The Smoky Mountain Times
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Volume 87 - Number 52 - Bryson City, North Carolina - Thursday, September 17,1970
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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Correction
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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.
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