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A Volume 87 - Number 17 - Bryson City, North Carolina -- Thursday, January 15, 1970' Around Town The Cherokee Rescue Squad wiH sponsor a Bingo Party this coming Saturday night, the 17th at 7:00. A!! proceeds wii! go for the purchase of a new ambuiance. AM donations are appreciated and everyone is weicome. A ham wiii be given away as a door prize. **** The second Saturday night singing at the Jackson Line Baptist Church, postponed from iast Saturday night, had been rescheduied for this Saturday night, the 17th weather permitting. Everyone is invited. - - **** The North Caroiina State Highway Patroi reports oniy three accidents in Swain County iast week. White making three contacts, there were two other hazardous moving vioiations and one non hazardous vioiation. The officers patroiied a distance of some 1320 miies with the week * beginning January 5 and extending through January 11. **** The Maroon Devils basketball contest scheduled for Tuesday night was postponed untii this coming Saturday night because of the icy road conditions. The Gienvilie Schooi oniy has a boy team but attempts are being made to get a giris game schedule. **** Our AROUND SWAIN ^COUNTY Wolumn is rather short this week. There are two Reasons for this^l) the snow has kept our correspondents dm* to the fire and (2) we have a shortage of correspondents. If you live in any of the outlying communities of Bryson City and would be interested in reporting the happenings of your community, contact our Society Editor, Brenda Sutton, at 488-2189. **** The completion date, January 15, of the Everett Street Bridge has been postponed because of the snow and ice. Workmen have been hindered for the past two weeks by all this white stuff that has virtually put a stop to almost everything else around - here. The new date depends on the weather. *** "This country now has so many iaws, it is impossibie for even the finest attorneys, iaw enforcement officers or iegisiators to know them aii. Long gone are the days when a man couid iive according to the dictates of his conscience and the standards of his society and know he was not breaking any iaws. Now there are iaws that teii him where he can waik, what he can say, what he can have on his own property, how much noise is permissibie, in 'what iocation he can park his vehicie and so on for voiumes and voiumes, too much of which is restrictive and nonsensicai." *** "A free economy means just that...free. A man is free to begin a business of his own. He is free to change jobs, to move from city to city.—Yes, free enterprise has its probiems, but corrections are being made. The system may never be perfect, but it's a dam sight better than any other system that has been offered to date," "When most peopie first heard of it, the idea sounded so ridiculous, so unfair, so unjust that most wore inclined to dismiss it.We're taiking about what has been variously described as the guaranteed annuai income' or the negative income tax ' in a nutsheii, the idea is that if you earn money you wiil pay the Federal Government income tax as you aiways have. But under this new scheme, those who don't earn a certain amount of money wouid be paid a < guaranteed income or a ^negative tax' by the Federai Government. What that means, of course, is that you who work wouid do the paying. " Rescue members are pictured icy waters of the Oconaiuftee River around the battered wreckage of a Monday night. A Cherokee man died 1956 Chevrolet wagon that piunged and a second was injured in the crash, down a 125 foot embankment into the The '56 Chevrolet in which a is pictured above after it was puiied Cherokee man was killed Monday night into the West-End Service Station. State Of Frank!in Hea!th Couno! Progress Report A genera! meeting of the State of Frankiin Health Counti!, !nc. was held Monday, January 5, at the hinton Rural Life Center in Clay County. Dr. Charles G. Bridges, Chairman, presided. Dr. C.D. Killian, Executive Director, reported to the Council on progress of the matching fund drive being conducted by the Council. He reported that $7,176.60 in cash had been collected within the seven county region, and another $3,189.00 pledged for payment this year. This exceeded the $10,000 goal by moe than $300. The amount of cash raised outside the region amounted to approximately $14,500, comming mainly from Duke Endowment, Blue Cross Biue Shield, Z. Smith Reynolds, and North Carolina Cerebra! Patsy. Hedged for 1970-75 was approximately $25,000.00. Dr. Bridges invited chairmen or members