The Cherokee
Scout
and Clay County Progress
Volume 75 - Number 11
Murphy, North Carolina
October 8, ID 64 12 Fages This Week
coutlets
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Scout Straw Vote Ballots
have been pouring in and
Johnson Is leading with 53ft
of the votes to Goldwater's
45ft. One vote for Martin
Luther King wasn't counted.
There was a note tacked on
to the bottom of a ballot read
ing: "Have you heard of the
new liberal disease going
around? Definition: Bury
Barry." Dr. George Size
was good enough to look up
the definition of beriberi in
the MANUAL OF TROPICAL
MEDICINE, and we found that
the disease was chiefly found
in the Orient and common In
the early days where large
groups of men were bound
together as in prisons or on
board ships. It is caused
by a lack of vitamin B-l and
other vitamins and causes ex
treme weakness. So....if Mr.
Goldwater will shy away from
yacht cruises and eat plenty
of citrus, he will be okay.
-J
With so many divorces
now-a-days, we understand
that a manufacturer is con
templating putting on the mar
ket a new product,.. ..A drip
dry wedding gown. How about
that?
-J
A bushel of goodies and a
tip of our hat to Jimmy Math
son, an employee at Howell's
Supermarket for returning a
watch belonging to my wife
which had been missing for
a week. Jimmy didn't know
who It belonged to but a check
with Davis Jewelers proved
ownership.
-J
There must have been at
least one Democrat at the
Greenville-Spartanburg Air
port recently. He was in the
lounge waiting for a plane as
a thunderous roar swelled
from outside. He asked
quietly, "Whats going on out
there?" Told that Barry Gold
water had spoken and was now
leaving, he smiled and de
clared, "Shucks, 1 thought it
was the Beatles."
-J
Out of the mouths of babes
comes sense. For instance,
a six year old made this ob
servation: "Daddy, I have
found out the older you get,
the further you can t see."
-J
The first passenger train
in 16 years, bringing Canton
football fans to Murphy creat
ed a small problem for Jay
cee Joe Fowler. Joe, food
chairman on the Jaycee's
Transportation Project, was
the last to leave the station
heading for the ballfield. A
member of the train crew
stopped Joe and asked him if
he knew a member of the
fire department. Joe stated
that he was a member and
the trainman said, "How
about getting the fire truck.
We need 3,300 gallons of
water for our steam car."
Well, good natured Joe miss
ed die kickoff of the game,
but he filled up the train so
Canton fans could be warm
on the return trip.
-J
And while we're on the sub
ject of the Canton -Murphy
game, we of the Jaycees would
like to thank the Family and
Cher ok "? Restaurants for
donating the coffee; Coble
Dairies for the milk; Kerns
Bakery for furnishing half the
donuts; and Ivie Funeral Hotne
for letting us borrow the tent.
Also a hearty thanks to the
Cherokee County Rescue
Squad for directing the tre
mendous amount of traffic, and
to the citizens of Murphy who
were kind enough to make
their automobiles available.
-J"
Industrial
Registration |
Is Successful
MURPHY- Holland Mc
Swaln, superintendent of Mur
phy City Schools, announced
today that 291 persons had re
gistered for industrial train
ing classes by 9:00p.m. Tues
day night, October 6, and some
IS to 20 people had taken app
lications home to fill out.
Enough people registered
for all the courses listed in
last week's SCOUT to warrant
their availability, if qualified
instructors are available.
Two or three courses could
possibly get underway by the
end of this month, Mr. Mc
Swain stated.
Applicants who were pre
sent at the Murphy High School
Library Tuesday night, were
interviewed by Mr. J. B. Ed
wards, director of extension
fcr the Asheville-Buncombe
Technical Institute, and James
Cox, director of adult and
community service programs.
The school will be open to
anyone residing in the tri
county area of Cherokee, Clay
and Graham, and in the west
ern section of Nantahala.
It was pointed out that due
to the trraining received, such
a school may be very help
ful in bringing to this area
additional industry.
The success of these cour
ses will determine whether the
school can be enlarged to in
clude other courses in the fut
ure.
Anyone qualified to teach
any of the courses offered is
invited to contact Holland Mc
Swain on Friday, October 9,
or Monday, October 12, at his
office.
Mr. McSwain has asked this
news media to extend his app
reciation to everyone for their
cooperation in making this
industrial school registration
a success.
