The Cherokee ?1 m Scout
and Clay County Progress
VoMtne 75- Number 13 Murphy, North Carolina October 22, 1964 16 Pages This Week ? P? yA "o*thT camlma
BLOODMOHLE TO BE HERE MONDAY OCTOBER 26
To Oppose Incumbent Sen. W. Frank Forsyth
Wesf Announces Candidacy At GOP Rally Here Friday
Scout Photo-DavU
HERMAN H. "BULL" WEST in announcing his candidacy for the 36th Senatorial District
raises clasped hands in unity with Robert Gavin (R) Republican candidate for Governor of
North Carolina at a Republican Rally held here Friday night, October 16.
William E. Moore
Agod 84, Dies
Ir Local Hospital
MURPHY- William E. (Will)
Moore, 84, died Sunday after
noon, Oct. 18, in a local hos
pital after two months illness.
He served for eight years
as chairman of Cherokee
County commissioners.
He was ? native of Chero
kee County and the son of the
late Newton and Loueve Hunt
Moore, pioneer citizen of this
section.
In earlier years he taught
school, moved to Ohio, and
operated an insurance busi
ness, and also served as
policeman in Struthers , Ohio,
for a short period.
He was a member of the
Peachtree Methodist Church.
Surviving are a daughter
in-law, Mrs. R. A. Martin;
a grandson, Morris (Johnny)
Moore of Murphy, and a grand
daughter, Mrs. Leroy Coker
of Atlanta.
Services were held at 3p.m.
Tuesday in the Peachtree
Methodist Church.
The Rev. C. A. Smith and
the Rev. Clark Benson offi
ciated and burial was in the
church cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Dr.
Paul Hill, Frank Forsyth,
Harry Bishop, Brown Cald
well, Abe and Carl Zimmer
man.
I vie Funeral Home was in
charge.
Comm. Development
Judging Monday
MURPHY - Community De
velopment Clubs who partici
pated in the 1964 Cherokee
County Community Develop
v mem program will be judged
by out of county judges next
Monday, Oct. 90.
The schedule of judging is
Peachtree 900 a.m.! Tomotla
11(00 awn.; Bell view lil6p.ni.
and Unaka 3:30 p.m.
Winners in the county con
test will receive 976 first
prise, $60 second prise, and
936 third prise.
The county winner will
have the opportunity to com
pete in the Western North
Carolina Community Develop
ment program. Last year
Unaka placed fourth among 133
communities in the area con
test.
Communities will be judged
on the basis of 1964 progress
made in the home Improve
ments, community programs,
youth programs, and family
income development.
Scout Sets Open
House For Sunday
MURPHY- The public is
Invited to attend open house
?t the CHEROKEE SCOUT
and CLAY COUNTY PRO
GRESS newspaper plant be
tween the hours of IKK) p.m.
and 5:00 p .m.| Sunday, Oct
ober 25.
The new, modern, all-elec
tric newspaper plant is loc
ated just to the rear of West
co Telephone Company's off
ice on Church Street.
It is felt that all subscrib
ers and friends of the Scout
Progress will find the latest
In offset printing methods
quite interesting and the staff
will be happy to show you
through the plant between
these hours, explaining opera
tions in detail.
As many machines asposs
ible will be In operation to
better explain the offset print
ing techniques.
Free candy and ballons will
be given to children, and you
may register for door prizes
to be given away at 5:00 p.m.
Sunday. However, you do not
have to be present to win.
among the door prizes are
an Admiral transistor radio,
gift of Cherokee Corporation;
an 8 day clock, gift of South
eastern Printing Ink, Inc.,
Chattanooga, Bill Bowman,
Manager; electric can opener,
gift of Murphy Tire and App
liance Company of Murphy;
and an eleven by fourteen
hand painted oil portrait of
yourself or child by Scout
Studios.
Refreshments will be ser
ved to the visitors.
MURPHY - Cherokee
County's two-term represen
tative, Herman H. "Bull"
West, provided the biggest
surprise of the current poli
tical season thus far when he
agreed here last Friday to
enter the race as Republican
candidate for the State Senate
from the 36th District.
The announcement of his
candidacy was made by GOP
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, Robert L.
