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Volume 78 - Number 49 .. Murphy, North Carolina -- June 27, 1968-- Second Closs Postage Paid At Murphy, North Carolina
PresentsChecks
Mr. D. H. Keck, far right, the state coordinator of the tti j
. the Job training program, traveled from Raleigh to Hayes- i
ville to present checks to American Components plants in
" Hayesville and Robbinsville. The checks were from the
State Planning Task Force, a prime contractor of the N. C. j
Department of Labor. They were presented to American Com- j
? ponents to partially reimburse their training program. From
left to right are Verlin Martin Jr., the Assitant Director of the
Four Square OJT program, E. L. Leak, Technical Assistant
with the State Economic Opportunity program; Ed Patterson
Manager of the Kobbinsville plant; Howard Mazza, manager
of the Hayesville plant, and Mr. Keck. The Havesville plant
received S960, and Robbinsville received $618.(Photo by Bill Gray
Murphy Youth Drowns In Lake
Jess Willard Pendergrass,
Jr., 18, of Murphy, drowned
Monday afternoon in Lake Hi
wassee while a friend who could
not swim watched helplessly
from 'he bank.
The friend, Harold Phillips,
of Murphy, said that Pender
grass talked him into going
to the lake for a swim about
2:30. Phillips sat on the bank
while Pendergrass went into
the watt r under railroad trestle
at the Caney Creek section of
Wounds Fatal To Youth
Dale Winters, 11-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Win
ters of Rt. 1, died Saturday
night at District Memorial Hos
pital. He was accidentally shot
about two weeks ago.
Young Winters was visiting
his 12-year-old uncle, Ronnie
Nations on June 11, when the
accident occurred.
According to Winters'
mother, Ronnie had loaded his
shotgun a few days prior to the
accident. He and Dale were
playing cowboys and Indians
with the shotgun and Nations
had forgotten about it being
loaded. He fired the gun and
the shot entered Winters' stom
ach and came out through his
back.
The Cherokee County coro
ner, J. C. Townson, said no
hearing would be held.
The youth had just completed
the sixth grade at Peachtree
Elementary School.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are two sisters and
four brothers, all of the home,
Debra, Kelley, Dannie, De
Wavne, Robert, Darren and
Lonnie Paul; the maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Geneva Na
tions of Marble; the paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Sara Win
ters of Centersville, Tenn.; the
maternal great-grandfather,
Gus Johnson of Marble.
Services were held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Mount Pleasant Cah
pel of Gospel, Lyles, Tenn.
The Rev. Paul Tucker offi
ciated. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Ivie Funeral Home of Mur
phy was in charge.
Burch Resigns Health Position
Bobby S. Burcli of Hayesville
is resigning as the Field
Coordinator of the State of
Franklin Health Council, Inc.
Dr. Carl Killian, head of the
Council announced recently.
Burch will leave his present
position July 1 to return to
Clay County as a principal in
one of the elementary schools.
6urch has held the positions
as Secretary and as one of the
members of the board of dire
ctors while on a one year leave
of absence from the CI ay School
System.
The State of Franklin Health
Correction
In last week's paper, it was
announced incorrectly that the
wedding of Miss SusanStripling
would be June 15. It should
have been July IS.
Service serves Cherokee, Clay,
Graham, Haywood, Macon,
Jackson, and Swain Counties.
Calf Consignment
Ends Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the last day
beef cattle producers will be
able to consign calves to the
special feeder calf sale to be
held in Murphy, September 30
the County Agent's office an
nounced Tuesday.
All producers interested in
consigning calves should have
their consignments in to the
Agent's office by nooon Friday
At his time the consignment
from the six counties will be
tallied and forwarded to the
state sales committee. A min
imum of 500 head must be con
signed in order to secure state
sponsorship of the sale.
the lake.
After ten minutes in the
water, Pendergrass disappear
ed from the surface of the
water, according to Phillips who
called for help when he did not
come to the surface.
The l>od> was retrieved about
30 minutes later by Jim Mor
gan of Murphy. Morgan stated
the water was about 13-feetdeep
where the boy was swimming.
Pendergrass was employed
by the Henn Theater and was
a native of Macon County.
Surviving are the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jess ttiilard
Pendergrass, Sr.; three sis
ters, Vestal, Barbara, and Mary
Lou, and a brother, Jonathon
Pendergrass, all of the home.
