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
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/%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.
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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.
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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