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and Clay County Progress VoltNM 74 ? Number 31 Murphy, Merth Corel lea, Thursday, February 27, 1964 10 Pages Thu Week PuMlifced Weekly SCCONO CLAM POITAaC *AIO AT MURRHV. NORTH CAROLINA Clay's Col. Wayne West Elected As Delegate To GOP National Convention Col. West e@SS@@SSSSSSSSSSS@3SS ; Editor 's flote~%ook Snow that has been quick to fall, but quicker to melt : plagued the county during the | past week. School was out two ! - days last week and again li this past Tuesday. Students are beginning to wonder if they will be in class July 4. TR Indian Head Mills, parent r corporation of Rimco Manu facturing Corp. here, has an nounced that sales and pro fits for the first two months of theyeara re running ahead of last year. TR GSA and Post Office offi ' cials roamed all over And rews Monday and Tuesday in specting possible sites for the ' new Federal Building which has been approved for the town. They looked at prac tically every block in town and asked every businessman they saw where he figured the new building should be built. A de ' clsion will be forthcoming lat er. TR Basketball fans who plan to follow local teams In sate playoffs which open Monday ' and may take local teams as far as Winston-Salem and i Durham should note the rul ing by the N. C. High School 1 Athletic Association this . week banning individual musi cal instruments and noise I makers from all games. TR Stock car racing fans here , a bouts who pull for Chrys ler products are proud as " punch of the stunning 1-2-3 , victory the Plymouths pulled I . off at the Daytona 500 Sun I day. k TR Youngsters 16 and over who ' want drivers licenses must t have completed a driver's education course. Another ' such course will begin in Mur I phy Wednesday, Mar. 11, and will be held on die next four t Wednesdays from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Applications to at k tend the school must be made I to the local drivers license examiner, and the students ? must bring their birth cer t tificates. 3 students applying are in school, they must have ? the principal's permission to take the training. TR A Chapel Hill publication quoted a feller as saying he didn't know whether to 'Roar for Moore," to be "On Fire For Preyer" or to say every thing's 'Jake With Lake.' TR And an agricultural col umn coming from Raleigh this week noted: "The Beat les have left our shores. Let us spray." TR BULLETIN * MURPHY - News of the ? death of prominent Murphy real estate and insurance * agent Dick Richards came in t just as this week's edition of The Scout was going to * press. Complete details will . be carried in next week's paper. 4 Funeral arrangements are ' incomplete and will be an - * nounced later by Ivie Funeral A Home. HAYESVILLE -Clay County State Representative Col. Wayne G. West was elected ?s a delegate to the GOP National Convention in San Francisco, Calif, in July at the 11th District Republican Convention in Asheville Sat urday, Feb. 22. Col. West is one of two national committeemen who will serve as delegates to the National Convention from the 11th District in North Carolina. John B. Veach of Asheville is the other dele gate elected at the convention Saturday. In all, North Carolina's Re publican Party will have 26 delegates to the National Con vention, which will feature nomination of the GOP Can didate for President and Vice President for next Novem ber's election. The two 11th District Dele gates will go to the National Convention in San Francisco with no pre-announced pre ference as to which presiden tial candidate they will sup port. Fourteen of the 22 N. C. GOP Delegates to the Nati onal Convention have already announced their support for Presidential Candidate Sen. Barry Goldwater of Ari zona. The state's other four delegates will be chosen this weekend at the State Repub lican Convention in Greens boro. Kent Coward, a Sylva At torney, was elected as lXth District Republican Chair - man at the Convention in Ashe ville Saturday, succeeding Garrett D. Bailey of Burns ville. Under the new setup, both Cherokee and Clay Counties get three seats on the State Republican Executive Com mittee. In previous years both counties only had one member. The Cherokee County mem bers will include the county chairman, J. Doyle Burch; vice-chairman, Mrs. Lottie Murphy, and a representative of the party yet to be named. Clay's Executive Commit tee members are the county chairman, Bill Bradley; vice chairman, Mrs. Geraldine Ford; and County Represen tative Col. West. At the convention in Ashe ville Saturday Col. West gave a report from the 1963 Gen eral Assembly and told those at the convention that "If the Germans during World War II had been as scared of the Allies as the Democrats in