Services were held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday in Aquone Baptist
Church. The Rev. S. J. Wat
ers officiated awl burial was
in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Corne- |
lius and Hershel Pendergrass,
Harold Phillips, Danny Timp
son, W. L. Day, and Allen Mc
Donald.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Sixty Students To
Attend Camp Butler
A unique educational pro
gram is being offered by the
Murphy Elementary School this
summer for the children in
this area. "Camp Butler", as
the day school is named, has
been designed to help students
who encounter more than aver
age problems in their regular
classroom studies.
The project is a joint under
taking of Cherokee, Graham,
and Clay Counties, and is fin
anced by the Elementary and
Secondarv Education Act, Title
VI.
About 60 students are expect
ed to attend. New and ex
perimental teaching methods
and techniques will be employ
ed to help these children grasp
the subject matter to which
they are exposed.
The five week school will
begin July 1, and end August
2. Classes will begin at 9:00
a. m. and last until 1:30 in the
afternoon. A limited number
of buses will be placed in op
eration to bring children from
Hayesville, Hiawassee Dam,
Andrews, Marble, and Kobbins
ville.
A typical day's schedule will
be similar to this: For a per
Senior Citizens
All Senior Citizens are in
vited for a day of recreation
today (Thursday). Assembly
will be at 11 a.m. at the Mur
phy Power Board Building to
go to Vogel State Park.
iod of two hours the children
will be in the classroom for
training in art, crafts, music,
social studies, language arts,
math, and other related sub
jects. After a 30 minute lunch
period, the remaining two hours
will be devoted to physical ed
ucation specially designed for
these children.
Several trips have been plan
ned, including a trip to the
zoo in Atlanta.
Bill Hughes, Principal of the
Murphy Elementan School, has
! l>een appointed Project Direct
| or.
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Bank Plans Merger With First Union
By Sue Morrow
The board of directors o( Cit
izens Bank & Trust Company
at their regular meeting at 2
p. m. Tuesday, voted to merge
with the First Union National
Bank of Charlotte, subject to
the approval of the Comptroller
of the Currency and the stock
holders of both institutions.
Total combined resources of
the two institutions will be in
excess of *850,000,000.
First Union National, head
quartered in Charlotte, oper
ates 14 offices in 50 North Car
olina communities.
Percy B. Ferebee, chairman
of the board, stated that there
will be no change in the perso nn
el at any of the branches as a
result of the merger. He said
all employees will continue to
serve as they have in the past
and these banks will be under
the supervision of the same au
thority as they are now. Citizens
Bank & Trust Company's main
office is inAndrewswithoffices
in Murphy, Hayesville, Sylva,
Cullowhee, Robbinsville, and
Cashiers.
Citizens Bank & Trust Com
pany was organized by R. T.
Heaton and D. W. Mehaffey
on Oct. 14, 1924, with $15,000
capital and no surplus or un
divided profit.
About two years later, on
Sept. 26, 1926, Ferebee pur
chased the bank from MeHaffey
and Heaton. At that time, the
bank had $91,348.13 in total
resources. Capital stock was
$15,000 and lacked $331.38 hav
ing any undivided profit or sur
plus.
The bank operated as a unit
bank until 1931 when another of
fice was opened in Murphy. Two
previous banks had failed and
closed in Murphy. A few years
later the bank opened an office
in Robbinsville which had had
a bank that also failed. Later an
office was opened in tiayesville
which also had a bank that,
failed and was closed.
The bank has more recently
opened offices at Sylva, Cullo
whee, and Cashiers. They also
i have on file an approved appli
! cation for an office in F ranklin.
As of June 21, the bank had
a capital of $600,000, a sur
plus -of $1 million, and an un
divided profit of $316,867.42
making a total capital and sur
puls of $1,916,867.42. Total re -
I sources on that day were $27,
856,137.
Ferebee stated that he asked
for the merger because the in
dustrial growth of the area
served by the bank in the last 10
years has been tremendous and
that in his opinion, it is just
beginning to realize its poten
tial. For this reason, the area I
needed a larger bank and the
First Union National had over
$800 million in resources which
Ferebee said will be a tremen
dous help in serving the larger
customers.
Ferebee, a native of Elizabeth
City, came to Andrews to work
with the U. S, Forest Service
following graduation at State
College. He worked in the Ac
Murphy Problems
Discussed By Board
Tne Murphy Planning Board
held its regular meeting Thurs
day June 20 at the Murphy Power
Board Building.
The Garbage Survey which
was started about a month ago
was discussed and it was deter
mined to be about fifty percent
complete. Rubbish strewn along
the streets was discussed and
the need of an ordinance regu
Chinese Foresters
Visit Orchard
Two prominent Chinese
Foresters visited the U. S.
