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? Volume 79 Number 33- Murphy, North Carolina - March 6, 1969 - Second Class Postage Paid At Murphy, North Carolina
land Is Approved For
Murphy Housing Project
{ A (ix-acre tract of land has
approved aa the building
for 30 federally financed
lent housing units to be
built in Murphy, Ben Palmer,
proctor of the Murphy
Housing Authority, announced
?arty this week.
Land for 10 units to be built
lor the elderly was approved
several weeks ago, Palmer said.
The tract of land to be
purchased for the project
belongs to the Cherokee
County Development
Corporation, and adjoins Rimco
Manufacturing Company.
Fluids for the 40, unit
housing project were approved
Keral yean ago, but a suitable
t for the project had not
been found until now. This
project will be similar to the
peal town Housing project
According to Palmer,
fturveying work will begin
knmediately and construction
b expected to begin within 90
days. Completion date for the
40 units is set at the first of the
year.
Palmer also said that
Three Chosen
All-Conference
Three students from Murphy
High School rated
AU-Conference for their
basketball heroics in the
Smoky Mountain Conference
for the past season.
Choaen were Mike Kephart,
a Senior guard and high scorer
for the Bulldogs, Senior
forward Mary Alice Shields and
Sophomore forward Buffy
Fleming.
' The announcement of the
All-Conference selections was
made after the final games
Saturday night at Reid
Gymnasium at Western
Carolina University.
Murphy will be in line for a
day care center when the new
units are completed. He said
that it will take the combined
work of the housing authorities
involved and the town leaders
before the center could be
built.
Andrews Soldier
Dies In Vietnam
M/Sgt. Billy J. McClure, 35,
was killed in action in Vietnam
Feb. 20.
The son of Mrs. Kay
McClure of Andrews and the
late William M. McClure, he
attended Murphy High School
and entered military service in
1952. He had a total of 19
years in the armed services,
obtaining his basic training in
Company 1, 118th Airborne
Infantry, Fort Benning, Ga. He
also had training in the 508th
Airborne Division, Fort
Campbell, Ky.
M/Sgt. McClure was a
five-time volunteer for the
Vietnam duty. He was
wounded in action in Vietnam,
September 27, 1965, and was
in Walter Reed Hospital,
Washington, D. C. for four
months as the result of that
injury.
Surviving in addition to the
mother are a son, Michael
McClure of Hopkinsville, Ky.;
five brothers, Bascomb and
Oscar, both of Murphy,
Clifford and Ray, both of
Canton, Ga,; and Ralph
McClure of Struthers, Ohio; six
sisters, Mrs. Edwin Cook of
Murphy, Mrs. Wayne Gragg of
Andrews, Mrs. Clifford
Tauscher of Rockwood, Tenn.,
Mrs. Glenn Smith of Maryville,
Tenn., and Mrs. Burl Moore of
Sistersville, W. Va., and Mrs.
Hubert Newton of Ripley, W.
Va.
Ivie's Funeral Home brought
the body to Andrews, where
the family received friends
Orders For Strawberry
Plants Must Be In Monday
The County Agents office in
Muiphy is now taking orders
for the Tennessee Beauty
Strawberry plants.
Due to the different
performance of ? certain
varieties under different
climatic, soil and other
conditions, the Tennessee
B?auty has proven to be the
beat strawberry plant for this
area These plants have been
grown under the supervision of
the Department of Agriculture
and are certified- disease- free
plants.
But due to extreme weather
conditions the quantity of
plants available will be on a
first come basis. For this
reason, we will need to order
these plants no later than
March 10 so get your order in
NOW. If you would like to call
in your order the telephone
number is 837-2210.
Local Boy Scout Leaders
Receive Key Awards
m.
Key Scout Leaders in
Cherokee, Graham and Swain
bounties have been awarded
ticouter's Key Awards
?ccordng to Mr. Max Whitt,
District Training Chairman for
the Nantahala District To
iecehre this award a volunteer
icouter must complete the
prescribed training cpurses set
lip by the Boy Scouts of
t
Police Arrest 7
Over Weekend
( The Murphy Police
i department had a busy
weekend compared to the past
i even! months' activities,
'olice Chief Pete Stakup said
A total of seven arrest
during the two day
Mriod. Poor were aneeted for
?ubttc drunkenness, two for
^riving under the influence,
and one with two counts of
Red Cross To
Meet Tuesday
* A meeting of the American
Red Craas will be held In the
Apiculture Assembly Room of
the Masonic Building In
HayesvUle Tusedsy March 11,
at 7:80 p.m. Everyone
?tsrsetsil la Red Cross
Aetivttta la ui|ri to i
I l
America and have three years
consecutive service for the
award they are working for.
