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Volume 80 Number 2lj Murphy North Carolina. ^8906 Second Cl<m Postage Paid At Murphy North Carolina I liursday January 8 l'J70 ^
County Commissioners Approve Master Plan For Murphy-Andrews Corridor
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A four Idnt' highway from Murphy l?.
Andrews a tomnioti water system serving
the two towns and the valley between
them a common sewer system tor the
Murphy Andrews Corridor .40.000 people m
the county big. modern plants and hundreds
of new jobs
These and other visions of a booming
Cherokee County of the future floated above
the meeting table Monday morning as the
' county Board of Commissioners discussed and
then adopted a master plan lor development of
' the Murphy Andrews Corridor
"This will be better than liquor stores or the
sales tax." Chairman W.T Moore said "When
it's ail done, there will be no reason fur
anvbod* louring 11 ?r a _.ob !?' e-.er lea
i < >U i il v
I he plan, end result <4 a '.w-.> and a h.
studv bv the State Planning lasK Pure
t ? ? r spending abuul >10 A 11) 1111 ? ? r i ? ? v t-r t!
in years to eofistruc! the water and
s\ S11*f!LS
An Appalachian Highway tor '.In
between Murphy and \ndrews ?s ,
planned by federal agencies. jI was
and the final result a ill be an are
attractive tu new industrv . boasting a rai
four lane highway . water and sewer serv u
Moore predicted that smalt settlemt
over the county will grow and other ne
will spring up as homes are construe
house the growing population
Kslimated cost of the water system
about >0,900,000. with the sewer sys'
cost an additional SH.bOO.OOO l! ma
grants art realized r r??i*. ledt r.
lunds arid other programs ihe i
fur the -a holt program wii
^1:. lOO.tKH I, at i oi Hi ng h ? the slatt
[ he countv a ill pa\ lis sLu
bonds, it", \irit! a Spfflal "a\ ull
t barging fur the a alt r ami -*? a? r -
lhe timetahh in [fit- plan
Planning la.sk kt#rt e colls lor t un.
dam t.ri Junalashu < reek abt
o instruction ul j water purr u a! i
a!id Laying t?t an is inch mainline
the central Andrews business h\ 1
I his will cost an estimated S i
stale planners think federal t
amount of S1. oSi Jj M n i can be at q
county proving SI,'217,000 thr
issue I'his would be rion local in
;>0 per cent fur the projet t. a l'l
planners think could ht- pushed
al \ppalaihla irii( iri tin ? ? th? r Magt s "I lh? .>a!' r pr..|ii I
?> shari Itn-staU plamu-rs re* > 1iii ? sdi-iuti rig r In
1 hr about iHimh hm lo Mjrtik ti\ )'?>.' and !.?
- plaiiiJtTs Murph\ h\ [\IHit t.. in in i .11r.: wahr
iri hv issuing svstffus 1 lit- linal stagr o! llu wa'.rr f>r? ? 11-t t
propi-rlv arid would br to t-nlargy thr purirn a! i-plant a*
a r.iit- I fit- JuriaJuska ri-s?r, ? ? i; in llu- -.far J'hi >
bv thr Stall' I ht- plan lor thr srwrr proyt ' ? ...hi also tn
.pit-lion ul thr Andn-ws. Marblt and Murphv (i^rM.n h..1 I h*?
i\i- Andrews. hrst stagt- ot rorisirut tnri is :io! rt < ? ? r111:.< ndrd
plant llu-rt- until ldSii Srwrr hnrs fmm \ndrt-w
trorn thrrr to fir^l br laid down lo Marhlt arid a
d t? rnpurarv l>pe sewugr tri-alnn-nt plat ' would
.il'JV.in.10 I ht- br installed thrrr lo discharge ? ' ? *f.? \ al r\
;rarits in tin- Hr.rr
uirt-d with thf I fit-1i thi- linns would ht- laid n l./ Mu.rph\ hv
? n.gh a bond IddU wht-rr a trealmr: I plaid lo srrw- the
onr\ ot aboul whole corridor would ht huih srwagt- flowing
igurr lilt* stati- m mostK b\ gravil\. trralrd ht-rr and Ihrn
wp to HD pt-r discharged info thf Hiuasso- Hiu r I trial stage
i ? u!' 1 hi eornpleted h\ the \t-ar lil)uij .1- Iht
M..rph\ t real men I plant would be expanded "
s? r.r thr rT/Ain^ population
Iao incidental points mentioned b\ ;h?
