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Volume 75- Number 40 Murphy, North Carolina .pril 2i>, 1565 12 *cges 'i his >*eek ml r phyASn qkthT camuma
Recently we had a news
paper rack to disappear from
the streets of our fair city,
and we trot off down to the
police station to report our t
misfortune to Chief Stalcup. \
We found the good Chief at (
the coffee table at the Chero- ?
kee Restaurant in a big dis
cussion, so instead of bother
ing him we lent an ear to f
the conversation. Come to find J
out, somebody had just stolen i
good ole Blaine's fishing pole
right from under his house.
That almost broke me up and 1
I darn near forgot what I <
went to see him about in the
first place.
-J
Someone told 4-year old
Jackie Ramsey, who was se- t
verely burned after a fall in
scalding water (See related '
story this page) that his pict- '
ure would be in The Scout
this week, and it seemed to
cheer him up. If you would
like to make his hospital con- '
finement more pleasant, send
him a get-well card. His
address is: Room 2219, Eggle
ston's Children's Hospital,
Atlanta, Georgia.
-J
Fred Stiles, of Murphy, Rt.
4, came by the office Mon
day and allowed that his health
was improving and would soon
be able to pastor a church
again.
-J
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wood
have returned to our midst
after spending the winter
months in Sarasota, Florida.
The Woods will be providing
the music and calling for the
Friday night dance party at
the Folk School. Party time
is 8:00 p.m., and if you haven't
heard Otto call a square, you
have missed a treat. Y all
come.
-J
Lake Winnepesaukah over
in Chattanooga will open Sat
urday, May 1, for the 1965
season, and we understand that
there are many new goodies
for the children and adults
alike. There is no charge
for admission to the park,
the use of two large parking
areas or a spacious picnic
grove with shelters, grills
and shaded tables. Seems like
a good place to go since Uncle
Sam is gonna start making
us pay to picnic in these here
parts.
-J
Myrtle T. Anderson sends
us the following verse entit
led, "Growing Old" and asked
that It be dedicated to Mrs.
Susie Anderson Barker of
Culberson, who recently cele
brated her 97th birthday, and
to all senior citizens of Cher
okee and Clay County.
They say that I'm growing
old,
I've heard them tell it times
untold
In language plain and bold
But I'm not growing old.
This frail old shell in which
I dwell
Is growing old, I know full
well,
But I'm not growing oldl
What if my hair is turning
g?y?
Gray hair is honorable they
say.
What if my eyesight's grow
ing dim?
I can still see to follow Him
Who sacrificed His life for
me
There on the Cross at Cal
vary 1
What should I car* if times
old plow
Has dug Its furrows In my
brow?
Another house, not made with
hands
Awaits me, in the Glory Land.
My hearing may not be as
keen
As in die past it might have
been
Still 1 can hear my Savior
say
"Come faltering child, this
U the Way I"
The outward man do what I
can
To lengthen out this life short
span.
Stall perish and return to
dust,
As everything in nature must.
But the Inward man, the Scrip
ture say
Is growing stronger every day I
Then how can I be growing
old?
I'm safe within my Saviors
fold.
Ere long my soul shall fly
away
And leave this tenement of
clay I
This robe of flesh 1*11 drop
and rise
To seize the everlasting prinl
I'll meet you on the streets
of gold
And prove that I'm not grow
ing oldl
SEVERAL CAME CLOSE BUT STILL NO WINNER
$130 This Week
Several entries came close
o winning our 1120. PRIZE -
tfORD puzzle last week. In
act, many missed a perfect
solution by only one letter.
Our weekly bonus of 910.00
las been added to this week's
>uzzle and a perfect solution
s worth $130.
That much money will go a
long way on a shopping spree
ir a lot of fun on a vacation,
rake time NOW to work this
puzzle on Page 3. Kou could
be the winner!
ACROSS:
1. Without realizing it, a man often reveals in his conversation
what he WAS (Has). - What he WAS, the story of his life to
date, is natural conversation for a man. Unless he's boastful
ar a complete fool, a man seldom inventories his possessions
in conversation.
3. The path that we TREAD in life is often really the bes' one
for us (Dread). - TREAD is the correct answer. Note often.
A path through life that we Dread would seldom, rather than
often, be the best for us.
