TheCHEROKEE
Scout
and Clay County Progress
Volume 75- Number 27 Murphy, North Carolina January 28, 1965 12 Pages This Week
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID
AT MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA
Here's a treat for movie
goers. CLEOPATRA will visit
Murphy from January 31
through February 5. Not in
person, of course, but on the
screen of the Henn Theatre,
and an added bonus to boot.
Admission for the 4 1/2 hour
long specticle will be 75? for
adults and 25? for children.
Admission in larger cities
ranged from $2.00 and up
per head.
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Put your dancing shoes on,
'cause there's another dance
brewing. The Murphy Busi
ness and Professional Wo
men's Club is sponsoring a
Heart Fund dance to be held
Saturday night, February 6.
Music will be by the Berets
and the ladies say, if you like
to dance, you will get your
money's worth. Advance tick
ets at $3.00 per couple are
now on sale by club members.
Admission at the door will be
$2.00 per head. Plan to come
and enjoy yourself while
you're helping a worthy cause.
All proceeds go to the Chero
kee County Heart Fund.
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Last week's Scoutlet con
cerning a small piece of meat
at the Murphy Elementary
School lunchroom drew con
troversial fire but paid ?
dividend. We went over Tues
day and had lunch with the
youngans and thoroughly en
joyed a meal well worth
many times more than the
25? per plate it costs us to
have our children eat in the
lunchroom. Where else coulc
you get a well balanced diel
for growing youngsters at 25?
per plate? Anyway, we did en
joy the meal and a tip of the
hat to the lunchroom personne.
for a job well done. By th<
way, the meat wasn't tough
either.
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Employees of Rimco Manu
fa during Company should b
happy this week. Rimco is in
stalling a company paid hos
pital insurance program an
will become effective a
of February L
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Did you see the dust bo*
surrounding Murphy Tuesday
We understand that wind
brought the dust all the wa
from Texas and Oklahoma, bi
it did remind us of the dust
situation of our city street:
We realize the problem <
street washing when the ten"
perature is low, but with th
warm trend we now have,
seems to be a good time I
give our streets a good was
job.
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We always knew that Do
Size was a real rock houn
addict and it paid off la:
week. Doc won first place i
the cut jem stone division j
the annual banquet of th
Southern Appalachian Miner)
Society held in Asheville o
January 23.
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Dave Moody, Murphy Re
Cross Chapter chairman, re
ports that for the first tlm
In many visits by the Blood
mobile, the quota was exceed
ed. Eighty-seven people turn
ed out to give blood Tuesda)
sixty-nine were accepted, an
the quota was sixty-five. I
S. Forest Service person?
rated first in donations, wit
Brumby Textile employee
second, and believe it or not
housewives ranked third.
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Bass Hyatt, ASCS Offic
Manager, allowed today thi
ASCS corn can be picked i
only on Thursday from no
on. So don't plan to come ar
other day.
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Here's an example of ho
some women keep check boc
records: A lady came Into
local grocery store after
being Informed that a chec
she had given them had bounc
ed. She told the owner a)
couldn't understand why tl
check had bounced, becaua
she still had plenty erf chec)
left.
Youth Revival
To Be Held
MURPHY - A youth reviv,
will be held at the Fr?
Methodist Church January :
through February 7.
Mrs. Glen Kephart will cor
duct the services each ever
lng, beginning at 7i00 p.n
The publie Is Invited.
Jimmy Cole ? Bob HOI
Take Trophies At Banquet
JIMMY COLE
. . . Voted Best Back
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BOB HILL
. . . Voted Best Lineman
MURPHY - The Murphy
Bulldogs' football banquet was
held Saturday, January 23, at
the grammar school lunch -
room. In attendance were the
Bulldog players, majorettes
and cheerleaders. The ban
quet is sponsored annually by
the Murphy Quarterback Club.