WNC Baptist
Pastor's To Meet
In Waynesville
WAYNESVILLE - The West
ern North Carolina Baptist
Pastor's Conference will meet
at the First Baptist Church
of Waynesville, Monday, Oct.
12, at 10:30 a.m.
Guest speaker will be Or.
Cecil Sherman, pastor of the
First Baptist Church inAshe
ville.
Congratulations to Todd
Reece, ex-editor of THE
CHEROKEE SCOUT, on the
publication of his new maga
zine NANTAHALA POWER
LINE. Todd is now public
relations director for Nant
ahala Power and Light Com
pany of Franklin.
-J
For the past several weeks
Mr. Dickey, or Dickey Oil
Company, has been running
an oil heating ad in the
SCOUT predicting the first
frost of the year would be
due October 6. Well, Mr.
Dickey hit it right on the
head. The first official
frost was Tuesday, October
6. Wonder if we could get
him to make some comment
on this year's coming snow
falls?
-J
P.S. We'll take the Yan
kees in the World Series.
As we write this column the
score at the top half of the
second inning was 3-1, with
Tom Tresh hitting a home
run, with one man on. This
oughta please Elmer Kilgore
over at Sinclair Refining Co
mpany. And on the other
hand, sadden Wally Williams.
Uh-oh, just got word that
the Yankees lost 9-5, but
we'll still take 'em for the
Scries.
CHAIRMAN OF MURPHY PLANNING BOARD Joe Ray and Mrs. Ed Reynolds, member of
the Board, study a preliminary Thouroughfare Plan Map with Felton Lowman and M. R. Poole,
members of the Planning Department of the State Highway Commission.
Murphy Planning Board
Adopts Throughfare Plan
MURPHY- At a called meet
ing of the Murphy Planning
Board, Thursday, October 1,
the board adopted a prelimi
nary, Thoroughfare Plan,
which had already received
considerably study by them
and which was revised by the
Planning Department of the
State Highway Commission.
A map showing theproposed
recommendations by the Plan
ning Department of the State
Highway Commission to alle- i
viate the traffic problem that
exists in the Town of Murphy
regarding through traffic, was
presented.
It was pointed out that a
by-pass around Murphy at the
present time is out of the
question. However, it was
suggested by the planning de
partment that the four lane
highway that presently goes
through town and terminates
at the Methodist Church be
extended to the eastern city
limits. Rounding curves and
widening streets will obtain the
necessary width for a four
lane highway to the city lim
its.
The recommendations now
go to the TownBoard of Com
missioners for their approval
and adoption.
The approvals and adopt
ions by the various depart
ments does not necessarily
mean that these improvements
will take place. This is just
the first step among many
that has to be negotiated be
fore the proposed work can
be done, if and when the mon
ey is available for such im
provements.
GETTING READY FOR THE CAMPAIGN- Dorothy Moore, Headquarters Secretary and
Juanita Weaver, President of the Cherokee Democratic Womans Club and Vice -Chairman of
the Cherokee County Democratic Committee, are shown primping up the Democratic Head
quarters that opened this week in the Library Building between the Court House and the Power
Board Building. Office hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. All democrats are
invited to stop by for coffee and cookies, leave messages or discuss any problems they may
have.
Republicans To Hold
Fund Raising Dinner
MURPHY- Area Republi
cans will hold a fund rais
ing dinner in the Murphy
High School lunchroom on
Saturday, October 10, at 7:00
p.m.
Virgil O'Dell, Republican
candidate for the house of
Representatives from Cher
okee County, Wayne G. West,
Republican candidate for Re
presentatives from Clay
County, and Attorney Ted
Jenkins of Robbinsvtlle will
be among the guest speakers.
Tickets are now on sale at
Republican Headquarters here
In Murphy, or may be pur
chased at the entrance of the
school lunchroom.
Unaka Club
Elects Officers
UNAKA- "Tie Unaka Comm
unity Development Club met
Saturday evening, October 3,
at the school.
Harold Fenstermaker,
president, presided over the
business session. Officers
elected for the coming year
are as follows: President,
Willis Beaver; Vice-Pres
ident, Herbert McMilliam Se
cretary, Helen Mason;Treas
urer, John Morleys Scrap
Book Chairman, Inez McMil
lian; Reporter, Odessa Rob
erts. Those on the finance
committee are Charles Bates
and P. L. Roberts.
