The Smoky Mountain Times i ± Volume 87 - Number 52 - Bryson City, North Carolina - Thursday, September 17,1970 U , ■—. •t Around Town We’ve got our share of the - heckling during the last week because of mistakes on the Times front page of last week’s edition. We could blame the typographical emirs on our typesetters, the switched .« cutlines on our make-up personnel, the incorrect information on he Mites’ and Midgets ballgame on our source of information and some of the phraseology on our secretary, but what the heck, we’re supposed to catch these errors and I don’t believe we could receive any more “ha-has” so let’s just leave it go and try to do better next time. *** The Mites and Midgets are doing their part to keep the Bryson City football games in the win column. Hie little fellows, the Mites, have won : both of their outings and the bigger boys, the Midgets, won their first one, and tied Cherokee last week, so when the boys from Murphy come tVover this Saturday night, let’s get out and root for the home team. Two wins Saturday night could give the high school team the incentive to beat the “pups” from Murphy when they come over later this season, and, besides, the Jaycees have spent a lot of money to outfit these boys. A few gate receipts sure would come in handy. *** The North Carolina State Highway Patrol reported that during the week of September 7 through the 13, they were on >1 the road for a total of 197 {tours, during which time five "accident occurred. "Thirteen charges were made ; one for driving under the infleunce, four for speeding, two for improper passing, one yield-right-of-way violation, one for driving on the wrong side of the road, and four other hazardous violations. *** J. Edgar says; “....crime cannot be explained away. It can be given aliases, but by any other name it is still crime-violations of the law of our land. And it is still increase.” *** Here’s a driving tip from the Portland, Ore., Traffic Safety \ Commission: One moment’s distraction to light a cigarette, or to shape up the kids in the backseat might be the instant when a traffic emergency comes up. Watch for the unexpected—every second. Midway Baptist To Hold Revival The Midway Baptist Church will hold a revival beginning Monday, September 21st at 7:30 p.m. nightly. The Rev. Buford Woodward will conduct the services. The pastor of the church is Rev. Harvey LeQuire. **• Correction ■ s The address for PFC Roy W. Burnette printed in the September 3 issue should be PFC Roy W.Burnette 2593974, AFVN Det. 2, Drawer 40, APO 96337, San Francisco, Calif. Church Of God To Hold Sale The East Alarka Church of **God will hold a rummage sale and bake sale at the j community building on September 19. Everyone is invited. * Car Hit Pole The 1967 Chevelle pictured above was damaged to the extent of approximately $800 Sunday night when the driver, Thomas Douglas Ensley, age 26, of Bryson City, apparently swerved to dodge a dog in the road, lost control, and struck a utility pole. The accident occurred around 8:45 p.m. approximately 2 tenths of a mile from Bryson City on rural paved road 1323. Devils Take Sting Out Of Jackets, 60 To 22; Andrews Wildcats Next The Swain High Maroon Devils took the sting out of the Yellowjackets from Hayesville here Friday night and rackedup their first victory, by a score of 60-22. The Devils blasted into the win-column after suffering close-score defeats in their first two games. The Swain High Coach, Milt Barden, had high praise for Hayesville’s full back, Barry Lunsford, who suffered a broken collarbone with two minutes remaining in the game. Lunsford gained 121 yards before suffering-the injury that wiH probably suleirtie him' flif the rest of the season. Bill Adams was the big ground-gainer for the Devib and would have to be picked as player-of-the-week for his outstanding ball-carrying and heads-up defensive playing. Larry Beck, Nat Watson, and Charlie Williams were consistent ground-gainers and each of them put points on the board for the home team. Barry Hipps, Leonard Parton, and Bimbo Wiggins along with Adams anchored the Swain defense. Hipps scored the first Swain touchdown intercepting a Hayesville pass and running it back 65 yards for the TD. Larry Beck added the two points after and Swain was in control of the ballgame early. The Hipps—Beck combination was the only score in the first quarter. The Devils took full control during the second period scoring 24 points while allowing the opponents only one. _ Larry Beck scored on a fine 27-yard broken field run and Charlie Williams added the point after. Nat Watson picked up a Hayesville fumble and dashed 33 yards for the second score of the period. Adams added the two points after. Bill Adams picked up six more for the Devils after a fine pass play from Nat Watson to Charlie Williams moving the ball to the Hayesville 6. Williams added the two points after and the score stood