North Carolina Newspapers

The Smoky Mountain Times Volume 87--Number 14--Bryson City, North Caroiina-Tuesday, December 23,1969 J'U. S" Around Town "There is a great furor about aex education! Schools, churches, and mail order adverltlsng are ali at It. Films, books, literature comes to our desk almost daiiy—from those who purport to be experts on this subject which our generation must have discovered. We are not sure how the human race was propagated before we came aiong and discovered sex—it may forever remain a mystery." *** The Cancer Detection Ciinic in the C.J. Harris Hospital in Syiva wiii observe Friday, December 26 as a holiday. The ciinic wiii continue as usual the foiiowing Friday morning. *** We understand the Jaycees Annuai Santa Pai Christmas party was a big success this year as always. Some 57 children from the cradle age to 13 year olds were treated to a phrty in the Community Building Monday night. Old Santa was there with goodies for everyone and after the party each child was taken on a shopping tour. The Jaycees send out their heart felt thanks for all the help from those of you who cared enough to hep them in their project. *** The North Carolina Highway Patrol reports that there were only two accidents in Swain County last week. While making seven contacts, three were charged with drunk driving, two other hazardous moving violations, and two non-hazardous violations. The officers ^atroiled a distance of some 2009 miles with the week beginning December 15 and extending through December 21. ose of °7 /%ate Old Santa Claus was on hand Thursday night for the annual Lion's Club Christmas party. Santa is pictured above handing our gifts to some of the children Snow, Light Docket Makes For Short DisMct Court Session Honorabie Robert Leatherwood presided over a very short one day session of District Court here in Bryson City Monday morning. Some 23 cases were scheduled for disposition before the court and acting soiicitor, Stedman Hines. . Cases heard were: Joe McIntosh, charged with non support. Continued Jan. 5, 1970. Wiiiard Tipton charged with Weather Report: Tuesday: Ctear -18 degrees Wednesday: Ctear -18 degrees Thursday: Vartabte otoudiness 17 degrees Friday: Vartabte cloudiness 17 degrees Saturday: Ctear - 20 dtMrees Sunday: Steet mixed wl^th snow - 24 degrees Monday: Ctoudy 34 degrees Tuesday: Fair and cotd mtd 20's. drunk driving. Continued to Jan. 5,1970. Dan Weich charged with vioiation of prohibition iaw. Retired to inactive docket. HoweM J. Crisp charged with assauit with deadly weapon Continued to Jan. 5, 1970. ... . Raymond McKiniey Messer charged with traffic vioiation, accident invoived. Continued to Jan. 5,1970. Bernard Andrew WHnoty charged with drunk driving, fifth offense. Caiied and failed. Nisi sci fa capis issued. Bond set $500 cash or 1,000 signed. Daniel Scott charged with reciprocal support. Called and failed. Nisi sci fa capis issued. ' Bond set $500 cash or $1,000' signed. Thereon Kenneth Crisp charged with abandonment and non support. Capis outstanding. Eunice Ensiey Parker charged with drunk driving, accident invoived. Continued Jan.5,1970 James Ronaid Lackey charged with faiiina to reduce speed to avoid accident.. Head guiity Ordered to pay $25 and cost. Tayior Lee Bridges charged with speeding 70 in a 35 miie zone, recMess driving, deadiy weapon, and improper mufflers. Continued to Jan. 5, 1970 session. Raymond Charles Owie, Jr. charged with driving white license revoked. Capis outstanding. Bond set $300. Raymond Charies Owie, Jr. charged with non compiiance, aiding and betting in drunk driving. Caiied and failed. Capis outstanding. Bond set at $148. V THE SEASON BRING \OU IAECH JOVJ Donald Ray Wright charged with reckless driving. Continued. John Robert Lakey charged with driving whiie license suspended. Continued to Jan. 20,1970. Joyce Pressley Warren charged with drunk driving and driving whiie iicense revoked. Continued Jan. 20,1970. James Edward Abney charged with drunk driving. Called and faiied. Judgment absoiute on bond. Fred Lawson, Jr., charged with aiding and abetting in drunk driving. Called and faiied. Judgment absoiute on bond. Ray Cathey charged with drunk driving. Caiied and faiied. Judgment absoiute on bond. Freddie Biythe charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct. Continued Jan. 5, 1970. ^ Douglas Catt charged with ^ trespassing and disorderly conduct. Continued Jan. 5, 1970. Haroid Edward