The Smoky Mountain Times
Votume 87 - Number 1 i- Smoky Mountain Times - Bryson City, N.C. - Thursday, Sept. 25,1969
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Around
Town
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Swain High Schooi
Principai, Ciifford Frizze!!
asked that we reiay his message
of appreciation to the sports
fans that attended the
Swain-Andrews game Friday
night for their exceptionai
conduct and sportsmanship
exhibited during the game.
"Schooi officiate are doing
their part, but fans and their
actions aiways reflect on the
schooi - thank you for your
co-operation."
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Bryson City in continuing
to grow as is evident by the
second new business opening
its doors to the pubiic during
the month of September. We
are referring to Miidred's
Grocery opening just across the
street from Sossamon
Furniture and the Swain Hotel.
Miidred Cope invites aii of her
friends to stop by and see her
this week.
The Bryson City Lions Club
wit) go on radio Saturday
morning at 8:00 and broadcast
throughout the day during
th* Lions Annuai Radio Day.
Lion's president, J. C. Long,
and Tom Cromwell are
scheduled to start the "Show".
Vemon McHan and T. A.
Brawiey wiii ciose it out about
5:00. The Lions Ciub seiis
advertisements for spots
throughout the day with the
profit going for one of the
Lions Ciub Civic Projects. !f
you haven't bought your spot
yet, contact one of the Lions
Ciub members today and be
sure to iisten in Saturday. See
if you can pick the Lions Ciub
DJ of the year.
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When disaster strikes
everybody is called on to heip.
Disaster reiief for families left
homeiess by hurricane
Camille's visit to the Gulf
Coast has topped $20 million.
The Red Cross in Swain
County has been called on for
assistance in the amount of
$300. Local authorities here
say this goal can only be
reached through contributions.
Your help is needed. Donations
may be made payable to the
American Red Cross, % Red
Cross Office
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We notice the Bryson City,
Swain County Fire House is
nearing completion. We had
intended an article complete
with pictures for this weeks
edition, but the weatherman
failed to cooperate and with
our picture taking results, we
thought we would wait for the
sunshine - we need all the
advantages we can get.
The State Highway
Department's "Girl Friday" is
bach, Sgt. Wilson's work toad is
back to normai, Mr. Hooper
can devote his time to issuing
drivers license, and the TIMES
has a State Highway Patroi
report this week - so all is weii,
thanks to Miss Patsy.
* * *
"Always behave iike a duck.
Remain calm and unruffled on
the surface but keep paddiing
iike hei! underneath." - Motor
West magazine.
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The Portland, Oregon,
Traffic Safety Commission
comments that the next time
you stop for a coupie of beers
or cocktails. . make sure you
can spare the time. Two or
three drinks will slow your
driving reaction time by about
two fifths of a second and
couid make the difference
between a safe stop and a
serious rear-end crash.
* * *
The North Carolina State
Highway Patroi reports oniy
three accidents in Swain
County last week. White
making nine contacts, one was
charged with drunk driving,
two with speeding, three with
other hazardous moving
violations, five non-hazardous
violation, and no pedestrian
vioiation. Officers patrolled a
distance of some 1646 miles,
with the week beginning
September 15th and extending
through the 21st.
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N YC Stu dents Earn
$94,278This Summer
Four Square Community
Action paid wages totaiing
$94,278 this summer to
Neighborhood Youth Corps
(NYC) enroiiees in Cherokee,
Ciay, Graham, and Swain
Counties.
Three hundred students
between the ages of 14 and 22
were enrolled in the NYC
Summer Program. Most of the
enroiiees worked ten weeks for
26 hours a week at $1.30 an
hour.
Work assignments were
made in cooperation with
pubiic and nonprofit agencies
throughout the four Counties.