5. Refusal to take risks results in many a man's being
retarded by his employers (Rewarded). - Note many a
man. Relatively few men, such as bank guards and locomotive
enginers, might be Rewarded for ultracautious action. The
initiative that pays off In business almost always involves
risk-taking.
12. Many soldiers REVEL in war (Rebel). - Many fits best
with REVEL, to take great satisfaction in something. Extremely
few soldiers Rebel during a state of war, considering the
number of men Involved.
13. It's very flattering when our WIT is praised! (Win).
- A Win suggests something largely involving chance.
Congratulation, rather than praise, would be called for. WIT,
a talent for clever expression, is much more apt to be praised.
14.. Overloading TRAYS often results In accidents (Trams).
- Jam-packed Trams, streetcars, seldom are involved in
accidents. TRAYS loaded with mountains of dishes get dropped
In restaurants every day.
15. When we're past our youth we usually spend our PAY
more carefully (Day). - Advancing age indicates a mature
outlook on handling our resources. Quietly or leisurely would
better describe how older people might spend a Day.
16. Children who constantly CRY are indeed exasperating
(Pry). - To Pry, to investigate, places and things searchingly,
Is the nature of children. The nerve-rasping CRY of a child
who yowls constantly fits best with exasperating.
DOWN:
2. Tellers of long, drawn-out stories often bore those they
SEEK to amuse (Seem). - Note often. It's not often that
long-winded persons can find an audience charitable enough
to pretend to enjoy their marathon tales. SEEK is much the
best.
4. ACE is often the cause of a man losing his job (Ale).
- AGE Is best with often. The number of men fired for Ale
drinking are very few In number compared to those let out
because of ACE.
6. One must have ABILITY to beproficlent at games (Agility).
- Note games. Agility would be best In relation to sports.
Games Includes such things as chess or bridge, where
athletic Aglllty has no application, but where ABILITY is a
necessity in order to be proficient.
7. A party hostess usually regards It as a reflection on her
when a guest Is in a DOZE (Daze). - If the fellow's so bored
that he'U DOZE, it's a reflection on the hostess' party-giving
ability. Someone in a Daze might be dazzled by the lavishness
of the affair.
8. When one visits the dentist for the first time he is often
apt to SHRINK (Shriek). - To SHRINK, to draw back from an
expected unpleasant experience, would be natural. To Shriek
is hardly to be expected: that first visit to the dentist is
usually exploratory and the man does nothing to cause you
pain.
9. We can usually soon tell when a HEM has been badly cut
(Gem). - It takes an expert to spot a badly cut Gem. Few of
us are authorities on precious stones. A sloppy HEM is evident
to even the untrained eye.
10. It often makes man self-conscious when he has NEW
clothes to wear. (Few). - NEW clothea make a man conspicuous.
Many men don't enjoy being the focal point of attention. Few
clothes, If they're adequate, are nothing to be self-conscious
about.
11. Not many men would willingly marry a woman who Is
HUSSY (Fussy). - A Fussy woman might well be a nice
person and a desirable mate. A HUSSY Is a worthless woman.
Senior Class Play Friday And Saturday
"Arsenic and Old Lice, a
three-act comedy by Joseph
Kesselrlgn.wlll be presented
by the senior class of Murphy
High School, 7i90 p.m., at the
grammer school auditorium,
April 90, and May 1.
Admission la one dollar for
adulta and fifty cents for
atudenta.
The play, filled with sus
pense, features two charitable
and dearly-loved, but quite
eccentric, old aunts, Martha
and Abby Brewster, and their
lunatic nephews, Teddy and
Jonathan.
The cast of the play la aa
follows! Abby Brewater,
BANK EMPLOYEES (Background) look on as (L-R) Claud D. Crosby, architect, Bill Whlt
aker, vice-president of the bank and Percy B. Ferebee, president of Citizens Bank and Trust
Company, break ground for a new bank to be constructed in Andrews.
New Citizens Bank in Andrews
To Feature Drive In Window
ANDREWS- Ground break
ing ceremonies for a new
Citizen Bank and Trust Com
pany building were held here
Tuesday afternoon, April 27.
Percy B. Ferebee, presi
dent of the bank, stated that
the new facility will feature
the latest type drive-in win
dow and house all modern
equipment including night de
pository, new vaults and saf
ety deposit boxes.
