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The Smoky Mountain Times Volume 87- Number 46— Bryson City, North Carolina — Thursday, Auqust 6.1970 * Around Town Saturday, August 22, the Bryson City Lions Club will have their yearly Radio Day on Station WBHN beginning at 8:00 a.m. and continuing until 6:00 p.m. The proceeds from , this Radio Day will go for the ’ benefit of the Lions in our county and other help as needed. Beween now and the 22nd of August, a representative of the Lions Club will call on the business firms for advertising during this day’s program. The Lions appreciate the past interest and help and hope that this day will be equal to the past days. *** The Smoky Mountain Football Officials’ meeting will be held in Bryson City, Thursday, August 13, at 7 p.m. at Swain County High Scool. All persons interested in officiating whether registered or not are urged to attend. *** The North Carolina State Highway Patrol reported that 4 during the week of July 27 • August 2, they were on the road for a total of 58 hours, during which time two accidents occurred. One charge whs made for improper passing. II has recently been announced that the Bloodmobile of the Red Cross will be in Bryson City on August 13 from 1:00 to 5:30 pVm. at the Methodist Fellowship Hall. In 1969 only 160 units of blood were collected but 297 units were jt^used at the Swain County "Hospital during that year, so everyone please try to contribute to this worthy cause. *** We were a week early with our announcement. City Lions Club's yearly broom and light bulb sale. We stated that the sale was to take place Thursday, July 30, beginning after 7:00 p.m., when the sale is supposed to take place this Thursday, August 6 at the same time. We again urge you to have your money ready for this worthy cause. Sheriff Gets Cruiser Mrs. Ray Ward (right) recently presented the sheriff of Swain County with the keys to a brand-new 1970 Fury III. Mrs. Ward made the presentation to the Swain County Sheriff’s Department as a gift. The car is specially built and is to be used for County Patrolling. Deputies Steve Felsberg, Sam Bowers, and Mrs. Barbara Colville were present for the presentation. Six-County Youth League Plans Midget-Mite Season The Smoky Mountain Youth League held its annual organizational meeting in Andrews Monday night. The meeting, held in the Methodist Hall, was for the purpose of Health Council To Meet Here Wednesday The Board of Directors of the State of Franklin Health Council, Inc. will meet at the courthouse in Bryson City Wednesday, August 12, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting agenda will include an interview of a prospective geriatric planner, extension of the deadline for federal funding, a progress report, fund drive report, and other routine business. All interested citizens are urged to attend. District 31 -A Lions Cabinet Meet Sunday The first District 31-A cabinet meeting, Lions International, for the 1970-71 year will be held Sunday, August 9, at 1:00 p.m. in Brevard, at the Brevard College Cafeteria. All district officers, club representatives, past district governors and other interested parties are being invited to attend. < t District Governor William M. Staudenmaier will preside. Staudenmaier has appointed the following committee heads for the year: Boys nd Girls, F. Gudger Cabe, Candler; Camp Dogwood, W. Harold Rice, Asheville; Care, Robert W. Easley, Murphy; Eye Bank and CUucoma, Jack K. Ebbesen, West Asheville; International Youth Exchange, Joel F. Kilpatrick, Cullowhee; Leo Clubs, Lawrence B. Leatherwood, Waynesville, and .Ralph Smith, Asheville; Projects, Hieronymus Bueck, Franklin, Ero6 W. Pitts, •Asheville, George I. Johnson, I 'Asheville, Scholarships, Hurbert L. Kanipe, Asheville; Statewide work for the Blind, Eros W. Pitts, Arnold J. Hyde, Candler; Statewide promotion on N.C., A. Roland Leatherwood, Clyde; White cane, L.A. Coman, Jr., Canton, in Region one and two, Boyd Sossamon, Sylva, Regions three and four, Wade Huey , Marshall. Bulletin and Scrapbood, Willard F. Hensley, Asheville, Norman Reese, Highlands, Clifford Sam mis, Asheville, Chaplain, F. Gudger Cabe; Extension, John P. Ramsey, Etowah; Robert F. Barnes, Candler; Finance, F. Gudger Cabe,Hieronymus Bueck, F.E. planning the 1970 Midget-Mite Area Football Schedule. The Smoky Mountain Youth League includes the six western counties of North Carolina with seven teams and includes midget and mite football teams from Andrews, BrysonCity, Cherokee, Hayesville, Murphy, Robbinsville, and Sylva. Each year various organizations of concerned individuals sponsor a little boy’s football program, and the results have been enormous during the last few years. The Bryson City Jaycees sponsor the Swain County teams. A representative from each of the seven towns was present for the meeting with the exception of Hayesville. Hayesville was contacted by phone and expressed its plans to enter two teams. Du rig the meeting a six-game schedule was drawn up with the season beginning September 5 and running through October 17. Hie Bryson