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dnd Clay County Progress
Volume 75 - Number 7 Murphy, North Carolina September 9, 1965 10 Pages This Week
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AT MI KHHY. SOUTH CAROLINA
coutlcts
-J
Fair time is here and no
body knows it better than us.
We took a turn in the "Duck
A- Jaycee" tank Tuesday night
and we're still water logged.
In fact, a character named
R. V. Dockery got zeroed in on
the target and kept us under
water most of the time. We'll
be back though and so will a
lot of other Jaycees. So warm
up your pitching arm and come
down and "duck" us.
-J
According to information
received from Wake Forest
and Clemson Colleges, three
Cherokee County boys are ex
pected to see lots of action
this Fall. John Snow, a Junior
and Bill Graves, a Sophomore
who starred at Murphy High
school will be playing tackle
on opposite sides of the line
for Wake Forest. Butch Sur
savage, a former Andrews
High School Star will be play
ing a lot of End at Clemson.
You football fans that would
like to see these boys in act
ion, make your plans to go to
Clemson, Saturday October
30 as that will be the closest
Wake Forest will be playing
around here and you can see
all three at the same time.
-J
Red Schuyler made some
pretty wild predictions about
the outcome of the big Labor
Day Race in Darlington, S.C.
and he's been eating "crow"
ever since he got back. No
kidding, he brought back a
whole case of bar-be-cue
sauce. Says it even goes good
on grits.
-J
If you would like to cheer
up a man that has thrilled
many a child in Murphy for
the past several years, drop
a card to Frank Smith, Room
2868, Mission Memorial Hos
pita, Asheville, N. C. Frank
has played the roll of Santa
Clause in Murphy for the past
several years.
-J
Plunk or Plink: Who Knows?
According to the prestigious
National Geographic Society,
it's no indication that a water
melon is ripe if it says
"plunk" when you thump it.
Likewise, if it says "plink",
that is not a reliable sign that
the melon isnt ripe. It is app
arent that scientists will have
to do a great deal more thump
ing before plumbing the
mystery of the difference be
tween plunk and plink. This is
a project worthy of a multi
million dollar research from
the Government, probably as
economically significant as
probing the love life of butter
flies. We young scientists who
long, long ago plundered the
farmer's watermelon patch
down on the river bank never
bothered about plunk and plink.
Our experiments convinced us
that there was one infallible
test: If the stem had turned
brown and there was a general
paleness of the belly side, the
melon was lusciously ripe.
Guided by this criteria, we
never filched a green one.
Scientific curiosity, though,
prompted us this year to in
vestigate the truth about plunk
and plink. So last spring on
the back lot we put out a
FIVE OF THE SIX OCClPj
fled after the car overturned
on a curve near Murphy Gene
planting ol those delectable
little round melonscalled New
Hampshire Midgets. We thumu
ped all during July and never
did get a plunk, just plinks.
Then one night, before the ex
periments were completed,
some furtive rascal invaded
the patch and made off with
the whole crop. The sneaking
scoundrel! The perspective of
years sure does put a different
complexion on what we used
to think was the practical joke
of watermelon stealing - Roa
noke (Va.) Times.
-J
Thrift
The Defense Department
recently announced plans to
bring out a new publication.
In a town oversupplied with
government pamphlets this
would have caused no stir
except for two things:
It's subject: how the Def
ense Department has saved the
taxpayer's money
It's cost: $50,000 for 40,000
copies. - Greenville (S.C.)
News.
-J
Odds And Ends Department
Are you superstitious? A
dollar bill has two Latin leg
ends, each with 13 letters,
"epluribus unum,"and "ann
uit coepits." There are 13
stripes in the Shield, 13 cour
ses of stone in the pyramid,
13 arrows, and 13 stars. . .
If more attention were paid
to the high chair, the electric
chair would go out of busin
ess. ... A weary father
recently announced that his
son had reached the awkward
age: he's too old to spank
and too young for an uppercut.