Forest Service in Murphy
last Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Tsou and Mr. Hu,both
of Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of
China, reviewed the work of
Beech Creek Seed Orchard in
preparation to launching a Tree
Improvement Program in Tai
wan.
Mrs. Tsou is responsible for
all forest research work for
the Republic of China. She
was concerned on this trip with
designing research on forest
tree breeding.
Mr. Hu is a Silvicultural
Specialist with the Forestry
Research Institute at the Bo
tanical Garden in Taipai.
The guests were accompan
ied by Walt E. Smith, Tree
Improvement Forester for the
Southern Applachians, and T.F,
Swofford, T ree Improvement
Forester for the Southern
Region.
lating same was re- empha
sized.
The Garbage Survey should be
completed prior to the next
regular meeting at which time
the survey resultswill be stud
ied for the purpose 01 writing
an ordinance to be presented
to the Town Board. This Or
dinance will cover all phases
of garbage and Rubbish Col
lection. storage handling and the
littering of streets and walks
inside the City Limits.
House numbering was dis
cussed and it was reported
that the July Fourth festivi
ties would temporarly delay
progress but that this project
should be finished soon after
the Festivities.
Surveying of the City Limits
is now under way. Mr. Felix
Palmer is head of the survey I
party performing this work.
Parking on Conahetta Street
adjacent to the Ball Park was
discussed and it was suggested
this should not be allowed.
Texanna Beaten, Levi
Still Undefeated
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Clifton Precision upset Tex
ana 11 to 1 to highlight last
week's Softball action, moving
| Clifton into second place behind
| still undefeated Levi.
Levi boys beat Rimco 16 to 8
while the Levi girls sneaked
past Clifton 11 to 10. In other
j games, the third place Inde
pendents topped Citizens Bank
i 13 to 7, and American Thread
i was outmatched by Coble in a
15 to 3 game.
In the other girls game of the
week, first place Citizens Bank
outscored Hicks Gulf 13 to 1.
The final boys contests found
Clifton rolling over American
Thread 16 to 7, and State High
way doubling the score on
Westco 8 to 4, and Hiwassee
Dam easily going past Easley
16 to 6.
This week's games finds State
Highway meeting Independents,
Thursday night, followed by
Easley vs. Rimco and Levi
facing Texana .
F riday night only two games
are scheduled, with Citizens
Bank facing American Thread
and Coble going up against Hi
wassee Dam.
Monday, July 1, State High
way faces Texanna in the first
game, Levi meets American
Thread and Citizens Bank plays
Hiwassee Dam.
quisition Department acquiring
lands that are now national
forests. At tiiat time, tlie office
for the Nar.taliula purchase area
was in Andrews.
After coming to Andrews, the
Forest Service ran out of app
ropriations to purchase land and
rerebee was without a job. He
did some engineering and land
surveying, then he purchased
the "Andrews Sun", a weekly
newspaper which he operated
as the "Tri-County News".
Just before World War I.
Ferebee got into the iron ore
business in Cherokee County
and had connections in Vir- ;
ginia, Kentucky, and Tenness
ee.
lie later established an insur
ance business which he carried
on until he went into banking.
He then nude the insurance
business a department of the
bank. Today all the offices
of Citizens bank a. Trust Co.
have insurance departments.
Ferebee said that A'. Frank
Forsyth, who served four terms
in theStateSenate, will be active
in the management of C itizens
Bank 6. Trust Co mpajiy's group
of banks.
Forsyth will continue as pre
sident, W. D. Whitaker is sen
ior vice president and set re
tary, William J. Carter is vi e
president and auditor, and Mrs
Mildred B. Ray is vice president
and controller.
Forsyth lias been witu Hit
bank since 1033. Whitaker has
been with the bank >ontinu'>usly
since 1926. Mrs. Ray lias Ln-en
with the bank since 1937, .u*l
Carter, a native ot : lav County,
joined the bank in 1960.
Smooth Road At Last
The resurfacing of the Andrews road is now complete as the above picture shows the paving
lachine finally reaching the Murphy city limits. The paving has been completed all the way to
ndrews, except in spots where the new highway will not follow the old route, (photo by Bill Gray)
Receives Certificate
L. L. Mason, (third from left) the Government Appeal Agent
and Legal Advisor of the local Selective Service Board No. 20
received a certificate and pin Monday in recognition of his IS
rears service with the board. Presenting the certificate is
William H. McCathren, the State Director at the System,
pictured are Ben D. Palmer, Chairman at the Local Board, lc
and Frankie W. Roberson, Executive Secretary, far right.
(Photo by Jim Morgan