"Construction of the new
bank building has been in the
planning stage for the past
two years. The building pre
sently being used by the bank
was constructed in 1910 and
is inadequate for our needs,"
Mr. Ferebee said.
The new building will be
80 x 160 feet, two-stories
high and set back from the
street 50 feet. It will be
built on the lot now being
used for employee parking.
Plans call for a terraced and
landscaped front lawn.
Claud D. Crosby of Char
lotte, N. C., is the architect.
He was also the architect
for the Murphy, Robbinsville,
Hayesville and Sylva Citizen
Bank and Trust Company
buildings..
Completion of the new And
rews facility is expected
sometime this fall.
Hiawassee Dam Launches
Fund Campaign For Activity Bus
Principal Harest E. King
announced today that Hiwassee
Oam School is launching an
all-out campaign to finance an
activity bus and requests the
school's many friends' assis
tance.
This project has been the
first item on the agenda for
many months since the old
activity bus had to be con
demned as unsafe for student
transportation. All means
compatible with scholastic st
andards have been used. Pre
sently, students are selling
chances on a Plymouth station
wagon which the Agriculture
students have completely re
built. Howard Verner did the
tune-up job and installed a
new transmission. Coach
Amos states, "If anyone needs
good, durable hunting and fish
ing transportation, you might
have a look. I think the boys
and Howard have done a good
Job."
Despite hard work and in
genuity, the fund is still far
short af the needed amount.
Station Manager Paul Rledn
hour has put WKRK at the
disposal of the school and Its
patrons from 2 to 3:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, May 4, to help raise
funds.
During this period, "Cuz"
Bagley, Scout columnist, will
M. C. a concerted appeal to
the listening public to help
Hiwassee Dam push the Act
ivity Bus Fund over the top.
When interviewed this week,
Mr. King enumerated the many
urgent reasons for a new bus.
"Although the boys' team
placed third In the conference
tournament," he said, "they
did it at great sacrifice of
strength, energy and time on
their part as well as on the
part of Coach Don Amos and
the parents who provided
transportation in personal
car* for all the Away games.
Sheliah Sneed; The Rev. Dr.
Harper, Luke Nave) Teddy
Brewster, Hirry Moore;
Officer Brophy , Steve Howell)
Officer Klein, Jimmy Morgans
Martha Brewster, Mary
Smith) Elaine Harper, Becky
Farmeri Mortimer Brewster,
Roger Kephart) Mr. Glbbs,
Sammy Car ringer, Jonathan
Brewster, Boo Hill) Dr.
Ilnateln, Don Ramsey) Officer
O'Hara, Edward Plott) Lieu
tenant Rooney, Jimmy Cole;
Mr. Wltherspoon, Luke Nave;
The Corpee, Too) Reed.
Richard M. Bell la the
director.
THE AUTOMOBILE In which Mr*. Wayne Ladd wu rldlnf wu (town u It Uy in Junaluikj
Creek after overturning down an embankment.
Mr. King went on to emph
asize that even though the
athletic department would
probably make the greatest
use of the bus, transportation
is also urgently needed in
other phases of the school
program.
"The physics class recently
made a field trip to TCC. A
single vehicle would have been
more economical, more satis
factory, and, perhaps, more
beneficial educationally since
the students could have par
ticipated in a total unit dis
cussion while the trip was
fresh in their minds and en
thusiasms."
"The Library Club has long
expressed the desire to visit
a city library to observe the
larger, more complicated
operation. The civics classes
would like to make field trips
to see various political and
social agencies in operation.
The journalism class has
asked for a trip to watch a
commercially produced paper
American Legion
Auxiliary Meeting
Set For Thursday
MURPHY - The American
Legion Auxiliary, Department
of North Carolina, Twentieth
District Meeting will beheld
Thursday, (Today) April 29.
The meeting will be a lunch
eon meeting at the home of
Mrs. Herman Edwards,
Boulevard Drive. Mrs. Torn
Mauney, Twentieth District
President will preside.
Registration and Coffee
Hour will begin at 9:00-10:00
a.m. at the home of Mayor
and Mrs. L. L. Mason on
Valley River Avenue.
The 20th District repres
ents Franklin, Robbinsville,
Sylva, Cherokee and Murphy.
