Weekly Devotional
Today let ua bo* at this topic, "the eyes."
Aa we know, they are organa of sight. The eye
is mentioned approximately SO timea in the
Bibie and used by Jeaua to make varioua
illustrations.
Psalms 121:1"! will lift up mine eyea unto
the hilla, from whence cometh my help." In
Matthew 9, two blind men followed Jeaua
saying "Have mercy on us." Jeaua said as He
touched their eyea, "According to your faith be
it unto you."
To me the moat wonderful thing concerning
the eye is found in Revelations 21:4, "And God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyea-."
These are just a few verses containing the
"eyes". May they be a blessing to you.
The Smoky Mountain Times
Voiume 87 - Number 39 — Bryson City, North Carotina — Thursday, June 17,1971
Judge Thad D. Bryson being
sworn into office in 1966. Court Clerk
C.C. Carson swears him in while Mrs.
Bryson, left, and their granddaughter
and daughter look on.
Judge Bryson Retires
Superior Court Judge Thad
D. Bryson, Jr. will retire from
the bench Juiy 1.
In an executive order
signed iast Thursday by Gov.
Bob Scott, Bryson's petition for
'h^rement was approved under
the&isabiiity law provided for
judges with eight years service.
Bryson, resident judge of
the 30th Judicial District since
1966, had previously served for
more than 10 years as a
Superior Court solicitor.
In his application for
retirement, Bryson said that the
t^fibined terms of service on
^July 1 will have satisfied
requirements of the law.
The iaw provides for the
retirement of a judge who
becomes totally and
<^*pnanenOyt disabled while in
-i&6ve service and is unable to
perform efficiently the duties of
his office, according to the
appiication.
The Council of State, by
unanimous vote, found that
Bryson became totally and
permanently disabled while in
^"The Restless Ones",
considered the most successful
motion picture ever produced
by Evangelist Billy Graham,
will be shown at the First
Baptist Church at 8:90 p.m.,
Tuesday, June 22. The public is
invited.
Scoutmasters Frank Baines
and Lyndon Conley announced
that Lawson Lindsey is
honoring Troop 924 with a fish
fry July 2. The Cub and Boy
Scouts recently completed a
<%Jean-up project on Alarka
ro3B. Each scout will catch and
prepare his own fish.
Around
Town
The Whittier Community
Hub wiii meet Thursday, June
17 at 7 p.m. at the Ciub House.
There wiii be a covered dish
supper and a musicai program
t!9turing severai of our iocai
musicians.
Some of the business to be
discussed wiii be the
homecoming sponsored by the
ciub which wiii be Sunday, June
27 at the Ciub House.
^S^Former residents and
anyone who are iiving there is
cordiaiiy invited.
/
During the week of June 7
the State Highway Patroi
:d that they were on the
for a totai of 144 hours
ing which time four
tts occured, one for
_ tving under the influence,
three for improper passing, two
pedestrian violations, and six
other hazardous violations
making a totai of tweive
charges.
he Swain County
Extension Homemakers
Counci! wiii have their reguiar
meeting on Friday, June M,
1971 in the conference room of
the Federai Building at 1:30
p.m.
AM officers are urged to
jftend this meeting.
active service "so as to be
unaMe to perform efficiently
the duties of his office."
Bryson was appointed by
Gov. R. Gregg Cherry to the
soiicitor's post in March, 1948,
and served through Dec. 31,
1958,. He was appointed by Gov.
Dan Moore to the Superior
Court bench Oct. 1, 1968, and
was subsequently elected to a
full term.
Statements by Dr. William
E. Mitchell and Dr. RE.
Nordling of Bryson City
indicate that the judge is
suffering from hypertension
and a cardiac disease.
Summer Reading
Program Begins
Mrs. Margaret Rentz
announced this week that Title I
funds are being used again this
year to finance a summer
reading program. Students
who are having reading
difficulties will have a six
weeks concentrated program in
reading.
Classes will begin Monday,
June 21. Hours are from 9:00
a m. until 1:00 p.m. Buses will
pick children up at regular bus
stops. All books and materials
will be furnished by Title 1.
There will be seven reading
teachers, one physical
education teacher, four aides,
and one secretary working with
approximately 75 students.