Gavin, who was in Murphy
Friday night for a rally at
the county courthouse.
Mr. West served in the
North Carolina House of Rep
resentatives from Cherokee
County in the 1961 and 1963
General Assemblies.
In this year's senatorial
race he will oppose incum
bent Senator W. Frank For
syth of Murphy. The 36th Dis
trict was enlarged by the last
legislature to include six
counties - Cherokee, Clay,
Graham, Jackson, Macon, and
Swain.
In the race for the 36th
District Senate seat Mr. West
replaces James L. Nipper who
was the GOP candidate until he
recently moved out of the state
and was thus disqualified to
run.
With his entry into the race
coming slightly more than two
weeks before the November 3
election date, Mr. West must
run fur the Senate seat with
out his name on the ballot.
Ballots were primed sev
eral weeks ago, and Mr. Nip
per's name was listed as the
candidate. To cast a ballot for
Mr. West, voters will have to
mark their tickets for Mr.
Nipper.
On Tuesday of this week,
the Sate Board of Elections
certified Mr. West's candi
dacy and Elections Board
chairman, William Joslln of
Raleigh, said that Mr. West
could legally run for the Sen
ate seat in place of Mr.
Nipper. The State Elections
Board Chairman said he
would notify local elections
boards chairmen in the six
county district of Mr. West's
candidacy.
Mr. West's candidacy be
came official after Eleventh
District Republican Chair
Robbinsville Overpowers Murphy 27 -6
To Make Bid For Conference Thk
ROBBINSVILLE - In a
Smoky Mountain Conference
headliner and a game that was
rated even, the Black Knights
of RobbinsvUle trounced the
Murphy Bulldogs Friday night
in RobbinsvUle by the tune of
27 to 6.
The Black Knights led by
left handed Quarterback Russ
ell Wiggins, who not only play
ed a brilliant game, also pass
ed for two touchdowns which
led to the downfall of twice
beaten Murphy. This was the
first time that RobbinsvUle
has won from the Bulldogs
in nine years.
With Trost, Phillips and
Wachacha leading the way, the
Black Knights posted the first
score on the board with die
help of a touchdown pass
thrown by Wiggins to Gary
McMonigle in the end zone
with 1(37 remaining in the
first period. The pass was
good and RobbinsvUle was
ahead, 6-0.
The Bulldogs scored in the
second period with nine min
utes and fifteen seconds left
to go in die first half as a
result of a fumble by the hard
running Trost, with the Bull
dogs recovering on the Rctob
insvUle 18 yard line. Cole
and Watson picked up a first
down to die RobbinsvUle 8
yard line and from there Cole
crossed the Double stripe oil
a quick pitch out from Wat
son.
The run for die extra point
was no good and die score
was tied. From there It
looked like the Bulldogs were
on the way, but the worst
was yet to come.
On the ensuing kickoff,
Wachacha took Coles kickoff
and returned It to the Bull
dogs 46. Wiggins passed to
Trost for two yard* and then
another attempted pass by
Wiggins was snagged by Dav
id White and Murphy wcs in
possession on its 49 yard line.
On their march towards the
end sone, the Bulldogs picked
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up three first downs carry
ing to the Robblnsville 10-yard
line. On the next play the
Bulldogs fumbled and Jack
son picked it if) and from there
to the goal line not a single
Bulldog placed a hand on him
and it was another six points
Wachach a ran for the extra
point with only one minute
and forty three seconds re
maining in the first half.
In the remaining seconds.
Murphy picked up a first down
and were forced to kick on
the next series. Waymon's
kick was good for seventy
yards and the ball was dead
at the Robbinsville 2 yard
line and that was the end of
the second half.
The RobbinsvQIe Black
Knights returned for the
second half all fired up and
seemed to smell a victory
in the air. They picked up
three first downs with Troet,
Phillips, and Wachacha dri
ving hard. With fourth and
three and on the Bulldogs 10
yard line, a pass from Wigg
ins was incomplete in the
end sone and Bulldogs took
over on the Bulldogs 10. .It
was short lived as on the first
play a pitchout to Cole was
mishandled and Robblnsville
took over on the ten. Two
plays later Wachacha bulled
his way over for the score.
Wachacha kicked the extra
point making it Robblnsville
20, Murphy 6.