Enroiiees worked as teacher,
heaith, sanitation, Ubrary,
forestry, and office aides; as
recreation ieaders, grounds
keeper, day care assistants, and
crafts instructors. The schools,
the towns, the Forest Service,
Providence and Memorial
Hospitais, Empioyment
Security Commission, Wei fare
Departments, County
governments, Hiawassee Dam,
ASCS, Rescue Squad, and
Extendon Agents provided
instruction and supervision.
Counseiors empioyed to
work with the enrollees during
the summer were Cecii
Mashbum, Raiph McConneii,
Frank Moore, Jr., and Amoid
Rickman. John Summerous is
director of NYC.
NYC is aimed speciBcaliy to
assist the student from
low income families. It is
designed to heip the young
people gain work experience
and earn income.
Four Square is the
sponsoring agent for NYC.
Four Square also sponsors two
other manpower programs:
On the-Job-Training (MDTA)
in cooperation with the State
Planning Task Force and the
Employment Security
Commission, and NEW
CAREERS, a work training
program.
For additional information
contact your Four Square
Community Worker or the
Four Square Office in
Andrews, N. C.
DR. CRA!G PHtLUPS
Swam County Unit Of NCEA
Host District Dinner Meeting
The Swain County unit of
the North Carolina Education
Association was host at a
dinner meeting iast Thursday
evening with educators and iay
leaders from Western North
Caroiina as invited guests.
Dr. Craig Phillips, State
Superintendent of Pubiic
instruction, addressed the
meeting held at the Boundary
Tree Lodge in Cherokee.
Education leaders from Macon,
Jackson, Ciay, Cherokee,
Graham, and Swain Counties
woe present as Dr. Phillips
related to them the importance
of understanding "today's
students."
Dr. Phillips, speaking
primarily to the political and
civic leaders present,
emphasized the importance for
Native To Appear in 1969 "Community Leaders Of America"
L. D. Hyde, a native of
Bryson City and assistant to
the president at Western
Caroiina University, has been
seiected to appear in the 1969
edition of "Community
Leaders of America."
The editoriai board of
"Community Leaders of
America" in making the award
to Hyde said: '"This honor is
presented in recognition of
past achievements and
outstanding service to his
community and state."
Before being naned
assistant to Or. Aiex S. Pow,
president of WCU, in April,
Hyde was director of the
Upper French Board Economic
Development Commission for
three years. In that capacity,
he was instruments! in
organizing the leaders of a 6ve
Winners Of Roadside improvement Contest
Wit! Be Mamed Friday, September 26
! . *' < ' .
Winners of the Roadside
Improvement Contest of the
1969 Western North Carolina
Community Development
Program win be announced at a
iuncheon meeting on Friday,
September 26 at 12 noon at
Baiiey's Cafeteria, Tunnei
Road Shopping Center,
Asheviiie.
A tota! of 72 organized
communities competed in the
Roadside Contest this year and
14 county winners were judged
in area competition eariier this
month Kirkiand's Creek
represented Swain county in
the judging.
The presentation of awards
Assistant County
Supemsor
Mamed
Due & the increased
workioad, expanded
authorities and responsibilities
of the Macon-Swain Unit of
the Farmers Home
Administration, a new
position, Assistant County
Supervisor, has been
authorized and staffed, states
Wiiiiam R. Martin, County
Supervisor.
Mr. Jackie E. McLamb
entered for duty on August 25
as the Assistant County
Supervisor in the Frankiin
FHA office. Mr. McLamb is a
June graduate of North
Caroiina State University
where he received a By degree
in Agricultural Education. Mr.
McLamb, besides courses in
Agricuiturai Education, took
eiectives in farm electrification,
farm structures, farm powering
machinery, and irrigation,
terracing and erosion control,
which wii! be very helpful in
his work as Assistant County
Supervisor. At N. C. State
University he wa active in the
Agricuiturai Technology Ciub
and Animai Science Ciub.
Mr. McLamb, a native of
Benson, N. C. comes to this
office well qualified to work
with farmers and rural people
as he was reared on a tobacco
and iivestock farm in Johnston
County. Since June 16th he
has been training for the
Assistant County Supervisors
position in the Fayetteviiie, N.
