The Smoky Mountain Times
Votume 87 - Number 2 i- Smoky Mountain Times - Bryson City, N.C. - Thursday, October 9.1969
Around
Town
The Swain County
Sportsman and Wiidiife Ciub
wiU sponsor a ham and turkey
shoot this Saturday from
11:00 to 1:00 p.m. at the
Wiggins Farm in the Aiarka
Community, ff you are not
famiiiar with the area, the
Wiggins Farm is just beiow
Neviiie Wiggins' store.
Directions can be obtained
from the store. We understand
that any proceeds reaiized
from the event wiii be used to
heip stock the county with
game.
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It's not often we take the
opportunity to piug our
competitor, WBHN, but this is
one of those occasions.
Saturday, September 27, the
Bfyson City Lion's Ciub heid
heir annua! radio day to raise
funds for one of many
immunity projects the Lion's
3iub is involved in. As usuai,
recause of the fine support
rom the merchants and
businessmen, the event was an
rverwheiming success and we,
The Lion's Ciub, wouid iike to
<ake this opportunity to thank
mu, the staff and management
'f WBHN, the merchants and
businessmen of Bryson City,
nd to aii the friends that
teiped make this, our Lion's
Hub Radio Day a success.
Thank you.
* * *
The Swain High Deviis are
continuing their bid for the
S.M.C. Championship and are
now No.! with a 5 0 record, 3
0 conference record. Frank!in
is second with a 3 - 1
conference mark, Murphy
Aird, 2 -1 RobbinsviHe fourth,
with a 3 - 2. Syiva fifty, 2 - 2
Andrews sisth with a 0-3-1,
MayesvHie seventh, with a
J-4-1, add Cherokee eighty
with a 0 3 record.
" . ak
The Deviis wiM host
ron-conference EdneyviUe here
Mr the home Heid Friday night
rt 8:00. This wiii be the iast
;ame before the Deviis
xrmpete against the Big 3 - -
Frankiin, Murphy, and Syiva.
\ fuii house is expected as
Jways. For a good seat, come
urdy. If the Deviis are to go aM
he way, they need your
upport.
* * *
There has been a change in
Cherokee's footbai! scheduie
his week. The Braves wiii meet
darshaii High tonight
Thursday) instead of the
eguiar scheduie Friday night
xrntest. So if you are a
ootbaii enthusiast, you can
vatch both Swain County
earns piay this week. Cherokee
t home tonight and Bryson
City at home tomorrow night,
iryson City wiii host
!dneyviiie in a non-conference
ame.
* * *
We am suppose to say
omething about the Chamber
f Commerce dinner meeting
eheduied for next Thursday
ight at the Teddy Bear
Restaurant in Cherokee, but as
f yet pians are not complete
o it iooks iike that articie wiii
ave to wait. However, we urge
ou to make pians to attend
ext Thursday night. The
peaker and fuii detaiis of the
Meeting wiii be announced in
ext weeks TIMES'
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The North Caroiina State
iighway Patroi reports four
ccidents in Swain County iast
reek. There were four charged
/ith driving under the
lOuence, two with aiding and
betting under the infiuence,
ne reckiess driver, one
peeding, one with improper
assing, one driving on the
!*rong side of the road, one
top sign vioiation, one with no
perators iicence, one with
ossession and dispiaying
tctitious operators iicense, and
tro with pubiic drinking.
'fOcers patroiied a distance of
599 miies, with the week
eginning September 29 and
xtending through October 5.
Our iittie tidbit about
utting down on accidents in
re county in iast weeks
oiumn didnt do just a whoie
tt of good. Instead of three
he number reported for the
at five weeks) we had four in
tie county iast week, an
icreaae of 25%. Why?
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Computer
Troubtes
WeU, we've done it again.
We've puiied a first, at teast
since we've been here. This is
the first week that the TIMES
was not in our readers maii box
Thursday morning. Our
computer is a very fine
machine, but even the best
break down sometimes and
ours did this week. Boy, did we
have a mess! No excuse, no
reason. We wiM try to do
better.
Might Courses
Start At Tech
Bruce Wike, director of the
evening program at
Southwestern Technicai
Institute, has announced a
schedule of evening dasses to
begin in October.