John Snow and Bill Graves,
fromer Murphy football play
ers now playing for the Wake
Forest Deacons, attended the
banquet.
Bob HendrlxandHobartMc
Keever, coaches of the Murphy
Midgets, were honored, along
with head Bulldog coach Chuck
McConnell and assistant
coaches Emanuel McDonald
and Jimmy McCombs.
Coach Bill Sexton, who is on
the coaching staff at Wake
Forest College, was guest
speaker.
His subject was "Give Of
The Best Of Yourself', then
he narrated the Wake and Duke
game.
Paul Ridenhour, who was
emcee for the occasion,
awarded the trophies to the
outstanding back and lineman
for 1964.
Jimmy Cole won the best
back of the year award and
Bob Hill won the best lineman
trophy.
Approximately 140 attended
the banquet, which was catered
by the Peachtree Community
Club.
! Girl Forfeits Chance At Crown
; To Help Needy Family
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? RANGER - Brenda Kay
, Hawkins, an eight year old
second grade student at
Ranger School, has given up
her chance at becoming Val
~ entine princess this year to
e help a needy family.
The selection for Valentine
" princess is determined by the
amount of money collected by
s the individual contestants.
This is an annual event and
the money raised goes into
the Ranger School fund.
'1 So far, Brenda has earned
? over $25.00 toward her can
Is didacy of Valentine princess
y by selling cookies, candies,
it and peanuts.
y Hearing of the needs of the
i. Ed Oliver family of the Mar
tins Creek section, asked
i- her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
le Bobby Hawkins, if she could
it donate her contest money to
to the family, and if they would
>h also help start a drive to
raise money for them.
Brenda said that she rea
lized her contribution was
c small, but maybe it would
d prompt others to join her
it drive In order to help the
n Oliver family.
,t Arrangements have been
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BRENOA HAWKINS
made with Citizens Bank and
Trust Company in Murphy to
handle the contributions. Any
one wishing can mail or leave
at the bank, their contribution
to the Ed Oliver Fund.
Mrs. Oliver had been hos
pitalized for over sixty days
prior to her death January 25,
and medical costs were ex
tremely expensive. The Oli
vers had no hospitalization
insurance.
S fconom it Opportunity Att
d Meeting Is Scheduled
e MURPHY - Holland Mc -
* Sw?in, superintendent of the
* Murphy City Schools, an
nounced today that a meeting
' will be held at the Andrews
. High School Thursday, Feb.
! 4, 7:30 p.m. to discuss the
jj Economic Opportunity Act.
Charles M. Edwards, con
4 sultant assigned to the four
* county area of Cherokee, Clay,
Graham, and Swain by the State
Board of Public Welfare will
e be the speaker.
kt Clay, Cherokee, Graham,
ip and Swain counties have been
w selected by the State Board
ly of Public Welfare to partici
pate in the Community Ser
vices Dmonstration Project.
The Community Services
Project is designed to meet
" more effectively the overall
needs of die community and to
* prevent or reduce dependency
and other socio - economic
* problems. Under the direction
of the State Board of Public
,e Welfare's Community Ser
le vices Division, the project
ie Is assigned to Mr. Bdwards.
u As consultant of the Com
munity Services Project in
the four-county area, he will
work with the Committee to
I ward the goals set out in the
original submission of the
project to the North Carolina
Fund.
The day - Cherokee- Gra
il ham - Swain project was not
m selected by the Fund, but was
31 chosen by the State Board of
Public Welfare, along with
24 other North Carolina pro
posals, for the Community
l4 Services Demonstration Pro
ject. The project win b* an
all-out effort to help people
help themselves with re -
sources already available and
the development of other re
sources needed in an effort
to help to break the cycle of
poverty.
Although all interested per
sons are invited to attend, Mr.
McSwaln urged the following
people to be present: School
board members, county com
missioners, school principals
and supervisors, guidance
counselors, representatives
of local government agencies,
such as boards of public wel
fare, farm agents, home
agents, health department
heads, F. H. A., Employment
Security commission and the
members of various town
boards and planning boards.
