Volum* 75 ? Number 5
and Clay County Progress
Murphy, North Corollno, Thur.do, August 27, 1964 14 Poo?? TMi W*?k
Publl>t>?l WMkly
SECOND C CAM POSTAGE PAID
AT MUMHV. NORTH CAROLINA
Pete Rumple, manager of
Murphy Tire and Appliance
Store, and his family, have
just returned from a trip to
New Orleans. Seems that Pete
won the trip by selling a
whole mess of G. E. Ap
pliances during June and July.
He allows Oat be stayed at
the Monteleone Hotel in the
heart of the French Quarter
and says if you go to New
Orleans, don t miss seeing
Bourbon Street.
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Our faces are a little red
since we left the by line off
of the F armer-Coleman reun
ion. Mrs. Florence Smith of
Peach tree gathered the
material on th-s gala event
and we'd like to issue due
credit.
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Ah, Taxpayers. . .A real
sight to behold is the new
lean-em-up, sit-eai-down
chairs in the Post Office
Building. The tops of these
chairs or stools will fold down
flat so you can sit on them,
or tilt, so you can lean up
against them. Why they even
have a foot rest on them.
'Course, Postmaster Ray de
clares that they are never used
in the sitting-down position.
We asked Ole Joe why they
made them to tilt into seats
i If you weren't supposed to sit
on them, or if It was a rule
of the house, why didn't they
put a lock on them. Only
comment was "used in the
leaning-up position, they make
mail putting 19 faster." You
really should go by and see
them.
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If you haven't heard, Sena
tor Frank Forsyth has been
on a tour of the Wild West
along with Herman H. "Bull
Of The Woods" West. We un
derstand that H. A. Mattox
allowed aa how he was glad to
aee the Senator make the trip,
since aa far as he knew, the
Senator had only been as far
west as Copper hill, Tenn.
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Highlight at the Family
Restaurant Tuesday night was
owner Virgil O'Dell singing a
duet with Jerry Ruth Smith
during the Civitan dinner
meeting. Now he can adver
tise. . ."Featuring Virgil,
the Singing Cbd." Gonna see
if he'll hum us a tune next
time we're out for a snack.
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A free one year subscript
ion to The Cherokee Scout for
the first person who can give
us two words meaning ' a
Northern Marathon Talka -
thon." No phone calls please.
Earliest post mark wins.
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You've missed a treat if
you haven't been to one of the
Friday night square dances at
the Rock Gym. If you like to
dance, the band will give you
a wide selection of music. Be
sides square dancing, they of
fer music to: slow dance,
round dance, two- step, shag,
jitterbug, monkey, and dog.
Wheel . . .and a few that I
believe are top secret. They
must be secret 'cause I asked
several, 'Hey.whatcha doing?*
and they gave me a blank look
with a smile as if to say,
"Man, if you don't know what
this Is you ain't hep."
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And speaking of dogs . . .
betcha didn't know that this
is National Dog Week.
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Back in November when I
moved Into the neighborhood
on East Avenue, Ray Joseph
declared that there wasn't
enough room for both of us.
. .he wasn't going to put up
with me. . .and Out he just
might leave. Well, he done it.
You could tdl Tuesday night
that someone was leaving. . .
no one would move IN with
such a racket Wonder why
he 'snuck' off in the middle
of the night? Uy, formerly
with J abatey* s *f Murphy , U
still in the Ric, business.
He's operating t Jabaley's
store in Blue Rldjp, Ga.,now.
Good lack, Ray, it your new
venture. Well mlsi your wife
and yourgans in oir neigh
borhood.
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p. ?. We're Mill waking on
that Diamond Amifcrsary
edition of the Scout. . .but tt
takes time. If the Lord* wil
ling and the creaks don' rise,
we n be out with it loon.
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46th Cherokee County
Fair Opens Labor Day
MURPHY - The Murphy
Lions Club and the Cherokee
County Fair Association .Inc.,
have announced plans for the
1964 Cherokee County Fair
which begins In Murphy at the
fairgrounds Monday, Septem
ber 7, and runs through Sat
urday, September 12.
Area exhibitors are expect
ed to bring In everthlng front
bulls to beans for judging
during the fair week.
Lions Bob Bruce and Frank
L. Mauney have been placed
In charge a i arranging for the
exhibits and exhibitors are
requested to contact either
of these men for times and
spaces.
Exhibits may be entered
from Cherokee and Clay coun
ties in North Carolina, and
Union, Towns, and Fannin
Counties In Georgia.
All entries should be plac
ed on exhibit no later than
8:00 p.m. Monday, Septemb
er 7, and must be removed
no later than noon Saturday,
September 12.