of standing committees to report on recent activities. Discussion followed regarding the work on the hospitai committee, the committee on environmental sanitation, and the regional hospitai commission which is being organized. The Menta! Health Committee reported on their meetings during the year and the development of a Mentai Health Association for Cherokee and Clay counties. Future prospects for Mentai Health Associations are in Bryson City and Cherokee. The recommendations of the Executive Committee were presented, discussed, and unanimously approved. Mrs. Lena Green and Mrs. C.A. West reported on the Hard COre Groups. The Hard Core groups have addressed several community groups about health and will be much more active after January 1970. The Council on a motion by Dr. Charles Van Gorder voted to approve the Murphy Hospital Authority pians for renovation of their present facilities and to congratulate them upon their One work. Mr. Jack Lyday, Chairman of the Nominations Committee, placed in nomination Dr. H.A. Matthews as Chairman, Dr. Charles G. A Cherokee Man Was Kiiied; A Setond !n}ared Monday Might As Their Car Pianged into River A Cherokee man was kiUed when a 1956 Chevrolet plunged down an embankment off U. S. 19 approximately .6 of a mile west of Cherokee Monday night around 10 p.m. shortly after being involved in a hit-run accident. The vehide rolled 125 to 150 feet down a steep bank before phmginta the Oconaiuftee River. A second man was admitted to the Cherokee Hospital with undetermined injuries. According to investigating officer, Trooper L. A. Turner, the 1956 Chevrolet station wagon was traveling east toward Cherokee on U. S. 19 when it side-swiped a 1967 Chevrolet driven by George Tayior in front of the Kenneth Sneed residence about one miie on the Bryson City side of Cherokee. The vehide failed to stop after hitting the Tayior car and traveled .5 of a miie before leaving the right hand shouider of U. S. 19 going down the embankment coming to a stop partiaiiy submerged in the Oconaiuftee River. Trooper Turner said that the vehicle belonged to Bennett Owle, age 37 of Cherokee and that Owle was believed to be the driver at the time of the accident. Owle was taken to the Cherokee Hospital where he was admitted with undetermined injuries. Norman Rattler, age 31, of the Piney Grove section of Cherokee was pronounced dead on arrival at the Moody Funeral Home in Bryson City by Swain County Medical Examiner, W. E. Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell stated that "the victim apparently died from suffocation from inhaling vomited food." Trooper Turner stated that the vehicle had only one chain Weather Report: HWednesday, Jan. 7 - Ctear, tow 16 degrees, high 22 degrees Thursday, Jan. 8 - Snow fiurries, tow 0 degrees, high 10 degre ^ Friday, Jan. 9 - Partty cioudy, tow -4 degrees, high 14 degrees# 3: Saturday - Jan. 20 - Ctear, tow -4 degrees, high 29 degrees g: Sunday, Jan. 11 - Snow, tow 27 degrees, high 39 degrees ^Monday, Jan. 12 - intermittent snow, tow 36 degrees, high 42§ ^ Tuesday, Jan. 13 - Ctear, tow 20 degrees, high 41 degrees. Highway Sign Vandoiism Cost M.C. More Than $250,000 Last Year The State Highway Commission today estimated that mom them $250,000 damages were done to its signs by vandais darning the past year but said at the same time that Bridges as Vice-Chairman, Mr. Bobby Burch as Secretary, and Mr. Oddi Shuier as Treasurer. There being no other nominations, the above persons were unanimousiy elected. Dr. C D. Killian resigned his position of Executive Director of the Health Council in order to seek the 33rd Senatorial Distic rict Seat. Dr. Killian will be retained as Chief Planning Consultant. Mr. Charies Edwards was named Executive Director and Mr. Bill Upchurch as Assistant Planning Director. Dr. Bridges asked Dr. Kiiiian to explain a letter from Dr. Jacob Koomen, Acting Director of the State Office of Comprehensive Heaith Continued on Page 3 it is not possibie to pinpoint CM amount with a great degree of accuracy. "Aimoat any sign that has been up for any iength of time has been hit with a rock or a bottie," J O. Litchford, state traffic engineer said. "This reduces the iife of the sign, but you don't just take it down for that reason." Reports from out in the state by division engineers said that sign vandaiism is increasing. Litchford iisted shooting, rock and bottie throwing and painting as the three most common methods of vandalism. He aiso said that vandaiism increases during hoiiday seasons and in the spring when schooi is dismissed for the