dia
pers. Evidence was soiled dia
pers on the restroom floor.
Man, that's Improving.
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Letter To
j The Editor
| Dear Sir:
I am writing the following
! letter In hope that I will mate
the people back home realize
a few things that they might
never give a second thought
to. I was 21 years old before
I joined the Armed Forces
and in those 21 years I was
never far from the ones I
loved and without loved ones,
and I had never given it much
thought. So now, I will try to
give the American people a
look and story of a service
man's tour of duty away from
home.
New Year's is tonight. Big
deal I Just what have we got
to look forward to? Come to
think of it, just what waa
so great about last year? We
have spent the past year away
from our loved ones, ate the j
great Air Force chow, and
walked away from the pay
lines with insufficient pay,
and spent a year "protecting
people who sometimes ckxrt
give a darn if you or I ever ?
have a decent meal, a decent
pay check, a decent education
or a few days withour families.
How many people are taking
a break from their festivities
tonight or any other night to
think of the young men who
serve in the armed forces?
Not too many take the time.
Don't forget, this is the time
of the big college bowl games
and other major sports act
ivities.
Let someone else think of
ole Joe-Dogface. Yeah, let
someone else think of them.
Let someone else worry about
who's flying SAC's planes
and who's servicing them,
who's in line of fire in Viet
Nam, who's holding the bag
in Berlin, who's ready to warn
us tonight in case of a sneak
attack on the Citadel of Free
dom. Is anyone worrying about
the boys back home training
to take over the millions of
jobs vital to our defense or the
men manning them now?
How many G. I.'s will walk
down lonely streets in the
states, passing parties of civ
ilans who are too wrapped up
in themselves to give a darn
about the boys on bases in
their own hometowns? People
cry about losing military
bases in their locale, but
they won't give js the time
of day when we are stationed
there.
The boys in Korea are
lonely tonight. G. I.'s are
lonely in Japan, Okinawa,
Alaska, Greenland, Italy,
Germany, Pakistan, and all
over the United States of Am
erica. It would be fitting if
Americans would think of
these guys a little, and they
could start by giving a guy
a real smile and saying
"Happy New Year, Buddy."
These are the thoughts of a
lonely airman, exactly as he
expressed them on paper the
night of Dec. 31, 1963.
1 live in Gastonia, and have
for 12 years prior to coming
into the Armed Forces and I
would appreciate it if you
would print this in your paper.
Before moving to Gastonia
I lived in Murphy and attended
Murphy Schools.
a/2c Kenneth E. Garren
Okinawa
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FORECAST: Thursday , fair
ind cool; Friday, fair; Saturday
ind Sunday, isolated thun der
thowers.
Bear With Us
Due to the volume of ad
vertising in The Scout this
week and the breakdown of
our typesetting machines,
several news items had to be
held over.
If you are looking for a
special story or item this
week and are unable to find
It, bear with us ... . we'll
get it in next week.
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roll Com*
The Civitan Club allowed
today that they were going to
lav* another stomp in good
square dance in die Rock Gym
Friday night, August 14. Ad
mission is only fiOf so /all
come, 1 Just might pluck ?
little tune with James Evans {
A 1956 FORD In which one was Killed and two injured, is snown wnere 11 lanoeo rigm siac
up some 275 feet after leaving the pavement.
A REAR VIEW of the ill-fated vehicle shows how the remaining door of the car was twist
ed and torn. A door, the hood, and other parts of the car were strewn through the cornfield.
Cherokee Conaty's First 1964 Fatality
One Dies-One Critical
In Peachtree Accident
PEACHTREE - A one car
accident shortly after 9:00
p.m. Sunday, August 9, near
Peachtree Elementary School,
proved fatal to Robert Brown,
18, of Bolivia, Ohio.
Mr. Brown was killed in
stantly when he was thrown
from the overturning 19S6
Ford that he was reportedly
driving, some 75 feet before
it came to rest in a corn
field owned by Mrs. Verdie
Ledford.
This is the first traffic
fatality in Cherokee County
for 1964. There was a fata
lity January 2, when Willie
Marion Gilreath, a 75 year
old Murphy resident, died in
a local hospital from injuries
received when struck by a
pickup truck just inside the
city limits on Highway 64
East to Hayesville.
W. A. Singleton
Selected to Attend
Insurance Seminar
MURPHY- W. A. 'Dub*
Singleton of Singleton Ins
urance, Murphy, has been se
lected as one of 150 agents
from 24 states to attend the
Advanced Insurance Agency
Management Seminar at Van
derbilt University, Nashville,
Tennessee.
