"J MJittBT; UBJUh? r .. . T"" ...; - -. , ? ! Hoarer n ic r 1 ? ! * , Best Vote Offer Of Campaign Ends Saturday The Cherokee Scout Daw High Low Pore May 24 17 56 0 25 Si 56 0J7 26 S6 51 0J? 27 M 55 0 AndClay County Progress | ? ?j Jl Volume 72 - Number 44 Murphy, North Carolina, Thursday, May 31,1962 12 Pogee This Week Publlehed Weekly up Applicants itesomi ?t the Cmcmr Clinic. TV* dime. ' de <* Clay, srohw Coundsa, is Iwld second Thursday of each ?t foe Health Dopart i foe los* of this lot *> foe residents of this ill at all possible, are byg> only. Appointments b* mad* by ooatarttng Janklna, Rous 2, i.e. dam. Mr*. Jenkins has ntmente for y, JisH 14. To (111 out ' i twenty additional i are DMdsd. r. W. A. Hoover of Mur ls tbe dtrecor (or the ilc. Dr. Hoover urges all both men and women i advantage of this ser ies md *> keep their appoint once they have been Hay County tod Cross Reaches Long Sought Goal iy co-operation 1 deannlnatioa Clay Cow ty tdaats the long sought goal $M4JOO for foe American i Cross for tha 1962 fiscal (Inning July lei; 1962 i attained. This meqps r County no longer depends i Murphy, Andrews andother at the American Rational Red Cross for la lal sigiport In the 1 Program, campaign chairman. Waldroig). who Is com of the V. F. W. has 1 this afiort since February Tbe V. P. W. and Auxiliary Club, other civic and dty groups, school of irs and ln |lvt In Clay County and quota for this time is 75 Bts. This will be tha first It of foe bloodmohlel id r to five years. The second it of foe mobile to scheduled ar January, 1963 and foe date 1 be listed later. Rev. John A. Morris' Funeral Services At 11:00 A.M. Today Tha Reverend John Aim Morrta. 5?. died early Tues day morning la Andrewa Mem orial Ho apical. Andrewa, N.C. Reverend Morrta, a son af the lie Albert A. and Lily WUaoe Morrta, waa a native of Hart Coimty, Georgia. He had lived In Weatern North Carolina for 17 years during which time be served as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Murphy, N. C. and later as director of the Southern Bap tist Seminary Extension Centers for the area. The Rev. Morrta has served In Baptist work as a member of the General Board of the Baptist Stato Convention for nine years, as a member of the Southern Baptist Con vention Historical Commis sion for two terms, and as Vice President of the Baptist Stale Convention of North Carolina. Mr. Morris received the A. B. degree from Mercer University, the M. A, degree from the University of Georgia and the Master of Theology from Southern Seminary In Louisville, Kentucky. In 1960 and 1961 he was listed as a member of Who's Who in the South and Southeast. Surviving are the wife, Gladys Dejoumette; a son, John Alton, Jr. of Winston Salem, N. C.; a daughter, Mrs. Chalmer L. Randall of Charleston, S. C.; two sisters Mrs. Denver Fleming and Mrs. Fred Cleveland of Hart well, Ga; two brothers, Mr. W. Guy Morris of Anderson, S. C. and Mr. Kermlt Mor ris of Hartwell, Ga.; a grand son, Jeffrey Randall of Charleston, S. C. Services will be held In the First Baptist Church of Mur phy, N.C. at 11 KM a.m. Thurs day, May 31 under the conduction of Dr. Douglas M. Branch of Raleigh and Dr. B. L. Splvey of Raleigh. The body will lie In state for thirty mlnutea. Graveside and burial services will take place atMt. THE REVEREND JOHN Olivet Cemetery of Mt. Olivet Church on Thursday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. The I vie and TUwnson Funeral Homes of Murphy will be In charge. Clay Lions Clifc To Sponsor Rodeo Hsyesvllle ? Hayesvllle Lion's Club will be host to the Cherokee Rodeo again this year. Come out, enjoy your selves, and at the same time you will be helping the Lions contribute to the many worthy ways of serving our Community. You will see Brahama Bull riding. Calf roping. Trick riding, Bucking bronchoes and of course the Clowns who most always steal the show. The Rodeo has always drawn a large crowd - so come early and be sure of a seat. Remember - Monday June 4th and Tuesday June 5th. at the Hayesvllle School grounds. ALTON MORRIS Pilot Rescued After Crash At Joyce Kilmer Andrews ?PUotWUliemE. Gunn, 27 of Lafayette, La, employed by U. S. Forestry Service to spray Joyce Kilmer Forest for elm