Scout Photo-Davis MRS. JOHN DICKEY AND MRS. BOYCE STILES aren't pinning a tail on the elephant here, but are decorating the Republican Headquarters which opened here Monday, September 14, on Peachtree Street in the office formerly occupied by Bateman & Nipper Real Estate. The Headquarters are open each day except Sunday, from 9:00 to 4:30 p.m., with free coffee, do nuts and cookies served. 2 Honor-Grade Prisoners Flee Cherokee Prison Camp MURPHY- Two honor grade prisoners from Haywood County scaled a compound wall at Cherokee County prison unit near here Tuesday morn ing September 22, and made a successful break into the Hiwassee River. Prison officials said the trail ended at the river and that a detail of 35 searchers with dogs was still trying Tuesday night to pick it up. The convicts were J. C. Clontz, 20, and Wayne H.Bur nette, 22, both of Canton. Clontz was serving two to five years for forgery and Burn ette was serving a five-year term for armed robbery. Nei ther is regarded as particul arly dangerous. Lt. C.R. Conley of the pri son camp at Peachtree said the fugitives likely are look ing for a car to lengthen their getaway. They were missed by guard Arnold Kil patrick at a check, and he went outside the compound with a dog to look for them. He saw them running toward the river at one point, but they disappeared before any one could close in. A prison number torn from a green fatigue uniform was found in the bushes, Conley said. Clontz escaped from a pri son detail once before, Lt Conley said, enjoying a few hours of freedom in Decem ber, 1960, while serving time for a misdemeanor He begar serving his latest sentence last December. Burnette was sentenced lasl November. Captain M.O. McCall of the Cherokee Prison Unit state< that there was possible conn ections between the escapees and an automobile stolen ii Brasstown Tuesday night, am a two -ton truck stolen in Mur phy near the Southern depot but the search will continue. The car stolen fromBrass town was found within an hour in Hayes ville by Patrolman R. H. Ensley. The truck was found within a mile of where it was originally parked. De tails are incomplete concern ing both thefts. At press time the search for the escapees was center ed in the mountain area be tween Hayes ville and And rews. The Cherokee Camp is being assisted in the search by guards from the Haywood County Prison Unit and Crag gy Prison in Buncombe County. Clontz was described as tall and slender at 5-11 and 135 pounds while Burnette is 5-8 and 140. Both have brown hair and both have arm tatt oos. The break was the second In less than a month from the Cherokee unit. On August 29, Seth Gibson a trusty serving 40 years for rape walked away from the prison farm and remained at large for six days. He was caught about seven miles from the camp, after a week of tension in the county. Two women were attacked in their homes and later iden tified Gibson as their assail > ant. r There was considerable ' public clamor about Gibson's s honor-grade status before he i was captured, and George s Randall, state Director of Pri sons, told State Sen. W. Franli t Forsyth and Mrs. Mary Fayc Brumby, Democratic candi date for State Representative 1 that the camp here is beinj * considered for abandonment i The present search for l Clontz and Burnette is beinj I conducted in an entirely diff ? ? erent atmosphere, Lt. Conle; ? Hit THOSE ATTENDING A COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT luncheon meeting In Waynesvtlle September 21, were(sea ed, L-R) Mrs. Roscoe McMlllian, Sure Garden Club Pre: idem; Mrs. Lonzo Shields, Murphy Garden Club; (sunt ing) Miss Louise Ballard, Wilson Medford, and Mrs. Edgar Harshaw, Murphy Garden Club. Thousand Dollar Civic Improvement Contest Told WAYNES VILLE ? Comm unity improvement was the subject of a luncheon meet ing on September 31 in Way nes ville. City officials, gar den club presidents, as well as key members from near by communities were given details of a contest offering North Carolina cities cash awards for successful pro jects in civic beautifies tlon or improvement. This new program, co sponsored by the Garden Club ef North Carolina, Inc., and the Community Improvement Fund of Sears, is designed - ? - to Invite and stimulate orgar izations to cooperate by p Cuarterback Club To Meet Tonight MURPHY- TheQuarterback Club will meet tonight(thurs day) immediately following the Bryson City- Murphy J.V. football game. The