Sutties charged with reckless driving. Capis outstanding. Furman Ear! Herron charged with reckless driving. Head guiity. Ordered to pay $25 and cost. Cases heard during iast Tuesday's, Dec. 16 session but not pubiished in the TIMES iast week were: Wade Woodard charged with vioiation of probation, Dismissed. Don Lambert charged with pubiic drinking and assauit on an officer resisting arrest. Plead not guiity. Verdict not guiity on pubiic drinking, verdict guiity of assauiting and resisting arrest. Sentenced 90 days suspended 9 months. Pay cost and $50. Raymond McKiniey Messer charged with traffic vioiation accident involved. Continued DEc. 22,1969. Hilda inabinett charged with drunk driving. Head not guilty. Verdict guilty. Ordered to pay cost and $100 fine and surrender drivers license. Daniel Scott charged with recriprocal support. Continued Dec. 22,1969. Hilda inabinett charged with drunk driving. Head not guilty. Verdict guilty. Ordered to pay cost and $100 fine and surrender drivers license. Daniel Scott charged with recriprocal support support. Continued Dec. 22,1969. Eunice Ensley Parker charged with drunk driving, accident involved. Continued Dec. 22,1969. Harley Wiggins charged with drunk driving. Continued Jan. 20,1970. Sammy J. Cochran charged with non support. Dismissed. Tayior Lee Bridges charged with speeding 70 in a 35 mile zone, reckless driving, deadly weapon, and improper muffiers. Continued Dec. 22, ° 1969. Each year the Farmers Home Administration selects the outstanding farm famiiy in each of their 71 unit offices in North Caroiina. Each year the seven district winners compete on a State wide basis for honors with the State FHA Advisory Committee seiecting the State winner. In the Macon-Swain Unit of farmers Home Administration the S. W. Woody famiiy of Kirkland's Creek Community of Swain County has been named the outstanding Farm Famiiy for 1969, states Wiiiiam R. Martin, County Supervisor. The Woody famiiy wiii be competing on a district basis next month. Mr. Woody and his wife were both bom and reared in Swain County. Despite major birth defects and numerous major operations to correct some of these defects, Mr. Woody graduated from high school with honors. Striving to overcome his handicap and become a productive citizen, Mr. Woody began to further his education at the University Of North Caroiina at Chapei Hiii. This was during the time of Worid War II and soon Mr. Woody had to defer his education aim and take a war time job. He managed this job with the endeavor he is noted for, for a period of five years. Furthering his deferred aim for higher education, Mr. Woody entered and finished Pacific Radio Coiiege in California. After^ graduation he began worKwKh one of the iarge airiines in the eiectronic fieid. During the time of his training and work in Caiifomia, S. W. Woody had a dream of growing fish and having his own recreation area. He began to make this dream a reaiity by completing numerous courses in trout farming and sales. The adversity this famiiy had to overcome piaces this outstanding farm famiiy second to none in Swain County. Whue workmg tn C amonua Mr. Woody had an accident which prevented him from continuing his present job. Whether this was an unfortunate or fortunate accident is debateabie. Mr. Woody, now unabie to continue the job he was trained for, began to shape his dream into reaiity. Moving back to Western North Caroiina in 1964 he purchased a smali tract of iand, oniy .64 acre in the Kirkiand's Creek Community of Swain County. Aiways trying to better himself, Mr. Woody purchased a Mid-State house, ft took a iot of hard work and sacrifice, but he finished the inside of his home beautifuiiy and did much of the outside work. After providing his family with sheiter Mr. Woody began work on the iarger part of his idea, fish farming and recreation. His fuii time was devoted to piacing his fish farm operation into production. A smaii but operative fish hatchery was buiit, fish troughs were buiit, signs erected on main highways and eggs purchased. This was the beginning of the S.W. Woody Trout Farm. In 1966 Mr. Woody began to find out that the .64 acre just was not big enough to carry on a successfui operation. Land for saie in this area of the county is very scarce, it took a iot of determination to obtain an option on a tract of iand ciose by but Mr. Woody, who is somewhat of a dipiomat, did just that. He fuiiy reaiized now that if he