Raleigh are scared of the few Republicans there, the war would have been a lot shorter." He asked the convention to "send some more Republicans to Raleigh." He added, "We need them." Col. West said he was posi tive that Republicans in the district could elect more re presentatives to the next Gen eral Assembly if "we will all work together." Attending the Convention from day in addition to Col West were Mrs. West, Mr. Bradley, Wayne Ford, Car roll McClure, Mrs. Edward Ledford, Mrs. Irene Eller and Robert Penland. On hand from Cherokee County were Mr. Burch, Don Ramsey, Kellis Radford, Ray Radford, and Fred Haney. Delegates from both Chero kee and Clay plan to attend the State Convention in Greensboro Friday and Sat urday of this week. Date High Low Free. 19 43 33 0.37 20 M 37 0.19 Forecast] Thursday, scat tared cloudiness with rain spreading to the area by Fri day morning. Friday, overcast, with chance of rain. Saturday and Sunday, scat tered cloudiness with chance of light rain. 21 36 22 36 23 42 24 64 26 63 26 0.03 16 0.00 0 0.00 14 0.00 27 0^6 MURPHY GIRLS COACH Chuck McConnell huddled with his top seeded lassies as they romped to an easy win over Stecoah. MURPHY'S Hugh Carringer hit for two points over the head of Hayesville's Bruce Davenport, as the Bulldogs won in semi-final Western SMC action at Hayesville Tuesday night. Don Morris was set to rebound. SMC Cage Championship Games Friday, Saturday At Hayesville Gym HA YESVILLE -Smoky Mount ain Conference Championship games will be played at Hay esville Friday and Saturday night, with the Eastern SMC Champs meeting the Western Division winners Friday night for the girls crown and Sat urday night for the boys cha mpionship. Friday night a consolation game between the runner-up boys teams in each division will start at 7:30 with the girls championship game at 9:00. The second place girls team in each division will play at 7:30 Saturday night, with the boys championship game at 9:00 p.m. Western Division finals were played Wednesday night with the Andrews and Muphy boys going for the division title^nd the Murphy girls pla ying Robbinsville for thegirls division crown. The winner of the Murphy Robbinsville girls game Wed nesday night will meet the winner of the Eastern Div ision finals game between Swain and Franklin girls,also played Wednesday, for the co nference crown Friday. The winner In theAndrews Murphy boys game played We dnesday will meet the winner of the Eastern Division Wed nesday night game between Swain and Franklin boys. The Murphy boys made It to Western Division finals by downing Ml. View 78-36 last Saturday and with a 77-68 win over Hayesville Tuesday. The undefeated Andrews boys earned a spot in divis ion finals by defeating ste coah 70-37 last Friday and Robbinsvllle 64-66 Monday. Murphy's girls gained a berth In division finals with a 63-34 win over Stecoah Mon day. The Murphy girls were top seeded and drew a bye in first round play. The Havesvllle girls were eliminated in first round play Friday by ? 47-41 loss to Stecoah. Hayesvilles's boys beat Hiwassee Dam 76-56 in the opening round Saturday. Hiwassee Dam's girls won over Nantahala 55-23 in an opening round game Saturday but were eliminated in a semi-final game with Robbin sville Tuesday, 50-40. The Andrews boys are coac hed by Cecil Mashburn. Ralph Chuck' Mc Connell coaches the Murphy girls and Jimmy McCombs is the Mu phy boys coach. Division finals were set to begin last Thursday night at Hayesville but snow forced a one-day delay.with opening rounds played Thursday and Friday and semi-finals Mond ay and Tuesday. Results of Wednesday ni ght's finals were not avail able for this week's paper, since the Scout goes to press Wednesday afternoon. State Cage Playoffs Open Monday MURPHY- Regardless of their outcome In Smoky Moun tain Conference tourney pUy this week, and even before players have time to catch their breath, basketball teams from Murphy, Andrews and Hayesvllle bounce into sute cage play of ,s next week. All three teams gained berths in sute playoffs by virtue of holding the best reg ular season record In their class in each county. Murphy enters Class AA playoffs which begin Monday at Cherokee with two games Involving the four AA schools in the conference.. The four SMC teams Involved are Mur phy , Swain, Sylva-Webster, and Franklin. (Continued On Back Page) Symphony Here Today MURPHY - The North Car olina Little Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Benjamin Swalin. will present its annual concert for adults here Thurs day night, February 27, atSKX) o'clock in the Murphy High School Gymnasium. Admission is by member ship in the North Carolina Symphony Society. A children's matinee is also on the Little Symphony's agenda for Murphy. Cherokee County