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MUxtiiiY LlixWi MUHPHY N C SAMPLE The Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress Volume 75 ? Number I Murphy, North Carolina July 29, 1965 12 Pages This Week AT MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA Contractor Injured When Boat Explodes MURPHY - John 3. Smith, local building contractor coutlcts -J "Hair today . . . gone tomorrow" seemed to be Eddie Mann's theme recently when his toupee flew off while riding in a convertible. Now Eddie has a new hair piece and we must say it is most becoming. He doesn't have to worry about "flying hair" anymore either because the new one is guaranteed to stay on even in a hurricane. Just think how dressed up our main street would look if such characters as Jimmy Hawse, Charlie Hyatt, and Martin Douglas acquired hair pieces. -J Something is fishy! Co worker Jim Morgan has been taking us fishing recently and we have caught one scrawny Pike in about six trips while Jim has been hauling in a mess. Here's the fishy part: The other night Jim and I got together to drown a few worms. We used the same type rod, same reel, same bait and even tied our boats together. Jim caught- 'em like they were starving to death and I didn't get a bite. Honest to goodness, a little Small Mouth Bass swam right up and jumped into Jim's boat. Wouldn't you think something 'fishy* was going on? -J No Mon . . No Fun. A father told us this one. When preparing to attend a Little League ball game last week, this fellow faced two small children begging to go along. "O.K.," he said, "I'll take you but hear this .. and hear it good. I am not going to pass the concession stand. . 1 am not going to buy one single thing. Is that clear?" The little ones looked at each other for a few seconds then back at their father. "Daddy,would you mind if we changed our minds," one of them said. "All of a sudden, we don't like baseball anymore." (Laurinburg Exchange) -J EASY FIXING. Kayaks have become very popular in these parts and the're tough little boats to be made out of canvas. Jimmy Walker borr owed Edwin Manchester's Kayak to do a little fishing but when he put the boat in the water he discovered a leak. This didn't stop Jimmy. He turned the little craft up side down on the river bank, put a band-aid over the hole and went on fishing, high and dry. -J ATTENTION TAXPAYERS: You can save yourself some loot if youll dig down in that ole purse, come up with some long green, and pay your 1964 taxes. Court tax deadline for Cherokee and day County Taxes is 12:00 noon Monday, August 2. If the 1964 Court Taxes are not paid prior tc deadline, a penalty and ad vertising cost will be charged -J George Walsh of die Murph) Cab Company saw the Coke Beer can we pictured in thi: column and came up with an other unique soft drink con tainer. Due to the engrave: glass we were unable ti photograph it but here's what*: on die bottle. "Quality Bran Soda Water" and it's got i sparkling new "Coke" bottli cap on it. Coca Cola is alsi engraved on the bottle but wonder how long it's bee since they made "Sodawater" -J Dances come and dances g but square dancing wll probably be around for man moons. If you warn t "square up" for a real goo time, be at the Old Rock Gyi Saturday night, July 31 for Jaycee sponsored squar dance. Dance tiineis8KK)p.n; with music by Ellis an his band -J Cole Hyatt of Rl 3, Murph lays claim to the bestcafabag grower in Cherokee Count} Mr. Hyatt grew one thi weighed 10 pounds U ounce He gave the cabbage to WIS ard Hembree who brought by for us'uns to see. Wondt if anyone can top that? -J We still have the pair i glasses that was found I downtown Murphy and tuna over to us. If you come and get 'am. -J" uffered first and second de ree burns of the arms, neck nd face when his 17 foot Crls :raft Inboard exploded and iurned Sunday evening. The 6:00 p.m. accident occ ired In a boat house at Lodge .andlng. Smith said that he and his amlly had been on the lake rlth friends In another boat tnd was about to leave the andlng when he decided to :heck the battery on his boat. Sitting in the cockpit of his >oat. Smith stated that he was letting It Idle when all of a sudden there was a flash ex plosion and the boat was en gulfed in flames. "I headed for the biggest Fire extinguisher I could Find, " Smith