Tom L. Mollonee
To Visit County
ASHEV1LLE - Tom L. Mal
lonee, 11th Congressional
District Secretary to Con
gressman Roy A. Taylor, Is
now making scheduled visits
to the county seats and other
sections of the counties.
On Friday, February 6, he
will be at the Town Hall, And
rews, from 9(00 to 9i30|atthe
City Hill, Murphy from 11:00
to 12>00; and at the Clay
County Courthouse, Hayes
vllle, from 3:00 to 4:00.
Any person who has plans
or official business pertaining
to Congressional matters they
wish to discuss is invited tc
meet Mr. Mallonee at th*
above-specified time.
Photo by scout Studio
T. L. MCNABB, JR., (2nd from L) is presented a check from Rex Kephart of Citizens Bank
and Trust Company, Murphy branch, to cover expenses at the Farmers Short Course in Raleigh
from January 25 to February 5. McNabb and Ronnie Smith of Clay County, (2nd from R) were
selected to attend the course. John Gill (R), vice-president of'Citizer..s Bank, was present when
the check was given the boys. The local bank provides financial assistance to those attending
the short course.
Davis Reports On Activities Of
Hiawassee Watershed Development
YOUNG HARRIS, GA. - At
a meeting of the Upper Hia
wassee Watershed Develop
ment Association Thursday,
January 21, Merle Davis,
chairman, with the aid of
slides, acquainted those pre
sent with the activities of the
Association of the past year.
The Association is com
prised of members in Fannin,
Towns, and Union Counties,
Ga., and Clay and Cherokee
Counties, N. C. These count
ies make up the principal
drainage area of the upper
part of the Hiawassee River.
The purpose of the As -
sociation, Mr. Davis stated,
is to bring about economic ad
vancement through the wise
use of all available resources
in this area. An inventory has
been made for the past year
of the human and natural re
sources of this area.
Mr. Davis stated further
that the inventory included a
summary of minerals , busi
ness and industry, human re
sources, agriculture, for
estry, water supply and use,
recreation and travel, gov
ernment services and finan
ces, and gave a report on
the findings in each category.
After giving the summary
the committee had reached
concerning the resources of
this area, Mr. Davis said,
"We feel this inventory is a
necessary first step in an
economic development pro
gram for this area. The in
ventory will help us take a
close look at the basic as
sets offered by our area. It
will point out the areas of
strength from which we can
build and will identify the
road - blocks that hinder our
economic progress."
Among the thirty-four pre- '
sent for the meeting was
Oliver Terriberry of the
Georgia Mountain Planning
and Development Commis
sion, Gainesville, Ga., and
Thera H. Richter, Georgia
Department of Tax and Trade,
Atlanta.
Scout Studio Photo
GARRY CHURCH
STATE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN GARRY CHURCH came to
Cherokee County this week from Marlon. N. C? to replace
R. H. (Bud) Ensley, who recently accepted a position in Raleigh
with Governor Moore. Church, who has been with the State
Highway Commission since May, 1962, was appointed to the
State Highway Patrol December 1, 1964. He attended Marlon
High School and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol
School at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He
and his wife, Emma, are presently making their home in
Andrews.
Attendance Officer Employed
HAYESVILLE - The Clay
County Board of Education
has named Garth Thompson
attendance officer for the Clay
County schools. This Is the
first time in many years that
Clay County has had an at*
tendance officer.
The Compulsory School
Attendance Law states that
every child between the ages
of seven and sixteen, that is,
, a child who has reached his
seventh birthday but not his
i sixteenth birthdsy, shall be
I required to attend school con
t tlnuously, for the period of
time the public school shall
be in session.
School attendance has gen
erally been good in Clay
, County with an average of
, MJk of all children present
during the past school month.