The 3-day seminar, attract
ing students from 24 states,
is sponsored by the Southern
Agenst Conference of the Nat
ional Association of Insurance
Agenst. Ten agents from
each Southern state were eli
gible for selection to attend
this seminar. Each student
becomes a participant in the
agency management seminar,
bringing to the meeting the
outstanding management ideas
utilised In his agency.
At the conclusion of the
3-day meeting, a transcript
of the beat management ideas
la prepared for distribution
to Insurance agencies thr
oughout the country.
Hall Win*
Valdez Vacation
Op/4 Sheridan W. Hall of
Murphy, Rt. 3, la now serv
ing with the U, S. Army in
Alaska and has recently re
ceived a week's expense paid
vacation to Valdez for the
honor of second place to Sold
er of the Month at Ft. Greely.
Kali attended Murphy High
School and eater ed the Army
In March, 196S.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Painter,
former residents of Cherokee
County now residing in Ohio,
were passengers in the car.
Both were taken to Providence
Hospital by a Townson Funeral
Home ambulance and later
transferred to Erlanger Hos
pital in Chattanooga, Term.
While at the accident scene,
Billy Painter stated that there
was another passenger in the
car besides Mr. Brown, him
self and his wife.
The Cherokee County Res
cue Squad was called out to
bring their portable electric
generator unit and lights, and
an hour-long search of the
cornfield for the missing
passenger was begun.
Some spectators who had
gathered at the scene stated
that they had seen a lady
get out of a green 1956 Ford
at the Starlite Cafe, near the
Peachtree Prison Camp.
Red Schuyler, along with
Luther Swanson, investigated
and after several phone calls
learned that the missing per
son, Irene Painter, had been
brought to Providence Hos
pital by private car alter Rear
ing of the accident.
Reports from officials at
Erlanger Hospital before
press time today stated that
Mrs. Painter, age 17, is
listed in critical condition and
is receiving intensive care.
Mr. Painter, age 19 is listed
in fair condition.
State Troopers E. N. Hooper
and Bud Ensley investigated
Young Methodist
Attend Camp
MURPHY - Ten young
people from the Murphy Free
Methodist Church attended the
youth camp held at Camp Hope
on the Pigeon River in Pisgah
National Forest, Waynesvllle,
N. C., August 3.
This camp was held in con*
nection with the Georgia -Car
olina annual conference of the
Free Methodist Church.
Those from Murphy attend
ing were Janet Elliott, Linda
Rogers, Peggy Cook, and
Carolyn T other ow. These
girls were die winners of
an all-conference Bible quiz
contest sponsored by the
church. The quit contest was
a part of the program for the
young people in attendance.
Rav. G. B. Rhodes, pastor
of the local church, was re
appointed to serve the Murphy
Froe Methodist Church again.
the accident and stated that
no charges have been filed
at this time, but investiga
tion is incomplete.
Mr. Brown, a former Cher
okee County resident, is
survived by his mother, Mrs.
Edna Painter Sneed, and step
father, Fred Sneed, both of
Cincinnati, Ohio; and the
maternal grandfather, Ellis
Painter of Bolivar, Ohio, with
whom he had been living.
Services were held atlG:2<.
a.m. Wednesday in the To. ?
son Funeral Home Chanel.
The Rev. Wildon Gill offi
ciated and burial was in
Peachtree Cemetery.
Towns on Funeral Home was
in charge.
C^a fen Jar
Of ?
venti
A meeting of the 12th Dis
trict of the North Carolina
Funeral Directors Associa
tion will be held Wednesday
night, August 19, at 6:30 p.m.
at the Family Restaurant here
in Murphy. Donald Carter,
District Director, has an
nouced that the State Presi
dent, John Walker of
Windsor, N. C., tlfiflg with
other state officer*, yUl
be present.
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Murphy Chaper No. 10,
OES will meet in the Masonic
Hall Thursday, August 13, at
7:30 p.m.
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Circle No. 4 of the First
Methodist Church will meet
at the home of Mrs. Hazel
King Tuesday, August 18, at
10:00 a.m.
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On Tuesday, August 18, Tri
County Ministers and their
families will meet at noon
at Hayesvllle for their annual
picnic.
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Circle No. 3 of the First
Methodist Church will meet
In the men's Bible classroom
of the church at 2 P.M. Tues
day and Circle No. 2 of the
First Methodist Church will
meet at 2.00 at the home of
Mrs. Harve Elklns, Sr.