meeting will be at the Murphy Ele mentary School libraqr. Films of the Murphy-Sylva Webster football game will be shown. An added feature will be films of a Southern 60C race, which will alio be shown. These meeting are open tc the public and anyone Inter ested In helping advance sports at Murphy High Schoo U Invited to attend. Pep Roily Walter R. Puett, principal of Murphy High School, ann ounced today that school will be dismissed at 2:45 Friday in order that students can have a pep rally, prior to the Murphy-Canton football game. The pep rally will be held at the Murphy High football stadium. Murphy Man Is Burned MURPHY- Clyde Hansuck er, 23, of Murphy received third degree burns on his left arm, second degree burns of his chest and stomach, and minor burns on his right arm, Monday morning, Sept ember 21, when a gasoline mixture flared at him at work. William S. Watts, owner of Cherokee Electric Motor Co., where Hunsucker works, said the victim was engaged in a process known as "stator burning" outside the building when the fire occured. A combusible mixture is used in this process. Watts said evidently the container in which the mixture was pour ed was hot, causing the ex plosion. Mr. Hunsucker was admit ted to Providence Hospital where his condition is listed as good. Adult Classes In Vocational Training May Begin In Oct. MURPHY- Holland Mc Swain, Superintendent of Mur phy City Schools, announce* that definite plans have beer made for adult classes ir Vocational Training to be off ered here in Murphy beginn ing, perhaps, some time in October. A meeting with represent atives of the Asheville Ind c ustrial School was held last week. As a result of this meeting the date of October 6 was set for pre-registrat ion, in Murphy High School Library, and eight or nine different courses which may be operated, depending upon the number of adults who are interested in taking the course or courses, were selected. Since this will be a Tri County Program the citizens of Clay and Graham counties, as well as all of Cherokee County will be given the opp ortunity to participate. Some of the courses which adults will be given a chance to register are: brick lay ing, business training(typing bookkeeping, shorthand, etc.), carpentry, electrician, nurses aid, welding, basic blue-print reading and public school courses for adults who have not completed high school an< are over 18 years of age. The number of the abov< courses will be deter mi net by three things: number ol adults who are Interested a: indicated by their registrat ion, the availability of equip ment needed and the avail ability of qualified instruct ors. eana uay To Be Held On October 10 MURPHY- The Band Boos ters met Thursday night, Sept. 17, at Murphy School audit orium to elect officers foi the coming year. Elected to serve this yeai were: Mrs. W. T. (Bud)Brown president; Mrs. Harry Moore vice-president} Mrs. Lewi; King, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. W. M. Lay was elect1 ed chairman of Band Day, ti be held Saturday, October 10 On this day die band will per form on the town square an will solicit funds to help pa; for their new unifroms. Murphy Midget* To Open Season Against Blairsvilie 1 MURPHY- The Murp? Midget Football Team wii 1 play its first game with tl Blairsvilie, Georgia Team i ' Thursday, September 24, 18 at 6 p.m. | The game will be playi 1 just prior to the JV Gan In the High School Stadiui Scout fttoto-D>via SBI AGENT M. G. CRAWFORD is shown on arrival Wed nesday, Sept. 23, at the Cherokee County jail, turning Seth Gibson over to Sherift Claude Anderson (back to camera) to await preliminary hearing. Gibson Returns For Preliminary Hearing MURPHY- Seth Gibson, an escaped rapist was returned to Cherokee County jail by SBI Agent M. G. Crawford Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 2:35 p.m. to await preliminary hearing. Since his capture September 3, Gibson has been in Dorthea Dix State Hospital in Raleigh for observation. Gibson, 39, escaped from the Cherokee County Prison Camp in the Peachtree section of Cherokee County, Saturday August 29, and alledgedly rap ed two women and attempt ed to rape a third. He was an honor grade prisoner at the camp and was serving a 40 year sentence for rape. Gibson was captured Thurs day, Sept. 3, about 9:30 a.m. by Robert D. Kephart and Ro bert Furman Anderson, both of Route 2, Murphy. The capture of Gibson by Kephart and Anderson clim axed an intensive 5