There are some cases how
ever, where parents ere not
fully complying with the school
attendance law.
The primary duties of the
attendance officer will be to
visit the parents who are riot
keeping their children in
school regularly and counsel
with them about the problem.
It Is hoped that all parents
will voluntarily comply with
the attendance law, however
in the few cases where they
may refuse to do so, violators
will be prosecuted according
to law.
The Board of Education re
quests the cooperation of all
citizens of the county in this
effort to see that all children
receive the benefits of an edu
cation.
MERLE DAVIS
Basketball
Box Scores
TUESDAY NIGHT
At Stecoah, Murphy girls,
59, Stecoah, 53.
Boys: Murphy 71, Stecoah,
66.
At Andrews: Andrews
Boys, 78, Mt. View, 59.
At Hiwassee Dam: Hiwas
see Dam Girls, 43, Robbins
ville, 48.
Boys: Robbinsville, 62,
Hiwassee Dam, 49.
At Nantahala: Hayesville
Girls, 63, Nantahala, 43.
Boys: Nantahala, 70, Hayes -
ville, 54.
FRIDAY NIGHT
At Andrews: Hayesville
Boys, 65, Andrews, 44.
At Hiwassee Dam: Hiwas
see Dam Girls, 54, Nanta
hala, 40.
Boys: Nantahala, 71, Hiwas
see Dam, 58.
At Robbinsville: Murphy
Girls, 32, Robbinsville, 27.
Boys: Robbinsville, 66,
Murphy, 65.
Foods Book
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"Food Wonders of the World"
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through the foods we eat.
It contains hundreds of
lighthearted anecdotes about
the eating habits of 39 countr
ies, and answers such quest
ions as: Where aid water -
melon originate? Who grew
the world s first spinach?
What was the favorite dish
of St. Patrick? What U. S.
President introduced spaghet
ti to the United States? What
famous American dish was
created by a dedicated gamb
ler.
'Food Wonders of the World*
runs the gamut from the rea
son for which the Chinese
serve noodles at birthday
partita to such scientific de
velopment as hybridisation.
Irradiation and algae - culti
vation. It reveals how the first
coffee-house was started in
Vienna, why Nigerian hosts
welcome visitors with a bowl
of nuts, how sauerkraut
(com'u On Back Page)
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Cherokee Prison Unit To
Close Monday, February 8
MURPHY - The Cherokee
County Prison Unit, originally
scheduled to close in Septem
ber of this year, will beaban
doned Monday, February 8,
according to a statement re
leased by prison authorities.
The prison officials stated
that all inmates except five
or six who are honor grade,
will be transferred to differ
ent prison units throughout
the state. Those few who re
main will aid in loading
equipment and supplies to be
moved at the closing of the
camp.
Mrs. J.R. Sprung
Awarded
Thanks Badge
ASHEV1LLE -On Thursday,
January 21, at the annual
Pisgah Girl Scout council ap
preciation dinner held at the
Battery Park Hotel in Ashe
ville, Mrs. J. R. (Ruth) Sprung
was awarded the Thanks
Badge. This is the highest
award given to adults in Girl
Scouting.
The following exerpts have
been taken from the nominat
ing letter submitted by Mrs.
Merle Davis, Hiawassee
Neighborhood chairman. The
letter was read at the pre
sentation.
"Prior to Ruth's coming to
Murphy she served in many
capacities in Asheville Girl
Scout work. Six years ago she
brought her love of the work
with her when the family mov
ed to Murphy.
"Her activities have been
so varied it is impossible to
give full coverage to all. To
list some briefly, leader at
some time or other of almost
every age group, troop or
ganizer, troop consultant,
trainer of new leaders in all
phases of work, cookie chair
man for, neighborhood, di
rector of finance drivefortwo
years, day camp director for
two years, leader in day camp
during other years, recruiter
of girls and adults- - - these
duties cannot tell the hours
of work Ruth has given.