Auto Body Repair wiii
begin on October 20, and wiii
meet Monday through
Thursday &om 6:30 to 10.
This course continues for 21
months, and indudes training
in both interior and exterior
auto body work.
Diesei Mechanics wiii begin
at 7 o'ciock October 20, and
wiii meet thereafter from 6:30
to iO o'ciock Monday through
Thursday. This is a 12-months
course, and is open oniy to
those who have had a year of
either format training or
fuii-time experience in
mechanics.
The courses iisted beiow are
scheduled for deven weeks,
and wiii meet from 6:30 to
9:30 on the evenings indicated.
The Erst session of each dass
wiii begin at the hour shown
with the course.
Monday, October 20,
Shorthand, 7:00 Monday and
Wednesday; Electricity A, C.,
D. C., and house wiring, 7:30,
Monday Wednesday and
Thursday; Smaii Engine
Repair, 8:00 Monday,
Wednesday; Art: Life study,
basic figure drawing, 8:30
Monday, Wednesday.
Tuesday, October 21 (and
Thursdays) Typing, 6:30;
Office Machines, 7:00;
Accounting, 7:30; Weiding
(and Gas Weiding), 8:00.
Wike said there wiii be a
nominal tuition and insurance
charge for each course, and
students wiii buy their own
books. AU courses offer credit
toward either a certificate or
the Associate in Applied
Science degree. Further
information may be obtained
by telephoning 586-4091 after
6 p.m. Monday through
Thursday.
Sunday Morning Accident
Kenneth Kirkland of Bryson City
was driving this 1964 Ford Sunday
morning around 1:45 when he lost
control and rammed into a rock wall.
According to investigating officers,
Kirkland was traveling west toward
Bryson City on U.S. 19 in the vicinity
of the Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, when
he lost control of the vehicle. He
apparently ran off the right side of the
road, traveled along the shoulder, came
back across the highway, and hit a rock
wall on the left hand side of the road
doing extensive damage to the left
front and right side of the vehicle.
Where Dtd The Squirrefs Go?
Where did ai! the iittie
squirreis go?
This question is currency
being asked ai! over Western
North Caroiina. Some squirreis
have reportediy been seen in
Jackson County, especiaiiy in
the Barkers Creek section.
According to reports, other
counties find very few
squirreis.
In Swain County,
questioning by the writer of
veteran mountain men and
hunted such as CeMi WeiciT &f
Bryson City aiways- bring- the
same answer: An exceiient
crop of mast (acorns and other
foods) but iittie or no sign of
squirreis.
Morses
To Meet
Mrs. Heien Peeier, executive
director of the North Caroiina
State Nurses Association, wiii
be guest speaker at a dinner
meeting October 8 at the
Teddy Bear Restaurant near
here. This is an open meeting
for ai! nurses in Haywood,
Jackson, Swain, Macon,
Graham, Ciay, and Cherokee
Counties.
Feichter Etected Pres Of
Academy Of Medicine
Dr. Ralph N. Feichter was
elected President of the State
of Franklin Academy of
Medicine Sunday afternoon
during the fall meeting of
regional physicians at the
Canada Township Community
House In Jackson County.
Elected to serve with the
Waynesville internist during
1970 were Dr. Robert E.
Nordling of Bryson City as
Vice-President and Dr. Hugh A.
Matthews of Western Carolina
University as
Secretary-Treasurer. Bill
Upchurch with the State of
Franklin Health Council was
named Executive Secretary.
The State of Franklin
Academy of Medicine is
comprised of physicians of the
seven most southwestern
counties of North Carolina. An
outgrowth of the State of
Franklin Health Council, the
Academy, provides a concerted
voice of area physicians in
community health planning
and educational programs,
fosters continuing education
for physicians, seeks diagnosis
and solutions to regional
medical problems, and provides
an avenue of communication
for physician with physician.
The Academy endorsed the
developing Health Clinic of
Canada and^ mafe
commitments for physic)^
personnel in the rural clinic
function. Dr. Ralph Morgan,
promoter of the rural clinic,
reviewed the development of
the program which brings
modern medical services to this
isolated area of ^ near one^
hundred and fifty families and
approximately four hundred
people.
Physicians and their families
had a picnic on the community
house and clinic grounds after
the Academy meeting. Dr. and
Mrs. Carl Killian were guests.