Much individual attention will
go to the pupils in this program.
Diagnostic tests have been
given and are being used to
determine reading weaknesses.
The instructional program is
being planned to meet
individual needs as indicated by
the tests and teacher
inventories.
The Reading teachers art
Mrs. Nell Potts, Mrs. Della
DeHart, Mrs. Delores Woody,
Mrs. Delores Stephenson, Mrs.
Linda Peterson, Mrs. Suzanne
Wallin, and Mrs. Jean DeHart.
Jack Williams is the
Physical Education Instructor.
Mrs. Belle Frye, Mrs.
Roberta Powell, Mrs. Marian
Fortner, and Mrs. Frances
Coggins are the aides.
fUMMeet
The Bryson City Lions C!ub
will observe ladie^ night this
evening, June 17.
Use meeting wiii be heid at
the Teddy Bear Motei dining
room at 7:30 p.m. The
officers for 1971-72 will be
installed. Donald Bunn will be
installed as President.
Joe El-Khouri, of Andrews,
the newly elected District
Governor for District 31-A will
attend the meeting.
WEATHER
Tuesday, June 3, mostly cloudy, with showers. High SI, low 50.
Wednesday, June 9, sunny with light showers. High 36, low 54.
Thursday, June 10, partly cloudy and warm. High 34, low 56.
Friday, June 11, sunny and warm. High 36, low 53.
Saturday, June 12, sunny and hot. High 39, low 55.
Sunday, June 13, mostly sunny with showers. High SO, low 49.
Monday, June 14, sunny and warm with evening showers. High
S3, low 54.
Bryson served for more than
10% years as a Superior Court
soiicitor, and on June 30 will
have served for more than four
and ahaif years as judge.
Bryson served as Mayor of
Bryson City in the 1930's and
represented this district in the
legislature during the 1939
session.
He told TIMES this week
that he planned to relax with
Mrs. Bryson, who returned
from an extended trip to the
British Isles on Tuesday. Mrs.
Bryson brought her husband a
19 hundred year old coin as a
souvenir of her trip. While
relaxing, he will concern
himself with historical research
on Western North Carolina.
7.0. Tfa Mgr/t f Ojf
Ustfs *Stpatn
Pictured above with
Odeil Shuler, Chairman of the
Swain County Board of
Commissioners is Jennings 0.
Haught, Field Representative
out of the Huntington, West
Virginia, office of the Economic
Development Administration, a
branch of the the Commerce
Department.
Mr. Haught was in Bryson City
last week checking up on the
Industrial Park project which is
being developed with EDA
financing.
Other EDA representatives
who have assisted Swain County
are Dale Jones and David
Mcllwain and Wiiiiam E. Davis
In the early 1960's , the
Congress of the United States
passed into law a program to
assist areas in economic
envelopment who had a chronic
and high level of unemployment
and a low per capita income.
This early program was
known as the Area
Redevelopment
Administration. About 1965 the
Congress enlarged the program
by eliminating the ARA and
creating the EDA.
Swain County was
designated eligible in 1963 and
has met the requirements for
these funds each year since.
The program provides low-cost
loans for eligible projects for
private individuals, firms, and
local governments for the
express purpose of creating
more jobs.
EDA also has a grant
program for local government
and other public projects. Over
the years Swain County and
adjoining areas have
participated in the following
projects: A loan for the
expansion of a tourist complex
$76,000; During the first 180
days of the old ARA program,
accelerated public works funds
were used by the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park and
the Cherokee Indian Agency:
Bryson City Water System ARA
loan and grant $200,000.00;
Bryson City Sewage System
EDA grant and loan of
$500,000.00; Swain County
Industrial Park-grant and loan
funds of $235,000.00;
Construction of Von Cannon
Furniture Plant at Whittier
(now Drexel Furniture).and
Western Carolina University
Data Center.
Other eligible Southwestern
North Carolina counties are
Graham and Clay.
Vincent Eliis Named
Park Superintendent
The National Park Service
of the U. S. Department of the
Interior has announced a new
superintendent of the Great
Smoky Mountains National
Park. Vincent EUis, a native of
New Mexico, succeeds Keith
Neiison who resigned recently
after two years as
superintendent of the Smokies
and 40 years service with the
park agency.
