The Cherokee |gj| Scout
Volume 75 - Number 25 Murphy, North Carolina January 14, 1965 12 Pages This Week SErOND CLASS POSTAGE PA|D
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Walter Docker y, owner o f
Dock ery's Store near Hlwas
see Dun, say* he recently
wrote a hunting license tc
probably the oldest man still
hunting in the county. The
license was issued to Dub
Morrow on his birthday. He
was 94 years young.
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How would you like to tour
Europe absolutely free? You
can do so and not leave the
county by attending the Peach
tree PTA meeting Tuesday,
Jan. 19. The meeting gets
underway at 7:30 p.m. with
color slides of Europe to be
shown.
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_ It's tax listing and tax pay
ing time again and although
Uncle Sam will give you until
April IS to pay, the County
of Cherokee says you must
list your personal property
taxes by the end of this month.
F allure to do so will result in
a 10^ penalty.
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We notice that Joe El Khouri
of Andrews received a per
sonal Invitation from Vice -
President - elect Hubert
Humphrey to attend the in
auguration in Washington, D.
C. Joe says that anyone from
this area planning to attend
who would like to accompany
him and his wife on the trip
should give him a ring before
Saturday.
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Sometimes it just doesn't
pay to go on a vacation. Jim
< Ed Hughes took off to Holly -
' wood, Fla., for a few days of
fun and frolic and wound up
in the hospital with pneu -
monia. Pete McKeon, va
cationing just north of Jim
Ed in Ft. Lauderdale, came
down with some kind of a virus
bug and was laid up for three
days. To top it off Pete says
he also wrenched his back.
How was it you said that
happened Pete?
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F or mer Scout publisher
Jerue Babb was in town last
week minding the store while
I was in the horsepital. With
the Scout's fine staff to look
after things we figured good
ole Jerue was wanting to va
cate here for a few days and
look over his old stomping
grounds. Only today we find
out he's down in New
Orleans. Says he has much
work to do. Now you and I
both know anyone going to
New Orleans ain't agoing to
get much work done.
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We sure do appreciate the
cards we received while at
Emory Hospital and a special
thanks to "Cuz" Bagley for
some very funny letters and a
box of toys to keep us occu
pied. We are very sorry to
hear that while Cuz was trying
to cheer us up his mother suf
fered a fatal stroke in a Flo
rida hospital.
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We also appreciate the con
cern of some of you folks about
out health but Sheriff Claude
Anderson has us a little wor
ried. The Sheriff says he un
derstands that we need a little
rest and if he catches us on the
street after 8:00 p.m. he's
gonna lock us up. For our own
good, of course.
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It comes to our attention
that the late Herbert Hoover,
former president of the United
States, was the first man to
give his salary back to the
U. S. government. Seems like
ever since then the gov
ernment has been trying to
get everybody else's back too,
don't it?
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With no discredit to our
own two fine hospitals here
in Murphy, I must say that
Emory, ? hospital with over
300 patients to look after, is
a fine place to go If one must
go. The doctors and staff,
especially those of the 4th
floor, east wing, are so
pleasant and courteous you al
most feel you are in the wrong
place. This impression they
give while ringing you out,
beating on you with little rub
ber hammers and poking need
les at you. After all the X
rays were read and much con
sultation by the 4th floor staff ,
all agreed that NOTHING was
inside me (?), and that I should
again be turned loose on so
ciety. One word of advice:
Since doctors and nurses are
a tight lipped group, and are
stingy with Information, this
may come in handy If you
find yourself in the horse -
pital. Buy yourself a paper
every day and look in the obit
column. If your name isn't
there you will know you're
doing fine. '
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Two Convicts Escape
Near Tennessee Line
MURPHY Two prisoners
escaped from a highway work
crew Monday, January 11, on
Highway #2M in the Liberty,
N. C. community. The es
cape of the prisoners occured
within 500 yards of the Tenn
essee-North Carolina state
line
According to authorities of
Cherokee Prison Camp at
Peachtree, the two were work
ing under a work foreman out
away from the regular work
squad. Captain McCall of the
Cherokee Prison unit stated
that it is a customary pro
cedure for a foreman to work
one or two inmates In this
manner.
The escapees are listed as
Charles Worley, age 24, and
William Duggers, age 22.