Swain-32, Hayesville-O. Bill Adams, Most Valuable Player Of The Week Barry Lunsford blasted through the Devils’ line to put Hayesville on the scoreboard and for the first time. David Brackins added the two points after and the two teams went to the dressing room at half-time with Swain leading 32-8. In the second half, Swain piled up 28 more points, but allowed the YeUowjackets 2 scores. In the third period Beck went in for five and Watson added two giving the Devils a 40-8 lead. Barry Lunsford eased in for his second Hayesville score, but EDA Representatives Visits Bryson City Mr. Ronald K. Ingle, Economic Development Administration Coordinator for N.C., visited in Swain County yesterday. Mr. Ingle, together with representatives of the Swain County Planning Board and the County Commissioners, reviewed EDA projects in Swain County. Over ;he past several years, EDA has issisted local groups in idvancing loans and grants for ipproximately $1'/* million. Hie most current EDA Inancing project is the Swain bounty Industrial Park. The Weather Wednesday, September 9—Warm, scattered showers. -Low 70 degrees. High 86 degrees. Thursday, September 10—Partly cloudy and warm. Low 69 degrees. High 89 degrees. Friday, September 11—Fair. Low 70 degrees. High 86 degrees. Saturday, September 12—Fair. Low 65 degrees. High 87 degrees. Sunday, September 13—Fair and warm. Low 64 degrees. ,, .High 93 degrees. Monday, September 14—Fair and warm. Low 63 degrees. High 90 degrees. Tuesday, September 15—Fair. Low 64 degrees. High 89 degrees. group visited the Industrial Park area and discussed with Mr. Ingle present development along with possible future EDA assistance. Mr. Ingle was advised that the current status of the project was that the current status of the project was that advertisement for bids went out on September 8, that bids are planned to be opened on October 8 at the courthouse in Bryson City, and that engineers for the project are the Harwood and Beebe Engineering Co. from Spartanburg, S.C. The group also disc used the possibility of forming a six-county Economic Development Administration district group. Since three counties - Swain, Graham, and Clay - are now eligible districts, there seemed to be a possibility that Macon, Jackson, and Cherokee could be worked into the district. Such a move would make the three designated counties eligible for additional EDA grants and loans and would qualify the three new counties for 50% grants and loans. the point after attempt failed and after three periods, the score was 40-14. In the fourth period, Charlie Wiliams broke loose from the 44 and added six more points for the Devils. Dukes added the two extra points. Apparently Dukes liked the taste of scoring. He picked up a fumble and scampered 25 yards to add insult to injury and build the Devils’ lead. The point after failed with the score 54-14. The Yellow jackets scored six points as Barry Lunsford went in for the third time of the evening to pass to halfback, David Brack ins, adding two. Nat Watson scored his second TD of the night and when the extra point failed, Swain held a commanding lead of 60-22. The Devils will be away from home this Friday night makig their first road trip of the season as they travel to Andrews. The Wildcats are without a victory this season, ■iffaring whopp-sided defeats at the hands of Murphy, Robbinsville, and Franklin. It should be an easy game for the Devils, but it’s hard to predict high schooifootball. Arson, B & E Arrests Made The Swain County Sheriff’s Department has made two arrests this week on serious charges involving two local men. The first arrest was made Saturday afternoon when Clyde Woods was arrested on a warrant charging him with arson in connection with the Saturday night, September 5, burning of his home in the Alarka Community. Mr. Woods was released Sunday evening on $500 bond pending District Court. The second arrest was made Tuesday afternoon in the Shepherd’s Creek area when Roger Lee Ledford of Bryson City was arrested and charged with breaking and entering and larceny. According to the Sheriffs Department, Ledford is charged with breaking, entering, and larceny, in connection with a break-in in the Kirkland’s Creek area. A spokesman for the Sheriff’s Department said Ledford was arrested approximately three hours after someone entered the S.W. Woody home on Kirkland’s Creek and stole between $700 and $1,000 in cash. Ledford was released late Tuesday evening after posting a $1,000 signed bond. Saint Joseph’s Changes Schedule Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bryson City announces a change in its Sunday worship schedule. Beginning Sunday, September 20th, Sunday Mass at Saint Joseph’s will be at 9:00 a.m. Go Ahead With Centennial Plans Made The attendance at the Swain County Centennial meetings is not growing in size, but is bursting out everywhere with enthusiasm, and with the continued support