slatt planners in ihnr report art' interesting t'
( hi-ri'MT ( uurtlv otficials One Ads thai tin
Juna.i.Nka reservoir Mould not Ik- ahh supp.'v
Aaltr 'it a heav\ industrial user in. for
r \ am plr a d\ein^ or bleaching operation it
v.as recommended that an\ plants a hu h art
hiav, .tM-rs id water h?- located at the tower
? :.ii ?.I the corridor near Murpln where they
< oiihl draw their own aaler from the Hiwassee
H:si I
Iht other pi Milt Aas that Iht- state planners
predict more growth aiII come in thr
\ndrt an Marble arra than iri Murphy, dur to
tin topograph}, ol thr two sections.
I ht- rrporl reads. in part " 1 opographv in the
\ndrews Marble Service Area is more suitable
to lit velopment Industrial growth is expected
primarily in the Valley Kiut volley between
Marble and Andrews I hi- majority of the
ultimate Corridor population will probably
reside within thi* Andrews Marble Service
Area
I he report whieh Chairman Moore showed
oilier lounty commissioners Monday has not
been printed in quantity yet and will not be
distributed iri Cherokee Countv before
hebruary or March Much discussion and
explanation of it m detail is expected before
any concrete action is begun
The commissioners emphasized that they
were m favor of developnieril of the corridor
hut stressed that approval ot ledt raJ funds in
Congress will have to be made and county
voters will have to approve bond issues before
any construction begins on any phase of the
water or sewer projects
Snow Prolongs Christmas Vacation
Staff Photographer Hugh Carnnger set his shutter
s(?''-d at a fast 250th of a second and wasted no time
in snapping this picture Tuesday of schoolboys
sledding on McCleland Street hill In addition to three
sleds and a bicvcle heading his wav. one of the
ruffians in tin- rear loosed a snowball (circled! at the
photographer Schools 1!'. the eount> had opened
Monday after the Christmas vacation only to close
again Tuesday and Wednesday due to the snow
Water, Sewer Lines To Be Laid
'?At No Cost To Town Of Murphy
J The Murphy Town hoard Town Attorney Herman
met Monday night and Ldwards and Town Clerk
cheerfully agreed to let other Charlie Johnson were
organizations install water and authorized to draw up an
sewer lines, ordinarily a town agreement with Levi Strauss
function, in two special cases. and Co., by which the town
The new Levi Strauss plant would provide the water for
north of town needs water the plant, which is not a heavy
service but is about a mile user of water
jibeyond present town water However. Johnson. Mayor
mes. Board members were Cloe Moore and others
lformed that the company has suggested that an eight inch
. ?'reed to lay a six-inch line at water line would be better for
is own expense if the town the extension than the six inch
i zill agree to provide the water line proposed hv Levi Strauss
service and the town attornev
;.lay County Native
Murdered In Nassau
Charles Hasson Hill. Jr . HI
.as murdered Saturday
fternoon, Jan 3. as he was
ightseeing in Nassau, the
apital city of the Bahama
ilands
The police department of
assau reported to Hill's
irents, Mr. and Mrs Charles
. Hill of Route 4. Hayesville.
that according to
eye witnesses, the voung
tourist was struck with a piece
01 iron by one of two teenagers
L. who were serving as guides on a
tour of the city. Upon last
contact with Nassau officials,
one of the youths had been
apprehended and the identity
of the other was known.
The apparent motive of the
killing was robbery since there
was a sizable amount of money
found on the suspect taken
Into custody
Young Hill had served three
years (1964 19671 in the U.S.
" try; most of that time spent
th vicinity ofSaigon> South
i.am After his discharge
the Navy in October.
|7, he accepted a position as
Dt ntant with Philco-Ford
ation in their offices in
gon, where he was
^'?mployed at the time of his
ited his parents in the
iter section of Clav
In July of 1969
Dec. 17, 1969 he
Miss Wendy Chung, a
giri he met four years
Saigon. She, together
f parents, had fled from
20 years ago. Having
different flights, Mrs
C H Hill. Jr
Hill was stranded in Honolulu.