Last year at this time the
situation was reversed,
according to these men:
Squirrels everywhere but iittie
mast. What mast there was
appeared to be very spotty in
the mountain area.
Most citizens recall the great
squirrel migration or panic or
whatever it was last year
covering several states.
Squirrels in the multiplied
thousands were killed on the
^highways and in lakes and
streams. Some seemed to be
extremely confused with no
normal sense of danger as they
dashed in front of cars.
Experts gathered specimens
last year and stated the animals
all seemed normally fat. True,
said the mountain men: The
squirrels were well fed because
they were spreading out and
temporarily finding food
wherre ever it existed beyond
their normal supply in the
woods -cornfields, gardens,
even apple orchards, and
cultivated chestnut and walnut
trees. They were getting
handouts from people, too, but
were storing nothing up for the
winter.
No need to worry, some
experts said last year. There
might be a shortage in the
squirrel population this year,
but not a really great one. Not
agreed, the mountain men said.
The mountain veterans said it
was the biggest "stir" among
squirrels in their memories last
year. They reported a great
increase in finding instances of
"barr" (barrow) squirrels
among the younger males last
year. This is a process, the old
timers say, by which younger
male squirrels are emasculated
by the older squirrels during
Pitgrim Mines: To Change
Mame To Wesieyan Church
The Piigrim Hoiiness Church
^ere wi!i now be known as
"Bryson Ci^y Wesieyan
Church." The decision to
change the name of the church
is in accord with the new name
of the denomination of which
the iocai church is a part.
* The Piigrim Hoiiness and
Wesieyan Methodist
denominations have united to
fomi "The Wesieyan Church".
Both these groups were
outgrowths of the Hoiiness
Camp meeting movement
among Methodist churches in
the iast century.
Eariier this year a buiiding
fund was begun to finance
needed repairs for the church
buiiding here. Sunday Schooi
rooms have been finished,
heating instaiied, and painting
wiii be compieted this week.
Carpet wiii be instaiied soon.
Severai individual and business
firms in Bryson City have made
contributions for this besides
the members and former
members. Appreciation is
expressed for each donation.
Revivai services are pianned
next week at the Bryson City
Wesieyan Church. The services
wiii be October 13 -19 at 7:30
p.m. Rev. Paui Whitesides wiii
be the evangeiist. He is the
pastor of the Graham Wesieyan
Church in Graham, N. C. The
pastor of the church, Rev.
James Caviness extends a warm
,weicome to the pubiic to
attend these services.
times of food shortage or
because of physica! infirmities
to prevent producing of young
and hence further starvation
because of iack of stored food.
Many citizens iast year
attempted, some in organized
groups, to feed the squirreis.
What happened to those
successfuiiy fed? Not a drop in
the bucket, some experts said.
Those fed and those kiiied
amounted to oniy a fraction of
the total, they sa&&
The fed squirreis went back
to winter homes in the woods,
the woodsmen said. Many
starved because they had no
food stored.
Some compared the squirrei
migration or panic of last year
to that of the iemmings of
northern Europe. These are
smaii rodents akin to the
squirreis which, at great
intervals and apparentiy
because of excess popuiation,
travel great distances and en
masse hud themseives in the
sea to drown.
Many and varied were the
opinions of experts and
Continued on Page 4
Atcoho!, Traffic Vioiations
Head District Coort Docket
Judge Feiix Alley presided
over the reguair session of
District Court in Swain County
iast Wednesday where once
again alcohoi and traffic
viotations were the major
offenses.
Individuai cases heard were:
Charles Stephensen, Jr.
charged with iarceny of a
bicycle, the state took a
nol-pros-with-leave
Fred Lee King charged with
drunk driving, case continued
until Nov. 3,1969.
Frederick H. Arch, Sr.,
charged with fraud, plead not
guilty, case dismissed
Emmet Hillian Orr charged
with speeding 68 mph in a 55
mph zone. The state took a
nol-pros-withleave. George
Henry Garland, charged with
improper passing, the state
took a nol-pros with-leave.
fed Henry Treadway
charged with non-support,
called and failed. Joe
Feather charged with
non-support, called and failed.