of the present group and the additional support of the interested citizens, there is no doubt that Swain County will have a centennial celebration next June. In order to insure a successful celebration, plans must be made NOW. A general manager has got to be selected and appointed, executive committees must be appointed, plans for raising the financial necessities are going to have to be finalized, locations for parades, exhibit booths, and a place big enough to put on a spectacular drama have all got to be taken care of. Plans were finalized in this past Tuesday night’s meeting to hire the professional services of the Rogers & Co. to help local backers insure a successful centennial. Sut of the eight-member spokesmen board members were on and to discuss fees and obligations with the Roger's Co. representative Tuesday night. These six members discussed at length with this representative and entered into a tentative agreement with the company. Before any further plans can be made a non-profit organization must be incorporated and this must be done within the next six weeks. Executive committees will include a general manager who will work with Rogers & Co. and direct the operations on a local level. It will include at least six division chairmen, co-chairmen for each division, and a committee; however, these are but a few of the many people necessary to put on such an operation. A mild estimate of the number required is 500. This centennial is not a mere performance that can be put on overnight and not something that will be here today and gone tomorrow. This centennial, if accomplished in the proper manner, will be something that generations will talk about. A substantial number of citizens have already pledged their support, but many more are needed and volunteers are all welcome._ If you are interested in a centennial and if you are interested in doing your part, the centennial committee invites you to step forward and be counted. Committee members are Mayor Ellen Hyams, Councilman Cecil Plott, businessman, Tom Cromwell, Donald Bunn, George Owens, Clarence Wike, Lillian Thomasson, and Harold Parsons. These people are on call at your convenience and will be glad to go into any details now available. According to the agreement with Rogers & Co. their representative will be back in six weeks and at this time, a mass county-wide meeting will be held and we hope Swain County citizens will be behind the project, 100%. Mrs. Harold Stephens Outlying Elementary School Teachers Last week we printed an article pertaining to the new teachers and listing all the teachers teaching this year at Swain High and at Bryson City Elementary School. Hie following article completes the teacher roster for the outlying elementary schools. (THE EDITOR) There are two new faces this school year at Alarka Elementary School. They are Wallace Bert WHliams, Mrs. Willa Ross and Principal, Bert Williams Christine Valentine and Principal, Wade Gass principal, and Mis. Willa Ross, reading teacher. MR. WILLIAMS assumed the position of principal this season. He is a former rural carrier for the Post Office Department. Mr. Williams is married and is the father of four children. His wife’s name is Dorothy and his children, one boy and three girls, are Phil, Sally, Anna, and Susan, He was graduated from Swain high School and went to college atLenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory. He completed his Waduate work at Wetan Carolina Upi variety. Mr. Williams has an AB degree in Business Administration and Social Studies. MRS. WILLA ROSS is a reading teacher at Alarka and has 14 years experience in the teaching field. She is married to Charles Ross, a federal government employee working in Cherokee as a sociologist. The Rosses have a daughter, Judy, who is a journalist in Missouri. Mrs. Ross has taught across the United States and back. She started teaching at Blanton Business College in Asheville, and since then has taught in Louisana, Texas, Missouri, and Indiana, before returning to North Carolina and Swain County. She has a BA degree which die received at Northwestern State. She is originally from DeQuincy, Louisiana. Returning teachers at Alarka are: Matie L. Duvall, Geraldine Ward, Mary Bumgarner, and Dolores Woody. ALMOND: MRS. HAROLD STEPHENS is the only new teacher for Almond this year. Mrs. Stephens is married to the assistant football coach at Swain High and is the mother of one child, a baby girl, Kimberly. She was graduated from Edneyville High School in 1964 and Appalachian State university in 1968. Previous to coming to Swain County, she taught one year at Winston-Salem Junior High. Other teachers at Almond this year are: W.C. Wikle, principal, Blanche Whiteside, Eleanor Parker, Marian Crisp, Vinnie Marr, Oma M. Taylor, Janice White, Jack Williams, and Gilda Dukes. Foothills Parkway Section Opened The six-mile section of the Foothills Parkway between