said, "right aver the side and into the lake." He swam around the side of the boat house and was taken to Providence Hospital by Duke Whitley. Howard Carter, an em ployee of Lodge Landing and Olin Taylor towed the burning boat out of the boat house, saving a 16 foot boat belong ing to Harold Wells. Smith s inboard burned to the water and sand. The boat and sev eral pieces of skiing equip ment were a total loss. Andrews Announces Water Rate Increase ANDREWS - The Andrews Board of Aldermen announced this week that water rates have been increased and became effective July 1. The Board adopted the foll owing rate for inside the city: Minimum residence, $2.50 per month for the first 3,000 gallons plus 40 cents for each additional thousand gallons. A sewage charge of 20 per cent of the water charge was also adopted. For example, on a water billing of $3.00, the sewage charge would be 60 cents or a total of $3.60 for water and sewage. The old rate inside the city limits was $2.00 for the first 3,000 gallons with 30 cents per each additional thousand gallons. Prior to the adoption there was no sewage charge. Outside the city limits water rates were increased to $3.50 for the first 3,000 gallons and 60 cents for each additional thousand gallons, as compared to the old rate of $2.75 for the first 3,000 gallons and 30 cents for each additional thousand gallons. There will be no sewage charge outside the city limits a Board spokesman said. Crowd Predictions High For Ga. Mountain Fair HIWASSEE - Mountain Fair Time is almost here and al ready predictions for the crowd are surpassing past records. Many beleive that the previous record of 38 states and 10 foreign countires re presented will be beaten this year during die week of Aug ust 9-14. Site of the fair is the campus of Towns County High Schoo: in Hiawassee, as it has beet for 14 years. Throughout th< i nation, the Georgia Mountaii ' Fair, which is unique in flavoi ' and attraction, has attractei I attention of travel and re' i creation specialists, i The Mountain Fair's mail I emphasis is not carnival, bu i exhibits and most visitors - t more than 50,000 last year > who come to Georgia's Llttl Switzerland spend more tha l two-thirds of their time I . the exhibit areas. The saddle horse show, Ho > Rifle Shoot with muzzle 1 loader rifle - men from seve Ir states competing, and a Fldd 9 lcr's Convention have been th 1 climax of the fair In the pas ii and will be again this yeai i Displays of precious stone e found and polished, set in ring u and other jewelry, includlr d the worlds largest sapphlri are part of the Mountain Fair' perennial attractions, y Hand - fashioned, peggt e fruitwood furniture, Apf '. alachian art, and displays i it wildlife and conservatit u agencies, with motion pictui - snows every night have bet It strong drawing cards, to r Another hand and home fat hloned attraction is a coppt still - not in operation - i die kind that the revenooei n have made extinct, d One of Georgia's largei i, and most important, flowi shows U held on Tuesde August 10, during the fal Hair Or Wire Pulling? Photo by Scout Studio It's hard to tell which George Worley, Toll test man for Westco Telephone Company is doing. George Is working on the complicated Extended Area Service trunks that will connect Andrews and Murphy with the free dial system. The system is scheduled for completion August 15. Photo by Scout Studio Robin May Receives Letter From Jacqueline Kennedy ANDREWS " Little Miss Robin May, returning home late Saturday from a vacation in the eastern part of the State found a pleasant surprise awa iting her. She received a letter from Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of the late President John F. Kennedy, thanking her for her contribution to the Kennedy Library Fund. Robin who will be 5 years of age on August 26 had been helping her mother on Satur days clean and dust their apa rtment to earn the money that she contributed to the fund. The letter read - Dear Robin, 1 am most deeply grateful for the contribution you sent to the Kennedy Library Fund, especially because you worked so hard to earn the money. Of all the many tributes to the memory of President Kennedy, I am sure that none would have pleased him more than the touching response of you young people to Parade's suggestion that