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Thursday, June 3, 1965
Hew Softba!! League
Issues Cat! For Ptayers
MRS. SUE BHANTON
CHARLES BRANTON
FAMILY AFFAIR — A Bryson City mother and her son became
graduates only a few days apart — she from college, he from high
school. Mrs. Sue Branton was graduated in the recent ceremonies
from Western College where she received her bachelor's
degree in elementary education.. Her son, Charles Branton, was
graduated from Swain County High School here June 2. Both were
good students, she graduatng cum laude and Charles maintaining
a good average; She plana to teach and he plans to study medicine.
Loca! Poverty War
PtansAreOuttined
Just what is being done and
what is planned so that Swain
County can make the most of
the federal war on poverty pro
gram was outlined to the Bryson
City Rotary Club last week hy
Roy English, county welfare
Mew Bridge Sough!
Over Tuckaseigee
The newly -formed Roads
Committee of the Swain County
Chamber of Commerce lost no
time in swinging into action,
Carter Maddox, chairman, re -
ported to Chamber directors
Monday night.
Committee members and the
chairman met with Robert Pat
tillo of the state Highway De
partment, and made formal re
quest for a second bridge across
the Tuckaseigee River, and a
second through street in Bryson
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'Traffic conditions m Bryson
City are impossible in the sum
mer," Mr. Maddox said. "The
problems are compounded when
the manufacturing plants north
of the river let out, and the ve
hicles try to move across the
river on Everett Street.
"A second bridge is needed
desperately to relief" the con
gestion ,and another through
street to keep traffic from piling
up on U. S. 19 which is Bryson
City's Main Street, also is es
' sential."
In addition to Mr. Maddox,
Roads Committee members are
Ted Hyams, Jack Smith, Tal
mage Jones, Felix Potts, Vin
cent Gasaway and James Cog
gins.
Aldermen Request
Tax Refund Support
The Bryson City Board oi Al
dermen this week formally re -
quested Swain County State
Rep. C. R Crawford to support
a Mil which would add an esti
mated $13,766 to town funds and
$15,000 to county funds.
TTte measure, House, Bill 915
would increase from three-four.
tbs of one per cent to three per
sent the return to municipali
ties of state franchise taxes col
lected within town limits, and
allow a return of one and one
half percent of county franchise
taxes collected from outside
municipal limits.
Under present state tax laws,
Swain County stands to get no
franchise tax return, while if
HB 915 becomes law. the county
would collect $15,000 during the
' 1965-67 biennium.
Bryson City currently is sla
ted to collect $4,584.72 during
the coming biennium. This
would be raised to $18,351.51 un
dty provisions of the bill.
superintendent.
Mr English also is county
chairman of the economic -
portunity program and is a mem
ber oi the board of directors Of
the four-county corporation
which will make formal requests
for various types of aid.
Named the Four Square Cor
poration, the organization origi
nally was formed to take ad
vantage of available "rants from
the North Carolina Fund. When
it was announced that 'he Office
oi Economic Opportunity would
operate through area improve
ment corporations, the Four
Sauare Corporation was ready to
take over the assignment
Counties in die Four Square
Corporation are Swain, Chero
kee, t Graham and Clay.
First beneiit to Swam County
was a grant oi some $20,000 to
establish Project Head Start, a
program of pre-school training
for county children. A total of
112 were enrolled, and will be
given eight weeks of testing and
readiness training this summer.
Next program will be com
munity service jobs for 600 boys
and girls in the four counties.
Swain will have about 150 work
ing up to 15 hours a week dur
ing the school year, and up to
40 hours a week during the
summer.
The yoUng people will not
work in private businesses, but
in the schools, hospitals, librar
-ies, town and county offices
and with recreation programs.
A similar program is planned
for young men and women at
tending college. Only young
people from families with a cash
income below a certain level
will be used in the program, Mr.
English said.