Those who have received the
Den Leader's Training Award
for working with the Cub
Scouting program, boys ages 7
to 10 are Mis. Betty Jean
Kephart, Mrs. Katheryn
Deweese and Mr. Richard
Deweese of Pack 419, White
Church, Murphy, N. C.
Men who have completed
the prescribed training courses
for work with Boy Scouts are
Mr. Joe Collins, Mr. John
Manuel, both of Troop 404,
Robbinsville; Mr. Giles Bryson
and Mr. Hermit Kil pa trick,
both of Troop 414, Marble;
Mr. Troy J. Woody, Troop
402, Murphy; Mr. Frank
Suddereth, Troop 486, Texana;
Mr. Paul J. Vaught, Jr. Troop
407, Hayesville; Mr. Glen
Thomas, Troop 905, Bryson
City
Other volunteer scouters
who attended training courses
but have not had the necessary
tenure of service required for
the Scouters Key Awards are:
Mr. Bobby Ray Crtap, Mr.
Aubrey Watklna, Troop 418,
Culberson; Mrs. Betty
Westmoreland, Mrs. Sue
Hubbard, Mrs. Opal Graves,
and Mr. Terry Newman all of
Pack 406, Murphy. Mr. John
Burton, Mn. Mary Kathryn
We *, Mrs. Virginia Phillips and
Mra. Fran Me Battle all of Pack
407, Hayeerille.
M/Sgt. Billy McClure
Wednesday morning. The
funeral service was held at 3:00
p.m. at the First Baptist
Church in Andrews, with the
Rev. Tom Wells and Rev. C. A.
Smith officiating. The body
was then taken to Rogers
Chapel Cemetery in Murphy
where he received a full
military service.
ATCO Employees
Defeat Textile
Workers Uaioe
American Thread employees
voted Thursday, February 27
not to be represented by the
Textile Workers Union of
America. The employees
showed a vote of confidence in
the company by defeating the
textile Workers Union by
almost a 2 to 1 margin. The
vote was 172 against the union
while 88 voted for.
The TWUA first began
organizing efforts at the
American Thread plant in
Marble during the month of
December but withdrew from
the election and charged the
company with unfair labor
practices. The National Labor
Relations Board found the
company not at fault and reset
the election date for February
27.
Hospital
Clears Up
Misunderstanding
Dr. F. V. Taylor,
administrator of Murphy
General Hospital announce*
that the hospital will take all
types of insurance cases and
sickness except Medicare, and
that they are in the process of
getting the Medicare contract
restored.
Dr. Taylor made this
statement to clear a
misunderstanding among local
residents that the hospital
would not take illnesses when
insurance covered the expense.
Clay County Register
Of Deeds Resigns
Paul Kilpatrick of Hayesville
resigned last week from his
position as Register of Deeds
for Clay County according to
Andy Padgett, chairman of the
Clay County Board of
Commissioners.
Padgett said that Kilpatrick's
replacement is Ruby Ledford,
who had been the deputy
register of deeds under
Kilpatrick since both took office
after the 1966 county election.
Kilpatrick said that he
resigned because he had work
to do at home and that he was
tired of not doing anything. "I
have always been used to
working," he said, "and I was
just not used to sitting around
doing nothing."
A deputy clerk has not yet
been assigned to replace Mrs.
Ledford. "We are leaving this
up to Mrs. Ledford," Padgett
stated, " as to whether she
needs an assistant and if so, as
to who is selected."
A salary increase for the
register of deeds was asked for
by Rep. Bill Bradley from
Hayesville in the form of a bill
to the N. C. General Assembly.
Bradley asked that the salary
for the full-time position be
raised from $3,000 to $4,200 a
year.
Bradley was asked to
introduce the bill, Padgett said,
by the County Commissioners
"We have felt that $3,000 was
just not enough for the job,"
Padgett noted, "and have
intended to raise it for a
number of years."