Worley, a native of Route
4, Asheville, is 6'-l", weighs
170 pounds, has brown hair
and eyes and a ruddy com
plexion. An honor grade pris
oner, he was serving time for
breaking and entering and
would have been released in
three months.
Duggers, a native of Route
3, Hickory, is 6' tall, weighs
160 pounds, has brown hair
and eyes with ruddy complex
ion. Duggers was originally
serving time for a mis
demeanor, but after escaping
twice from Cumberland
County Prison, he was auto
matically classed as a felon
and transferred to the Chero
kee Prison Camp.
Captain McCall said that the
last lead they had of the two
escapees was In Ducktown.
A car was stolen in Duck
town early Tuesday morning,
January 12, and was found
Wednesday in Sweetwater,
Tennessee, approximatley 40
miles from Ducktown. An
other car was stolen in Sweet
water.
Although there may be noi
connection between the car
thefts and the prisoners' es
cape, Captain McCall said that
every lead is being checked
out in an effort to apprehend
the two men.
Calendar Of Events
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14.
7:30 p.m. - Murphy Chapter
No. 10, Order of Eastern
Star, will meet in the
Masonic Hall. All members
are urged to attend.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19,
10:00 a.m. - Circle No. 4 of
First Methodist Church will
meet in the home of Mrs.
Walter King with a covered
dish dinner.
2:00 p.m. - Circle No. 3
of F irst Methodist Church will
meet in theMen'sBible Class
room of the church.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
20, 1:30 p.m. - Murphy Home
Demonstration Club will meet
in the home of Mrs. C. L.
Alverson.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21,
7:30 p.m. - Circle No. 2 of
First Methodist Church will
meet in the home of Mrs.
Bunch Nugent with Mrs. Hugh
Howard as co-hostess.
Horton Produce Co. To
Package Tomatoes Here
MURPHY- The Horton Pro
duce Company of Louisville,
Ky. will grade, package and
market vine ripe tomatoes in
Murphy this summer. This
company has large packing
operations in Lake View J7 la.,
Louisville, Ky., and in South
Carolina. In addition to pack
ing vine ripe tomatoes, the
company handles cucumbers,
apples and cauliflower in other
areas.
On January 7, growers from
the five counties of Cherokee,
Clay, Graham, Fannin and
Towns Counties voted unami
nously to allow the Horton
Produce Company to handle
their tomatoes.
"We are convinced that this
area can produce a quality
tomato and that it has po
tential to grow," says A1 Hor
ton of the Horton Produce
Company.
J. P. Jennerette and Joe
Courlay of the N. C. Depart
ment of Agriculture said this
area is extremely fortunate
to obtain this large produce
company.
James Stewart, County Ex
tension Chairman points out
that for the first time fresh
vine ripe tomatoes will be
marketed locally. This is an
important step in the area to
have a local market for fresh,
high income per acre vege
table crops.
During the year, this market
is expected to handle nearly
100 acres of trellised tomatoes
with an income of a quarter
of a million dollars. In add
ition to some 200 people be
ing employed in the field,
twenty to twenty-five will be
needed in the packing house
operation.
This year the Smoky Moun
tain Fiber Plant Building will
be used for packing tomatoes.
Growers in the six-county
area of Union, Fannin, Chero
kee, Clay and Graham Coun
ties will need to sign up their
acreage now if they intend to
grow tomatoes.
Prentiss England, County
Extension Chairman of Clay
County pointed out the necess
ity of all the counties pull
ing together in a unified eff
ort to successfully market
their tomatoes.
Mrs. L. M. Shields, Murphy
Business Woman, Dies
MURPHY - Mrs. L. M.
Shields died unexpectedly on
Wednesday morning, January
13, at her home on Hiawassee
Street in Murphy.
Mrs. Shields, wife of L. M.
(Lee) Shields, is a native of
Cherokee County and a daugh
ter of the late Henry and Laura
Anderson Kisselburg. She is
a member of the Shady Grove
Baptist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Shields had
been very active in business
affairs In Murphy and Chero
kee County from 1922 until
their retirement a few years
ago.