City teams will have an open date the first night of the season, September 5, and will start their season with a game with Cherokee on September 12. Oneil Muse represented Bryson City at the meeting and pointed out that this was an organizational meeting only and a meeting would be held in the near future on a county level to make for theBryson City, teams. Boys interested in playing Midget-Mite Football this year are asked not to call Mr. Muse, but watch the Smoky Mountain Times for the time and date qf the first meeting. County Commissioners Squabble Over Payment Of *3,450.82 Attorney Fee Some toes were heavily stepped on during the regular monthly meeting of the Swain County Board of Commissioners on Monday morning. Tempers flared as an attorney’s bill for services rendered during the Swain County Primary was brought before the Board for disposition. The bill in the amount of $3,450.82 from Asheville attorney, Herbert Hyde, was brought before the Board for payment consideration and after some discussion, County Attorney, George P. Davis, was called in for legal counsel. The bill stems from legal assistance rendered by Mr. Hyde during the Swain County Primary in which the Swain County ballot boxes were impounded by a Superior Court order. Mr. Hyde’s services were ascertained by the Swain County Board of Elections after it had been named in a Superior Court order signed by Superior Court Judge, Thad Bryson. The court order alleged that a true count might be impossible if the ballot boxes were not impounded and the count thoroughly supervised. Attorney Leonard Lloyd of Robbinsville served as attorney for the complaintants. Democratic candidate for Sheriff, James Franklin, signed the court order as complaintant; however, in C. C. Brown Will Be Revival Speaker Rev. C.C. Brown of High Point, N.C. will be the visiting preacher for Revival services, August 9-16 at the Bryson City Wesleyan Church. The services are at 7:30 p m. Rev. Brown is a native of the Wilmot Community near hoe. Following his conversion and call to the gospel ministry in 1921 at Wilmot, he graduated from the Greensboro Bible School in Greensboro and since then has served churches as pastor and evangelist in several states. He preaches with a real desire to win people to Christ and we are happy to have this native of our mountain area to be with us in these meetings. Rev. James Caviness, pastor, and the people welcome everyone to attend these services. Also Mr. Brown will be speaking over Radio WBHN at 10:00 a.m. August 10-14 on the “Bread of life” broadcast. You are invited to listen to these devotional programs. conversation with Attorney Lloyd be informed this writer that he represented three Swain County candidates and named them as Democratic candidate for Sheriff, James Franklin, Democratic candidate for Chairman of County Commissioners, Odell Shuler, and Democratic candidate for Little Commissioner, CXI. Carson. In Monday’s meeting of the commissioners a motion was made that the commissioners pay the attorney’s fee immediately and then, in turn, ’’Sue the responsible people for reimbursement.” The motion failed to get a second and was, therefore, dropped. At this point, Attorney George Davis f v Sunday Is Homecoming At Alarka There will be a homecoming Sunday, August 9, at the Alarka Baptist Church. Guest speaker for the morning service will be Rev. E.B. Lindsay. Guest speaker for the afternoon will be Rev. John Freeman, a former pastor of the church. Following Homecoming festivities, a revival wQIbegin at t:30 p.m., Sunday, and will last throughout the week. Speaker for the revival services will be Rev. Jack Hyde. Music for both the homecoming and revival will be supplied by the Alarka Choir, the Good Will Quartet, the Justice Sisters, the Edwards Trio, the Jenkins Family, the New Hope Quartet, and other visiting choirs. Everyone is invited. Fast Pitch Double-Header Set Dent’s Cafe, of slow-pitch softball fame, has organized a fast-pitch softball team and will enter the Fast-Pitcb State Playoffs beginning in Cherokee this Sunday afternoon. Acording to Manager, Gene Shuler, the team is composed Bill Shull, Canton; Historian and Lions Information, Robert F. Barnes; Membership Development and Interclub Visitation, Howard S. Haithcock, for Region one and two, Harold L. Peebles, Candler, and for Region three and four, John D. Waldrop, Tryon; Parliamentarian, & International Relations, Lawrence C. Stoker; Public Relations, Mr. Richard Harshaw, Jr., Asheville, Resolutions, A. Roland Leatherwood, Point Contest, Joe E. Or, Hendersonville. Belk Announces New Pension Plan Employee benefits have been given a significant boost at Belk. In addition to a profit sharing program, in effect for nearly three decades, Belk now has adopted a new pension plan. And this month one retiring employee bom Bryson City will receive the first check issued under this plan. Mrs. Fern Painter is retiring from the Belk Store here in Bryson City after 29 years service. Mrs. Painter worked in the piece goods department. Throughout the Belk and Leggett organizations, which