Hawaii, at the time her
husband was killed. She was
contacted and flew into
Knoxville, Tenn Tuesday
Hill's mother said he had
telephoned her on Christmas
from Tokyo, Japan and again
the following Saturday Dec 27
from Hong Kong
The body will be flown to
Atlanta, Ga where it will be
picked up by Ivie Funeral
directors. It is not known just
when it will arrive. Funeral
services will be in the
Sweetwater United Methodist
Church and interment will be
in the church cemetery.
Further arrangements will be
announced later by Ivie
Funeral Home
expressed hop*- that a way may Voted to repair sewer
yet be found to install the pumps, a $1,500 job, and
larger line discussed at length (he
"A six-inch line could serve purchase of a street flusher. to
several plants in that area if clean the town streets. A new
they are built there in the flusher would cost about
future," Johnson said, but he $4,500. Johnson, said, not
added that an eight-inch line including the truck chassis on
would be better, both for which it is mounted He noted
industrial and residential thai it could also double as a
expansion expected north of piece of fire fighting
town in the future equipment
board members stipulated Heard member Ken
that the agreement contain (lodfrev make a motion, which
phrases to limit the plant's use was quickly and unanimously
of water to "domestic approved, that the old traffic
classifications. "We couldn t light at the square be installed
provide water for a washing or at the Courthouse intersection
dyeing operation, one board when new traffic lights are put
me mber said up at the square
The board members also Heard Johnson report
agreed to the Murphy Housing that about 150 street signs
Authority and the federal around town need repainting
Department of Housing and but that it is cheaper to buy
I rban Development laying a new ones than pay labor for
sewer tine to serve a public repainting He said the order
housing project planned for for the new signs, at Sl.bO
Park Avenue, near the Rimco apiece. has already been
Manufacturing plant mailed
Johnson explained that the
30-unit housing project, which
will probably be let for bids
about the first of March, will
be located about 1.000 feet
beyond the town's present
sewer lines It was further
explained that sewer service is
a town function but there is no
money in the town treasury for
a major project such as this
Therefore. the Murphy
Housing Authority proposed rhe heas% ram fuesdav
Rain Washed
Town Streets
-For Free!
that the 1.000 feet of line be night of last week probablv
laid with federal money A Mved the T()wn of Murptu
public housing project pays no ab()ut ?500
taxes but does make pay ments
each year in lieu of taxes,
generally lower than property
The rainfall. officially
measured at almost two inches
taxes would have been The -washed thp strP4>ls flean;
Housing Authority suggested
Town Clerk Charlie Johnsor
that instead of making these "Most rains arc not heavv
payments to the Town Board, eno^ to d0 ,t
it w ould lay the sewer line and
apply its cost against what The streets, marked with
would have been paid to the mu(j an(j m Sl>me place<
Town Board each year in lieu covered with the salt mixture
of taxes used to melt the Christmas
The Town Board accepted snow, would probablv havt
the plan unanimously been washed down this week
In other business, the Tow n Johnson added
Board
Received an application Tfie job is done al night, hi
from Andrew "Bucky" Rose explains, when most cars an
and Charles Odom to establish ?ff the streets and it mpan
a "good, reliable" taxi overtime pay for towi
ojjeration in Murphy Rose said crewmen The job usually take
the service would begin with about three nights, he said, ant
two cars and would offer a in addition to overtime pay
24 hour service. The board the firehoses used in the jot
approved the application and are badly worn by bein|
wished the operation good dragged through the streets ant
luck have to re replaced
New Registration
Begins Next Week
I here will hi Mil mure
rrgistermg voters in tin
pre el nets the ChiTnln
County B u j r it .. I
Commissioners Mondav
approved a (nose leat
registration system aim I.
begins next wet k in the
Kleetnins office at the
Courthouse
ITie County Board o:
Kleetions recently appro,id a
plan which was. in turn,
adopted and implemented hy
the county commissioners 111
their meeting Mondav
Beginning nest week . a
secretary will hi on dutv
during regular office hours S
a m until 4pm., I uesday and
rtmrsdavs in *'4 Boar' of
elections otiice ? u- will he on
duty on Saturdays from Ha.ni
until noon for registering
voters m the new. loose leaf
sy stem
Voters who registered in the
system in 19?>9 will not have to
register but all others will have
to register before voting m the
primaries this spring
It was explained that when
B.500 voters have registered
the office will then be kept
open full-time five-and-a-half
day s a week
The county's proposed heer
can ordinance also came up 111
the business session Monday
with all the commissioners
joining in the discussion except
Kav Sims, who was absent
Sims recently suffered a
broken leg in a
horsebat k riding accident
A county ordinance requires
two public readings and a
hearing before becoming law
The ordinance, started on its
way to law last fall- the first
reading was held in October
and the public hearing was held
about the middle of October
It was to get a second reading
111 December and if it received
a favorable vote then, would
become law on Dec. 2,4 The
measure, however, died when it
w as not given a second reading.