you work to help the fund. When the library is finished your name will always be on file there. You and your child ren and all the generations to come who visit the Library will be proud to see it there, and to know that you had a part in making President Ken nedy's Library possible. As you grow older, I know that you will renin this wond erful spirit embodied in your gift to the Library, and your Interest in doing things that help this world we live In. That would mean much to President Kennedy. With deep appreciation, Sincerely, Jacqueline Kennedy Highway Officials Visit Ask For Bond Support MURPHY - Top highway officials including Chairman Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. and 14 Division Commissioner W. Curtis Russ met at the Cherokee County Courthouse, Wednesday and asked support of the 300 million dollar issue which will be voted on in Nov ember. Some 100 persons had gath ered in the court room await ing the arrival of the officials to hear what was in the plann ing for Western North Carolina and Cherokee Cou nty roads. Chairman Hunt of the State Highway Commission began his address stating that the day has come when the people of Western North Carolina will realize a dream that a lot of people have had for a long time. "The day has come when we have an opportunity through the help of the Federal Gov ernment and the Appalachain Program to open up Western North Carolina as its never been open up before," Hunt said. Hunt went on to say that the bond issue will not impose a new tax on anyone. He pointed out that in 1949 when the state had a 200 million dollar road bond issue, a one cent per gallon tax was imposed on each gallon of gasoline sold. "That same penny tnat fin anced the 200 million dollar bond issue in 1949 will finance the present 300 mill ion dollar bond issue", Mr. Hunt said. W. Curtis Russ, Highway Commissioner of the 14th Dis trict stated that he was going to visit all ten counties in the 14th district to work out the best possible road program beneficial to Cherokee County and the 14th division. "While my address is still in Waynesville, my heart is in the division of 10 counties to get the roads we need," Mrs. Russ said. Murphy Streets Get Stepped Up Cleaning MURPHY - A stepped if> program for keeping the city streets cleaner was adopted by the Murphy Town Board at a recent meeting. The Board felt that the streets could be better cleaned at night when most of the cars were off the street. Two employees have beer assigned the Job with one man coming on duty at 10:30 p.m. and another at 5.-00 ami. The new program for a cleanei Murphy got underway this week. Photo by Scout Studio Joseph M. Hunt Jr. . . . Wonderful Opportunity Photo hy Scout Studlc W. Curtis Russ . . . Roods Wo Nood Andrews Gets New Stere ANDREWS - A new furniture and appliance store, owned by Sidney Allen and son Jackie has recently opened to the public. The store Is located on main street, next door to Burch Drug store. Sidney Allen who has had 12 years experience in sales manship will be manager of the store. Jackie who is man ager of Appliance Store in Washington, D. C. will remain In D. C for the present time. The store carries a com plete line of furniture, living room, bedroom, dining room, appliances - including telex Former Murphy Resident Slain 3rd Night On Job Murder Comes 2nd Time To Business In Georgia A tormer Murpny resident, iperating a service station of :he four-lane Marietta high way near Dobbins Air Force 3ase, was murdered and robbed early Tuesday, on his third night at a new job, police said. Investigators Wayne Ellis and Harold Davis of the Cobb sheriffs office said the latest victim, J. C. Kimsey, 58, of 3110 Stewart Ave., Atlanta, was found lying face down in a blood spattered room of the Thoni Oil Co. station shortly before 4 a.m. Kimsey was a native of Clay County and a son of the late George and Effie Parsons Kinsey, pioneer family of Clay County. A former resident of Murphy, he had resided in Atlanta for the past 15 years. He was the father of Leon Kimsey, a U. S. Postal employee here in Murphy. The slaying termed "bloody and brutal" by Cobb Police Chief E. H. Burrus, occurred at the same service station where another employe was shot and killed in a robbery on Thanksgiving eve of 1962, investigators said. "It was his