C. FHA office.
He is married to the former
Miss Karen Johnson of Four
Oaks, N. C., and they are
presently making their home in
Franklin.
in the spec)*! rural
beautiHcation effort wH! be
h^d in conjunction with a
planning meeting of the area
improvement program's
Steering Committee
representing the 18 county
western area.
The committee, composed
of members from aU counties
participating in the
Community Deveiopment
Program, will set up the
schedule for area judging of the
overall program later this fall
nd also make plans for the
1970 contest.
The rurai roadside
beautification program is
sponsored by the AsheviHe
Agricuiturai Deveiopment
Council and the agricuiturai
agencies and iocai sponsors in
the western counties. Purpose
is to stimuiate organize those
doing the best job.
First prize of $150 in the
contest is sponsored by ADOA
Corporation of Biitmore.
Second prize of $100 is
provided by the Coca^oia
Bottiing Company and $50
third prize by Ivey's Four
honorabie mention awards of
$25 each are sponsored by
Gerber Products Company and
AsheviHe Federai Savings &
Loan Association.
ASC Committeemen Eiection
for Swain County Reieased
Results of the recent
election of community ASC
committeemen for Swain
County ware announced today
by Jack B. Wiggins, Chairman,
Swain County Agricultural
Pine Beette
Destruction
Up-to-date Swain County
Rangers have found four spots
where the southern pine
beetles have been.
The North Carolina Forest
Service urges ait iand owners
who notice pine trees turning
yeiiow or reddish-brown to
contact Mr. Orris Hughes at
488-3463. .
There are severai symptoms
of the southern pine beetle,
one being the presence of pitch
tubes on the outside of the
bark, and another the "S"
shaped gaiiaries between the
bark and the wood caused by
the beetie tumbiing under the
bark laying eggs.
"The time to catch the
beetles is now, before they
have begun to spread in a wide
pattern across the county, in
Graham County, the beetle
population has reached
epidemic proportions and is
now out of control, despite the
many control measures,"
Hughes said.
Mr. Hughes has asked that
anyone spotting any of the
symptoms mentioned above
get in touch with his office so
that he can assist them in
stopping an epidemic before it
gets started.
Stabilization and Conservation
Committee.
The election was held by
mail, nd ballots were counted
publicly by the county
committee Friday, Sept. 19,
1969 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at
the ASCS office.
Farmers elected to the
committee ate:
Alarka - Gordon Gunter,
Chairman; Dsn Bowers,
Vice-Chairman; Hariey
Cochran, Regular Member;
David Cioer, First Alternate;
and Fred J. Cochran, Second
Aternate.
Bryson City - H. P.
Browning, Chairman; Roy Z.
Shuier, Vice-Chaiman; Jess M.
Brown, Regular Member;
Miiiard Reeves, First Alternate;
and H. L. Snuiey, Second
Atemate.
Cherokee - A. T. Fisher,
Chairman; Golman Smith,
Vice-Chairman; Boyce Aliison,
Reguiar Member; Amoid
Cooper, First Alternate; and
Roy Blankenship, Second
Alternate.
Nantahala - Zade Burnett,
Chairman; John Freeman,
Vice-Chairman; Gienn
Breedlove, Regular \hmber;
Rufus King, First Aitemate;
and Grade W. Burnette, Second
Aitemate.
Whittier - Dover J. Dean,
Chairman; K. L. Cooper, Vice
Chairman; P. S. Ferguson,
Regular Member; T. K. Hyatt,
First Aitemate; and Coia
Adams, Second Aitemate.
The county convention wiii
be heid Thursday, September
25 1969 in the assembly room
of the Federai Building. The
convention is open to the
pubiic.
counties commission. The
purpose of this organization
was to effect wise utiiization of
the human, natural, physical
and capital resources of (he
region toward total economic
development.