employ more than 17,000 persons in 18 Southeastern states and Puerto Rico, approximately 500 retiring employees will receive monthly pension checks in 1970. Store manager Talmage Jones said the pension plan includes those eligible employees who have officially retired since January 1, 1969. First Retirement Check Mis. Fern Painter, retiring from Belk Department Store here in Bryson City after 29 years, is pictured above receiving her first retirement check from Store Manager, Talmadge Jones. Mr. Jones expressed his appreciation to Mrs. Painter for her long and faithful service to the Belk Stores. “Belk and Leggett stores woe among the first in retaUing to have a profit sharing program”, he said. “Now we are pleased to have a pension plan to supplement the profit sharing and Social Security payme ts retirees receive.” “In addition, many retirees will be eligible for continuation of free life insurance and a merchandise discount.” “We think the addition of the pension plan to our total retirement program is a significant step and indicative of Belk and Leggett organizations’ position of leadership.” Mr. Jones said that aside from the retirement program, benefits at Belk include free medical, life and travel accident insurance; paid vacations; holidays and sick leave; merchandise discounts and a variety of other employee benefits. “So our employees will have a thorough understanding of all benefits available to them, we have prepared a new benefits book, folder and slide-sound presentation.” These are being shownand distributed at special meetings aimed at communications, the details of all benefits. “By its very nature, ours has always been a people business,” he said, “and our success has been due largely to , the concern shown for meeting the needs of employees. “This in turn has been reflected in a friendly customer oriented, store seeking to give outstanding service." of local talent from several of the slow-pitch teams and prior to going to Cherokee, Sunday, a double-header exhibition will be played here on the Bryson (Sty athletic field beginning at 7:30 Thursday night. A team that called themselves the “Cherokees”, winners of the Cherokee Fast-Pitch League will offer the competition. The team has a fine roster of players and two of the best pitchers from Cherokee. Buddy Burrell, ex-Air Force fast-pitch great, will start on the mound in the first game. Pitcher for the second game has not been named yet and a team roster was not available, however several capable fast-pitch players have been contacted, and since the opponents will be the best from Cherokee, it should prove to be a real interesting evening. There is no admission charge and this is the first fast-pitch game played in Bryson City this year. A full house is expected, so for that special seat, you had better get out early. Y’al come. Jackson To Speak At Bible Camp Pastor A.W. Jackson of Chenrydale Baptist Church, Arlington, Virginia, will be guest speaker at the Great Smoky Mountains Bible Conference and Camp Living Water on West Deep Creek Road August 8-15. Music will be directed by Don Wagner, Winston Salem, N.C.; and missionary speakers will be Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Grandburg of the West Indies M ission. Director Herbert Brown and Secretary John Marchbanks will give expositions of Scripture. Services begin at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. daily and at 2:30 on Sunday. The public is cordially invited. was called into the meeting for legal advise. According to a commissioner, “Mr. Davis informed the Board that, according to law, the county was responsible for this bill as well as other bills incurred by the Swain County Board of Elections while performing their duties as an election board.” After listening to the attorney’s comments, a motion was made by Commissioner Clyde Arvey and seconded by Commissioner Jack Smith that “the bill from Herbert Hyde in the amount of $3,450.82 -be paid immediately.” The motion was brought to a vote with Commissioners Arvey and Smith voting “yes” and Chairman Odell Shuler voting “no”. At this point, Mr. Shuler advised the other Board members that he would not sign the pay voucher, unless ordered to do so by the courts and that he wanted the same protection “as was given the Board of Elections.” In talking with Commissioners Arvey and Smith, we questioned them as to what action would be taken and were told by one member, March Of Dimes Stork Line The STORK LINE is a 24 hour toll-free public service telephone available to all North Carolinians and is designed by the March of Dimes as an educational program. Callers are greeted with a message recorded by a medical expert concerning prenatal care. Subjects will be changed at frequent intervals. Following the sound of the tone, the caller can give his name and mailing address and ask a question relating to Birth Defects, prenatal care, German Measles, or any other area in which the March of Dimes is working. Questions will be taped, transcribed and submitted to a panel of medical experts who, in turn, will