third night on the job," James Riddle, a supervisor for the firm com mented. Officer Ellis said a pre liminary investigation indic ates that Mr. Kimsey was struck on each side of his jaws and then a third time or the back of the head as he lay on the floor. "They were terrific blows. The lick on the head shattered his skull," the officer said. It is believed, investigators Ellis and Davis said, that thi robber or robbers escape* with approximately $280 and < cash drawer taken from i desk. "We found $32 in bills in his shirt pocket and somi silver in his pants." Willard Waley of 127 Luck; Drive, Marietta, a milk del' iveryman, stopped by the sta' tion shortly before 4 a.m. am found Mr. Kimsey in a roon partitioned off from an office The Body was still warn when the first officers, not ified of the deliveryman's dis covery, reached the scene "We feel that he'd been deai only a short time when Mr Whaley found him," inves tigator Ellis said. "The murder weapon, whid is missing, apparently wa some kind of a blunt instru ment. Whatever it was, th robber or robbers wielded ; with such force that he or the apparently intended to leaven witness to the robbery. Mi Kimsey's wallet also is miss ing," officer Ellis said. Investigator Ellis continue "Another attendant wasknc eked in the head and robbe there about three weeks agi Three suspects later wet taken into custody." State Tourism Reaches Billion Dollar Mark Tourism in the State during 1964 reached the billion dollar mark for the first time acc ording to the seventh annual survey of North Carolina's travel industry. The report, just released, was compiled by Dr. Lewis Copeland of the University ol Tennessee. It reveals thai total receipts from firms en gaged in serving and transp orting travelers were $1.: billion, up nine per cent frotr the $968 million in 1963. The report, sponsored b; the Travel Council of Nortl Carolina and the state'; Travel Information Division indicated that the State has Lf per cent of the nation's $61 billion travel business. Tlx industry has been growing a an average of 7.7 per cen annually since 1948, well abovi the 5.5 national average. The survey also shows tha travel, the state's third lar gest industry, is growing fas' ter than the 5.7 per cent growtl of all retail business in Nortl Carolina. is Ions (color), radios, reflg orators, mixers, vacuui cleaners plus many other mis cellaneous articles such i cedar chest, baby beds,chin and plastic wares. The Aliens invite you tc visit their store. On Thanksgiving Eve of 962, the bullet-ridden body of irthur Russell Castleberry, >2, was found at the same itation. Two Cobb teen-agers vere arrested In connection vith the rob-slaying and given :wo consecutive life sen :ences, officers stated. Officers said they were told diat Mr. Castleberry was shot tfter he was asked to give change for a dollar. At least six bullet holes were found in his body. "We're checking out sev eral suspects inMr. Kimsey's death," one investigator said. Surviving in addition to the son, are the widow, Mrs. Carriebell Stansfield Kimsey; another son, Larry Kimsey oi Miami, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Edith Winn and Mrs. Sarah Davis of Atlanta, Ga., one brother, Ray Kimsey oi Atlanta, the stepmother, Mrs. Louise Kimsey of Canton.Ga.; seven grandchildren and at aunt, Mrs. Laura Parson Cha* libers of Warne. Services were held at 10 a.m. today (Thursday) in the chapel of Paul Donahoo Fun eral Home of Hapeville, Ga. Graveside rites will be con ducted by the Rev. William J. Thompson at 3:30 p.m. today (Thursday) in the Old Meth odist Cemetery, Murphy. Townson Funeral Home is in charge of local arrange ments. Bulletin Edward Wyatt Campbell, a 19-year-old Clayton countian with a 10-year police record, was arrested Tuesday after noon and charged with bludgeoning to death and robbing J. C. Kimsey, 58 year old Cobb County gas station attendant. Police said he had visited with the slain man for about two hours before the murder. His capture had resulted from descriptions given by two truck drivers who had seen the youth in the station earlier and taken him for Kimsey's son. $260 Riding On A Perfect Puzzle A July splash of green backs - $260, to be exact - is riding on this weeks new Cherokee Scout Prizewords puzzle. Solve same and you'll be deluged in dollars! If you win, you can spend a bang-up summer. The new puzzle is on page 3 so get going for greenbacks. s T 1R 1 K E S 'c U *C L A S H T JL E 'E 'n D U ?R E 'F 1 "t T E R E R "A W E A T Y L R R W A \ A S S *A V 1 D *L E A R N 1 N G ACROSS: I. A postwar period is often marked by big industrial STRIKES (Strides). -STRIKES is better .being more indicative of the restlessness of a postwar period. Often overstates with Strides; normally, Industry has to get back on its feet before making great progress. 