Hyde served on the
Governor's State Planning Task
Force, the state Economic
Development Commission, the
Board of Governors of the
State Employees Association
and was chairman of the
western district of that
organization.
He is currently a member of
the Board of Directors of
Mountain Manpower
Corporation, the Legislative
Affairs Committee of the
Asheville Chamber of
Commerce and is founder and
president of the North Carolina
Association for Children with
Specific Learning Disabilities,
Inc.
He organized and serves as
director of the French Broad
Board of Cooperative
Education Services, is a
member of the Associated
Communities and has worked
to improve educational
opportunities for schoo!
dropouts throughout Western
North Carolina.
In 1967 Hyde was iisted hr
"Outstanding Personalities of
the South." He is a member
and vice chairman of the
Western Caroiina University
Educational Foundation and is
past president of the WCU
Ahrmni Association.
In addition to his duties as
assistant to the president of
WCU, Hyde serves as director
of alumni affairs.
Hyde is a graduate of Swain
County High Schoo!, Western
Caroiina University, and the
University of North Caroiina
Law Schoo!.
Reiiei To Victim: Of HmricaM
Camiiie Top: 20 Miiiion Doiiar:
A sharp increase in the
nunber of families registering
for Red Cross recovery
assistance will push the cost of
relief to (he victims of
Hurricane Camiiie over the $20
miiiion mark, it was announced
today by John C. Wilson, Red
Cross executive vice president.
Over 25,000 families along
the stricken sections of the
Gulf Coast and in the flood
areas in Virginia and West
Virginia already have applied
for rehabilitation help, Mr.
Wilson said, and it is estimated
that more than 28,000 families
will need Red Cross assistance.
Heart Attack
Victim Die:
in Cherokee
A 72 year oid WeaverviUe
man was found dead in his
mote! room in Cherokee iast
Thursday afternoon about
1:25. Authorities say the man,
Ralph Brad Branh, apparentiy
died of a heart attack.
According to a witness, the
victims wife, Mr. Brank
checked into the Rippiing
Waters Mote! Wedn&day
afternoon. They traveled
throughout the tourist
attractions in Cherokee
Wednesday and came back to
the mote! and went to bed
about 10:00. Thursday
morning Mr. Brank got up
around 7:30 and after eating
breakfast, went trout fishing in
the Oconaluftee River. Mrs.
Brank stated that her husband
came in around 12:45
compiaining of being dizzy,
having cramps, and chest pains.
Mrs. Brank went downstairs
to phone for a doctor. When
she returned to the room, Mr.
Brank was dead.
Cherokee Poiice and the
Swain County Sheriffs
Department investigated.
Mr. Wilson explained that
these are families who lack the
credit or other resources to
finance their own recovery,
and who look to the Red Cross
for help in repairing or
rebuilding and refurnishing
their homes, replacing
occupational supplies and
equipment, and in meeting
normal living expenses until
their homes and means of
livelihood can be reestablished.
According to present
estimates, this type of
long term recovery aid will cost
up to $17 million, in addition
to expenditures already made
for mass care and other to
exceed $7.8 miilion,
replacement of household
furnishings, $6.6 miiiion,
replacement of tools and
equipment, $390,000, and
family maintenance, $2
million.
During the days
immediately following the
hurricane's vicious stroke, the
Red Cross gave mass care to
more than 230,000 persons in
the five states affected, feeding
some 100,000 disaster victims
and emergency workers daily.
Two weeks ago the
organization launched a
nationwide campaign for $15
million to provide relief for
Camille's victims.
In Southeastern Area,
chapters have raised
$1,886,143 to date. As of
September 12, 168 chapters
had reached their quotas in the
current fund drive.
our civic leaders to take a
bigger part in today's
educationai program. He
pointed out that we are in the
middie of the biggest change in
education in the history of the
pubiic achoo! system.
Touching on three of
today's problems, Dr. Phillips
pointed out that first the
student must know what an
education would mean to him.