From here on out the Bull
dogs never seemed to recover
and victory was out of reach.
Wachacha's kick carried to the
Bulldog 30 yard line and lay
on the ground until a Black
Knigti came along and fell on
it. Three plays later a pus
from Wiggins to Morris Rog
er* was good for another tlx
mil iiiitW^itfirialrih ix in
Murphy once again good punt
ing by Waymon got the Bull
dogs out of trouble several
times. His longest kick of
the night carrying for seventy
yards. This victory for Robb
lnsville gives them a record
of six and one. Their only
defeat coming at the hands
of the Andrews Wildcats in a
very close game earlier in
the season.
This Friday night, the top
attraction In football for West
ern North Carolina will take
place in Andrews when the
Black Knights will be trying
to avenge their defeat at the
hands of the Wildcats earl
ier. The Wildcats are un
defeated in eight games and
are raited third with Robb
lnsvllle ranked fourth. Other
games In the area Include
Murphy traveling to Swain,
Winder-Barrow at West Fan
nin, and Union County at Cop
per Basin, Hayes rille has an
open date this weekend.
man Kent Coward of Sylvs
notified the Sute Elections
Board that Mr. Nipper had
submitted a letter of resig
nation as candidate, and that
the District Senatorial Com
mittee had completed and
signed a statement approving
Mr. West as the candidate to
replace Mr. Nipper.
Mr. West's first public ap
pearance following his an
nouncement as a candidate was
at a Republican dinner at
Nantahala Inn in Swain County
Monday night. "Just call me
Nipper West," he told the
cheering crowd at the dinner.
He explained that his name
would not be on the ballot
and that "a vote for Nipper
Is a vote for West."
The throng of Republicans
packed In the courthouse here
last Friday night cheered long
and loud when Bob Gavin told
them "Bull West has agreed
to run for the Sim Senate.
He is a fine Republican, typical
of all your candidates, and be
Is certain to be elected. I am
happy to be on the ticket with
him.
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<j?vm arew rounas a ap
plause at the meeting here
Friday during his speech
which included an outline of
his plans for a Jobs Develop
ment Commission. He said
that this state is now export
ing its most precious com ?
modity - "it's gifted young
men and women.
The GOP candidate for Gov
ernor said that the Mountains
are classified as a poverty
stricken area by both the state
and federal government.
"This area of poverty is
simply a lack of opportunity,
b Is difficult to make a liv
ing here," he added. He said
that if he is elected governor
the Jobs Development Com
mission will work to obtain
more Job* and higher paying
jobs In WNC and all of North
Carolina.
He condemned the Demo
cratic administration for sel
ling N. C.'s labor as cheap
labor.
"My opponent says 'Let us
continue' ,** Gavin said, "but
we cannot continue to let this
area remain poverty stricken.
We cannot allow people in
North Carolina to face the fut
ure without hope."
At the Republican dinner at
the Nantahala Inn Monday night
some 36 members of the party
faithful from Cherokee County
showed op for the 925 a plate
dinner meeting.
Those candidates attending
in addition to Mr. West includ
ed Virgil O'Dell of Murphy,
who is seeking the House of
Representatives' seat which
Mr. West occupied, and Clay
County's Republican Repre
sentative Col. Wayne G. West,
who is seeking reelection this
year. Col. West introduced die
speaker for the evening. Bill
Osteen of Greensboro,
minority leader for Republi
cans in the House during the
last two sessions of the legis
lature.
Other Cherokee County Re
publican officials at the meet
ing were County Chairman
Dcryle Burch, Sheriff Claude
Andersen, Judge Edwin Hyde,
Clerk of Court Don Ramsey,
Elections Board member D.
M. Reece, Carlyle Matheson
of the Tax Department, and of
ficers of the county GOP Wo
man's Club.
Clay County GOP Chair
man Bill Bradley also attend
ed the meeting.
Murphy Chapter DM
Installs New Officers
MURPHY ? Instillation of
officers of the Archibald IX
Murphey Chapter of OAR by
the State Regent, NCOAR,
Mrs. Abner Cornwall of Lin
colnton, N. C., wa a held at a
luncheon meeting at the borne
of Mrs. Ben Warner, Jr., on
Thursday, Oct. 16.
w?e was assisted by Mrs.