James L. Carringer
Is Credit Manager
James L. Carringer, has
recently opened a branch
office for the Federal Land
Bank Association of Asheville
and the Mountain Production
Credit Association in Murphy.
Carringer, a native of
Brasstown, is a graduate of
Murphy High School and Berea
College, in Berea, Ky. He was
formerly district credit
manager with Escambia
Chemical Corporation in
Albany, Ga.
The Federal Land Bank
makes farm loans from five to
40 years to purchase farms,
build new buildings, refinance
and many other purposes.
Production Credit Association
make short and intermediate
term loans for the purchase of
livestock, equipment, make
farm improvements and any
other purposes that farmers
may need.
Carringer will make and
servicc cooperative farm credit
loans in Clay, Cherokee,
Macon, Swain, Graham, and
Cherokee County
History Continues
NEXT WEEK
James Carringer
Jackson counties from his
office located in Dr. Dickey's
office building across from the
West Motel on the Andrews
Highway.
He is married to the former
Miss Janice Maddox of Baxley,
Ga. and has one son, James
Scott. The Carringers reside at
110 Hill Street in Murphy.
Knit One , Purl Two . . .
The second and third grade
students in Mrs. Annette Moore's
room at the Shooting Creek
Elementary School in Clay County
have learned to knit in addition to
their other class room work. The little
girl above has finished the scarf she is
wearing and is now starting on a pair
of bedroom shoes.
Other photographs are on page 3.
(Scout photo by Bill Gray).
Jurors Are Drawn For
Superior Court Term
(
A total of 110 names have
been drawn as prospective
jurors for the Superior Court
to be held in Murphy beginning
March 31. Sixty names have
been drawn for the first week
of court while 50 are scheduled
for the second week, which
begins April 7.
District Court Judge Felix E.
Alley, Jr. will be at the
courthouse in Murphy on
Wednesday, March 12 at 10:00
a.m. to hear applications for
excuses for jury duty. Anyone
who has any reason for not
being able to be a juror must
be excused by Judge Alley.
Jurors for the first week
from Murphy are: Mrs. W. H.
Accident
Injuries
Driver
Robert Lee Herron, a 28
year-old man from Asheville,
was seriously injured in a
one-car accident just outside of
Murphy early Tuesday
morning.
According to Murphy Police
Chief Pete Stalcup, Herron was
traveling toward Murphy and
lost control of the car, crossed
the two left lanes and ran off
the left side of the road. The
accident occured on the curve
between the Townson Lumber
Company and the truck stop
on U.S. 64 west.
The car, a 1959 Ford was a
total loss. Herron suffered a
broken leg and hip, and was
transferred to an Asheville
hospital.
Stalcup Mid that Herron
would be charged with driving
under the Influence.
Bates, Mis. Harold M. Hall,
Luther Burgess, Mrs. Ann
Phillips, Roy S. Hooper, Nellie
Lunsford, Lillard Walker,
Loren Davis, Shirley Mae
Clark, Mrs. Robert C. Witt,
Lou Graves, Edith Howard,
David L. Huffstetler, Loleta
Harbin, Sister Marie Ignait,
Lorraine Hembree, Hazel
Huskins, Ralph Stiles, Carrie L
Smith.
Otil Fred Sneed, Holland
McSwain, Sarah Long, Mrs. H.
C. Ware, Mrs. Henry Braswell,
Richard P. Mauney, J. C.
Nichols, Jr., Fannie D.
Lovingood, Loy Garrett, J. T.
Watson, Otis Cox, M. Dorthey
Johnson and Alfred L Sutton.
Marble residents include
Mrs. Jack Palmer, Mrs. Roland
Garrett, Mrs. Leona H. Debty,
Mildred Bryson and Ernest
Griggs.
Andrews residents: Gladys
Day, Elva Hardin, Lewis O.
Reed, James W. Adams, Delia
Watkins, Junior Stiles, G.
V. Powers, Hazel Love,
Woodrow W. Morgan, Sue
Nichols, Oscar Passamore, Ann
CoUett.
Norma Carringer, Bradford
Cantrell, Carrie Hughes, all
from Brasstown.
Culberson residents are: Mrs.
G. B. Hunter, Ira C. Owenby,
and Christine Golden.
Jurors for the second week
are, from Murphy, Laura
Carter, Veldia Barrett, Howard
L Martin, Garland Dockery,
Beulah Palmer, James L.