Second, the tax payer needs to
be shown why financial
pressure is so heavy, and third,
business and industries must be
assured drat qualified students
wBl be available to meet their
needs.
"At no other period of time
in the history of the public
school system have we needed
the help of our political, civic,
and lay leaders as we do now,"
Dr. Phillips said.
Dr. Phillips went on to say,
"with 1,250,000 students in
public schools in Western
North Carolina teachers must
be flexible in order to teach
the students what they need to
be taught the way they want to
be taught."
"EHorts on the part of
educators will be of no avaii,"
said Dr. PhiBips,"unless a
better method of
cummunicating between
students and teachers can be
reached, this is where we need
the heip of our ieaders outside
of the schooi system."
In pointing out troubled
areas throughout the National
Schoo! System, Dr. PhiHips
noted that pubiic schools in
North Caroiina opened on a
much mom stabie basis this
year than even the most
optimistic ieaders had
expected.
Finding a way to better
communicate with students
and working out the problem
of how to involve a larger
number of civic ieaders was lire
point Dr. PhHiips tried to get
across to his audience, but as
added information Dr. PhiBips
gave a "report care" of the
state's financia! spending on
pubiic achoois.
"At the present time,
70-78% of educational funds in
North Carolina are coming
from the state level," Dr.
PhHiips said, "IK biHion
doBars is not enough to buy
the kind of education we want
for our students today."
Dr. PhiHips pointed out that
if pubiic schools are to
continue to improve, we must
"seek a way to distribute the
burden of paying for
education, i think it wouid be
feasibie to divide the SnancM
cost between iocai, state, and
federal agencies with each
agency paying what their
budget couM stand."
In order to get more funds
we have got to teii the people
we eiect what we want in the
way of education, "this is not
poiiticai pressure, but
educational pressure."
Dr. Phillips and his staff
attended the educators western
district NCEA meeting in
Cuilowhee on Friday.
Present for the Thursday
night meeting and Friday
meeting in Cuilowhee were
Assistant State
Superintendents, Dr. R. Max
Aibert, Dr. H.T. Conner, and
Dr. Jerome H. Miiton. Mr. A.C.
Davis, comptroller of the State
Board of Education, and Mr.
William Peek, Administrative
Assistant were also present.
Atacon-Swain Farmers
Receive $73,250 in Loans
- The ManoB-9w<g&-Unit of
Fanners Home AdmintsteatMn
loaned $73,250 in operating
!oan fbnds during the 1969
Sscai year, states William R.
Martin, County Supervisor.
In Baca! year 1969 most of
the operating loans were made
to heip farm famiiies
modernize their farming
operatings, raise their incomes,
and give families a higher
standard of living.
Operating loans are made to
full time and part time farmers
to met farm operating costs,
to finance machinery,
equipment, livestock and
refinancing debts. Another
type of operating ioan which
has been used in the
Macon-Swain Unit is the
recreational or non-farm
enterprize ioan to deveiop
recreational facilities or other
non-farm enterprizes which
will supplement farm income.
A recent national survey
showed that farmers using the
operating ioan credit program
Memoria! To
Former Ranger
P!anned
On Saturday, September 27,
there wiU be a dedication
ceremony in the Wiati section
of Swain County to dedicate a
memoria! piaque for Mr. Wade
A. Sutton, former Swain
County Ranger.
Any persons interested in
attending are asked to meet at
Mrs. Sutton's residence
Saturday morning.
The piaque is iocated on the
Appaiachian Traii
approximately 1% miies from
the DeWitt Tree Farm. We wiii
park the vehicies at the farm
and the rest of the trip wii! be
made on foot. AH persons
interested in making the trip
shouid wear ciothing
appropriate for hiking.
Juveniie Center Open Home Set
The Juveniie Evaiuation
Center, Swannanoa, North
Carolina, wiH hold Open House
on Sunday, September 28,
&om 2 - 5, and all Interested
citizens are Invited to attend.