Hoy Caale, Librarian Gen
eral. NSOAR, of Ashevtllej
Mrs. G. A. Kernodle, Pan
Vice Regent General, NSOAR.
of Burlington) Mrs. W. OUlon
Chambers) Slate Librarian,
NCOAR, of Aslwtnuai and
Mra. J. Hardin llowell, Past
R?feat of Dorcas Bell Love
Chapter, OAR. Waynes rtlle,
N. C.
Offlcera Insulted for the
coming year were u follows!
Mrs. Jerry Davidson, Re
gent; Mrs. Robert Easley,
Vice - Regent; Mrs. Robert
White, Recording Secretary;
Mrs. N?U Sneed. Correspond
ing Secretary; Mrs. James
Stewart, Treasurer; Mrs.
John H. Bay less. Historian:
Mrs. Ban Warner, Jr., Regis
trar; Mrs. James Hilton, Li
brarian; and Mrs. Join
Phaup, Chaplain.
Twenty-fire members were
present at Ms meeting.
The ersnUational meet
ing a i
p>?y<
Chapter of OAR was held
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ROBERT GAVIN
. . Happy to be on the tick
et with Bull."
"BULL" WEST
" Just call me Nip
per."
Methodists
Sponsor
UNICEF Drive
MURPHY - "This yelr Hal
loween will become a 'Hal
lowed Evening* for many
children here in Murphy when
they dress up as ghosts and
witches and ring doorbells to
save the lives of less for
tunate boys and girls in other
parts of the world," Mrs.
Edith Ramsey, organizer of
the Trick or Treat for UNICEF
program said today.
"They will be proud to par
ticipate in the world's great
est effort by children to save
children," Mrs. Ramsey said.
"They know that every cent
they receive will provide help
for less fortunate youngsters
in more than 100 countries
aided by the United Nations
Children's Fund."
"UNICEF Trick or Treat
ers will be identified by the
orange and black label around
their half-pint milk contain
ers. They will be escorted
from door to door in small
groups by adults and respon
sible teenagers. Only such
"official" goodwill ambas
sadors will be authorized to
accept coins for UNICEF.
Interested persons should
contact Mrs. Ramsey at 837
3133.
Dr. C. F. Tate, Jr.]
To Speak
Here Oct. 27
MURPHY - The "Effect of
Smoking On The Health" will
be the subject of a speech to
be made at die Murphy Elec
tric Power Board Building in
Murphy on Tuesday, Oct. 27,
at 7s30 p.m. by Or. C. Frank
Tate, Jr.
Dr. Tate is associate pro
fessor of medicine at theUni
verslty of Miami, and director
of the chest disease section
of Jackson Memorial Hospital
in Miami, Fla.
Slides will be used for the
demonstration.
This program is being spon
sored by the Western North
Carolina Trterculosis Asso
ciation and Cherokee County
TB Advisory Committee,
whose work In tu&erculoals
control has been expanded
during the past several years
to include other respiratory
diSMMSi
Miss Willie Lovlngood of
Murphy is on the district board
and Mrs. Jack Ledford la the
local chairman.
On We&tasdty, Oct. 98, Dir.
Tate will be at the Murphy
School from 9 to 10 ?Jn.
from 10 >46 to 11 ?M a.m.
he will bo at fee Andrews
High School.
Murphy Needs Your Blood
By: Red *aiu,ler
MURPHY- The Bloodmobile
will be here In Murphy Mon
<??y. October 26, at the Pow
er Board Building.
There is very little we can
tell you about the blood bank
that you don't already know.
I am sure that you know of the
importance of keeping the
blood bank on a sound basis.
One of the world's great
est discoveries was how to
tranfuse blood from one hu
man to save the life of an
other. Because of this dis
covery thousands of people
?re alive today; many are
laughing children, happy young
mothers, with many others
surviving horrible accidents
and major operations.
Because of this discovery
medical science has been able
to explore whole new areas
of lifesaving, such as open
heart surgery, and to deve
lop dozens of new treatments
to combat and cure many types
of hitherto fatal diseases.
Human blood is certainly
"? miracle of nature" and
has become one of the great
healing medicines of modern
science.