Joe Iclntosh, charged with
non-support, continued until
November 3,1969
Hardy Rose, charged with
public drunkenness, second
offense, called and failed.
Cecil Franklin charged with
larceny of personal property,
continued until November
session for the defendant.
Grady Carringer charged
with leaving the scene of an
accident, caHed and failed
Lavone Woodard charged
with non-support, state took a
non pros with leave. Defendant
in the Army.
Coyle Jones charged with
public drunkenness, third
offense, called and failed.
Louise Parton charged with
aiding and abetting, driving
while license revoked. Plead
not guilty. Found not guilty.
George Vemon Sneed
charged with driving while
license revoked, second
offense. Plead not guilty.
Found guilty. Ordered to pay
fine of $200 and cost of court
action. Defendant served
notice of appeal, bond set at
$300.
James Bennett Jones
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon on officers.
Preliminary examination found
probably cause, defendant
bound over to Superior Court.
Bond set at $750. Judgment in
this case dated September 9 of
1969 is stricken.
John Q. Hembree charged
with drunk driving, no
operator's license, called and
failed.
Joseph Phillip Standindeer
charged with non-support,
called and failed.
Frank Birchfield charged
80% Of Tax increase WouM
Eo For ffew SCOW fnM
The Swain County Board of Commissioners met
Monday, October 6 in a regularly scheduled meeting
with ali members present.
A general business session was taken care of and the
following resolution was passed concerning the
upcoming 1 cent sales tax vote November 4.
"Recognizing the additional tax revenues that are
expected upon passage of the one (1) cent sales tax
referendum to be held on November 4, 1969, and
recognizing the pressing need for new school facilities.
Be it resolved that this board pledges 80% of the
revenues to be recieved from the sales tax for a new
school building fund."
Fourth Rocfr Swap Of Year
Schedule This Weekend
The fourth and fast for
1969 in a series of four rock
swap shops for the Western
North Carolina mountains will
be heid October 11-12 at
Gorgarama Park on U. S.
Highway 19, in the Nantahaia
Gorge between Bryson City
and Andrews.
This rock swap and show is
entirety free to the pubiic as
weii as the hobbyists. The
Gorgarama Park, host for the
show, is iocated one miie inside
the north entrance to the
Nantahaia Gorge fourteen
miies west of Bryson City. The
show wiii feature outside
dispiays that will be as varied
as the material they bring. The
informaiity of the occasion
gives the event a country fair
feeiing there is no official
beginning or closing.
The swap is held on a
first come, no-reservation basis
to give all hobbyists an equal
chance at choice spots. In the
past, almost every state in the
union has been represented. In
the last few years, coin, bottle,
and antique collectors have
been attending.
In Addition to being in the
center of access to the natural
beauties of Western North
Carolina such as the Great
Smoky Mountains National
Park and Blue Ridge Parkway
and to seeing in addition to
gems such as floating and
bending stones, the visitor will
be near what is being called by
many the "Gen Center of the
World. " This is the fabulous
area around Franklin,
especially its "Ruby City," in
east Franklin now called by
many the Southeast's largest
gen and rock
Many st)
d unusual
stones appear at the rock
"swap-shops".
A good tuck stone is the
Apache Tear-a smaM, smooth,
biack stone. This stone comes
from centra! Arizona. A
iegendary name is given to
these stones by the Indians of
the Apache tribe of centra!
Arizona. As the !egend goes: It
Continued on Page 4
with public drunkenness,
second offense, called and
failed.
Russell Warren Winchester
charged with non-support,
called and failed.
Charles Stephenson, Jr.
charged with non-support.
Continued.
Lawson Woodfin Henderson
charged with drunk driving.
Plead not guilty. Found guilty.
Ordered to pay $100 6ne, cost
of court action and surrender
license. Defendant served
notice of appeal to Superior
Court. Bond set at $150.
Ronald Welch charged with
disposing of mortgage
property. Head not guilty,
state took a non-pros.
Willard Tipton charged with
drunk driving. Continued for
state until November 3.
Don Lambert charged with
pubiic drunkenness, assauit on
an officer, and resisting arrest.
Head not guiity. Continued
untii November 4.
Wiiiiam Dennis Reed
charged with assauit with a
deadiy weapon, called and
failed. Nisi-sci fa capis issued.