Hostesses at this special
function will be Women's Club
members from districts in
Western North Carotin*. The
event wiii indude a tour of the
faciiities, presentation of a
stide program on the work of
the center, and the serving of
refreshments, it is hoped that
there wiii be a good attendance
at this pianned reception for
the pubiic.
haaeiacreaead their post cash
income &dm $10^4M in the
year before they received the
ioan to $16^41 in the past
crop year. Fanners net worth
rose &om $13,081 in the year
before they received the ioan
to $17,880 in the past crop
year.
Now K the Bmetopbm
onwxHqg credit needs Aw the
nexftrbh year. For further
information on credit avaRabie,
wmtact WiUiam R. Martin or
Jackie E. McLamb at the
Agncuitura! Budding in Bryaon
City on the second and fourth
Tuesday of each month.
Three Traffic Accidents
in County Last Week
State Highway Patrol
Officers reported three
accidents in Swain County iast
week. Three people were
injured and a total of $2700
damage was done to the four
cars invoived.
The first accident occurred
Wednesday morning about
8:30 one and one haif miies
north of Cherokee on US 441.
Two vehicles, one a 1959
Chevroiet, the other a 1960
Pontiac, wore invoived.
Noah Arch, Jr. age 25, was
traveiing south on US 441,
according to investigating
officer, W. L. McDonald when
a 1959 Chevroiet, driven by
Raymond McKmiey Messer, of
Whittier, attempted to make a
ieft ^um crossing the path of
the Arch vehicle.
McDonaid stated that the
Messer auto was hit on the
right side and spun around in
the road hitting a gas pump at
a near-by service station before
coming to a stop.
A passenger in the Arch car,
Rose Ann Feather, age 12, and
the driver of the car were
injured in the accident
according to Sgt. McDonaid.
The second accident
occurred Friday afternoon
about 4:00 p.m. and involved
only one car. According to
officers, Guy English, age 16,
of Bryson City lost control of
his 1967 Volkswagon on a wet
highway three miies east of
Bryson City on US 19. The
vehicle ieft the right side of the
highway and struck a tree
doing approximately $500
damage to the volkswagon. Sgt.
W. L. McDonald made the
investigation for State Highway
Patrol.
The third accident of the
week occurred Friday evening
about 11:45 p.m.
approximately l'A miles East
of Bryson City on US 19.
- Investigating officer, Z. V.
Hawes, reported that Jessie
Barnard Lee, age 35, of High
Point, N. C.,was taken to the
Swain County Hospital with
undertermined injuries when
he tost control of his 1968
Mercury and overturned.
According to trooper
Hawes, Lee was traveling West
toward Bryson City when he
ran off (he right shoulder of
LB 19 traveling sons 120 feet
along the shoulder before
overturning, thmage to (he
vehicle was estimated at
$1200.
Cancer Society
Meets Officers
The Board of Directors of
the Swain County unit of the
American Cancer Society has
seiected new officers.
They are: President, Mrs.
Meivin A. Roper; first
vice-president, Ek. W.E.
Mitcheii; medical advisor, Dr.
H.L. Bacon; crusade chairman,
Mrs. Ciyde Bates;
secretary treasurer, Max
Anders.
The education chaiman is
Ms. Doris Hicks, mho also is
chairman of Swain County's
monthiy cancer ciinic;
pubiicity chairman, John
Wikie; service chairman, Dr.
H.L. Bacon.
Swain County cancer
crusade funds are spent on
needs considered mast
necessary, such as the cancer
detection dinics and biopsies,
and appiied toward equipment
in cancer detection and cure.
Retiring president, Mrs.
Roberta Whitaker, expressed
her appreciation to the unit
officers and aii other who have
heiped in the Cancer Drive,
Ciinic, and other reiated
activities.
Much money received for
the cancer fund is used in
research. Mrs. Whitaker urged
that peopie of Swain County
make memorial contributions
throughout the year. These
may be made to Max Anders at
Swain Electric Company.