summer. Painting, the use of spray cans to aiter figures on signs, is more numerous in the more numerous in the more popuious areas, he said. But whether it can be estimated accurateiy or not, Litchford said that North Caroiina pays a heavy price each year for vandaiism to its signs. on at the time of the accident which was biamed on "excessive speed on an icy highway." In addition to investigating officer Turner the Cherokee Police, the Swain County Sherriff Department, and both the Cherokee and Swain County Rescue Squads assisted in rescuing the two men. Charges are being withheid by the State Highway Patro! unti! the investigation is compiete. Workmen are attempting to thaw water lines. 300 Famiiies Without Water The temperature dropped well below zero, as tow as -18 degrees in some areas, last Wednesday night and continued for three days causing many hardships for Swain County residents. A 3-inch snow blanketed the county Monday night and sub-zero temperatures kept it from meiting untii it was joined by 6 more inches Sunday. Students returned to school Monday after a two week Christmas break oniy to be out again Tuesday and the remainder of the week Sunday's snow caused additional postponement of school openings and the May 26 date for summer vacation has already been extended into June. School officials say some Saturday attendance may be required. City Cierk, Jack Welch, informed the TIMES this morning that at ieast 300 families are stiii without city water as many feeder lines are frozen solid. Some areas have been without water since last Wednesday night, while other 'freeze ups" occurred Saturday. Mr. Weich stated that he had been working in this type of work for 15 years and this is the worst freeze he couid remember. He went on to say "City crews are working 12 hours a day and we are doing everything in our power to restore water as quickiy as possible. We are using the priority system thawing iines that wiii give water to the largest number of families first taking families with sickness into consideration." Areas of the city that have been out but now restored are Airport Hill, Hospital Hill, and one line on School House Hill. Areas still without water Wednesday morning were one line on School House Hill, Lackey Hill, Bryson Branch, Toot Hollow, Van Raalte Hill, and several residents in the down town area. The old timers say they can remember coider days but can't remember when it has stayed "so coid for so long." Mr. Weich says it would take a warm rain to fully restore water in the city and that some of the pipes that have been thawed would have taken weeks to thaw by themselves. At least one death has been blamed on the freezing temperatures that left a thin skim of ice on the hi#rways Monday and Tuesday nights. jj Timex Rates increase § ) Effective February 1 [ The Smoky Mountain Times, faced with rising costs, wii! increase out-of-county subscription rates and some advertising rates, effective Feb. 1. The singie copy price and the Swain County subscription rate wiii remain the same. Subscribers living outside the county wiii pay $6.18, state saies tax inciuded, beginning the first of February for a year's subscription. Ciassified advertisements and cards of thanks wii! be a minimum of $1.25 for 20 words or iess, each additions! word to cost 5 cents. Display ad rates will remain the same but iegai ads wiU be increased to $1.10 per coiumn inch, the present iocai open commercial rate for the Times. 'This increase is due primariiy to the ever-rising costs of material and iabor and an increase in postai rates," Times pubiisher, Jack Owens said this week. He noted that newsprint has jumped in price, three per cent iast year and another three percent this month. Postai rates have aiso jumped 15 percent, he added. Firemen Battie Two Fires in Sob—Zero Temperatures Fireman Sidney Baii (front) and Jim Ensiey are shown as they examine damage, by fire, to the home of Mrs. Joe Sawyers in the Grassy Branch section of Swain County. The fire occurred Friday night near midnight as the temperature dropped weH below zero. Mrs. Sawyer's son-in-law, Jr. Almond, discovered the blaze and contained the fire to one wall of the downstairs front room. Fireman are pictured above as they attempt to extinguish a blaze in the home of Mrs Mary DeHart on Lackey Hill last Thursday afternoon. Due to the quick respond of fireman dapiage was limited. The house was owned by Helen Gibson and no estimate of damage has been made. The fire occurred in sub-z$ro weather Thursday around 3:15.
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