DiSTRiCT COURT
Continued on Page 4
Superior Court Jurors
Named For Oct. Term
Jorors have been drawn for
the October 20th session of
Superior Court to be heid in
the Swain County Court House
in Bryson City.
Numbers were drawn by the
Clerk of Superior Court and
matched with corresponding
names by the Register of Deeds
Office in accordance with the
North Carolina Genera!
Statues, Chapter 9, Section 5.
Jurors and Grand Jorors wi!l
report for jury duty Monday
morning, October 20.
Excuses will be heard
Monday, October 13, before
the honorable Judge Robert
Leatherwood at 9: at 9:30 in
the morning in the Swain
County Chart Houas.
Grand Jury members are:
John R. Cope, Bryson City;
Mrs. Hazel Jacks, Bryson City;
Lee Rickman, Bryson City;
Mrs. C. H. Martin, Bryson City;
Bruce Messer, Rte. 3; Lois E.
Davis, Rt. 3; Clyde Davis, Rt.
3, Leonard Martin, Almond;
Glenn Brown, Rt. 1; C. C.
Wright, Bryson City; Mrs.
Crawford Jenkins, Whittier;
Mrs. Frances Bates, Bryson
City; Mrs. Brenda Cope,
Bryson City; Jim Ensiey,
Bryson City; Gale Winchester,
Bryson City; Adam Crisp,
Bryson City; and Mrs. Millard
Reeves, Bryson City.
Petit Jury members are:
Mrs. W. F. Bumgarner, Bryson
City; Mrs. Eunice Skidmore;
Bryson City; Candler Pilkey,
Bryson City; R. N. Wiggins,
Rte. 2; Heilda Ammons,
Bryson City; Wheeler Jones,
Rt. 2; Blanche Monteith,
Bryson City; Betty Lou
Moffitt, Rt. 3; Edith Freeman,
Almond; Cleo Cochran, Rt. 2;
Maude Weld, Bryson City;
Leroy English, Bryson City;
Earl Messer, Bryson City; O. G.
Garland, Bryson City; Mrs.
Blanche Anders, Bryson City;
Mrs. Tommy Conley, Bryson
City; WiHiam Petterson, Bryson
City; J. Lee Wdch, Bryson
City; Mrs. Georgia Golden,
Bryson City; Nina McCurry,
Rt. 3; Jonathan Melinatte,
Whittier, Pat Rogers, Rt. i;
Mabei Barnett, Bryson City;
Gienn Woodard, Rt. 1; James
Payne, Bryson City; Mrs. Virgii
Weich, Bryson City; A. Dwight
Mitchell, Rt. 3; Mrs. Fannie
Freeman; Rt. 3; Mrs. Giadys
Fariey Bryson City; Aiieen
Williamson, Whittier; Edward
Bianton, Rt. 1; Ernestine
Coieman, Bryson City; Larry
DeHart, Bryson City; Waiiace
Calhoun, Bryson City; Charles
Womack, Bryson City; Mrs.
Alice-DuwH, Rt. 3; Hariey
Kirkland, Rt. 1; Mrs. Doyle
Cooper, Rt. 3; Raymond Ward,
Bryson City; Eva Nell
Thomasson, Bryson City; R. L.
Patillo, Bryson City; Merrill
Ammons, Rt. 3; and Winona
Winchester, Bryson City..
PTA Meeting
Set Tnetday
The Bryson City PTA will
hve its first meeting of the
school year Tuesday, October
14, at 7:30 p.m. in the school
cafeteria. They will have an
introduction of new teachers
and student teachers. A
discussion of the state of
affairs and condition, aim, and
purpose of PTA will be given
by Russell Childers, President.
Refreshments will be served
afterwards and a social
gathering of PTA members.
The officers for 1969-70
year are as follows: President -
Russell Childers; Vice-President
- Gerald McKinney; Secretary -
Mrs. Tom Conley; and
Treasurer Mrs. Martha Brown.
Two Kitted, Eight tnjured
We are running this picture for the benefit of those
who have not been by West End Service Station to see
this bus. Two Orangeburg. S. C.. men died Friday night
when this bus ieft highway 107 near GienviUe and hit
three trees before coming to a stop. Eight other
occupants riding in the bus were injured, four seriously.