4. Sweethearts are apt to be upset when their matrimonial plans CLASH (Crash). - Apt to be upset is too mild a phrase to use with Crash. CLASH doesn't go nearly as far, and their points of view might well be reconciled. 6. Fame in the actingprofessionismoredifficult to ENDURE than many outsiders realize (Ensure). - Very few outsiders fully realize the problems that have to be faced on the way to acting fame. Many understates with Ensure, guarantee. Out siders are better able to appreciate the difficulty of living with fame once it has been achieved. ENDURE is the better word. 9. Often, the FITTER people are the more good-natured they are (Fatter). - Good health and good disposition go together, often. Obesity in itself is no guarantee of good health, so to use Fatter makes a misleading statement. FITTER is the better word choice. II. Women are often better able than men to conceal their AWE (Age). - They're at least usually better able to conceal their Age. AWE makes a better answer; generally speaking, women are more self-possessed than men. 13. Many a man can truthfully say that a LASS brought him his unhappiest moments (Loss). - Loss is weak. It's not restricted to a bereavement; it's a very wide term covering all kinds of losses, trivial or serious, and applies to either sex. LASS fits the clue's restriction imposed by nun. 14. A person with an AVID disposition sometimes makes a disagreeable companion (Acid). - Sometimes doesn't understate with AVID: he is eager, greedy and probably a vital person. He could be interesting. With Acid (bitter), sometimes under sutes. 15. An elderly worker is sometimes alarmed when he finds that young workers are LEARNING to do his job (Yearning). -Not Yearning; they might yearn to do it but never even start to learn. With LEARNING they at least begin the attempt; sometimes applies because they might not be able to threaten his security for a long time. DOWN: 2. Few ambitious people spend much time in RUT (Rot). -With Rot, nonsense, much depends on the nature of the person's ambition. Much light conversation can be called Rot, even though ability to make it is often a social asset. RUT is better; it suggests a blind alley. 3. A beggars being CHEERY is often bad for business (Cheeky). - Often understates with Cheeky, impudent. CHEERY is better; if he clearly has little to be CHEERY about, his brave front might arouse our sympathy. 5. Alas! the people who wouldn't LET you down without good reason seem to be few (Get). - Get can scarcely be upheld. So much depends on your own temperament. LET implies that the shortcomings are of other people. 7. As a rule, if a wife always tries to have her husband NEAR he's apt to find her tiresome (Neat). - NEAR Is better. It implies she's of the possessive type. The statement with Neat is too sweeping; it Isn't quite so irritating for her to try to have him Neat. 8. Often, the older she gets the harder It Is for a woman to RETAIN a youthful appearance (Regain). -Not Regain, which implies she has lost her youthful appearance. It's much harder to Regain something than to RETAIN it. The restraint of often points to RETAIN: she still has it. 9. It's apt to be a severe setback to ambitious people when they FALL (Fail). - The restraint of apt fits well with FALL. The FALL need not be an end to their ambitions. Fail implies that they've lost their chance. 10. Under the stress of grave anxiety a man Is Inclined to be TERSE (Tanee). - inclined underaaiea with Te ember, it's grave anxiety. TERSE Is batter; in i such stress makes him talk even more than usuaL 12. The average woman shows an Inula tit toward a youth who looks WAN (Man). - The maternal In stinct is more likely to be aroused whan ha looks WAN, delicate. The fact that ha looks like a Man isn't naarly so likely to arouse sympathy.