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Cherokee Lodge #146 AM 4
FM Is holding an urgent com
munication Saturday night,
August 16, 7?30 p-m. for die
purpose of conferring the
Master Mason Degree.
Misunderstanding Leads To
$40,000 In Back Taxes
MURPHY ? Approximately
200 people who reside in Cher
okee County but earn their
living in the state of Tenn
essee, will have to pay >40
to $50,000 in back North Car
olina State Income Taxes.
The State of North Carolina
Is requesting that these people
pay taxes for the past five
years, 1959 through 1963.
J. Robert Penland. State
Revenue Collector here in
Andrews
Schools Open
August 24
ANDREWS- The 1964-65
school term willbeginonAug
ust 24 with students reporting
for half a day to receive
class assignments, text books
?nd to pay fees. School buses
will operate on a norma] sch
edule during the morning. On
Thursday, Aug. 25, class work
will begin on a full schedule
?nd lunch rooms will be in
operation.
School Superintendent C. O.
Frazier has announced that all
teaching positions allotted by
the State Board of Education
have been filled. The faculty
list for the coming school
year is as follows:
Andrews High School, Mrs.
Annie Ruby Barnett, Mrs.
Aline Bristol. Miss Jean Chri
sty, W. Hugh Hamilton, Mrs.
Renee K. Justice, Mrs. Ruth
Hamilton Kyker. Mrs. Anna
W. Lunsford, Cecil w. Mash
buru, Lester Stowe, Mrs. Ruth
Sursavage, Joseph c. Morrow,
Alvin Russell, Miss Meredith
Whitaker, Miss Elizabeth
Whitson, James S. Webb, Mrs.
Pauline Bault will continue her
work In guidance and counsel
ing and Mrs. Lelia Van Gor
der will serve as librarian.
Andrews Elementary
School, Vincent w. Crisp,
Principal, Miss Trilby s.
Glenn, Mrs. Carrie R. Wo
mack, Mrs. Louise c. Zim
merman, Mrs. Ruth s. Pal
lium, Mrs. Lenna h. Ford,
Mrs. Blanche C. Garner. Mrs.
p ra^B- stranon
Elizabeth KUpatrick, Mrs.
^ eannah R. Radford, Mrs.
Suth C. Pullium, Mrs. Annie
>? McGuire, Mrs. .tetty p.
Harris, Mrs. Hazel W. Elliott.
Virs. Louise c. Rector. Mrs.
jertrude B. Walsh, Mrs.
-elia M. Thomasson, Mrs.
Nellie R. Stewart, Mrs. Al
ee T. Hogsed, BUly M. me
ans, Miss Geraldine R
frith Robert Hugh Rayburn,
t SS' Agnes w- Price.
Marble Elementary School,
. Dean Truett, principal, '
, s Geneva Cahsuin, Mrs.
es" Wo?d. Mrs. Maude
). Radford and Mrs. Helen
1. Waldroup.
Andrews Negro Elemen
*ry School, Mrs. Ida Mae
-ogan.
Registration
Begins At
liawasseeDam
HIWASSEE DAM? Harest
. King, principal of Hiwassee
lam Hi#i School, announced
his week that registration
or any new students entering
ehool this semester or those
rho did not register in the
pring, will be held Thursday
nd Friday, August 20, and
1, at the school.
Registration time will be
0:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and
:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. each
lay.
9 & PW Club Holds
Regular Meeting
MURPHY ? The Murphy
Justness It Professional Wo
nen's Club held its regular
nonthly meeting August 10,
964, at Dukes Lodge.
After a short business
?esslon dinner was served to
lie following: J uanlta Weaver,
3onnle Klmsey, Joyce Nunn
sly, Helen Bryson, Jane Lov
ingood, Mary Helen Hatchett,
Uary Cathron Sneed, Sara
Patton, Lona Davts, Carrie
Davis, Barbara Tipton, Nell
White, Llllle Mae Cover, Mary
Jordon, Mary Fay* Brumby,
Bertha Bates, Ruth Cheney,
31 via Blakemore. Margaret
3ruc?, and Guest Mrs. Glenn
Faylor.
After adjournment, several
members met at W. C.V.P.
Radio Station to prepare for
chair annual Radio -Day,
^ ugust U. 1964.
Murphy, stated he felt a
misunderstanding between the
people in Cherokee County
and the State of North Carolina
Tax Department was respon
sible for the majority of these
past due taxes.