The ordinance, similar to
one passed by the Town Board
of Murphy , prohibits drinking
beer or wine or possession of
opened containers of these
beverages on any public road
or parking lot in the county It
is aimed at stopping the
random tossing of empty beer
cans along roadways
throughout the county
Chairman W.T. Moore said
Monday he didn't think the
ordinance would help much
but Commissioner Jack
Simonds said he believed it
would
Cherokee Deputy Sheriff
Dude Radford, present at the
meeting, said deputies and
state troopers would be able to
enforce the ordinance if they
saw opened cans of beer in any
cars they stopped As it stands
now. he said, if such a car is
stopped inside the Murphy
towr. limits, officers can charge
a violation of the town's
ordinance, if a car is stopped in
the county with opened cans
of beer, which probably will be
tossed out when emptied, the
officers can do nothing
One of the commissioners
noted that a state law already
on the books makes it illegal to
litter the highways with any
kind of garbage, including beer
cans
Simonds made a motion,
seconded by Mrs Kmogene
Matheson. that the ordinance
pr? m i ? hi- started again and
CounU V; T ? i r:: * - \ L I. .Mason
was irisir.a vd h? draw up the
ordinance arid ha-.e if reads. !nr
a first reading a: tht fehruary
meeting
In other husi! rss. ill*,
i ?inimivtinni'rs
Heard Bilk WolC on
plans for a new hangar at the
Murph\ \ridrews Airp? ? rl in
hi- constructed b\ the Wells
and West 'irrn and the
R i> hhins \ 11 le I a nd-clearing
partners, Phillip-- A Jordan
Wells wanted to know how the
? oiint\ would go about letting
.he two firms build the hangar
and use it tax tree for a
number of \ears, after which it
on id hv i -1 m 4. con nl v
prop* m No ?)????:11'i term was
agreed upoti hut the\ suggested
that Wells come hack at a later
meeting with some plans for
the hangar, which would house
planes at the airport now left
out in the weather
Voted to send a deputv
sheriff to Breathalyzer school,
to be held sometime soon in
Western North Carolina 1 he
machine. which tests the
breath of those charged with
driving drunk, is kept at the
Cherokee County Jail and used
by the Highway Patrol but no
sheriff's officer ?s certified to
use it
Heard a report from
Count \ Auditor Barbara
Sialcup that SUM had been
spent recenth in repairing
bunks in the county jail, on the
recommendation of the state
jail inspector's office She said
the state jail inspector also
recommended thai locks inside
the jail be repaired and
prisoners be confined to cells
rather than allowed to run
loose inside the jail
CHECKS
&EPTED
4 payment o?
f N S E PLATE TIES
License Plate Time Again
Mr-. Mescal Johnson displays <
tfii- ll'TO license plates which w>
--ale at thr local Western Auto stu
Knda\ The red-un white plate
jni* i>t briskly. she said
?nt or. time to rmik'
r > ? li.Lst shipment 1 't 1
i sold Photo t
hut it ui!l take some
a (let.; in the first
"i.ltnn plates (Staff
Fund Drive Reaches $5,000
1 he Murphy Hospital
Authority - fund raising drive
has passed the $5,000 mark
but officials are somewhat
disappointed at the slow pace
of donations
hill Christy, Citizens Bank
assistant vice president and
MM A treasurer, reported
Tuesday afternoon that 231
contributions have been made
to the drive with a total now of
?>5.052.10. "We're still a long
wav short of the $30,000 to
$10,000 we'll need to renovate
Providence Hospital." Jack
Owens. MHA chairman, said
Tuesday "What's happened to
the other 1,900 people who
received letters for donations''"
He referred to the 5,144
appeal letter- sent out by the
hospital authority on Dec. 20,
asking donations for the
campaign to repaint, relight
lower ceilings and generally
renovate the hospital, making
it more attractive to patients
and to doctors the MHA is
trying to recruit for Murphy
In the first week. 121
contributed to the cause, giving
an average of about $22 Their
total was $2,728.