Because the four-county area
has an annual per capita income
oi less than $750 a year ,the
Four Square Corporation is
eligible for 100 per cent federal
funds, Mr English said.
Other plans being made are
for a clean up campaign which
would employ college men, a
fight against vermin, a number
of programs to aid the small
farmer, forestry and a child care
center.
The child care center would
test and evaluate the abilities
and aptitudes of disturbed chil
dren and would employ a full
time psychiatrist and a number
of aides.
The center probably would be
in Andrews, Mr. English said,
and would cost between $350,000
and $500,000.
The program of greatest gen
eral interest would be a fuli
fledged four-county recreation
program, which would include
adult as well as youth partici
pation in baseball, softball,
basketball, and other team
sports as well as less active re
creational activities.
The Four-Square Corporation
would employ a professional re
creation director who would
oversee the work of full time re
creation directors in each town
or county.
A call has been issued for all
men and boys interested in
playing night softball in the
Swain County Athletic Associa
tion leagues this summer to
meet at 5 p.m. this Saturday,
June 5, in the bleachers of the
Swain County High School
athletic field.
The call was issued by Clyde
Bates, president of the newly
formed SCAA, which is plan
ning to form two six-team
leagues, one for boys from Id
to 17, the other for men over 17.
The season will last from June
15 to August 15.
"Our plans are dependent on
securing permission to use a
portion of the athletic field, put
ing up two light poles and gett
ing the field ready for play by
June 15," Mr. Bates said.
He said that a meeting with
the local school board had been
arranged for Saturday night
following the registration of
players and teams.
"We hope to be able to show
board members there is enough
interest in night softball here
to justify use of the field," he
said.
The portion of the field which
will be used, if permission is
granted, is in the northwest cor
ner of the stadium. Measure
ment showed that the softball
infield would not come within
30 feet of the high school foot
ball field.
If permission is granted by the
local school board the decision
must be rat,fied by the district
board. Indications are, however,
that this is only a formality, as
the district board almost in
invariably agrees with reason
able decisions Of the local bpard.
"The Swain County Athletic
Association hopes it will be
necessary td use this Held for
one MMMn Only," Mr. Bates ^aid.
"We hope that by next season,
Swain County wiil have a re
creation program in operation,
with adequate facilities for
other activities in addition to
softball.
"A successful season for the
softball leagues this year will
go a long way to help make such
a recreation program possible."
In addition to President Bates,
SCAA officers are Dwight Welch,
vice president, and Gene Brown,
secretary - treasurer. Directors
are Jack Blevins, Ed Gibson and
Dan Wood.
Members of the local board
are Commodore Casada, Dr. J. L.
Woody, Ed Dillard, John Cope
and O'Neil Muse.
Although"" the registration
meeting this Saturday a*temoon
is for men and boys, a softball
league for Swain County girls
also is being studied.
Doe: Annountemen!
Made By (hamber
The Board of Directors of the
Swain County Chamber of Com
merce Monday night approved a
dues structure designed to fin
ance operations for the balance
of 1965, with the provision that
the structure may be changed
next year.
The three divisions of the
Chamber, Tourists, Merchants
and Industrial, headed respec
tively by William F. Petterson,
Talmage Jones and Max Witt,
TYiann the recommendations
adopted by Chamber directors.
Each member of the Tourist
and Merchants Division will pay
membership dues of $25, but
may make additional contribut
ions if they wish.
Industrial Division members
will pay no set figure, but will
contribute to Chamber expenses
according to their ability to pay.
Tourist Division Chairman
Peterson said members of the
division recognized that they
would be the main gainers from
a tourist brochure ,so the pro
posed brochure will be financed
independently by the division.
The Chamber as a whole will
pay for maintenance of the in
formation booth on Main Street
in Bryson City, and for adminis
trative expenses.
In addition to regular member
ships, non-business memberships
will be granted interested in
dividuals for $10 each, directors
voted.