school children will hear a free concert by the Orchestra at 1K)0 p.m. today (Thursday) in the High School Gymnasium. Cher ok e County music lov ers have an especially re warding experience in store for them February 27. Guest artist for the Little Symphony's appearance in Murphy is die outstanding tenor, Walter Car ringer, a Murphy native, the son of Mrs. Ruth Carringer of Mur phy. This is Walter's seventh season as a guest soloist with the North Carolina Symphony. March 1 Is Heart Sunday MURPHY - Sunday, March 1, will be Heart Sunday in Murphy and surrounding ter ritories. On that Sunday, or one day during this week, volunteer workers will be knocking on doors, asking for contributions to the Heart Fund. The American Legion is securing workers for this house to house campaign. The Cherokee Rescue Squad Auxiliary was in charge of the sale of Heart balloons Satur day in Murphy, and with the help of JaneGill, Lucy Wilson, Ellen Davis, Janet Hamilton, Betty Gladson, Barbara Thompson, Sara Jane Hill, Diau Wilklns, Irene Warner and Car la Beth Stiles as the salesgirls, turned in $62.89. Heart Fund officials ex pressed appreciation to the Cherokee Cafe, Tar Heel Res taurant, and Family Restau rant for their contribution of the proceeds of all coffee sales on February 24. DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE Dan K. Moore (center) chitted with Murphy's Sen. Frank Forsyth (R) and Jackson County Representative Lacey Thornburg after Moore's speech here Saturday. Crowds Greet Candidate Dan K. Moore In Cherokee MURPHY - Dmocratic candidate for the party's nom ination for governor Dan K. Moore received a warm wel come when he visited Chero kee County last Saturday, with good crowds on hand to meet him at Andrews and Murphy. A former Superior Court Judge and a native of West ern North Carolina, Mr. Moore arrived in the county Friday night where he was guest of honor at a reception hosted by Sen. and Mrs. Frank Forsyth of Murphy. Around 40 couples were guests of the Forsythstomeet Judge Moore, and a party of around 20 Sylva supporters who were traveling with the candidate also attended the reception. Included in the party was Woody Hampton of Sylva, a member of the N. C. Board of Conservation and Develop ment. Some 70 persons greeted the candidate Saturday morn ing at Andrews City Hall as he started a full day at 8:00 JESS BARCLAY (L) was presented with a plaque honoring him for his work with the Cub Scouts. John Jordan made the presentation. Jess Barclay Honored For Work With Cub Scouts MURPHY -Jess Barclay of Murphy who has headed the Cub Scout program here since moving here in September of 1961 was honored at the ann ual Blue and Gold Banquet here Monday night at First Baptist Church. He was presented with a plaque from Murphy Cub Sc outs and their Den Mothers In appreciation of his ser vice to the organization. Mr. Barclay is being trans ferred to Chichamauga Dam In Chattanooga, Tenn, next we ek by the TVA. He 1* a senior hydro-operator. He and his family moved here from RocVwood.Tenn. The plaque was presented to Mr. Barclay by John Jor dan, who pointed out that the Cub movement here has grown tremendously since Mr. Bar clay took over, and now has 50 members in five Dens. His primary work has been with Cub Wcfelos, a prepara tory group to the Boy Scouts. He was a Cub Master In Rockwood for a year before moving to Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Barclay have two sons, Jim 41, who is a Boy Scout, and Reed, 4 The Barclays are members of * First Baptist. Julian Suggs was Master of Ceremonies for the Ban quet and John GUI gave the invocation. Mr. Gill and James Hughes will take over the Weblos here when Mr. Barclay leaves. Other local men who are active in Scouting her conclud ing JoeRay.Hobart McKeever, Charles Hughes, George Dyer, and Mr. Jordan, were recog nized at the Banquet. Cub Scouts awards were presented by Mr. Barclay. Some 111 Cubs, parents and friends were on hand for the banquet. The meal was pre pared bv a committee of women from First Baptist headed by Mrs. Cecile Mills. Mrs. Barclay was also re cognized for her work In the Cub Program and entertain ing the Den Mothers. , Am us leal program was pre sented by the Lonesome Trav elers, a local folk-singing group composed of Jan David son, Knox Singleton .Perry Brown and Allen Mashburn. Donald Ramsey gave the benediction. Honor Students Miss Mary Jo Battle tod Miss Linda Car ringer, so phomores, are among the fif teen western North Carolina girls listed on the academic honor roll of the University of North Carolina at Greens bore for the fall semester. a.m. He spoke there explain ing that even though he was from this section of the state he would represent the whole state if he is elected gover state if he is