Woody, Ariel Stiles, Frances
Evans, A rut her Dockery, Edna
Loving odd, George W. Moore,
Mrs. Nell Johnson, L T. Fox,
Floyd A. Dockery, Ruth
Robertson, Norm K. West.
Charlie Carroll, Butler Cuter,
Bill English, X M. Hartne*,
Richard C. Lemons, W. W.
Rogers, Paul Dockery.
From Andrews, Sarah
Adams, Mrs. J. Wayne Battle,
Mary Willie Gentry, Bessie
Whitaker, Hugh W. Hamilton,
Gerald McGuire, John Beaver,
Gay Hardin, Luther White,
Robert Freeman, W. T. Bristol, *
Sherman K. PostelL, Revi
Crawford, Billy McKinney,
Mrs. Carl West, Mrs. Wflma
Gibson, G rover White, Geneva
Purser, and Hugh H. Jones.
Jurors from Marble are,
Edward Chastine, C. T.
Winkler, Mrs. Rosco Husk ins,
Cecil Barton, George Truitt,
and Arnold Bettis.
From Brasstown are Ben H.
Ashe and Edward HalL
r
Townson Funeral Home
Plans Two New Locations
John Carringer,
vice-president of Townson
Funeral Home, announced
today plans to open funeral
homes in Andrews and
Hayesville.
The J. B. Hudson house on
Main Street in Andrews has
been acquired and is under'
going extensive remodeling
including a chapel, Carringer
stated. The funeral home in
Andrews is scheduled to open
during the week of March 10.
"Plans are incomplete for
the opening of our Hayesville
branch," Carringer said, "but
we do hope to open there in
the near future."
Carringer also announced
that Mr. Henry Hylton has
been named manager of the
new Andrews facility.
Mr. Hylton, a native of
Franklin, has been with
Townson Funeral Home for
one year and resides at Rt.
Marble with his wife, the
former Hazel Crisp and their
four children, Troy, 23,
Juanita, 14, Jeannie 11, and
Ramona, 10.
Prior to his employment
with Townson, Mr. Hylton was
with Potts Funeral Home of
Franklin for three years and
has been associated with
funeral homes for eight years.
He is a retired Senior Chief
Petty Officer serving 21 years
in the U.S. Navy. During his
career he spent 17 years of sea
Henry Hylton
duty, serving in every Navy
theater including three cruises
around the world. He also
served four years of recruiting
duty.
Mr. Hylton is a Master
Mason and a member of the
Junaluskee Lodge No. 145
A.F. & A.M. He and his family
are Baptist.
"The late W. D. Townson
originally made these
expansion plans over a year
ago," Carringer said "and it
was his wishes that the family
carry on the expansion
program in his area."
Murphy Electrical Week
Is Declared By Mayor
March 2 through March 7
has been designated "Murphy
Blectrical Week" to
commemorate the anniversary
of the Murphy Power Board.
Mayor Cloe Moore signed a
proclamation this week that
officially sets aside this special
week to mark the fifteenth
anniversary of the Murphy
Power Board and the arrival of
TVA power here in 1939.
"We are honored," John
Bayless, local power system
manager said, "that public
officials here have decided to
proclaim this special week
observance.
"The people here own the
Murphy Power Board," he
added, "and certainly this
makes our 'Electrical Week'
celebration a community-wide
event."
PROCLAMATION
By the Mayor
WHEREAS, the City of Murphy has enjoyed low-cost
power generated by the Tennessee Valley Authority for
15 yean; and
WHEREAS, the publicly-owned Murphy Power Board
has distributed this low-cost power locally on a
non-profit basis for 15 years; and
WHEREAS, we recognize the invaluable service which
electricity renders to our city in our homes, businesses,
and industries; and
WHEREAS, we desire to pay tribute to the board,
management, and employees of the Murphy Power
Board whose efficient and capable efforts have provided
us a constant and dependable supply of low-cost
electricity for 15 years.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Cloe Moore, Mayor of the
City of Murphy, N.C. do hereby proclaim the week of
March 3 - 7 as
MURPHY ELECTRICAL WEEK
in this city and urge all citizens to join in this
observance.
Signed and Witnessed this
March 3, 1969
Cloe Moore
Mayor, Murphy, N. C.
Kanny Graham, ton of
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Graham. Mich a* Pack,
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