Categories planned for jud
ging Include field crops .horti
culture. dairy cattle, beef cat
tle, sheep, swine, rabbits,
flowers, home products, pan
try supplies, house furnish
ings, clothing, arts and crafts,
rocks and minerals and hor
ses.
Cash prizes up to $8.00
will be awarded in some cat
egories. The total prize is
contained in die Fair Cata
logue.
The Georgia Amusement
Company of Gainesville, Ga.,
Is again providing the games
and rides for the Midway at
the fair. Included in die rides
will be the ferrls wheel .mer
ry-go-round, whip, tubs, cars,
and others.
The Murphy Lions Club will
sponsor the only bingo stand
on the grounds, with many val
uable prizes for winners.
Murphy Civitan Club and
the American Legion will have
their usual concession stands.
On sale will be cold drinks,
coffee, hot dogs, hamburgers,
and assorted sandwiches.
Tuesday, September 8, ex
hibit halls will be judged at
9:00 a.m. with the halls being
opened to the pii>llc at 3:00
p.m.
School Day will be Thurs
day, September 10. Judging
of shee^ swine will be
2:00 p.m. and at 8:00 p.m.
dairy cattle and beef cattle
will be shown.
Friday night, September U,
horses will be judged and
ribbons awarded to winners
in a wide variety of categ
ories.
Facilities will be provided
at the Fair Grounds for the
horses entered.
Horses from Cherokee and
Clay Counties, N. C., and
Union, Towns, and Fannin, Ga.,
will be elglble for this com
petition. Anyone who wishes
to enter horses should con
tact Charles Coleman or Tom
Palmer for further Informa
tion.
School Bus Rulings Changed
MURPHY - Joe Sherrlll of
the Department of Motor Ve
hicles, announced today that
two rulings regarding the use
age of the school dus stop
signs have been passed.
In the past, the flashing
lights and stop signs mounted
on school buses were used
every time a bus made a stop
whether or not students were
loading or unloading. Also
when a school bus needed to
make a left turn, the driver
was required to turn on the
lights, extend the stop sign,
come to a complete stop, then
make his turn.
Under this new ruling, driv
ers will be required to extend
the stop sign and use lights
only when loading and unload
ing passengers. This year
school buses will be governed
by the same motor vehicle
laws as a private vehicle when
making left turns.
Now bus drivers only have
to give a left hand turn signal
before making the turn. Buses
will not be required to stop
except to yield right-of-way
to oncoming traffic.
Mr. Sherrlll stated further
that these rulings have been
changed In an effort to de
crease the number of school
children involved In acddeAs
when loading and unloading
from school buses.
"Our school buses are al
5 inscription Rates
Reduced For
College Students
MURPHY - Students who are
mending college this fall and
would like to receive The
Cherokee Scout may subscribe
at a reduced rate.
The normal subscription
rate out of the five-county area
is $6.00 per year. Beginning
last year, the Scout lowered
Its rates for college students
and put into effect a nine -
month subscription at the rate
U 94.12.
Get your subscription in
early and you won't miss a
single Issue.
Requests Approved
For Cover Crop*
By: Bass Hyatt
County Office Manager
MURPHT - The Cherokee
County ASCS committee met
Friday, August 21, and gave
the ASCS office permission
to approve request for cover
crops beyond the farmers'
regular alloted share.
This means that all Chero
kee County farmers who make
requests can be approved can
shares for small grain, such
aa rye, wheat, oats, barley,
and hairy vetch, crimson
clover, and annual rye grass
seed.
Last year a farmers es
tablished 287 acres of this
cover through this practice.
ready on the road and we are
asking all drivers to be very
cautious. Flashing lights and
stop signs on the buses will
only be in operation when the
children are loading and un
loading," Mr. Sherrill stated.
TUSQUTTTEE RANGER DISTRICT, U. S. Forest Service In Murphy recently held open house
at the new office and warehouse in the Bealtown section of Murphy. District Ranger Bunch A.
Nugent said that approximately ISO people visited the new facilities. The cost of the office build
ing and warehouse was In excess of (45,000.00 All visitors were given a complete tour of the
work center and presonnel of the District explained the jobs carried out by the U. S. Forest
Service. District Ranger Nugent Is shown explaining a map of Tusquittee Ranger District to
(L-R) Mrs. Nugent, Mrs. Felix Palmer, and Richard Parker.
It's That Time Again!
By: Red Schuyler
It's that time of the year
again. The nights are cooler
and I am sure that your
thoughts are beginning to cen
ter around football. The
schools in our area have start
ed practice and are now hav
ing two sessions a day until
school starts and that's not
long.