elected gover nor, "but I'll see that WNC gets her fair share," he pro mised. Judge Moore came on to Murphy for a rally in the court room of the County Courthouse where some 200 supporters were waiting. The Murphy school band played at the rally to add to the fes tivities. Judge Moore said he saw no reason for additional tax es, called for re-instating teachers contracts which let them know in advance if they are re-hired, and said he realized the need for better roads in this section of the state. His primary message seemed to be to convince his supporters here that they are backing a winning candidate. Most political observers concede all of the Western end of the state to Mr. Moore In the upcoming Democratic Primary May 30, but he has strong opposition from Rich ardson Preyer in the Pied mont and Beverly Lake in the East. "Our campaign is rolling now," hesaid,"andmorepeo ple all over the state are join ing us every day." "A lot of fence straddlers are beginning to see the light and are coming over to our side," he added. "I ask voters in this state simply to compare the quali fications of all the Democra tic candidates as to exper ience in government, and they will see that I am die leader by far." Judge Moore continued to hammer away at the theme that he was not a "sectional candidate", but will give fair consideration to all portions ^ of the state. "When the ballots are in, I'll be the man headed for the governor's mansion in Raleigh, and I warn all the votes in Western North Car olina to help me get there. More Than 10,000 Get Second Sabin MURPHY- The second dose of Sabln Oral Polio Vaccine was administered to 10,008 people in Cherokee County Sunday, 570 fewer people than the number who received dose number one, but the sponsors of the campaign said they were pleased with the turnout. The number of persons normally drops about 10 per cent for the second dose for various reasons, but many of the people who took the first dose and failed to show up fro the second dose are ex pected to get it through Sat urday of this week at the County Health Center here. ? Nine stations were set up at elementary and high sch ools throughout the county and every station was busy from the opening hour of 12:00 noon until closing time at 5 .-00 p.m. Volunteer workers maning the stations included Jaycees and Doctors, who sponsored the vaccine program through the County Medical Associa tion along with Murphy Jay cee Club3oy Scouts, Nurses, Gray Ladies JTA members, Rescue Squad members and school of icials and faculty members. Three doses of the vaccine must be taken to get compl ete protection from Polio . The third and final dose is scheduled for April 5, Sponsors of the vaccine pro gram decided to change the date for the last dose when they noticed that Easter comes on March 29. The sponsors ask for don ations of 25 cents from those who take the vaccine, even though everyone is urged to take it whether or not they can donate. Contributions Sunday amou nted to $2465. 5, and con tributions for the first dose totaled $2,469.93. Planning Board Adopts Subdivision Proposal MURPHY- The Murphy Plan ning Board has adopted a fin al draft of a proposed sub division and land use plan which will be presented to the Town Board for approval and subsequent adoption as an or dinance. The final proposals were ironed out a meeting of the planning Board here last Thu rsday night. The text of the proposed regulations will not be dis closed until It has been act ed on by the Town Board. Planning Board Chairman Joe Ray presided at the meet ing and Charles Cunningham Western Norht Carolina Reg ional Planning Commission community planner assigned to Murphy, showed the memb ers two-color maps of Mur phy he had worked out, des ignating possible future sites for industry, commercial and residential development. The Board analysed confl icting land uses in Murphy during their study and dls covered many narrow streets, Inadequate turn-arounds, ex cessive grades on streets, small residential lots, inade quate parking, and little in dustrial acreage. Town Clerk C. E. Johnson was at the meeting to bring up the subject of inadequate drainage in the town, and to discuss proposals for remed ies. In studying commercial land use here, me Board found that most commercial lots are too small, have inadequate loading space, inadequate gar bage disposal facilities, and inadequate parking facilities. Industrial land use probl ems Included unleval terrain, inadequate drainage, and pro blems with access to main thouroughfares, and utilities. Municipal services were also discussed by the Board The proposed land use and subdivision regulations in clude plans to remedy these problems In future develop ment.
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