supply the answers. Each person who gives his name and mailing address will receive a written answer. The March of Dimes STORK LINE Telephone Number is 1-800-432-6546. “the bill will probably be sent back to the Election Board so that they can turn it over to the courts to get it paid.” At the same time we were told,’! don’t think the taxpayers should have to pay this bill, I think the people responsible should be made to pay it. However, the law says the county is responsible and, therefore, I feel it should be paid immediately.” We questioned Attorney Davis as to why, as County Attorney, he did not represent the Election Board and he stated that, “As County Attorney, I represent the Swain County Board of Commissioners and no other office or body of the county. I was not asked to represent the Board and, therefore, had no legal responsibility to the Board.” Chairman Odell Shuler was reportedly out of town Wednesday morning and thus, was unavailable for comment. ASC Committee Nominations Must Be Made By August 17 Monday, August 17, is the final date for farmers to submit nominees for community ASC committee for the upcoming committee year. Local candidates will now be nominated by petitions submitted by farmers. This change provides the opportunity for individual farmers to have first choice in nominating candidates for ASC community committees. The incumbent community committee will complete the slate of candidates only if fewer than six have been nominated by petition. If 8 percent or more of the eligible voters are minority group members and none have been nominated by petition, at least one of the candidates added to the slate by the incumbent committee shall be a minority group member. A farmer who is an owner, tenant, or sharecropper is eligible to sign a nominating petition and to vote for ASC community committeemen. Any six eligible voters may nominate an eligible farmer, and may nominate more than one. A voter may sign as many petitions as he wishes. Nominating petitions should be submitted to the local ASCS county office. The election will be held by mail during the period from September 1 through September 11. All farmers are urged to participate fully in both the nomination and election of their ASC community committeemen. John Smart Visits Area Democratic candidate for the State House of Representatives, John Smart, visited throughout Swain County yesterday(Wednesday) meeting and discussing mutual problems with the residents of Swain County. Mr. Smart, a prominent Brevard Attorney, is seeking election to the House of Representatives from Transylvania, Swain, and Jackson Counties. The post Smart seeks is now filled by Representative Charles Taylor, also of Brevard. WBHN Radio May Have Youngest DJ In U. S. A. Debbie Sneed, 15 year old DJ of WBHN Radio Station, Bryson City, is one of the youngest, if not the youngest girl DJ in the United States. At press time this reporter was unable to ascertain whether or not there has ever Debbie Sneed WEATHER Wednesday, July 29 - Clear. Low 65 degrees. High 82 degrees. Thursday, July 30 - CLear. Low 68 degrees. High 85 degrees. Friday, July 31 -- Clear. Low 69 degrees. High 92 degrees. Saturday, August 1 - Hot, scattered showers. Low 69 degrees. High 92 degrees. Sunday, August 2 - Partly cloudy. Low 68 degrees. High 94 degrees. Monday, August 3 - Hot, humid. Low 66 degrees. High 93 degrees. Tuesday, August 4 -- Scattered Showers. Low 68 degrees. High 86 degrees been or is presently a younger girt DJ in the USA or not But after much research, this much is certain, Debbie Sneed has to be one of the youngest girls in the Radio announcing business. She started in radio by getting a radio-telephone operators license from the FCC (Atlanta, Ga.) at the age of 13, Debbie broke into radio by cutting a commerical for various businesses whenever she was needed. She has studied to become better informed on the different aspects of the radio business well before obtaining her license which permits her to hold down a shift at WBHN Radio in Bryson. Presently, you may hear Debbie from 3:30 until 7:00 p.m. on the Poptop show and she also does a 15 minute presentation called “Coffee Break” at 9:3 0 A?.m. Debbie was attending WHITTIERElementary School in Whittier, when she first started in radio and she will be a sophomore at Swain High School this coming year. Debbie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sneed of Cherokee. According to Miss Sned there has never been a member of her family who has had an interest in radio previous to hersrif. She did state however, that her younger sister Vickie, who is 10 years old is very interested in radio and perhaps some of you radio listeners have heard some of Civkies commercials who kike her sister really does a tremendous job. When this reporter asked Vickie Sneed if she would try to get into radio at a younger age than her sister. “She stated that she did not know at this time but if she were going to try to top her older sister, she sure had a long way to go.”
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