Because you have given
freely of your blood in the past
and will continue to give
freely of a substance of your
body given freely to you by
the Almighty, certainly you
should be grateful enough to
share it with someone leas
fortunate than you. In leas
than twenty-four hour* after
giving a pint of blood, that
blood will be built back up
to normal.
If you are one who needs
a lot of persuasion, why not
look at it this way? You are
not actually giving your blood.
You are just loaning It to
someone for a day. You will
have it back twenty-four hours
later.
If everyone you know is an
enemy and you are afraid
that he will get your blood,
don't show up at the blood
mobile when it gets here,
but on the other hand if you
have loved ones, neighbors,
or friends, you will be ex
pected to come to the Power
Board Building in Murphy
Monday, October 26, between
the hours of 1:00 and 6:00
p.m.
As a rule, Its usually the
same ones that give blood
each time which is very good,
but wouldn't ft be real nice
if a lot of new faces show
ed up Monday.
Whether yours be a new face
of an old one, please let's
go above the quota this Mon
day, October 26.
Pedestrians Account For 16 %
Of N.C. Traffic Fatalaties
MURPHY- North Carolina
Highway Patrol will begin
"Operation PPP", Positive
Pedestrian Protection, this
week in an effort to reduce
pedestrian fatalities in the
state.
A three year study by the
North Carolina Highway Pat
rol has shown that sixteen
percent of all traffic fatalit
ies in the state are pedes
trian.
Pedestrian accidents occur
more frequently on Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday, with
these days accounting for fif
ty -eight percent of the ped
estrian deaths. Saturday is the
largest accident frequency
date with twenty -three per
cent of the weekly total.
The accident rate In North
Carolina has increased at an
alarming rate - for the past
several months, and the trend
is still upward, according to
State Highway Patrol records.
This emergency necessi
tates positive action on the
part of every citizen to do
everything within their means
to break this trend.
Area Tomato Market
Depends Upon Farmers
MURPHY - For years resi
dents of Cherokee County have
expressed an Interest in hav
ing a vegetable market in the
area. There is an opportunity
for this to become a reality
now if proper action is taken
by farmers in the area.
Producers of vine ripe
tomatoes in the area has
reached the point, with some
expansion of acreage in 1965,
that local packing facilities
could be established. Some
independent packers of toma
toes are interested in locat
ing in the area but they must
have the assurance of 80 -
100 acres of trellised toma
toes.
Providing facilities for
packing tomatoes and having
qualified packers of tomatoes
in the area will firmly es
tablish tomatoes as a new
enterprise in this area.
Farmers in the area are
being asked to attend one of
two meetings being held to
explain the marketing pro
gram for tomatoes.
For the farmers in the And
rews area, a meeting is being
held in the Vocational Agri
cultural Building Thursday,
Oct. 22, at 7:90 p.m.
For farmers in the Murphy
area, a meeting is being sche
duled in the Murphy Power
Board Building Monday, Oct.
26, at 7:30 p.m.
Farmers will be asked if
they are willing to grow toma
toes if a local marketing faci
lity is available next year.
A number of growers in
Cherokee County this year
were able to net better than
$2,000 per acre from their
crop and in some cases total
sales of tomatoes, after the
growing charges, went as high
as >4,000 per acre.
Murphy Quarter
Back Club Meets
Tonight, Oct. 22
The Murphy Quarter Club
will meet Thursday night at
the Elementary School at 8K?
P*Hli
A film of the 1962 Darling
ton 500 Race will be shown.
Dear Reader:
The Scout Is conducting a weekly presidential pre
ference campaign.
We would appreciate It If you would make your prefer
ence below, put it in an envelope and return it to us as soon
as possible, ft is not necessary for you to sign your name
unless you so desire. You may bring your straw ballot by
the Scout office, if you like.
The results of this survey will be reported at definite
intervals by The Scout until election time. Tour cooperation
will be appreciated.
Sincerely,
The Editor
IT'S A TIE
From Total Votes Received
Johnson 50% Goldwater SOX
Goldwater gained 9 percentage points tk
If the presidential election were held today 1 would vote
fori (Vote for one).
( ) Lyndon Johnson
( ) Barry Goldwater
HAVE YOU VOTED YBTT