Ellis, visited the park this
past week for familiarization.
He will move his family to the
park headquarters in
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
sometime after July 1.
Mr. Ellis, 56, was bom and
raised in the northeast comer of
New Mexico, and joined the
National Park Service in 1937.
His first permanent
appointment was at Bandelier
National Monument as a Junior
Assistan.
He has had tours of duty in
the Southwestern National
Monuments headquarters in
Arizona, Southwest Regional
Office in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
Big Bend National Park, Texas,
Grand Canyon National Park,
Arizona, and in 1961 was
appointed Assistant
Superintendent at Mesa Verde
National Park, Colorado. In
March 1966, Mr. Ellis was
appointed Superintendent at
Kennesaw Mountain National
Battlefield Park, in addition to
his duties as Park Manager, he
was assigned the duties of
serving as State Coordinator for
National Park Service activities
in Georgia and keyman for the
proposed Andersonville
National Historic Site and for
the proposed Cumberland
Island National Seashore.
In May of 1970, Mr. Ellis
was appointed Assistant
Director in the Southeast
Region at Richmond, Virginia,
where he was responsible for
the management and park
support of some twenty parks
in the Southeast Region of the
Nationai Park Service.
In 1966, Mr. Ellis was
awarded the National Park
Service Superior Performance
Award and in 1970, he was
awarded the Department of the
Interior's Meritorious Service
Award.
During World War II, while
on military furlough from the
National Park Service from
November 1942 until April 1964,
Mr. Ellis served with the 498th
the 13th Armored Division.
While serving in Europe, he was
assigned as an aerial observer,
givewn a battlefield
commission, and was awarded
the Air Medal for
reconnaissance missions over
enemy-held territory.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis have two
sons and a daughter. The
daughter, who is completing her
freshman year at Martha Berry
College in Georgia, will join her
parents for the summer
months.
VlNCENtELHR^
Summer
!s Here
Although the weather might
suggest otherwise, summer
does not officially begin until
9:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time on Monday, June 21. At
this time, the sun reaches its
highest point north of the
earth's equator for this year,
stated John A. Zunes,
Educational Supervisor of the
Morehead Planetarium in
Chape! Hill.
The constant 23% percent
tilt of the earth's equator to its
path around the sun produces
the seasonal changes as it
moves in its yearly journey.
When the earth is tilted toward
the sun, as it is this time of the
year, more direct rays from the
sun strike the northern
hemisphere and we have the
warm weather of summer.
South of the equator the
opposite is happening and cold
weather is approaching. As
seen from the latitude of Chapel
Hill, the sun reaches its highest
point above the southern
horizon of 77 degrees on June 21.
Tom MaHonee
Schedutes Visit
Tom L. Mallonee, 11th
Congressional District
Assistant to Congressman Roy
A. Taylor, is now making
scheduled visits to the county
seats and other sections of the
counties.
On Thursday, June 24, he
will be at the Council House of
the Eastern Band of the
Cherokees, Cherokee, from 9:00
to 9:30 ; at the Swain County
Courthouse, Bryson City, from
11:00 to 12:00 and at the
Graham County Courthouse,
Robbinsville, from 3:00 to 4:00.
On Friday, June 25, he will
be at the Town Hall, Andrews,
from 9:00 to 9:30; at the City
Hall. Murphy, from 11:00 to
12:00: and at the Clay County
Attorney's Office (W. E.
Carter),. Hayesville from 3:0C
to 4:00.
On Thursday, July 1, he will
be at the Jackson County
Courthouse, Sylva, from 9:30 to
10:30 ; and at the Macon County
Courthouse, Franklin, from 3:0C
to 4:00.
Any person who has plans
or official business pertaining to
Congressional .matters to be
discussed, is invited to meet
with Mr. Mallonee at the above
specified times.
Mead Start Center Director Carrie Abbott, center, and Foursquare Community workers Chinera Eariey,
ieft, and Gamer Robinson discuss Head Start registration.
"HEAD START" Program Begins June 2!
The Head Start" program
, operated as a part of Four
Square Community Action, Inc.
has been approved for the
summer 1971. The classes for
children will begin Monday,
June 21..