Surviving in addition to her
husband are three daughters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Lambert of
Vista, California, Mrs. Paul
Lambert of Charlievoi.Mich.,
and Miss Eunice Shields of
Murphy; three sons, J. L. of
Smyrna, Ga., James of At
lanta, and David of Murphy;
seventeen grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. Everett Rice of
Culberson; and three broth
ers, Homer and Luther R. ,
MRS. L. M. SHIELDS
Kisselburg of Culberson and
T. L. Kisselburg of Copper -
hUl. Tenn.
At press time, final ar -
rangements, under the di
rection of I vie Funeral Home,
were incomplete.
Library Adds 3 New Films
MURPHY - The following
lew films have recently been
idded to the adult film pro*
iect in Chapel Hill and are
ivallable for loan, free of
:harge, to clubs, churches,
STA, and other civic groups
hrough Nantahala Regional
.ibrary.
In order to book these films
all the Nantahala Regional
.ibrary, 837-2025, at least
wo weeks in advance of your
cheduled program.
Films from the program
collection are not available
for classroom use In elemen
tary and secondary schools.
The films are as follows:
ROAD TO CAROLINA, a
30 minute color picture sum
marizing the colonial period
of North Carolina. Most of the
film uses still pictures in
cluding portraits, the John
White drawings and tempera
or pastel paintings made for
the film. Some scenes of his
torical action arephotograph
(Cont'd On Back Page)
JIM MORGAN
Production Supervisor
Morgan Named As Scout
Production Supervisor
MURPHY - Jim Morgan,
28, a native of Bristol, Va.,
was named this week by Pub
lisher Jack Owens as pro
duction supervisor of The
Cherokee Scout and Clay
County Progress.
Mr. Morgan assumed the
duties of his new post Mon
day, Jan. 4, and will be in
charge of production of the
Scout-Progress and the Com
pany's commercial printing
plant. He will also handle out
side sales of commercial
printing.
He is a graduate of Bristol
High School, Bristol, Va., and
Emory and Henry College at
Emory, Va.
His previous experience in
eludes three and a half years
at the Trade Printing Com
pany in Charlotte, N. C., and
two years with Hilton Business
Equipment Co. here in
Murphy.
Mr. Morgan is a member
of the Murphy First Baptist
Church and past treasurer of
the Murphy Civitan Club.
A son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Morgan of
Bristol, Va., the new Scout
Progress production super -
visor served with the U. S.
Army in Korea and France
from 1949 to 1954. He re
ceived his honorable dis -
c>arge In 1954 with a
Sargeant First Class rating.
Mrs. W. D. Simpson Dies
MURPHY - Mrs. W. D.
Simpson, Sr., of the Hiwas
see Dam section died Thurs
day, January 7, in a Murphy
hospital.
A native of Macon County,
she was a daughter of the late
D. A. and Lena Angel Myers.
She came to Murphy in 1936
with her husband, who was
TVA superintendent of con
struction of Hiwassee Dam.
Mrs. Simpson received na
tional attention in 1949 when
she pulled the switch that set
off the largest blast of dyna
mite ever discharged in the
world at that time. This his
toric blast at TVA's South
Holston, Tenn., project near
Bristol, contained over a mil
lion pounds of explosives. The
setting off of the blast was
carri&d in theatres all over
the nation on news reels.
Preceeding this blast were
six others Mrs. Simpson
triggered, all of which at the
time were the largest com
mercial blasts in the world.
Vlrs. Simpson was a
member of Mt. Carmel Bap
tist Church and the Order of
the Eastern Star, Martha
Chapter 246.
Surviving are the husband;
a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Gra
ves of Murphy, Rt. 4; three
sons, W. D., Jr., of Frank
lin, Thomas Joe of Hickory,
and Wiley H. of Murphy, Rt.
4; two sisters, Mrs. George
Conley of Franklin and Mrs.
MRS. SIMPSON
W. W. Mitchell of Canton; a
brother, James Alex Myers of
Atlanta; thirteen grand -
children and five great -
grandchildren.
Services were held at 2
p.m. Sunday in Mt. Carmel
Baptist Church.
The Rev. Fred Satterfield
and the Rev. J. W. Newman
officiated and burial was in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were David,
Jim, Howard and Bob Simp
son, Eddie DeanSpivia, James
Kephart, Kenneth Swanson and
Burt Graves.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge.