Car Overturns In
Jonalvska Creek
ANDREWS - Mrs. Wayne
Ladd of Andrews was admitted
to District Memorial Hospital,
Tuesday afternoon, April 27,
following a one-car accident
on the new Junaluska road
approximately five miles east
of Andrews.
The automobile went out of
control, overturned down an
Ombankment and landed in
side down in Junaluska Creek.
District Memorial Hospital
refused to give any In
formation Wednesday con
corning the condition of Mra.
Ladd.
Investigating officer for
N. C. State Patrol could not
bo reached at press time to
obtain information as to how
the accident occur ed.
in the process of production.
"College Day participation
had to be handled on an in
dividual basis this year. We
are having to pass up Visiting
Day for the Ranger students
who will be entering Hiwassee
Dam next fall. Teachers
would find an activity bus
more satisfactory and reliable
for attending local and state
educational meetings as a unit.
You can see the needs are
innumerable and urgent," Mr.
King said.
PTA President Mrs. Harry
C. Bagley stated that the local
unit was, as always, backing
the school 100?fc, "The greater
safety to the students is reason
enough."
"We wish to thank all in
terested friends who have
helped the school in the past
and to request their assistance
in this highly urgent
campaign," she added.
Child Critical After
Fall Into Scalding Water
MURPHY - A four year
old-boy who fell backward
Into a tub of scalding water
Saturday afternoon on a farm
was reported in a critical
condition Monday in Egg
les ton's Children Hospital,
Atlanta, Georgia.
He is Jackie Ramsey, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ramsey
of Murphy, and nephew of
Sheriff and Mrs. Claude And
erson and Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Ramsey.
He was at the home of his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Kirkland near Hiwassee
Dam.
According to the Sheriff the
child was thought to be asleep,
wandered out into the yard
where his grandparents were
preparing to scald some fowl
for packaging. He was not
seen so nobody knew exactly
how he got into the tub, but
he fell in backwards up to his
armpits, and suffered second
degree on upper part of his
Jackie Ramsey
body and third degree burns
on lower part of body.
His grandmother was sev
erely burned about her feet
when she tried to get him out.
In a telephone conversation
with the boys mother
Wednesday, the Scout learned
that his condition was listed
as critical, however his I'Dctor
says there is still a good
chance for recovery.
Recreation-Conservation
Sticker To Go Cn Sale
Forest Supervisor, Peter c
J. Hanlon, said today that i{
the new Federal Recreation ri
Conservation Sticker will go jj
on Sale May 10 at the Forest tj
Supervisor's Office, 50 South ^
French Broad Avenue and at
the llDistrictForestRanger's p
Offices in North Carolina. a
Stickers may be bought by
mail and the order must be
accompanied by certified p
check or Postal Money Order n
for $7.00 payable to the j
Forest Service, U.S.D.A. N
The annual $7.00 sticker q
will entitle all the passen- a
gers up to 9 persons in a ?
private automobile to enter all
National Forest Recreation
Areas throughout the United
States which qualify and have
been designated as charge
areas. The sticker will bis
good until 4-1-66. Travelling
over Forest Service roads and
such activities as hunting and
fishing are exempt from these
charges.
The recreation charge was
authorized by the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act
of 1965.
Money from the sale of
stickers will be used to help
states, cities and counties
acquire and develop needed
recreation areas. It also will
be used in acquiring additional
Federal Recreation areas.
For visitors not purchasing (
the sticker, an entrance fee
ticket of $.50 per day or 1
92.50 per season for each
person over 16 is available.
The seasonal fee ticket is 1
good for the entire 1965
Pets Can Be Predators
RALEIGH - Old Blue and
Tom may look very innocent
and domesticated while lying
around the house waiting for a
handout and an affectionate
pat. But, generally speaking,
dogs and cats are, by
instinct, vicious and highly
efficient predators when it
comes to wildlife. Competent
wildlife authorities tell us
year after year that with all
species of game, from quail
to deer, these household pets
kill more wildlife than all our
legal hunters.
The North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission has
worked diligently in all fields
of wildlife conservation since
its inception. In several areas
of fish and game management
the Commission has attractec
national attention for new pro
grams of proven merit. Bui
progress has been painfull)
slow in one particularly vital
area ? namely the control ol
stray dogs and cats. Not man)
states have really effective pel
control programs in the rural
areas where most game U
produced, and we are no ex
ception.