did not expand and get this iand he wouid eventuaiiy be forced out of business. It was at this time, with no other piace to turn to for heip, that Mr. Woody sought the advise and assistance of Farmers Home Administration. In February of 1967 Mr. Woody secured a Farm Ownership ioan to refinance and consoiidate some debts, purchase enough iand to profitabiy expand his opeation, improve and expand his fish enterprise, and add a recreation area to the farm. This expansion greatly aided Mr. Woody to increase his standard of living and expand his business. With these vast improvements, more tourists began to stop at Woody's Trout Farm and a lot of them became regular customers. Mr. Woody soon found himself with more people than he could handle. To meet his increasing business, Mr. Woody would have to expand his operation again. In September and October of 1968 plans were developed to construct rental cabins, and improve his dwelling. In December of 1968 a subsequent Farm Ownership loan was made to Mr. Woody to do this development work. Mr. Woody, with a wife and two teenage daughters, needed the additional space of a basement and repairs to his home. Relying on his good judgment and the advice of the North Carolina Recreation Commission, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Soil Conservation Service, North Carolina Extension Service and Farmers Home Adminstration, he selected plans for cabins from cabins that were located in Macon County. The construction on these cabins is completed and they are now occupied through the tourist season. With the opportunity Farmers Home Administration has given this man, he now has increased his income and given Ms family a better standard of living in the short period of three years. At the present time, Mr. Woody's recreation complex is one of the most outstanding in the state and theoutlook for future growth is exceiient. Woody's Trout Farm offers camping, rentai cabins, camping supplies, trout catch out ponds and trout for stocking ponds. Like most progressive men of our nation, Mr. Woody had the totai backing of a wonderful famiiy. His ioveiy wife and two daughters were aiways with him, giving the encouragement and support needed to materialize this man's dream. S.W. Woody has overcome extreme adversity, has taken fui! advantage of an opportunity, and has progressed far beyond MM imagination of anyone who knows him. He is a ieader, both in his endeavor and his community. Many outstanding members of his community and fieid of occupation haw expressed their desire to haw the determination and devotion of this man. S.W. Woody and his famiiy once had a dream, a dream that became a reaiity with the opportunity Farmers Home Administration gave them. Jackson, Swain Labor Survey Resuits Toid Tabulations of the labor survey recently conducted in Swain and Jackson counties have been completed. The survey was done for an industrial firm which in considering a location at Cherokee. According to Fred Lyda and Dr. Ronald North of the Western Carolina University Economic Development Center, a total of 1018 persons of working age responded to the survey. Of these, 542 were mates and 476 were females. All but 23 have had previous work experience. Among the respondents, there are 331 high school graduates, 176 males and 155 females. A total of 42 are college graduates. Twenty-eight males and eight females have had vocational or technical training. Respondents living within 25 miles of Cherokee amounted to 885 persons, 219 of whom are from Cherokee. The balance came from as far away as the State of Washington. One man, emptoyed by Generai Motors in Pontiac, Michigan, wrote a message on the bottom of his survey form. He said he was 'dissatisfied with the surroundings and wouig Mhe to get back home." Severs) other out-of-state respondents wrote simitar messages. Of the totai number of respondents, 525 are now emptoyed. However, many are working at meniat work of in part-time or seasons) )ob*. There were 493 unempiqyed persons among the respondents. The tabor survey was conducted during the period of December 3-13 by t$bd Cherokee industriai Committee, the North Caroiina Empioyment Security Commission, and the Sytva Office of the North CaRdina Department of ConseRation nd Devetopment. it was promoted by tocat newgMMjRs, radio stations, schooi omoais and pubiic agencies. Ca/ ^^ w#// ^ ^ 79^ Impending cuts in the financial assitance checks for families