-J
JOKE OF THE WEEK -
Two Georgia farmers were
always bragging to one ano
ther about the crops they could
raise. One day one farmer
told his son to "go over to
Sam's place and ask him if
I can borrow his crosscut saw.
If he asks, tell him we need
it to cut a watermelon." With
in a short time the son re
turned with the news that:
"Sam says he can't let you
have the saw until this after
noon. He's only half-way
through a carrot.
Area Football Games
Of The Week
MURPHY vs SYLVA
At Sylvo
ANDREWS vs FRANKLIN
At Andrews
HAYESVILLE vs SWAIN
\
At Hoyesville
ROBBINSVIILE vs ROSMAN
At Robbinsvilte
Support Your Team
No Injuries, Five Flee
^NTS of this 1955 Chevrolet was being chased by City Policeman, Jack Ingle, when the
Saturday night, September 4, accident occurred. It was not determined who was driving
ral Hospital. The automobile the vehicle.
One Charged
In Shooting
At Sandy Gap
MURPHY - A Cherokee
County man remains in seri
ous condition after a shooting
Saturday, and another was
charged with a felony assault
Monday.
Sheriff Claude Anderson of
Cherokee County said Eman
uel Elliott, 55, of Sandy Gap,
was shot in the abdomen, Sat
urday in the home of Jesse
Rich, who was charged Mon
day with assault with a dead
ly weapon with intent to kill.
He is being held in Cherokee
County jail pending the condi
tion of Elliott
Questioned by the SB1 con
cerning the shooting and re
leased were Leonard Clontz,
Felix Voyles, and Allen Fox.
State Highway Patrolman
Don Reavis said he went to the
Rich residence following the
shooting and saw a man leave
in a truck. Just a few yards
from the house, the driver,
Allen Fox, lost control and ran
off an embankment.
Fox stated that he had start
ed for help and was attempting
to get his truck out of the
driveway when he saw the am
bulances coming. He suffer
ed a broken back in the acci
dent and has been transferr
ed to Piedmont Hospital in
Atlanta.
A Centavo
is money in Portugal
but X
is money for you!
PRIZEWORDS
Fred Leak Babington
. . .Member of 25 Year Club
Babington Is 25th
Member Of Nantahal
P&L 25 Year Club
NANTAHALA - Fred Leal
Babington of Nantahala, N'ortl
Carolina completed 25 year
of service with Nantahal;
Power and Light Compan;
August 30 to become the 2;
member of the power com
pany's 25 year club.
Mr. Babington, a native o
Cleveland County, began hi;
career with Nantahala Augus
30, 1940 as a rodman in th<
engineering department, li
April of 1941 he was trans
ferred to the operating dep
artment as a power house op
erator at the Franklin Plan
and later that year was trans
ferred to Thorpe Plant i
Jackson County. In April 194
he was assigned to the Nam
tahala Plant which was thu
near completion. In April 194
he was promoted to shift fore
man at Nantahala, his presan
position.
DAR To Hold First
Meeting Of Year
MURPHY - 1 he Archibald
D. Murphy chapter of the Dau
ghters of the American Rev
olution will meet Monday, Sep
tember 13, 8:00 a.m, at the
home of Mrs. Peyton G. Ivie.
Mrs. Jerry Davidson will be
hostess.
This is the first meeting of
the new year for the chapter,
and important business mat
ters will be discussed. All
members are urged to be
present.
Blue Ridge Mtn. EMC
To Hoid Annual Meet
YOUNG HARRIS, GA - The
annual meeting of the Blue
Ridge Electric Membership
Corporation will be held
Friday, September 10, at 10
a.m. in the F tne Arts Center
at Young Harris College.
Entertainment will be fur
nished by the OakRidgeQuar
tet and the recent State FAA
String Bind winners from Hia
wassee, Georgia.
Prizes will be given again
this year and everyone is
asked to register prior to the
meeting.