On August 28th, the And
rews Wildcats will open their
season in Andrews by host
ing the team from Rosman.
Last year's Wildcats went
all the way in championship
play to the finals in West
ern Class A bracket.
Last year's championship
team lost ten boys in grad
uation and these boys will be
sorely missed by Coaches
Hugh "Pee Wee" Hamilton
and Cecil Mai hb urn.
Boys like Butch Sursavage,
John Gernert, Eddie Adams, ,
James Whitehouse, Jimmy
Watkins, Mike Sheidy, Larry
Allen i^Bobby Hall, and Eddie
Phillips will be hard to re
place. But Coaches Hamil
ton and Mashburn will find
replacements from about forty
boys who have reported for
practice. Among these forty
are ten returning lettermen.
According to reports from
Hayesville, they will have a
stronger team this year than
in the past. We haven't had
a chance to talk to the coa
ches in Hayesville, but word
about town is that the Yellow
Jackets will be buzzing around
once again and before the sea
son is over will make some
of the larger schools sorry
that they were on the Hayes
ville schedule.
Hayesville too will be play
ing their first game on Fri
day night, August 28. at Mor
We don't know what the record Is for the largest brown trout ever caught in this area, but
this trout brought by the Scout office Wednesday, August 19, by Jerry Palmer (L) and Bobby
Kent, is the largest we have ever seen. The fish weighs three pounds and two-and-a half
ounces. Bobby and Jerry were fishing CM Creek and using red worms for bait when they hooked
the trout.
datendar C)f ?vents
There will be no services
at the Church of the Messiah
this Sunday, August 23. Rev.
Hamilton Witter, pastor, will
be at a church meeting in
Valley Cruces, N. C.
The regular annual Bar not
Reunion will be Sunday, Aug.
30, at the home of Mrs.
Blanche Thompson on Slow
Creek Road. All friends and
relatives are Invited to at
tend.
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There will be a district
meeting of all County and
Community ASCS committee
men Tuesday, Sept. 1, at
Waynes vllle. Transportation
will be furnished to those who
need U. Cars will leave Mur
phy from the ASCS office at
8 il6 a.m.
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All members of the Bell view
Community are asked to meet
Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept
m unity Building to help com
plete the inside of the building.
Work will be done *t night, be
ginning at 7:00 p.m. in an ef
fort to complete the Inside
of the bulldlny before October.
Murphy Garden Club will
meet with Miss Leila Hayes
with Mrs. J. W. Davidson as
co-hoatess at 3t30 p. m.
Thursday, August 91.
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Murphy Chapter No. 10, Or
der of Eastern Star will meet
In the Masonic Hall at 7:30
p.m. Thursday, August 27.
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The Family Restaurant will
be the meeting place for the
Murphy Rotary Club Monday,
August 31, at 12:00 noon.
3% Loans Available
Due To Crop Damage
WASHINGTON- Farmers in
Cherokee County whose crops
and livestock were damaged
by recent drought conditions
may be eligible for three per
cent federal loans, Congress
man Roy A. Taylor announ
ced Thursday.
Taylor said the Farmers
Home Acknlnistration, at his
request, has authorized em
ergency loans If funds are
unavailable from local lend
ing sources.
A similar designation was
authorized for Clay County
In July.
Fanners In Clay, Chero
kee, and Macon Counties have I
also been offered haying and
gracing privileges through
September 30 on land divert
ed from crop production.
ganton, Ga., against East Fan
nin.
One week later, the Mur
phy Bulldogs will open the
season by going to Copper -
hill, Tetm., Sept. 4, to play
the Copper Basin Cougars.
Prospects for the Bull
dogs this year look promis
ing.
About 65 men reported for
opening practice with about
25 of these men slated for
the freshman team. Of app
roximately 40 players out for
the varsity, 20 of these are
returning lettermen.
Missing from last year's
team will be three linemen
that will be hard to replace.
Among these three are Bill
Graves, who will report to
the Wake Forest freshmen
Sept. 7, and Jerry Dickey,
who will further his education
at N. C. State. Steve Wal
droup . Is another lineman who
will be missed by the Bull
dogs this year.
The Bulldogs , coached again
this year by Chuck McCorinell
and Jim McCombs, will be
aiming to improve on a 3 and
7 record of last year.
One new opponent on the
Bulldogs' schedule this year
fill be Telllco Plains, Tenn.
rhis game replaces the Hen
dersonville game on the sch
edule, after a two game ser
ies in which the Bulldogs won
the first game in Henderson
ville and the Hendersonville
team avenged that defeat last
year by beating the Bulldogs
on their own field.