with dependent children throughout North Caroiina the first of the year may be short-iived, according to State Social Services Board Chairman John R. Jordan, Jr. Jordan announced in Raieigh, "I will personalty see that no stone is ieft unturned in trying to secure the additional state funds necessary to make up the deficit we are faced with." He commented further, however, that "I anticiapte the greatest difficulty in aiieviating this situation wiii be in the 100 counties finding the additional funds that wiii be required for this purpose. "When the State Boardof Social Services voted to cut payments in the AFDC category by paying a percentage of need rather than the totai amount, it was done so reiuctantiy and after much discussion for two reasons. We realized the amounts for basic necessities such as food, clothing, shelter, etc. were already very inadequate and to cut these amounts owuld be an undue hardship on the recipients. At the same time, it had become very evident this year that the counties were having difficulty in appropriating the funds for their already increased budgets. The social services budget this year for counties was approximately 35 percent higher than last year. We had to ask the Governor to send telegrams to some 38 counties urging them to provide their lawful share of the non-Federa! matching funds," Jordan stated. With almost one-half the fiscal year already one, five counties have still not provided their share of the funds. Legal action has already been taken against one county for this reason. A survey of the 100 county departments of social services' financiai status a few days ago showed that 34 counties, according to their approved budget, wiH probabiy be operating on a deficit in the AFDC category by the end of the fiscai year. The reason for this financiai diiemma is that a sharp increase in the number of recipients has taken piace over the past tweive months, contrary to a past trend of a decrease in the number of recipients. The State Social Services Department had to submit its budget request for the 1969-71 biennium to the State budget division in January 1968. At that time there were approximated 106,000 AFDC recipients. For five years the number had decreased from a high of 113,000 in 1963. Based on these facts a budget increase was requested for 107,000 recipients. The totai amount was approved by the Generai Assembiy. During this current caiendar year the number has soared upward. Comparing October 1969 with October 1968, there were 117,957 AFDC recipients in 1969 and oniy 105,271 in ) 1968. During the same months the average monthly pr^ment per person has increased Rotn $27.66 to $30 22. "If this is not atard#hg enou^r, the number of A;FBC recipients in the month bf November has grown to approximateiy 124,000 arrive on!y have the funds for the 107,000 through the Bscs^year ending June 30, 1971/' commented Jordan. "1 fee! confident we vftb'be abie to find the additibhai needed State funds Hrom somewhere in the very near future. There is stiii some doubt as to the abiiity of aii 100 counties to increase their aiready enlarged budgets in the middie of a tax year after taxes have aiready been ievied This wiiibe necessary in aii cowries because of the Fed^rai uniformity requirement. When one county faiis to cooperate, Federai funds for the entire State are placed in jeopardy. We must find some way at ieast to raise these monthly aiiowances back to the present ievei in the very near future. These dependent chiidren need adequate food, ciothing, and sheiter in order to pursue their education in a proper manner," Jordan conciuded. St. Joseph's Church Ptans^ Midnight Christmas Mass The celebration of Christmas at Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Bryson City will begin with midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. Beginning at 11:30 p.m. and preceding the midnight Mass there will be a program of Christmas carols and readings from the Bible by the Young Peopie's Choir. Father Donald Levemier, the pastor of Saint Joseph's Church, will be celebrant of the Mass and will deliver the Christmas message. At am. on Christmas nor there wiH be another Christman Mass at St. Joseph's. After the midnight sendees refreshments wiM be served the church haU beneath church. The peopte of Joseph's Church and Fa Levemier invite aii of friends and neighbors of! County to participate in festivities of Christmas at"' Joseph's