* Hummingbird Haven
h you'd like hummingbirds for
company this summer, try sus
pending a lantana plant, double
potted in one of the new hanging
clay planters that have their own
chains and come complete with
any size pot and matching day
saucer.
LINDA NATIONS
BRENDA NATIONS
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JUDY OWNBY
RHONDA OWNBY
WHO S WHO? For the first dme in its history Swain County
High School this year has two sets of identical twins in its
graduating class. The twins are 18 year old Linda and Brenda
Nations, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Nations of Swain
County's Alarka community, and 17 year old Judy and Rhonda
Ownby, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ownby, Sr. of Cherokee.
AH four girls took commercial majors in high school, read as a
hobby, and plan to attend Knoxville Business College. All four
have pleasant personalities and are popular with fellow students
but have caused considerable confusion through the years at high
school, nevertheless.
Hew Hay Dawning
For Swain County
A packed house of more than
150 persons attended the Swain
County Chamber of Commerce
kick-off banquet in Sneed's
Restaurant Friday night and
heard the man responsible for
North Carolina's share in the
Appalachian Development Pro
gram predict that "A new day
is dawning for Swain County."
Woodrow Jones, who is Gov.
Dan Moore's representative on
the Appalachian Regional Com
mission, the state-federal body
which controls approval of pro
jects, said that "There are no
problems in the mountains which
good roads will not cure — and
the good roads are coming."
The five-year road-building
program will cost $840 million,
Mr. Jones said.
He emphasized that this
money will not replace funds al
ready planned for roads in Wes
tern North Carolina and the
other Appalachian states, but are
additional federal funds.
"Established federal-state road
building programs will continue
as planned," he said. "They can't
take money already scheduled
for the mountains and use it
elsewhere."
Mr. Jones said that the Appa
lachian Commission was a new
concept in federal-state partner
ship.
"All programs must originate
in the states, be approved by
each governor, then sent to the
commission for action.
"Each of the eleven states has
one member on the commission,
and the federal government has
one member who acts as coor
dinator.
"This is the first time the
states have had a real voice in
a federal program affecting
them," he said.
Mr. Jones said the roadr would
be built "to 1875 standards,"
and that most would be four
lane highways. Those not four
lane to start with will have
four lane rights of way for
future expansion, he sad.
"When we're able to get on
28th Century roads and drive
over here to the most beautiful
country on earth, you couldn't
begin to count the people who
will' come," he said.
"It means tourists will be com
ing, industry will be comma
and prosperity will be coming.
"Western North Carolina at
last will be treated, fairly, and
will receive its fair share of
road money," he said.
"When the people of the in
dustrial midwest can get into
these mountains with ease,
you'll see prosperity the like of
which you never have dreamed. '
Mr. Jones was introduced by
Bill Davis, chairman of the ban
quet committee. Chamber Presi
dent Jerry Rice was master of
ceremonies.
Among the guests introduced
at the banquet was M. H. Clarke,
president of Carolina Woodturn
ing Co.
Mr. Clarxe announced that the
company was planning expan
sion which would bring new jobs
for area residents and called for
paving and lighting the Bryson
City Airport.
He also said that a new bridge
across the Tuckaseigee was es
sential, and suggested that if one
could be built near the Carolina
Woodtuming plant it woo'd
help relieve traffic congestion.
All speakers commented on
the size of the turnout. Their
remarks were aptly summed up
by Mr. Clarke:
"This showing proves that
marvelous thisgs are going to
happen here," Mr. Clarke said.
"With this kind of community
support, Tm sure your newly
reorganized Chamber of Com
merce is going to be a phenomi
nal success."
!thoo! PuMkation:
Chowe Mew Editors
Karen Ashe and Ronnie Friz
zell will be co editors of the
1966 Swain County High School
publication, The Ridgerunner,
while Brenda Wiggins will rule
alone as editor of the 1965-66
Swain Hi-Lite, it has been an
nounced.