Taylor's Secretary
Tells Visit Dates
ASHEVILLE -TomL.Mall
onee. Eleventh Congressional
District Secretary to Congr
essman Roy A. Taylor, will
be making scheduled visits to
the county seats and other
sections of the counties next
week.
On Wednesday, September
15, he will be at the Town
Hall, Andrews, from 9:00 to
9:30; at the City Hall, Murphy
from 11:00 to 12:00; and at the
Clay County Courthouse, Hay
esville, from 3:00 to 4:00.
Lions' Sponsored Fair Offers
Wide Variety Of Entertainment
MURPHY - ihe Annual
Cherokee County I air, spon
sorship ol the Murphy Lions
Cluh for the third year, off
ers the widest variety of en
tertainment and exhibit , of any
local fair in rcrcnt year-.
With the opening Monday,
September 6 , of the 47th Ann
ual Cherokee County I air,lo
cal citizens were treated to
a imulated trip to The uioon,
real mountain uiusie hy llie
Smoky Mountain Band, an opp
ortunity to view an air to -ur
lat e missile,a chaure toearry
on a conversation with the only
talking mule in Cherokee
County, and rides galore on
the Georgia Aiim-cmeiit Com
pany Midway.
In addition to the tradition
al agricultural aiid horticul
Car Crashes After
High Speed Chase
MURPHY - A high -peed
chase with a State Patrolman,
Wedne.-day night,September 1,
ended when a 1964 Dodge driv
en by Joe Raymond Kephart,
28, of Atlanta, crashed into
a utility pole on the Martins
Creek Road.
Mr. Kephart ^uflered a bro
ken left arm and head cuts.
He was released from Provi
dence Hospital, Saturday,
September 4.
A passenger in the Kephart
vehicle, Marvin Raper, 20, of
R'. 3, Blairsville, Ga., was
treated in the emergency room
of the hospital and released.
State Patrolman, Patt Mil
ler, stated that the Kephart
vehicle went by his parked
patrol car on U. S. 64 west
of Murphy at a high rate of
speed and he gave chase.
7 he chase continued on to
ward Murphy then ori to the
Martins Creek Road, where
Kephart lost control of his auto
and crashed into a utility pole.
Kephart is charged with
speeding in excess of 100 miles
per hour, wreckless driving,
and failing to stop for a pat
rolman's red light. Bond has
been set at $600. and the trial
will be September 27.
Democratic Youth
Co ordinator Named
State Democratic Head
quarters has appointed Wiley
- Dan McGlamery as Youth Co
ordinator for Clay County. In
announcing the appointment
State Party Chairman J. Mel
ville Broughton.Jr. stated that
"Mr. McGlamery will be res
ponsible for co-ordinating
Democratic Youth activities
between the County and State
Headquarters. He will assist
Party officials with registra
tion drives, fund raising
events, precinct work and re
cruiting and enlisting young
voters into the Democratic
Party."
The newly appointed Co
ordinator is the son of Rep.
and Mrs. W. A. McGlamery
of Hayesville and is a junior
at Western Carolina College,
majoring in Business Admin
istration.
tural exhibits of pa-t years,
this year's fair offers a wide
variety of arts and crafts ex
hibits and one of the largest
displays of rocks and mine
rals ever as-embled ior a lo
cal fair.
Drawing a great deal of in
terest at the fair this year are
the exhibits sponsored by the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
and Air Force. The Navy ex
hibit features models of the
l.si Forrestal and the Nuc
lear Submarine Nautilus, and
the Air ForecExhibitconsists
of an at tual Hound Dog niissle.
lhe service exhibit drawing
most of the attention, how
ever, is the simulated moon
trip, by way of an eight min
ute movie, sponsored by the
Army.
Clyde William McCoy
. . . Killed In Mine
Falling Slab
Kills Murphy
Talc Miner
MURPHY - Cldye William
(Bill) McCoy, 38, of Murphy
Route 4, a talc miner, was
killed Friday morning Sept
ember 3, by a falling slab in
Hitchcock Talc Mine.