Plans were discussed for
completing the cemetery pro
ject.
Collection Of Pledges To Begin
For Andrews Furniture Industry
ANDREWS - At a meet
ing of the Andrews Develop
ment Corporation it was un
animously voted that the col
lection of local pledges for the
Andrews Furniture Indus
tires, Inc., be immediately
started as these funds would
have to be in hand at the time
of the official signing of the
contract.
Temporary receipts will he
given all subscribers when the
money is collected. These re
ceipts will be exchangable for
coupon bonds as soon as they
can be engraved after the final
signing of the contract. They
will bear interest at the rate
of and mature not later
than 20 years.
This is a five-year shorter
maturity than was originally
approved by the ARA. These
coupons will be due semi
annually, one each six months,
that will cover the interest on
the bonds for a six month's
period.
Interest will be paid by the
corporation to the Citizens
Bank & Trust Company and
the Citizens Bank & Trust
Company will pay the various
coupons as presented without
a service charge either to the
Andrews Furniture Indus
tries, Inc., or the holders of
the bonds.
While the bonds will be 20
year bonds, they will be sub
ject to call by Andrews Furni
ture Industries, Inc., or any
interest payment date.
In other words , if Andrews
F urniture Industries should so
desire, they could call all or
any part of the bonds at any
time they chose, for instance
10 years, 12 years, or any
period before 20 years, and
pay the holder the par value
of the bond plus any accrued
interest.
The bonds will have a defi
nite maturity date of 20 years
but the corporation has the
privilege of paying them off at
any earlier date it may desire.
It is understood that a con
tract has been tentatively let
for the construction of the
plant, that foundation tests
have been made and found
satisfactory, but actual con
struction erf the plant will not
start until the contract has
been officially signed, which
should be done within two to
four weeks.
M. H. Clarke, president,
and W. E. Hamrick, treas
Bull Dogs Don't
Like Bear Meat
By Red Schuyler
TELUCO PLAINS- It
seems like the Bulldogs just
don't have a taste for bear
meat. The past two Friday
nights the Bulldogs bave been
taken by a couple of teams
that refer to themselves as
bears.
First, it was the Black
Bears from Canton, then the
past Friday, it was the Bears
in Tellico Plains, Tennessee.
With the season half over,
the Bulldogs have a record
of three wins and two losses.
Their ? wins include victories
over The Copper Basin Cou
gars, West Fannin Yellow
Jackets and the Sylva Web
ster Golden Eagles.
Left on the schedule, are
the Yellow Jackets from Hay
esville, the Black Knights of
Robbinsville, the Maroon De
vils of Bryson City, The Wild
cats from Andrews, and the
Panthers from Franklin.
With the change of menu,
the Bulldogs should get back
on the winning path.
With the Smoky Mountain
Conference in better balance
this year, than in the past,
it is still too early to offer
any predictions as to who will
be champion.
At the present time, it looks
like Andrews has the inside
track having a perfect record
thus far, including conference
wins over all of their foes
with the exceptions of Murphy,
and two wins outside the con
ference giving them a 6-0
record.
In all probability, provid
ing the Bulldogs get by Hay
esville, Bryson City, and Rob
binsville, The Andrews -Mur
phy game on the last Friday
this month will determine the
Smoky Mountain Champion
Even though the Bulldogs
lost their game in Tellico
Plains Friday night by the
score of 13-6, they had the
consolation of having the more
people at the game pulling
for them.
Even though they wereplay
ing away from home, there
were more people from Mur
phy attending the game than
there were from Tellico. (tod
DON'T LET THEM GET AWAT was the cry Sunday evening, October 4, u heavy rains and
high water began floating away a stock pile of power poles on Hlawassee River near Forsyth
Bridge, belonging to the Murphy Power Board. Men are shown attaching cables to the poles
so that they may be pulled bach to safety.
DON'T 00 DOWN THE STAIRS m ? statement In order u the basement of this home, lo
cited approximately 8 miles east on U. S. 64, was flooded Sunday, October 4, as Hlwassee R1
ver, got out of the banks.
you not known who was play
ing, you would have thought
Murphy was the home team.
For the second week in a
row, the Bulldogs went up
against a real good team and
even though outscored, they
certainly gave a good account
of themselves.
Murphy scored near the end
of the first half on a per
fectly executed scree., pass,
from Watson to Jimmy Cole
good for 32 yards and 6points.
It was a very good call by
Watson.