spanworms, crashed In his helicopter about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. He was found about three hours later wandering in a state of shod near the headquarters of Little Santeetlah Creek. Discovered by Gudget Buchanon of Forest Service and head of spraying operatlor be was taken to Andrews Dis trict Memorial Hospital where his condition was reported at good. Graham County Sherlfl Boyd Crisp led the 24 mac rescue operation whlct brought Gunn on a stretcher through four miles of the dense forest. A search began on Wednes day morning for the helicopter Subscriptions Count More If Turned In By June 2nd Saturday, June 2nd will be die end of the biggest votes on $20.00 of "Clubs" of sub scriptions. This offer was made tsboostpresentworhers and to attract new members. The great EXTRA VOTE OFFER which Is in effect in The Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress "Campaign of Progress' this entire week gives the real workers an opportunity to amass thous ands of extra votes which could be the means of carry ing them through to the $2,525 Dodge Dart First Prise Ownership. BIGGEST VOTE OFFER This Is positively the very biggest EXTRA VOTE OFFER that will be made and thoae who do their best work now will have much to he thankful for when the votes are counted. Two hundred thousandextra votes will be given on each $20.00 "CLUB" of subscrip tions turned In by Saturday evening, June 2nd. All sub scriptions over a $20 Club will carry porpordonate number of extra votes on each dollar. Any candidate wishing to win one of the biggest awards should take full advan tage of this first and biggest vote offer. MAIL REPORTS On of town members should bear la mind particularly that all subscription reports that are matlnd Saturday, June 2nd bearing a post maitr to show diet they were mailed that day will be accepted by the campaign department to apply on the big EXTRA VOTE OF FER. A definite drop will be made In the number of extra voles allowed for sub scriptions after Saturday, Jims 2nd. Now Is the time B put In the best-efforts In getting subscriptions. ROOM FOR MORE workers are needed. There are some good com munities still open. Although workers may work whet* they wish, the campaign manager does like id have at least one strong worker in every com munity center. Look over the list of contestants and sea for yourself where a strong worker is needed. The whole field Is opantoyou.Bniernow. Make use of dm entry coupon. In a day or so you will be to get enough sub scriptions a> send you well on your way ID fro New Dodge Dart Sedan First Award or one of ha other htg awards. REGULAR REPORTS Oft fifl Wtteidiy Saturday Mmrnoon between 2 ad S o'clock, either tn per son or by malL If yew < call at me office be si Campaign Workers Are Off To A Good Start For Dodge Dart And Big Cash Awards Several Running Up For Top Place Many Good Pooplo In this area who could probably use die 1962 Dodge Dart Sedan or die amounts of cash prizes for many purposes are surely "MISSING THE BOAT" if they do not get their name in the llat at once. This campaign la a grand opportunity for several more workers. Don't sit "Idly By." Get in the race. . Start at once. Vote Values Drop After June 2nd. MR. PUBLIC : Give Your Favorite Worker Your Subscription or Renewal Now While the Blggeat Extra Vole Offer of the Entire Campaign Is on: Votes drop afaer Saturday, June 2nd. LIST OF CANDIDATES AND VOTES ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION name town votes Mrs. James H. Wallace Murphy 165.000 Mrs. Sue G. Helnm Murphy 150,000 Miss Wanda Sim West. Murphy 155,000 Mrs. Blaln Stalcup Murphy 105,000 Miss Jo Moody Murphy 190,000 Miss Audrey Duckworth. Hayesvllle 105,000 Gregg Payne Andrews 190,000 Miss Chartene Thomas Brassvwn 130,000 Mrs. Bergan Moore Martins Creek 130,000 Mrs. Ruby S. Kitchens Hayesvllle R-l 140,000 Mrs. WUda Barnard. Warns 170,000 Herbert J. OUall Hanging Dog 180.000 Mrs. Breast P. Hardin Andrews R-l 180,000 Mrs. C. H. "Dugs' Hill Sweetwater 160.000 Mrs. Rose Mary Coffey Marble 170,000 Mrs. Betty Jenkins Culberson R-2 135,000 John Van Horn. Murphy R-2 1001,000 Mrs. Ruth Ann Winchester Murphy R-4 145,000 Mrs. Lasers Martin. Brassvwn 130,000 Mrs. Vtvandou