"Six years ago we had two
Brownie Troops and one In
termediate Troop in our im
mediate area. Today Hiawas
see Neighborhood has regis
tered three Brownie Troops,
four Junior Troops, fourCad
ette Troops, and two Senior
Troops.
"In addition to Scout work,
Ruth is a homemaker and
mother of five daughters. Two
of these girls completed their
senior scouting and worked in
both day camp and established
camp. At present the third
daughter, a senior Scout, is
among those chosen for the
Roundup. The fourth daughter
is a Cadette, and the fifth,
two years old, had not kept
her mother from continuing
her work with Scouts.
"We say, along with one of
our local men, a Scout en
thusiast, 'Thank God for Ruth
Sprung; she brought Scouting
to Murphy and this area.
On Tuesday, February 9,
the North Carolina State Pri
son Personnel Officer will ar
rive at the prison camp to
discuss re-assignment of the
26 men employed there.
George Randall, State Pri
son Director in Raleigh, has
emphasized the fact that no
employee will be replaced un
less he is unwill' g to ac
cept a transfer to another
unit.
The Cherokee County Pri
son Unit, which has been in
operation here since 1939, is
situated in the Peach tree sec
tion of Cherokee County on
approximately 60 acres of
land.
Included in the camp is a
dining hall and supply room,
both wooden structures, a 5
room office, and a brick dor
mitory. The dormitory has two
large rooms with' sleeping
space for forty inmates in
each room, and two small
rooms, one serving as the
cook's sleeping quarters, the
other as a sick room.
According to state officials,
the North Carolina State
Equipment Department has
been planning to construct a
new building estimated to cost
J 50,000 to $60,000 to serveas
a garage, but the Department
is now considering using the
vacant dormitory for the
garage.
Deputy Gives More
Help Than Waated
MURPHY - Sunday, Jan.
24, two men went to the wrong
house with the problem of a
stuck automobile.
When they sought help from
Herbert Graham oftheHiwas
see Dam section, he helped
them with their car, and being
a deputy sheriff, then asked a
few questions and wanted
to see a driver's license.
One man fled and the other
started a fight with Graham,
who subdued him long enough
to get help from State Troop
er C.ary Church. When they
had jailed the man they dis
covered he was William
Gregg, 21, a parolee from
Blytheville, Ark.
His buddy, he said, was
Bill Sepley, an escaped con
vict from South Carolina. The
car was stolen in Coral Gab
les, Fla., and in it were found
two shotguns, a rifle, and a
check writing machine, with
a supply of blank checks sto
len at Lake Toxaway.
The car had a Pennsylvania
license, and the whole matter
was turned over to the FBI.
Gregg is being held in
a federal prison in Ashe
ville on charges of inter
state transportation of a sto
len car and of firearms.
Following the flight of the
other man and a night-long
search by county authorities
with aid of the prison depart
ment's blood hounds, a car
belonging to Gary Klip 3 trick
was stolen from the section
along N. C. 294. At press time
the car had not been recov
ered and police theorized that
it was used for ? getaway.
QUEEN DIANE MORGAN (R) Is shown with nnmra-up
(L-R) Waynell Parker, Hazel Gibby and Janice Martin.
Diane Morgan Chosen Queen
In Church Of God Contest
HAYESVILLE - The queen
contest sponsored by Basil
Owens, Youth Director of the
HiyaevUle District Church of
God, ended In December with
Miss DUne Morgan choeen
queen.
Approximately 9860.00 was
raised in the contest.
At the close of the contest
the queen and runner-ups were
honored with > banquet, with
89 young people ettendbw.
Rev. Bill Steaks, State
Youth Director of the Church
of God wu guest speaker*
A program of piano select*
ions Ms presented by Miss
Zandra EUer. A skit ''Honey
What's So Fumy", was given
by Rev. James Griffin and
Basil Owens.
Rev. Tom Wilson gave the
benediction.
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