Working with companions
Carl Dillard and Homer Rob
erson Jr., who were not hurt,
McCoy, a native of Murphy,
died about an hour after he
was struck at 5 a.m.
Surviving are the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Grady McCoy,
of Murphy; the widow, Mrs.
F rankie Raper McCoy; a dau
ghter, Susie, and three sons,
David, Keith and Steve Mc
Coy, all of the home; four
sisters, Mrs. Frances John
son of Columbus, Ga., Mrs.
Grace Slagle, Mrs. Ruby
Queen and Mrs.Shirley Sim
onds, all of Murphy; and four
brothers, J. C., Lloyd, and
Tim of Murphy and Richard
McCoy of the U. S. Army
in Germany.
Services were held at 2
p.m. Monday in Calvary Bap
tist Church, of which he was
a member.
The Rev. Raymond Carroll,
the Rev. Ernie Young, and the
Rev. Grover Moss officiated
and burial was in Line Church
Cemetery.
Townson Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
1 he stock exhibits this year
features a pretty remarkable
mule named Jenny, raised and
educated by R. D. Bruce of
Clay County. It has been re
liably reported that Jenny has
been heard to carry on a fair
ly sensible conversation, for
a mule that is. Ihe child
ren have been getting the big
gest kick, figuratively speak
ing. of course, out of talking
to the mule.
Ihe Georgia Amusement
Company's Midway has been
crowded each night since the
lair's opening and even the
sprinkle of rain which fell
Monday evening failed to
dampen the spirit of the
crowd who had come to open
the fair.
J he Lions Club bingo booth,
an annual favorite among lo
cal fair visitors is again in
operation with a greater vari"
ety of prizes than ever be"
fore.
Ihe ability of a man,wom
an, or child to throw a base
ball accurately gets a real
work-out on the Midway with
not only cats and bottles to
throw at, but also local Jay
cees.
The opportunity to see whet
her or not you could have
made the astronaut team is
available to everyone through
the many rides at the fair.
These rides go up and down,
backward and forward, in and
out. More than one parent
has been seen asking his
children not to make him or
her go on the next ride.
The fair will continue
through Saturday, September
U, and truly has somethingfor
everyone to enjoy.
Adult Education
Classes To Begin
MURPHY - Holland
McSwain, Resident Director of
the Tri-County Industrial Eu
ucation Center, announced this
week that new classes in basic
education for adults willbegin
Tuesday night, October 5,
in the following schools: Hay
esville, Ranger, Hiwassee
Dam, Andrews, Robbinsville,
and Murphy Elementary. Clay
and Cherokee County resid
ents wishing to enroll are re
quested to report to Murphy
Elementary School on Tues
day, September 21, at 6:30
p.m. for placement tests.
Graham County residents will
report to Robbinsville High
School on Tuesday,September
28, at 6:30 p.m. Persons al
ready enrolled in classes, who
have had the tests, will not
report at this time.
The adult education classes
offer individuals who have not
completed high school an opp
ortunity to upgrade themsel
ves. Since the program was
begun last spring, more than
100 persons have been en
rolled, and at least eight have
qualified for a Certificate of
High School Equivalency.
About twenty more are readv
to take the General Educat
ional Development Test, which
is the basis for granting the
certificate.
Forests Support 71 Industries Employing 600 People
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is
the third in a series of five
articles concerning the work
groups of the Upper Hiwas
see Watershed Development
Association and their findings
in a recent inventory of five
counties in the Upper Hiwa
ssee Valley. The five counties
are Cherokee and Clay in
North Carolina and Union,
Towns and Fannin In Georgia.)
Trees are the most obvious
natural resource in the upper
Hiwassee Valley where nine
out of 10 acres is forested.
The mild climate, plentiful
rainfall, and long growing sea
son are all conducive to timber
growth.
These are the findings of a
report recently compiled by
the Upper Hiawassee Water
shed Development Association
and TVA on the basic re
sources of the 5-county area.