With only about a minute
to play and the ball resting
on the Tellico 32 yard line,
the defensive backs were
looking for the long bomb
and were playing deep.
Watson crossed them up
by calling for the screenplay,
and Cole took the pass behind
good interference and went all
the way. The run for the ex
tra point was no good.
Late in the third quarter,
Tellico managed to score on
a thirty-five yard run by Wat
son.
If this sounds screwy, we
might mention that both teams
were quarter backed by young
gentlemen by the name of Wat
son.
The kick for the extra
point was not good and the
score was tied 6-6
In the fourth quarter, Rice
scored on a beautiful run from
nineteen yards out, and
the kick for the extra point
was good and the final score
was Tellico, 13, Murphy, 6.
The entire Murphy team
played well but not good enough
to win. The line play of the
Bulldogs from end to end stood
out with Crawford and Hill
making some good catches.
This Friday night is home
coming for the Bulldogs and
they will host the Yellow Jac
kets from Hayes ville. Other
games in the area include
homecoming at Andrews, the
Wildcats taking on the Sylva
Webster team, Robbinsvllleat
Franklin, and Kirkman Tech
at Copper Basin.
urer, of Andrews Furniture
Industries. Inc., and also
president and treasurer of the
parent company, Waynewood,
Inc., and Percy B. Ferebee,
representing Citizens Bank &
T rust Company and Wachovia
Bank and Trust Co., spent
Wednesday in Washington in a
meeting with Richard G.
Schmitt, Jr., Chief, South
east Division, Area Develop
ment Administration, U. S.
Dept. of Commerce; William
F. Abeil, Chief Finance Of
ficer of ARA; George Stoner,
Attorney for ARA; and Roy
Coates, North Carolina Re
presentative in Washington,
and went over the five page,
23 paragraph authorization to
the Andrews Furniture In
dustries, Inc., by ARA.
At the completion of the
day-long study and discus
sion, an agreement was ar
rived at by all parties con
cerned.
The agreement now is to be
put in legal form and approv
ed by attorneys of ARA and
Andrews Furniture Indus -
tries. Inc., in accordance with
the agreement reached in
Washington.
Upon completion and finali
zation of this, the contract
will be signed by all parties
concerned and construction
of the plant at Andrews even
tually employing 650 men, will
be officially announced and a
ground breaking ceremony
will be held.
The local representatives
that were in Washington were
told that the ARA was en
thusiastic about this project,
stating that they thought It a
splendid project, that although
considerable time has been
required to work out the var
ious details, it was a large
project and that it would have
a tremendous influence upon
the economy of the entire area.
Andrews Road
Date Postponed
ANDREWS - The visit
of President Lyndon Johnson
to North Carolina, Tuesday
has caused postponement of
a road-opening ceremony here
that day, Mayor Percy Fere
bee, said Friday.
One of the Presidents chief
greeters at Raleigh will be
J. Melville Broughtonjr.,
chairman of the state Demo
cratic Executive Committee.
Broughton is also a former
chairman of the State High
way Commission, and was
slated to give the principal
talk at the formal opening
of the Junaluska Road, from
here to Franklin on the same
day.
Mayor Ferebee said a new
date for the dedication of the
road will be set later. The
postponement was made on a
last minute basis, since the
President's visit came up on
short notice and forced
Broughton to change several
other plans as well.
Rock Hooadars To
Hold Swap Shop
MURPHT- The Trl -State
Rockhound Club will sponsor
a Rock Swap Shop and Sale
at the Gorgerama Saturday
and Sunday, October 10 and
11, all day, each day.
The Gorgerama Is located
on Highway 19 between And
rews and Bryscn City.
Proceeds will go for the
benefit of the Rockhound Club.
I Our Reader:
The Scout Is conducting ? weekly presidential pre
ference campaign.
We would appreciate It If you would make your prefer
ence below, put it in an envelope and return It to us as soon
as possible. It Is not necessary for you to sign your name
unless you so desire. You may bring your straw ballot b)
the Scout office, if you like.
The results of this survey will be reported at definite
Intervals by The Scout until election time. Tour cooperation
will be appreciated.
Sincerely,
The Editor
Results To Date
Johnson 55% Goldwater 45%
If the presidential election were held today I would veta
fori (Vote for one).
( ) Lyndon Johnson
( ) Barry Goldwater
HAVE YOU VOTED YBT7