Editors and staffs of the two
publications were elected by
members of his year's staffs.
For the Ridgerunner, Diana
Breedlove will be business man
ager, Carroll Estes advertising
manager, Bobby Thomas photo
graphy editor; staff artists will
be Barbara Hambly. Susan
Crain and Barbara Powell,
while staff tyo'sts will be Wan
da Simonds, Sherry Jacks, Ra
mona Shook and Lynda Horn
buckle.
Assisting Editor Wiggins on
the Hi-Lite will be Wanda
Cochran, art editor; Bobby Cbil
ders, sports editor; Ella Mae De
Hart, business manager; Ella
LeQuire, Betty Farley, Gladys
Queen and Edith Crowe, tvpists;
Dale Kitchin, Connie Bames,
Jean Cleghom and Carolyn
Hughes, reporters.
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Graduates List Pians
As Hew Lite Begins
When the last diploma was
handed out last night, when the
last notes of the recessional had
sounded, and when the last re
lative and friend had left the
Swain County High School, a
new chapter opened in the life
of each of the 130 young men
and women who said goodbye to
school days at Swain High.
What does the future hold for
them? What are their plans?
For 63 of them, the immediate
future holds more schooling.
Of these, the largest number,
23, are planning to go to Western
Carolina College, while another
20 will attend a variety of col
leges and universities.
The other 21 plan to go to busi
ness or technical schools to train
themselves for business or skil
led work.
Of the remaining 66 boys and
girls, a number are undecided,
and may take further training.
Some will join the) armed forces,
some already have landed jobs,
some are looking for jobs, and
several girls will become house
wives.
Heading for Western Carolina
College are Kay Revis and Mary
Jane Revis, Linda Thomas, Bar
bara Thomasson, Donna Webb,
Wilma Wiggins, Teresa Wikle,
Miarcia Winchester, Delight
Woody, Sandra Woody, Kenneth
Ball, Charles Branton, Norman
Clampitt, Eddie Hollifield, John
ny Walker, Lois Brooks, Linda
DeHart, Margaret Farley, Pat
Game, Reenie Grant, Peggy
Lindsay, Kyra Moody and Rus
sell Winchester
Offer college, bound.students,
and the schools they are plan
ning to attend are Diane Beck,
Furman; Olivia Bennett, UNC at
Greensboro; Blaine Byrd, Bre
vard; Mary Jane Estes, UNC at I
Greensboro; Susan Lyday, Mars I
Hill; Sammy Lee, N. C. State;
Jim Long, Duke; Bill Morris,
Wingate: Jimmy Myers, Univer
sity of Tennessee;
Don Peterson, Gardner Webb;
Arnold Rickman, Gardner
Webb; David Seay. Gardner
Webb; Ross Steams, N. C. State;
Arthur Wade, Haskel; Linda
Somers, UNC at Greensboro;
Billy Davis, N. C State; Dale
Dunn, Gardner Webb; Jimmy
Fellows. N. C. State; David Fer
guson. N. C State; Paul Gar
rett, University of Ohio.
Those planning higher educa
tion in technical or vocational
fields include Patsy Barnes, bu
siness school; Josephine Clark,
Blanton's Business College;
Sharlene Cline, medical school;
Linda Fowler, beauty school;
Linda McCurry, beauty school;
Wanda Merritt, beauty school;
Dianne Oates. Knoxville Busi
ness School; Judy and Rhonda
Ownby, Knoxville Business
School; Barbara Pilkington,
Blanton's Business College; Dia
ne Turner, beauty school;
Stanley Arvey, Jackson Coun
ty Industrial School; Willard
Barker. Wilson County Techni
cal School: Phillip Cope, Ashe
vile Industrial School: Lewis
Crisp, Asheville Industrial
School; Mike Gossett. Newport
News Apprentice School: Phil
lip Hughes. Jackson County In
dustrial School; Kenneth Me
Lean, Asheville Industrial Sch
ool; Don Moon, Asheville In.
dustrial School; Steve Wilson,
Electronics School at Winston
Salem and Billy Ray Woodard,
Asheville Industrial School.