Measles Vaccine
Urged Now For
All Children
MURPHY - Dr. W. H.
Scruggs, Health Director of
the Cherokee County Health
Department, urged that par
ents realize the importance
of giving children of all age:,
the measles vaccine.
Dr. Scruggs advises that
parents should contact their
family physicians immediat
ely.
Rote Hike Effective Sept. 1
Westco Extends Local
Service To Hayesville
MURPHY- L. J. Phillips,
manager of the Westco Tele
phone Office here, announced
that local service has been
extended to Hayesvllle and
calls can now be dialed dir
ectly with no long distance
service charge. This serv
ice became effective at mid
night, Wednesday night, Aug
ust 26.
An action by the State Uti
lities Commission Thursday,
August 20, gave Westco Tel
ephone Company permission
to increase its rates effect
ive September 1. The increase %
of Westco rates, however, was
not nearly as much as the com
pany had requested. The Com
mission prescribed new rates
for the company's 13 ex
changes in Western North
Carolina, which it said would
boost Westco's revenue by
$39,936.00. It said this was
$117,973 less than the com
pany requested.
In its order, the Comm
ission also gave the company
permission to extend base
rate areas at eight of Westco's
exchanges which will have the
effect of reducing mileage
charges paid by customers.
In theMurphy exchange area
the increase for residential
telephones will be 25# per
month. In Hayesville ex
change area, a 114 per month
increase will go into effect.
This fifty-cents increase
per month difference between
Hayesville and Murphy is due
to the fact that the residents
of Hayesville will be able to
dial some 1,700 more phones
without the long distance ser
vice charge. Until today,
Hayesville residents had acc
ess to only 600 telephones.
Now with this local service,
they can reach approximately
2300 phones by direct dial
ing.
"Prior to this change-over
there was a minimum charge
of 2Sf for a three-minute
call between Hayesville and
Murphy. If you only make
one or two calls per month
between these two stations,
even with the rate increase,
you are actually saving mon
ey with this extended serv
ice," Mr. Phillips stated.
Mr. Phillips stated further
that plans are being formu
lated to give the residents
of Andrews and Suit this
same extended service with
Andrews being changed to the
dial system. When this ser
vice is completed, there will
be approximately 5,000 dir
ect dial telephones at your
service.
OLD TIMERS RENEW FRIENDSHIP AFTER 62 YEARS -
Wlli Walls of Wildwood, Ga., visited Jim Long of Clay County
Monday and Tuesday of last week. The men had played to
gether when they were boys and lived In Clay County on what
is now known as Downings Creek Community. Mr. Walls will
be 82 years old in October and Mr. Long will be 82 in Nov
ember of this year.
Midget Football Begins Monday
MURPHY- The Murphy Ele
mentary School will field a
Midget Football team this
year, it was learned today.
Practice will begin Monday,
August 31, with all interested
boys who weigh between 90
and 135 reporting to Coaches
Hobie McKeever andBobHen
drix.
While the schedule has not
yet been completed, it is hop
ed that Murphy will play Mid
get teams from Hayesville,
Robbinsville, Andrews, Fran
klin, West Fannin, Sylva, and
Notre Dame of Chattanooga.
The Murphy team , which has
not competed in two years,
will have new uniforms.
Murphy Pool
Closes Sunday
MURPHY- The announce
ment was made today by John
Jordan, Director of the Mur
phy Summer Recreation Pro
gram, and H. L. McKeever,
Chairman of the Murphy Sum
mer Recreation Board that
the swimming pool would
close for the 1964 season on
Sunday night, August 30, 1964
at 8:00 p.m.
The announcement was
made so that persons desir
ing one or two "last dips"
would know the exact closing
time and date.
GAME. FISH, AND WILDLIFE PROTECTORS of Western
North Carolina who held ? meeting at Fontana Village Re
sort August 19, discussed problems resulting from increased
use of public woods and waters In Western North Carolina. Hugh
Robertson, Protection Si^ervisor, was In charge. Left to
right, first row, Mr. Robertson, WaynesvillejHaroldE.Ammon,
Lake Junaluskaj A. O. Ray, Waynesville, Assistant Supervisor;
Wade Crain, Bryson City; Wayne Beard, Fontana Oam | H. E.
Norton, Hayes vllle, W. W. Danner, Sylva; second row, Raymond
Ramsey, Marshall; Frank Spears, Weavervtlle; Harrison Mar
tin, Hayesville; Lincoln Long, Robbinsville; James D. Renegar,
Mt. Stowe; IX R. Stroupe, Lake Junaluska; Charles H. Boring,
Franklin; and J. J. Jefferies of Murphy.