Generally the people feel
that by earning their living
out of State that their wage.s
should not be subject to North
Carolina State Income Tax
laws, and they should not be
required to file a return.
At the present time the
State of Tennessee is one of
the few remaining states which
does not have a state income
tax law.
If Tennessee had had a
state tax law, then North Car
olina would have issued credit
to the person filing for the
amount paid. This is not double
taxation, Mr. Penland stated.
The North Carolina Law
reads in part: If you live
in North Carolina, are marr
ied and earn as much as
$2,000 per year, you are
required to file a State
Tax Return. If you are single
or a married female, not
head of a household, and earn
as much as $1,000 per year,
you must file a return.
The law also states that
if a tax return is not filed
within 60 days of due date,
a $5.00 or 25* penalty ij
added to the tax due, which
ever is greater. This penalty
is being waived In the case
of these back taxes where
people are earning their livinf
out of state. However, interest
of 1/2% per month is being
enforced on these back taxes.
As to date the penalty is
as follows:
1959 ? 25 1/2 * interest; 19- -
60 ? 19 1/2* interest: 1961
13 1/2* interest; 1962?7 1/2*
interest; 1963-- 1 1/2*
interest.
As of August 15, 1964, the
interest on each year will
increase another 1/2 percent.
Mr. Penland stated further
that he appreciates the attitude
and cooperation of the people
involved in this tax matter.
Taylor Brothers Hit
By Car While Ridiag Bicycle
MARBLE ? John and Billy
Taylor, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Taylor of Route 1,
Marble, were struck by a
Rev. Wildon Gill To
Re-Assigned To
Free Methodist
WAYNESV1LLE- The Free
Methodist Church of the
Georgia-Carolina Conference
held its annual meeting Aug
ust 6-9 at Camp Hope near
Waynesville, N. C.
The Ministers of the Church
are assigned by a stationing
committee at this meeting, and
the Rev. Wildon Gill was sent
back to fill the pulpit of the
Andrews Free Methodist
Church.
Sunday .August 9, the Church
extended the hand of fellow
ship to welcome him back for
his fourth year, and plans are
being made for a year of work
and growth.
car, Saturday afternoon, Au
gust 8.
John, age 18, and Billy, age
17, were riding double on a
bicycle near Marble on the
Andrews highway, where they
were struck by an automobile
driven by Mrs. Martha Eliz
abeth Goodner of Cleveland,
Tenn.
The boys were rushed to
Providence Hospital in Mur
phy by a Townson Funeral
ambulance. Billy was treated
for cuts and bruises and dis
missed.
John was treated for a
compound fracture of the
lower left leg below the knee ? -j
and was admitted to th hos
pital.
Dr. George Size, attending
physician, stated that the tira
de and tissue in John's lej
were badly torn and that ht
will be confined to the hos
pital for another 10 to 15
days.
E. N. Hooper, investigating
patrolman, stated that no
charges have been filed
against Mrs. Goodner.
Softball League 2nd
Round Begins Thursday
MURPHY ? The second
round of the fast-pitch soft
ball league will get underway
tonight (Thursday)at 7:30p.m.
with six teams participating.
An official of the softball
league announced today that
due to spectator interest and
the interest of the ball clubs
and their players, it has been
decided that a second round
of play begin.
The season officially closed
Thursday, August 6, with To
motla coming out on top.The s
! S
season was short and each
team only faced each other
once. With the second round
of play, the teams, who should
be in better playing condition
will oppose each other again.
In Thursday night's action
the First Baptist Church will
go against the Jaycees in the
first game at 7:30 p.m. and
the A & P of Andrews will
meet Rimco in the nightcap
at 8:45 p.m.
Listed below is a complete
schedule of the sixteen -same
eries.
Thursday, August 13
7:30 - 1st Baptist vs Jaycees
8:45 - A & P vs Rimco
Monday, August 17
7:30 - Jaycees vs A & P
8:45 Tomotla vs Forest Service
Thursday, August 20
7:30 - Rimco vs Tomotla
8:45 - Forest Service vs 1st Baptist
Monday, August 24
7:30 - A & P vs Forest Service
8:45 - Rimco vs Jaycees
Thursday, August 27
7:30 - Tomotla vs 1st Baptist
8:45 - Jaycees vs Forest Service
Monday, August 31
7:30 - A & P vs Tomotla
8:45 - Murphy Baptist vs Rimco
Thursday, September 3
7:30 - Jaycees vs Tomotla
8:45 - A & P vs 1st Baptist
Monday, September 7
7:30 - -orettj