Farmer Murphy 100,000 Mrs. Betty Breedlove Marble 100.000 Wayne Watson Brassvwn 155,000 Mrs. Violet Anderson Clouts.... Shady Grove 100,000 Mrs. Weldoa Slmonds CopptrhUl 100,000 S. J. B ataman Marble 160,000 Mrs. GariadHedrlck. Murphy R-4 175.000 Mrs. Georgia Voyles Hlawaasee Dam 125,000 Brum Raddtff Ranger 130,000 Mrs. George Trull Maltby 100,000 Sieve Crawford. Murphy 100,000 taash "leVr Culberson 130,000 Mrs. Magadleee Rose Unaka 130,000 SPECIAL NOTICE: Only a small perreetags at votes are shown In column above at this time. Mara vove will be shown later as workers make progress toward As rMg awards. Now Is The Time To Wio Dodge Port lOOlm Vove far every 120 wer* at s*ocrtp?oae vrnsd V by Jw 2n Make This Yoor Biggest Week School Bond Issue Passes By 3 To 1 Margin In Big Vote Cherokee Coeety Precincts u.s. ? SENATOR 8 00 house of REP. ecet ?S o 51 Q cc 33rd DISTRICT STATE SENATOR 1 u. * u 6 I U S CHEROKEE COUNTY SCHOOL BONDS S u. Andrews Nordi Andrews South Boiling Springs Brasstown Burnt Meeting House Culberson Ebeneezer Grape Creek Hanging Dog Hot House Liberty Long Ridge Marble Murphy North Murphy South Ogretta Peachtree Shoal Creek Tomotla Topton Unaka Upper Beaverdam Vest Walker School 42 55 12 15 34 12 32 5 25 29 23 36 30 33 33 13 22 15 11 9 21 44 6 22 579 30 26 0 2 4 13 0 4 4 19 2 0 10 25 39 3 14 28 11 13 8 0 15 4 274 47 46 14 8 36 16 31 7 37 58 21 39 24 34 57 15 32 35 16 5 26 45 11 25 685 30 44 0 10 2 14 4 3 2 9 12 0 24 32 18 1 19 13 2 16 4 0 9 1 269 193 259 7 79 62 33 6 26 14 50 23 7 128 277 271 35 171 17 45 64 24 4 40 74 1909 20 22 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 16 IS 0 2 0 27 2 0 0 0 3 122 42 57 0 5 0 0 0 2 3 8 2 0 5 12 15 0 11 7 7 2 0 0 0 4 182 342 413 10 90 64 51 15 29 39 78 39 23 164 312 331 44 160 46 47 86 24 0 54 81 2542 I 33rd DISTRICT STATE SENATOR STATE HOUSE CONGRESS SHERIFF Clay County Precincts GREENE BABCOCK HERBERT FORSYTH CRAWFORD WILBURN MING US Democrat VERNON MARTIN Democrat BROWN R SAM COX Republican WILLIAM P. BRADLEY Republican Hayesville I 41 25 103 85 16 84 123 52 23 42 33 Hayesvllle U 41 44 84 85 13 98 100 37 49 61 35 Htawassee 5 17 75 59 5 31 110 17 15 14 19 Braastown 41 36 24 60 5 43 50 25 51 40 45 Sweetwater 22 10 43 35 6 31 53 13 21 27 9 Tusqutttee 23 16 88 11 2 61 40 8 28 12 29 Shooting Creek 26 34 80 14 5 81 22 16 68 50 40 199 182 497 349 52 429 498 168 255 246 210 New Principal Selected For Murphy High School The assistant principal at Lee Edwards High School in Ashevllle has been selected by the Murphy School Board to be principal at the Murphy High School. Roy M. Biddle, Jr., 31, a former teacher and resident of Franklin, was selected Tuesday, May 29 from a field of six applicants Including the application of Walter R. Puett, present Mur phy High principal, who resigned several weeks ago after entering the Murphy mayor's race. Mr. Biddle received his To Present Subscribers CHECK EXPIRATION DATE ON YOUR PAPER The Name and address label on your paper shows the expiration date of your present subscription , ac cording to our records which have Just been brought up to data. EXAMPLE: The figures 8 30-62 means that the sub scription is paid up to August 30th, 1962, etc. We urge you to please check these dates on your paper and be sure n> notify us at once if you feel that the expiration date Is In error. We will cheerfully check and correct any errors found. You will no doubt have a relative, a friend, or a close neighbor in our big Campaign which is now la progress, to whom you would Ilka to give your aub Mtt'h this way it'wUl be probably more cot feu and at *e would besgrei n in wtaniag a new $2,525 Dodge Dart i or a Big Cash Award. master's degree In school administration from Western Carolina College. His wife, Elizabeth Ann. is also in the teaching profession. The Biddies are Baptist. "We had six good men want ing the Job," one school board member said. Five of the ap plicants were from North Carolina andonefromGergla Board members present Letters To Editor The Editor: As President of the Murphy P. T. A, I wish to thank the people of Cherokee County for their overwhelming support of the School Bond Issue. I think this will certainly be a great help to our children and to our section in the years B> come. I feel that it is something that is desperately needed and the people of Cherokee County supported this need. I am sure that our children in the years to come will be grateful. John T. Gill, President Murphy P. T. A. The Editor: The entire student body of Andrewa High School sin cerely thanks everyone in Cherokee County who voted for the school bond. We especially thank Mr. C. O. Frailer, our school stgperln tendent, for hit untiring efforts in convincing the people of our great need. We aleo give special *?"