Larry Groves Wins FFA
Public Speaking Contest
HAYESVLLLE - Larry Gro
ves, Hayesvllle High FFA stu
dent, von the public speaking
contest held at Murphy High
School on Monday, Jan. 11.
Four other schools compet
YHC President
To Speak To PTA
MURPHY - Murphy PTA
will meet Monday, January
18, at 7:30 p.m. In the Mur
phy elementary school lunch
room.
Dr. Raymond A. Cook,
president of Young Harris
College, will be guest speaker
for the meeting.
Don Ramsey, president of
the local PTA, urges all par
ents of both elementary and
high school children and all
teachers to attend this
meeting.
ed in this contest.
Larry is a sophomore at
Hayes ville High and is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. William T.
Groves. He lives in the Myers
Chapel Community.
Larry will represent the
Nantahala Federation at the
district contest held in Ashe
ville on May 8.
County Singing
To Bo Sunday
MURPHY - itie Cherokee
County third Sunday singing
will be held Sunday, Jan. 17,
at 2:00 p.m. In Valley town
Baptist Church.
The singing has previously
been held at the Peachtree
School auditorium, but begin
ning this Sunday, it will be
held In various churches In
the county.
Commissioners Adopt Liberal
Scale For Surplus Commodities
MURPHY - At the January
4 meeting, the Cherokee
County Board of Commis
sioners adopted the use of a
more liberal scale in determ
ining the eligibility of various
size households for surplus
commodities, V. O. Ayers of
the Cherokee County Depart
ment of Public Welfare an
Clay County Progresses
During The Past Year
By: Mrs. Neal R. Kitchens
CLAY COUNTY- With a
lack of industry here, a ma
jority of people in Clay Coun
ty derive their living from
agriculture. Farmers were
hard hit in 1964 with the
drought, yet the county made
progress in a number of pro
jects.
As a hungry child reaches
out a hand to a parent, Clay
made it's appeal to the Fed
eral Government. Funds were
made available which made
some of the major projects
pos. with the Town of
Hayesville and Clay County
sharing a part of the cost
of a new water and sewerage
system and a Health Center.
The new water and sewer
age system at the cost of
$115,000.00 was completed in
the Town of Hayesville, a new
county Health Center, $35,000.
00; new post office building,
$45,000.00; U. S. Forest Ser
vice on Jack Rabbit Moun
tain camp, $170,000.00, with
50 units ready for camping
April 1, 1965; Shooting Creek
Camptown, approximately
$100,000.00 constructed by
Frank Parker of Florida; Jim
Armstrong completed 3 units
at Tanglewood Cabins with
plans to construct 4 more in
the spring; Wiley Penland con
structed another lakeside cab
in; approximately 20 new
homes were constructed at a
cost of $200,000.00; home re
pair, installation of bathrooms
and modernization of present
homes was approximately
$100,000.00, two new churches
were built, Sweetwater Meth
odist Church, $12,500.00 and
Mt. Pleasant Baptist, $25,000,
00, with construction now
underway at the new Church
of Christ.
Some churches installed
new heating systems and made
other improvements in the
churches andparsonages. One
of the most complete Labor
Surveys in the U. S. was made
in Clay in the fall of 1964.
Clay County had a reval
uation in 1961, the first re
valuation since 1947. During
the year of 1964 the County
Board of Commissioners paid
all of the current debts, paid
$14,800.00 on the bond indebt
edness and paid the bond in
terest which was $4,912.00.
This definitely is a forward
step for a county as small
as Clay.
Approximately 20b are em
Lidseen Workers
Get Holiday
HAYESVILLE - Another
paid holiday has been added
for the employees at Lidseen
of North Carolina, Edwin Lid
seen announced this week.
When an employee's birth
day falls on a work day, he
will be allowed the day off
with pay.
This makes a total of seven
paid holidays annually for the
Lidseen employees.
ployed in industry. Hayes
vilie Manufacturing employs
115; Lidseen's,25;NealR. Kit
chens Lumber Co, 17; Clay
Milling, 11; Hayesville Farm
and Egg Corp, 13; Moore's
Feed and Poultry ,6; Daniel
son Lumber, 3; Woodard El
ectric, 6, and two sawmills
with approximately 8 employ
ees.
Because of the lack of in
dustry Clay is still loosing
its youth, the cream of the
county, to other cities. Many
families are separated except
on week-ends or holidays be
cause the father has to seek
employment away from home.