The vast majority of biolog
ists and most people whohavt
given the idea any serioui
consideration are convince*
that free-roaming dogs an
one of the chief limltln|
factors in expanding turke;
and deer populations. Stra;
cats are especially damaging
to rabbits and quail becausi
of their ability to hunt at night
and their vision and steath
makes them deadly daytimi
hunters. Both of these pet
will kill wildlife out of hunge:
and when"dumped out" on
rural reed, and because o
instinct even when sleek an
well -fed.
i wo commission empl
oyees recently observed from
* distance two dogs chasing
a doe. She was running along
a wide mountain valley well
ahead of the dogs, but obvi
ously getting tired. Suddenly
she stopped and stared str
aight ahead attentively for a
: few moments, then veered
sharply to die right and began
to labor up the steep side of
a mountain. The cause for her
actions was quickly obvious.
Another pair of dogs, fresh
and eager for the kill, had
been attracted by the sounds
of the chase. They were rap
1 idly closing the gap when the
weary deer vanished from
sight among the trees,
t The Wildlife men were too
I far away to do anything but
watch. It is doubtful if they
<? could have changed the final
' outcome had they been near
I at hand.
f Spring is the time of re
' generation for wildlife. The
t nesting adults and helpless or
I inexperienced young wildlife
> are especially vulnerable to
- the predatlon of Tom and Old
Blue at this time. The Wild
life Resources Commission
urges all cltixens to control
> the activities of their p?u
1 so as to give wildlife a better
i opportunity to make a vital
I contribution ? sporting and
I aesthetic enjoyment for ev
f eryone.
I Uaoko CoMMsaity
* To Sponsor Stpptr
* UNAKA- The Unaxa Com
I muniiy will have a covered
r dish supper Saturday night
* 7i00 p.m. in the Unaka School.
lf James Stewart, County Ex
it tension Chairman, will pre
sent 4m program.
harge period for all the des
jnated National Forest Rec
eation areas in North Carol
la. Single entry and season
ckets may be purchased at
le Forest Supervisor's Off
:e and at the 11 District
orest Ranger's Offices on
rid after June 1, 1966.
The charge period during
)65 for designated National
orest Recreation Areas in
orth Carolina will be from
une 1, to September 104966.
lo entrance fee will be re
uired during 1965 before or
fter this charge period. Pay
ment of entrance fee entitles
ou to use the camping,
licni eking and swimming
acillties that are provided
>n the area.
Nantahala National Forest
treas designated and posted
is charge areas are: Cliff
iide Lake, Van Hook Glade,
Standing Indian, Jack Rabbit
fountain, Hiwassee Lake,
rasli, Cheoah Point, and
Santeelah Lake.
The local Ranger office
innounced that Jack Rabbit
fountain campground will not
>e open on May 1 as orig
nally planned due to mec
lanical failures in the water
system. An announcement will
>e made when the facility
jegins operation.
lontracts Awarded
[o Brumby Textile
MURPHY - Edward H.
3rumby, owner of Brumby
Textile Mill here announced
this week that the company
had been awarded two
seperate contracts to produce
608,430 undershirts for the
Defense Clothing and Textile
Center In Philadelphia, Pa.
The Center stated that the
contracts were awarded by
competition after formal
advertising, to the lowest res
ponsible bidder who con
formed with all bid require
ments.
Of 128 firms solicited, seven
submitted bids.
Letters To Editor
Dear Mr. Editor:
I would like very much for
you to publish this letter be
cause It concerns something
everyone should be Interested
in.
I have noticed in our town,
at the Library building, an
American flag which has been
out for weeks in the rain and
weather, day and night. The
flag is dirty, torn and ragg
ed.
We don't know who is supp
osed to take care of it, wheth
er it is the town, the Cham
ber of Commerce, the police
of the library staff. Bui
this (lag should be done away
with because It is a sad thing
to see. It Is so neglected.
Excapt on holidays, the only
other places in our town I've
seen a flag Is at the school
and Poet Office but they take
good care of them. Please
print this because morepeople
should put up flags and take
good care of them.
Tours truly,
Alan Godfrey
(Editor's Notet) We agree,
if die flag of oar country is
to be dtspl?v?l, it should be
better tafcan care of. Alan
Is the 12-year old see of Mr.
and Mrs. Kara* Godfrey of
Murphy.)