Under the Office of
Economic Opportunity,
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, the
approved funding request,
submitted last January in
detailed break-down form
grants for the six
week program. The OK was
received by Executive Director
Milt Carlson at the Four Square
Headquarters in Andrews via a
phone call from Luther Shaw of
the office of Representative Roy
Taylor.
The four counties,
Cherokee, Clay, Swain, and
Graham, contain twelve Head
Start Centers, one each in
Hayesville, Bryson City,
Andrews, Murphy,
Robbinsville, Ranger, Marble,
Centennia!
Committee
Thanks
We have just finished a
most successful 100 year
birthday ceiebration. On behalf
of the Centennial Committee, a
hearty thanks to all who had a
part in making this an
outstanding event in the cdlorful
history of Swain County. It has
been a real pleasure to see so
many people actively pursuing
a common goal, that of truly
making our Centennial a happy
and financial success.
We wish that time and
space permitted the listing of
each individual contributing
andthe individual's
accomplishments. The list,
obviously, is far too long for this
to be done.
We want you to know
the Chairmen of the Committee
has expressed a desire to list
those who have contributed so
much. We feel that each of you
should be thanked and we are
taking this opportunity to
express the sentiments of the
entire committee to all citizens
of Swain County.
We cannot thank each of
you personally, but we do
appreciate the help and support
of the fine people of Swain
County who contributed so
generously of their time and
money to assure success of this
event. So we say a hearty thank
you to all who had a part.
It is characteristically this
demonstration of participation
and this desire to express to
each other the heartfelt
appreciation that makes the
Mountaineer the rugged
individualist and solid citizen
that typifies the Western North
Carolinian
Donald Bunn and
Kelly Bennett
Co-Chairmen
Stecoah, Mountain View,
Martins Creek, and Peachtree.
These centers wiii serve some
450children (92 percent White, 2
per cent Biack, 6 per cent
Indian(,ail in the pre-school
category, for whom wiii be
provided two meals a day,
medical and dental care,
transportation, eating and
health-habit training, and
behavioral orientation, which
T. A. SANDLIN
Sand!in Named
A!derman
The Board of Aldermen of
Bryson City has announced its
selection of Mr. T.A. Sandlin to
fill the vacancy created by the
untuneiy death of Mr. Crisp.
Mr. Sandiin was further chosen
as chairman of the Board.
Sandiin, a native of
McDoweil , retired from the
N.C. State Highway Patrol in
1966 as a Captain. He served the
patrol for almost 35 years. More
than 27 of these years were
spent in Bryson City.
He was appointed U S. Park
Commissioner on Nov. 1, 1966
and served in that capacity until
Dec. 31, 1970.
Sandlin is married to the
former Hazel Pender Fry, a
Swain native. Mrs. Sandlin
graduated from the Women's
College of Greensboro, N.C.,
now known as UNC at
Greensboro. She is now retired
after 27 years in the Swain
County School system.
The Sandlin's have three
daughters, all of whom
graduated from UNC at
Greensboro. Mrs. Martha S.
Brown and Mrs. Jean S. Douthit
teach at Swain High while Mrs.
Joyce Totherow teaches in the
Cherokee reservation schools.
Subsequent to the selection
of the new member, the Board
ordered that legal action be
initiated to collect delinquent
taxes. Each delinquent tax
payer will be notified of the
delinquency and, unless the
taxes are promptly
liquidated,legal action will be
instituted against the
individual.
The Board also amended
the parking meter . ordinance.
Effective July 1, 1971 overtime
parking tickets will cost 50 cents
instead of the 25 cents charge
now in effect.
will prepare them for a more
positive and successful role in
education system in the
beginning years. So "head
start" does not seek to give
these children an advantage
over others, but to give them a
"head start" relative to where
they might have been if they
had not had the benefit of the
program.
The budget as submitted is
the size of a small book and
contains a description of each
proposed expenditure, each of
which must be clearly justified
before the monies are granted.
A partial assessment of the
expense schedule shows monies
earmarked for bus routes,
feeding, staff salaries, nurses,
nurse's aides, medical and
dental care, nutritionist; and
teachers, bus drivers, janitors,
to show just a portion of the
spending agenda necessary to
operate the program for the 450
disadvantaged children. It may,
then, be seen the enormity of
the problem when it takes all
this to put these children on par
with the "average" child.