In the school system 4 CPb
of the teachers hold Masters
Degrees and the North Car
olina State average is 18%
With Clay in the low income
bracket, the need of educat
ion is felt more deeply. A
good number of students go
on to college each year. The
school rolls are decreasing
because the child bearing age
has moved out, while many
retired newcomers are mov
ing in. Real estate is chang
ing hands at a rapid rate.
Many summer cottages are
found in the nooks and coves
of mountainous Clay. These
people have found accessable
isolation and are enjoying it.
The newcomers have added
some to the financial situation.
The Federal Home Admin
stration and Federal Grants
have played a major part in
Clay's progress for 1964, yet
the crying need is for indust
ry, especially for men/ and
for roads to unbottle this little
mountain paradise.
Windstorm
Destroys Shed
HAYESVILLE - A freak
wind with tornado force hit
the corn crib and tool shed of
Mr. and Mrs. Henson Chamb
ers Sunday morning, Jan. 10,
about 9:15, demolishing the
building. The Chambers fam
ily live in the Ledford's Cha
pel section, just across from
the Ledfords Chapel Church.
Mrs. Chambers said the
children were dressing to go
to church when they heard a
loud noise and felt the house
shake.
A deluge of water hit the
house and the family saw the
roof of the corn- crib and tool
shed flying through the air.
All the walls except one
corner of the shed went down.
The building was on a solid
concrete foundation with large
posts tied into the concrete ]
by steel bolts.
A small calf chained to the
building was hurled 10 feet
into the air, breaking the
chain. A tractor, with plows,
was moved about three feet '
in the Chambers yard. I
Mrs. Chambers said that I
a work bench in the corner
of the shed had some papers 1
on it that were not even ruf
fled by the wind. ,
nounced this week.
The new scale recommend
ed by the Commodity Distri
bution Program, North Carol
ina Department of Agri
culture, and the United States
Department of Agriculture is
as follows:
No. In Cross
Household Mo. Income
Any individual or family who
is not currently receiving food
assistance and whose income
is within the limits specified
in the liberalized scale above,
should apply to the Welfare
Department for certification.
Commodities are distribut
ed each Wednesday from the
Cherokee County Distribution
Warehouse in the Stiles Build
ing on Tennessee Street.
The Welfare Department
has designated V^dnesday of
each week for certification
and recertification of food re
cipients applications.
Caseworkers responsible
for the three geographical di
visions of the county are avail
able in the office all day on
Wednesday for the purpose of
receiving and processing food
applications.
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Football Banquet To
Be January 23
MURPHY - The 1964 Mur
phy Bulldog football banquet
will be held at the grammar
school lunchroom on Satur
day night, January 23, at 7:00
p.m.
Guest speaker will be
George Sexton of the coaching
staff at Wake Forest College,
who will present trophies to
the best back and best lineman
for the 1964 season.
The Peachtree Develop -
ment Club will serve at the
banquet.
All football fans who are
interested In attending may
call 837-2795 or 837-2885 for
reservations. The price Is
$3.00 per couple.
DAR & Historical
Society To Hold
Joint Meet Jan. 14
MURPHY - There will be a
joint meeting of the D. A. R.
and Cherokee County His
torical Society at tir Murphy
Power Board building Thurs
day evening, Jan. 14, at 7:30.
All persons interested in die
restoration of the Harshaw
Chapel have been urged to be
present.
Reports from the meeting
with State Historical officials
will be made by Mrs. Robert
Easley, Joe Ray, and Larry
Thomas Black.
THE SCOUT - PROGRESS
welcomes "Letters To The
Editor". Names will be with
held on request. The editor
reserves the right to edit all
letters that are published.
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ELECTRICAL
SERVICE
We'll Repair
/
Anything Electrical
'?? prompt and officiant ro
??I' ?' anything oloctrical,
cam* to us. Wt carry a com
plot# stack of porta. Our
prlcat ara right, and all ovr
| *?tfc It guarantaad.
ROGERS
ELECTRIC
SERVICE
MISS JANUARY
Mli* GUnda Faraw, Jewfhtef of Mr.
and Mrs. Clan Fonaar
Electrical Contractors
Next Door To City Borbor Shop