Todd Kimsey of Young Harris,
Ga., acted as chairman of the
Forestry Work Group.
These forests support 71
industires, employing some
600 people with payrolls am
ounting to $1 million a year,
and product values totaling
$3 million. Products Include
lumber, pulpwood, crossties,
and giftware.
The report suggests that in
creased chip and pulpwood
production and the manu
facture of high-quality furni
ture for the tourist trade offer
promise for forest industries.
The area could support 85 ind
ustires, employing 1,000 per
sons, having payrolls of )3
million a year, and product
values of $9 million.
Forests also contribute to
the area's recreation resour
ces. With most of the forests
in hardwoods, forest game
such as deer,turkey,raccoon,
and squirrel are present. The
lakes and rivers are well
stocked with fish. Sportsmen
now spent $2 million a year
in the five valley counties but
this figure could be substan
tially increased if the valley
lives up to its possibilities
for increasing hunting and
fishing opportunities, the re
port says.
Commercial forests cover
nearly 90 per cent of the area.
Sixty-eight per cent of the
forest area is in upland hard
woods; 12 per cent in pine
hardwood mixtures, and 11 per
cent in pine.
Merchantable sawtlmbcr
totals 2.5 billion board feet,
or 2,900 board feet per acre.
which compares favorably
with the Tennessee Valley av
erage of 2,000 board feet per
acre.
Management practices, a
ccording to the report, are
good on 50 per cent of the
forest area. The best manag
ement is on two large private
holdings and on the lands of
the Nantahala and Chattahoo
chee National Forests.
Landowners have refores
ted about 30,000 acres by
planting seeds and seedlings.
Another 70,000 acres needs
planting. These acres could
add )1 million a year to the
income of loggers and land
owners.
All the private lands in the
area, except some 116,500
acres in Towns and UnionCo
unties, are under organized
fire protection. The Forest
Service is responsible for
controlling fire on national
forest lands. Burn on both the
protected and unprotected
areas has been light.
Minerals in the upper Hiw
assee Valley, in addition to
being a recreation attraction,
pump several hundred thous
and dollars a year into-the
economy of the area.
One of the unique features
of the Blue Ridge Mountains
of North Georgia and North
Carolina is the presence of
mineral deposits which are of
interest to the serious coll
ector and the amateur. The
amateurs, who call themsel
ves "rockhounds" have org
anized several clubs within the
valley and sponsor shows each
year which attract collectors
from a 10-state area. The
clubs also sponsor collecting
expeditions.
Commercial mineral oper
ations include the production
of quartzite, marble, and talc.
Value of production has fluc
tuated between $260,000 and
$676,000 from 1963 throght
1962, the report finds.
Tale mining began in North
Carolina in the 1860's and has
continued despite economic
difficulties. The valley has
from 10 to 20 years of known
reserves.
Most of the marble quar
ried Is used for monuments;
however, some building stone
is produced. Waste material is
used for "spilt face" trim
and tcrrazzo chip. Terrazzo
has been in great demand in
the past few years, particul
arly in Florida. A new quarry
is being put into operation in
the valley to produce terrazzo
principally for the Florida
market.
Quartzite, being produced in
Georgia, is crushed, screened
and sold for ornamental con
crete panels. Fine material
is ground and used as a filler
for plastic. Some interesting
new products have resulted
from the quartzite products.
One is tops for tables and
counters which closely res
emble marble in appearance,
but are not as heavy or as
expensive as marble and
which can be molded without
seams.
Other minerals reported by
the Mineral Work Group head
ed by A. Neal Collins of Young
Harris, Ga., include copper,
feldspar, mica, sand and gra
vel, and rutile.
The work group report&d
that talc and marble oper
ations are small but stable and
will continue to contribute to
the valley's economy. Other
mineral operations are too
new to assess their per
manency; the possibilities of
developing ntore mineral
operations are slim unitl more
is known about the area's geo
olgy.