Since then, t'hnsty said, an
additional 110 donations have
been mailed in. averaging about
the same, ranging in si/e from
$1 to $300 These have raised
the total to the present
$5,052.10.
The total of 231
contributions. Christy noted, is
less than a 5 percent response'
from the letters mailed out
Those who have donated
since the first report was made
are
J B and Ionia Mulkey .
Marley Jo and Ruth Kincaid,
Edwin Manchester. Moonlight
Saving Club: E C Stiles Eeila
Hayes. Josephine Heighway;
Bunch A Nugent. Marcille
Palmer: J H Hampton; Mr.
and Mrs Jake Johnson; Jim
Hendrix. Harold Brewer. Anna
Beal Cornwell. Hattie Palmer.
Hoc K. Weber. Phyllis
Goodrich. (' t Kmg.'Lyell G.
Van Atta. Mrs Evelyn D.
Hawkins. Mrs R. H, Foard.
Lloyd V Black. Luther
Burgess. Mrs W. D Ragsdale;
Margaret Quinn; Mr. and Mrs.
W M late:Kobert I) Bruce
Joe Phillips. Mrs W. T.
Cooper. Dewey B Sanders;
Bertha Kisselburg. Fred Ware;
Kenneth Godfrey. Murphy
Motor Court. Mr and Mrs Neil
Funk, Mr and Mrs Hobbie
Whitener. S J Gernert
Miss Martha Parks. Miss
Cassie L Johnson, Cecil B.
Da\. Major Wm. G. Allen;
Edith Breedlove. Buddy J.
McDonald. Wm. A. Hoover, M.
D Artie Kephart. Dora L.
Worley. Mr and Mrs. Guy Suit;
Gwen Cornwell, Joe Myers and
wife. Edward Davis; Mrs Pearl
Woodard, Willie Lou Shields;
Ida Little, Mrs Poley Chastain;
Wilbur L Roberts; King Auto
Supply. Cherokee Restaurant;
Thomas Cloe Moore; W Arthur
Hayes. George W. Morrowr;
Hardy Morris; Mr and Mrs.
Frank Ellis. Mr and Mrs.
Erancis Payne; Mr W. H.
Taylor
W T Gibson, E. R. and
Minnie Moore; Edna Whitener;
Lissie and Edna Moss; Mr. and
Mrs W H. Hughes; Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley Kinney, Jr. Mrs
Helen Wishon; Mr. and Mrs. F.
D. Phillips, Jr. C. W. Barrett;
Harry and Barbara Anderson;
Frank H Dickey, George E.
Fuller, Ronnie S. Trantham; B.
E. Doekery. Jr and Dorothy
Dockery, M H. Palmer.
Mr and Mrs. Bert C.
Ger.t.y; Mr and Mrs. Will
White. Mr and Mrs. Dan White;
John Mingus; Martha Brooks;
Lela Winkler; Marcella Smith
and Dr. James F. Smith and
wife; Samuel Padgug; Burke E.
Moore; Mrs Carl Debty; Mr.
and Mrs. Bergan Moore; Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Kilpatrick;
Glen and Amy Vandiver;
Murphy Hardware Co.
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Walls;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M.
Graham; Mr. and Mrs. F. R.
Morrow; Co ward's; Steve
Dockery; Inez Morrow; Botest
Ledford; Rev. David Gtockaar,
Holy Redeemer Catholic
Church; Hani Beerkem. R. H.
Ballenger; Gay Davidaoa; D. a
Gentry; Roy and Paari
Dockary; An rue Lou Rogers.
First Baby Of 1970
little Miss Patricia Michelle
Radford. shown above with her
mother. Mrs Virgil Radford of Marble,
became the first baby of 1970 born in
Cherokee County as she checked in at
3:55 a m New Years Dav It was the
second child for the Radfords; their
now daughter weighed 7 pounds, 7'A
ounces at birth and is 20 inches long.
Dr. Helen Wells was the attending
physician at Providence Hospital. (Staff
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