*? to the many dodlcaad people In An drtw*. Murphy, and die subur ban areas who mads an effort ? inform their neighbors and friends of dm true facts of dm issue. We recognise the valuable assistance that our local ne*sp*ers and radio gave in granting free n High School Sa were H. A. Matrox, chairman, J, H. Duncan, Dr. Bryan Whit field, Dr. Paul Hill, and Ben Palmer. In other business, the school building program was dis cussed. Architects will be In Murphy Thursday, May 31 One board member made a motion to rescind the auto matic retirement at age 65 for school teachers In the Murphy system. The motion died for lack of a second. Wild West Rodeo Andrews ? Western Caro lina Riding Club will sponsor Cherokee Ranch Wild West Rodeo on Wednesday and Thursday, June 6 and 7 at Andrews Riding Range. Included In the entertain ment will be Cowboys, Cow girls, Bucking Horses, Bulls, Steers, Trick Riders, Clowns and Specialty Acta. The $500,000 Cherokee bounty School Building Bond Issue carried by an iverwhelmlng vote of 2,542 In Favor of the bonds to 839 opposed. School leaders throughout the county expres sed Joy and surprise at the large margin. The school bonds carried nineteen of the twenty-four precincts -in Cherokee County. Boiling Springs, Ebeneener, Long Ridge, Unaka, and Upper Beaverdam precincts were the ones not In favor of the bonds. The two Andrews precincts compiled the largest vote for the bonds. The vote through out the rest of the county was strong In favor of the building xmds. In the 33rddistrict -Chero kee, Clay, Graham. Macon, and Swain - Senator W. Frank Forsyth had a clear majority over Tom Herbert of Clay and Charles Crawford of Swain. With 55 of 57 perclncts report ing in the five county district, the vote was: Forsyth 5648; Crawford 3193; and Herbert 1235. In the Clay County Republi can primary for sertff, Sam Cox defeated William P. Brad ley 246 to 210. In the Clay County Democrat primary for N. C. State House of Repre sentative, Vernon Martin won over WUburn Mlngus 498 to 429. Robert Brown, Ashevllle In dustrialist, defeated Dan Judd In the Republican primary for congress 6,979. to 4,800 with 192 of 249 precincts reporting. J. Frank Walsh, Unaka Principal, Dies After Illness Marble ? J. Frank Walsh, principal of Unaka School near Murphy, died at 10:30 p.m. Monday in an Andrews hospital after a short illness. A native of Cherokee County, Mr. Walsh was the son of ? rover Walsh and the late Ada Pipes Walsh. He attended Cherokee County schools and the University of North Caro lina and graduated from West era Carolina College. He had taught school In Cherokee County for 34 years and was principal of the Unaka School near Murphy at the time of his death. He was chairman of the board of deacons of Marble Springs Baptist Church and served as superintendent of the Sunday School for 15 years. Services will be held at 2:30 pjn. Wednesday In Mar ble Springs Baptist Church. The Rev. A. B. Love 11 and the Rev. Dorrts Smotherman will officiate. Burial will be In the ValleytDwn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Victor West, Gain Coffey, Forrest Abernathy, Lloyd Hendrix, Vincent Hall and Wendell Lovlngood. Surviving in addition to the father, are the widow, Mrs. Gertrude Barker Walsh; two sons, Lee Roy of Huntsvllle, Ala. and Harold Edwards Walsh, stationed with the U?S. Army at Ft. Gordon , Ga.; five sisters, Mrs. Carl Nel son. of Aguone, Mrs. J. D. Younce of Marietta, Ga^Mrs. Clint Le Quire of Morgan ton, Mrs. Abe Gentry and Mrs. Warren Mack of Murphy; two brothers, William R. of U. S. Army stationed in Germany and George Walsh of Murphy; Towneoo ad I vie Funeral Home* are In charge of ar ?<*JT -|t^ ^ ??-82^3.1J