The thirty teachers and
thirty teacher's aides trained
for this special mode of
instruction and guidance by
"We Do " division of 4-Square,
along with a full time social
service workerand Sve social
service aides, will provide the
disciplinary, attitudinal and
early lffe-habit guidance
necessary for the healthy
development of the child in the
critical early years of school.
The room space and
facilities are donated by the
Public Schools within each
district and Counties.
Father's Day
Is June 20
The sixty-first annua!
Father 's Day will be celebrated
on June 20 when the nation wil)
pay tribute to the heads of over
50 million households. While
this day is set aside to honor
Dad, it is really the ladies who
have made it a success.
Women will buy 75 per cent
of the gifts for Father 's Day and
this year the total tab will run to
over $1 billion. In fact, it was a
woman who first thought it
would be a good idea to honor
Dad with a special day.
Mrs. John B. Dodd of
Spokane, Washington is
credited with originating the
idea in 1909. It was so popular
that the first official Father's
Day was celebrated in 1910 and
it has been going strong ever
since.
Father's Day is now second
only to Christmas in gift-buying
dollar volume, leading Mother's
Day, Valentine's Day and
Easter.
As we remembered Mother
on May 9, let's honor Dad this
Sunday.
In-kind contributions from
Western Carolina University
and "We Do"help provide for
$11.00 medical exam and $20.00
dental service given each & the
children. The health Directors
and advisors are Dr. Van
Gorder, Medical; Dr. Harry
Dickey, Dental; and Dr. Stanley
Nale) of "We Care" Mental
Health.
Most of the 450 children in
the program were recruited in
April or May, an& the corps of
vibMtte*** workers, selected
wRhm the communities and
approved by an Advisor^
Committee, is made up
generally of the parents of these
children, who also benefit from
being able to work with the
children under the guidance of
the Head Start Professional
workers.
"The basic problem, one of
the basic human problems in
the determination of success or
failure in the world is
attitude, and Four Square is an
organization whose
determination is to help instill
an attitude thatcan take people
with a heritage of disadvantage,
and let them see the positive
possibilities which are theirs as
much as they are anyone
else's."
The program Director for
the four-county program is Jack
Lovin of Graham County. Mr.
Lovin's staff consist of Virginia
Williams, Secretary, Graham;
Patricia K. Moore, Registered
Nurse, Cherokee; Linda Faye
Daniel, Dietician, Cherokee;
Frankie Battle, Social Worker,
Clay; and Lynn Harman,
Parent Co-ordinator, Cherokee.
Mrs. Carrie P. Abbott is
Center Director for the one
center in Swain County. Mrs.
Abbott feels that the one center
in Swain County can be
operated more efficiently and
provide better training for the
children than multiple centers.
Children in the Swam
County Head Start Program
should report to the Bryson City
Elementary School by 9:00 a m.
Monday, June 21. At press time
there were 110 children
registered for the program in
Swain.
Busses will run as they have
in previous summer programs.
Children will be dismissed in
die afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
A morning snack and lunch
will be served to all children.
Breakfast will be available for
those children requiring it.
Mrs. Abbott will have the
following individuals to assist
her in operating the program in
Swain: Teachers: Mrs. Ruth
Eckstein, Mrs. Vinnie Marr,
Mrs. Helen Reece, Mrs. Rose
Hair, Mrs. Maggie Crisp, Mrs.
Grace Gregory, Mrs. Sandra
Cunningham; Teachers Aides:
Mrs. Terry Simonds, Miss
Ijouise Long, Mrs. Odelia
Burchfield, Mrs. Brenda
Fisher, Mrs. Teresa Sweeny,
Mrs. Mabel Bennett, Mrs.
Martha Carver; Lunchroom
workers: Mrs. Jessie Cowan,
manager, Mrs. Dessie
McGugan, Mrs. Fannie Bums,
and Mrs. Onita Turpin; Social
Worker: Mrs. Carolyn Conley;
Nurse's Aide: Mrs Ruth Lowe;
Maid Mae Hughes.