Guidance Director John Wikle
emphasized that some of the
above-named graduates may
have changed their plans. or
may change them during the
summer. He added that a num
ber of those whose plans are
listed below also may change
their decisions, but that their
present thinking follows the
lines indicated:
Planning to go to work are
Earl Jones, Johnny King, R. V.
King. Danny Kitchens. John La
key, Robert Mathews. David Ol
lis, William Owle, Jack Parton,
Buck Phillips. John Rowland,
("din Waldroup, Carrol! Woods.
Parton, Mike Parton.
Nqu"v Price ( Woodard ),
nnbb=o Roner. Mary Ann Shu
l<-r (Mcrt-is), Judy Sizemore.
.Tune Smith Shirley Stiles (Bur
f'll) Tester Burnett. Elmer Ful
ler. R'llv Green, Mary Andrson;
Glenna Bales. Iretha Barker,
Patsy Birchfield. Annette Bo
wers. Ina Buchanan. Joyce Car
son. Nellie Cline, Donna Cloer
(Woodard). Jean Coooer. Linda
Davis. Linda Hall, Barbara Hig
don, Linda Jones. Rachel Led
ford (Carson). . Pearl LeQuire,
Sue Carson, Retta Howard, Mar
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BOBBY MARH
KYRA MOODY
" OLIVIA BENNETT
MARCIA WINCHESTER
DON PETERSON
HEENIE GRANT *
Senior: Retogniied
By Spetia! Awards
Several special awards went
Wednesday night at Swain
County High School's graduat
ion exercises to outstanding
class members in addition to
honor students, scholarships, and
other awards
Ideal student of the senior
class was Miss Elaine Byrd. The
Danforth awards went to Bobby
Marr and Marcia Winchester.
Special citizenship awards were
presented to Kyra Moody and
Don Peterson. Special service
awards were given to Olivia
Bennett and Reenie Grant
Miss Byrd, who is an honor
graduate, has been awarded the
Waldroup Scholarship and the
Eastern Star Scholarship. She
will use the scholarships at Bre
vard College.
Mew Water Sptem): WorWag Perfectly
A report from the state board
of health indicates that Bryson
City's new water system is wor
king to perfection, it was re
vealed this week.
The new chlorinating equip
ment is in use, and daily chlor
ination tests being run, with
water samples sent to the state
board of health for analysis.
The analyses have shown ab
solutely no sediment or odor,
and no organic matter has been
detected since the new system
was put into use.
tha Maney, Lenora Martin, Mary
Morgan, Btrenda Nations and
Linda Nations.
, Still undecided as to their plans
are Stuart McHan. Dennis
Queen, Dorothy Wiggins, Tom
my Davis, Billy Dills, William
Douthit, Gary Duncan, Joe El
kins, Phillip Hall, Pearlee Coch
ran and Barbara Garrett.
Planning to enter the service
are Ruth Simonds, Waves; Da
vid Green, Marines; Jerry Tur
pin, Navy; and Betty Littrell,
Waves, while Jackie Lindsay is
interested in an FBI career.
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Kindergarten Piam
Graduation txertbe!
The Presbyterian Kindergarten
will hold graduation exercizes
Friday, June 4, at the iittle^gym.
Mrs. Harold Thomas, kinder
garten teacher will be in charge
of the program.
Juiiitei oi Peate
Don Cooper and Harold Jkn
kins have been named Justices of
the Peace for Charleston Town
ship in Swain County, it was
announced in Raleigh last week.
Mr. Cooper and Mr. Jenktas
were among those named in a
bill by the House of Represen
tatives, and sent to the State
Senate.
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