US-129 and Look Rock will be open to traffic on Saturday, September 12, Superintendent Keith Neilson, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, has announced. He said this section of Parkway was closed on July 20 to correct a hazardous slide condition. The project involved the removal of 25,000 yards of material and is intended to prevent further slides in that area. Men are still at work completing the project, Neilson said, and operators of motor vehicles should move cautiously through the reconstruction area. WHITTIER: Whittier Elementary has two new teachers this year, a principal, Wade Gass, serves in two capacities, first as princiapl and second as a half-day school teacher, and a graduate student, Miss Christina Valentine, who is teaching half of a day. MR. WADE GASS: Mr. Gass is a 1926 graduate of Qualla High School and has “all the credits they give for a principal.” He is married and has two children, both grown and now living in California. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in 1932 from Western Carolina University and his Master’s in 1957 also from WCU. He went back and finished a six-year program for principals in 1968. In addition tobeing principal at Whittier, he relieves Miss Valentine in the afternoon and teaches Math and Science. MISS CHRISTINA VALENTINE: Miss Valentine is a student at Western Carolina University and is working on a Master’s Degree there. She completed her BS in education this spring and was an exchange student to South America last year. Miss Valentine graduated from Greensboro High School and teaches Social Studies and Language Arts at Whittier. She is single and is originally from Rivervale, N J. Other teachers at Whittier am- Helen Reece, Mabel ogers, dgizofs * crguson ^ Rose Hair, Betty Sandlin, and Joyce Wike. County Wide Personnel are Robert Prier, eighth grade, Helen Lovingood, Librarian, J.E. Breedlove, Mobile Unit driver, Carrie P. Abbott, supervisor, Margaret Rentz, Title I director, and Joan Thomas, school nurse. Many Citizens Responsible For New Library Building The new Marianna Black-Fontana Regional library building is nearing completion and is expected to open around October 1. Hie libraries plan to move their books somewhere around the first of October and dedication ceremonies are set for October 31. The libraries are to be housed in a beautiful new building, just off of Main Street and as most of us know, a lot of hard work went into raising funds for the building. An alphabetical list of people donating to the library fund has been made available to the TIMES and during the next three issues, we plan to publish all of these names. The first part of the list includes: Mr. J.R. Abbott, Mrs. Nancy Allen, D.G. Allison, Martha Allison, Joe E. Almond, Max , Anders, Aderianne Anderson, Beatrice Arvey, John W. Ayers, Fred Bachman, Marjorie R. Bachman, Dr. H.L. Bacon, Lee Bailey, Bruce Baker, Mae Baucher. Wade H. Beck, Evelyn Bennett, Bennetts Drug Store, Big Laurel, Inc., Fischer, S. Black, John H. Black, Cheryle Black, Julia M. Ketner, Julia W. Black, Stanley W. Ill, Black, Mary F. Bohen, John H. Bowden, Betty Bowers, Mrs. Pauline Brawley, Elsie Brooks, Fred Brown, Will E. Brown, Bryson City (Town), Bryson City Business and Professional Women Club, Bryson City Coal & Lumber Comapny, Bryson City Jr. Womans Club, Mae Buckner, Carolyn Buff, Sam Buff, Mrs. Charles Bumgarner. Bumgarners Store, C.D. Bunn, Emma C. Burnette, James Burnette, Louada Burnette, Phyllis Burnette, Roger Burnette, Bernard E. Burns, Busy Women’s H.D. Club. Frank Byers, Ada Campbell, Betty Carlson, Carolina Building Supply, Mis. Roy Carson, C.M. Carter, BobCarver, Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Casa da, Marion W. Chadwick, Cherokee Historical Assn., City Cab Stand, Ralph Clampitt. Phyllis Claxton, Nellie Cline, Close Hardware Store, Annabelle Cochran, Coco Cola Bottling Co., Lenna F. Cole, John Conyagton, Candler Cook, Cope Chevrolet Company, Wayne Cope, Phillip Cope, Mrs. Thelma Cope, Furman Corbun. J.T. Cowart, Louise B. Cox, Genevieve Crain, Carotene G. Crisp, L.C. Crisp, T.L. Crisp, Maggie Crisp, Olin Crisp, Nina Cruse, Betty W. Cunningham. Woman's Club Will Meet The Woman’s Club will have a Pot-Luck Supper for its first meeting this fall, September 17, 6:30 p.m., at the home of Mildred Nordling. All members are urged to enjoy an informal evening together. The drawing will take place for “Hie Old Mill”, painted and donated by Pauline Clark for benefit of the Woman’s Club Scholarship' Fund. Hostesses for the meeting are: Grace Gregory, Myrtle Jenkins, Evelyn McHan and Mildred Nordling. Club Sponsors Rummage Sale The Whittier Community Club will sponsor a rummage sale, Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19 in the building near the dub house. There will be a variety of dothing for the whole family. .*.*• 1

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