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TheCHEROKEE Scout 'M T and Clay County Progress Volume 75- Number 16 Murphy, North Carolina November 12, 1964 12 Pages This Week ^/murVh^nVrth^arouna Area Lions Cabinet Reviews Sight Work MURPHY - The District 31-A Lions Club Cabinet re viewed progress reports on blind aid and prevention of blindness programs on com* m unity, county and zone leve els at fall quarterly meeting Sunday afternoon in the Mur phy Grammar School Cafe teria. The Murphy Lions Club was host. ? Presidents and secretaries of 39 Lions Clubs, represent ing more than 1,600 members in 12 WNC counties attended. Presiding was A. Roland Lea ther wood of Clyde, District 31-A Governor. Three deputy district gov ernors presenting regional projects were Ed Corpening of Fontana, Region lj Dr. Ed Nlles of Marshall, Region 2; and Lawrence C. Stoker of Haw Creek, Region 3. Six zone chairmen giving activities reports Included Mike Brown of Robblnsville, Zone 1; Frank Martin of Franklin, Zone 2; Charles Johnson of Canton, Zone 3; Robert S. Matthews, Jr., of Erwin District, Zone 4s Leon L. Williams of Black Mountain, Zone 5; and J. T. Ramsey of Etowah, Zone 6. James R. Parton of Way nesville. District 31-A Cabi net Secretary - Treasurer, outlined district budget and various contest regulations. F. Jack Cole of Asheville, WNC director of White Cane Drive, reported on progress of funds campaign for benefit of blind aid and prevention of blindness projects on a statewide basis. Robert S. Matthews, Jr., of Erwln District, District 31-A Director of Public Re lations, reviewed plans for Lions-of-the -Year coittests being conducted on all levels, local, zone, regional, district, during the 1964-65 club year. Luncheon To Kick Off Girl Scout Fund Drive A kick off luncheon at the New Regal Hotel at 12:00 on Thursday will launch the ann coutlets -j Halloween 1s a we ik In the past, but we tip our hats, belatedly to the fine behavior of the area goblins. From all reports no real damage was done, just a few windows marked, and a couple of tires burr 3d. In fact, when two spooky looking little young sters came to my house and asked "Trick or treat?" I replied, "Tricks." And they said "Ah, mister, we don't have any." Wasn't like that in my day.. .we'd have blown the house up. -J Inte rested in aSiamese cat? Mrs. John Davidson of Murphy has three seal point, pure bred kittens left for sale. If you would like one call 837-2403. We would like to welcome Mrs. Sue Dotson, new owner of the Tar Heel Restaurant back to town. We say back to town, for Mrs. Dotson worked for the restaurant when it operated under a different name sixteen years ago. Mrs. Dotson recently moved back to Murphy from Akron.Ohio, and took over ownership of the Tar Heel last Saturday, Oct ober 31. She purchased the restaurant from Bobby O'Dell. A prominent Republican, we'd better not say who, called the Scout office last Thurs day and told "strong Repub lican Sue Kllpatrick" that there was a big rumor going around in town and wanted to know if she knew anything about it. Sue, thinking she was on a hot news icon, bit, and asked, "What rumor?" The caller said, "I hear the Democrats had an election around here day before yes terday and wondered if you knew anything about it?" How about that? Our faces are a little red because, due to all the comm otion around here during (he Scout's Open House, we for got to thank Virgil and Bobby O'Dell of the Family Rest aurant, for supplying us coffee ciq>s, coffee, and a SO cup coffee maker. We are a little late, but thanks anyway, fellows. 'I Politics will be politics. * And we'll be the first m agree that it pays to advertise. But "boos" to the people who have pasted campaign stickers on area road signs. These peo ple don't ssam to realize that covering up road signs makes driving conditions hazardous and confusing. "Course folks who live around here may know every crook and corner In the road but bow about people who are in transit through our community? They msy not know that a sharp curve lies ahead. So what do you say, nin election let's keep the road algns clean. Well, another Scout em ployee just bit the dust. Wea ver Carrtnger, our com position man, dona messed up and got hitched. Better re tract that "messed up" and lust aay he got married.... I gotta live too, you know. When I first csme to My phy, former Publisher Babb | and I were the only two marr ied Scout employees. Now, out of eight, the score stands at seven down and one to go. [ Bookkeeper Tommie Almond 1 remains single. Says -J -J -J Ukes it that way. ual fund-raising campaign of the Pisgah Girl Scout Council. The campaign will be con ducted in six counties of the Council under the leadership of Mr. J. O. Hofler, Per sonnel Manager of Seal test Food Products, Campaign Chairman. Comparable puh lic events will open the drive in 15 other communities in Western North Carolina. The Girl Scouts in Mur phy who have given fifty-two years of service to home and community this week begin a campaign for funds from the community to support their program for 1965. "Our Girl Scouts, and the adult volunteers who help them, are among our finest citizens," L. L. Mason Jr., Mayor of Murphy, said to day. The campaign for funds to support the Girl Scouts pro gram in our town is offic ially opened this week. The monies you contribute will be used to bring better Scouting to more girls in our area. The Girl Scout program of the 'sixties calls for additional training for the adult volun teers in Girl Scouting. We hope to increase the number of girls who belong, train more local volunteers to be troop leaders, expand opportunities beyond the troop for the grils i who are already in troops. The Girl Scouts' theme is "Service... A Girl Scout Pro mise." We all hope that the citizens of Murphy will help them keep this promise, by contributing to the fund drive of 1965. In a time when the earth has been orbited and the atom smashed. Girl Scouts still cling to tile old fashioned, but still Important virtues of ser vice and concern for their fellow man. By giving generously to this year's Girl Scout Fund Drive In Murphy, you will be help ing our girls become good Scouts today, and better cit izens tomorrow. Fires Creek Checking Station Opens Monday MURPHY - The U. S For est Service, working in co operation with the North Car olina Wildlife Resources Commission has announced that Representatives will be at the Fires Creek Checking Station on Monday, Nov. 16, at 4:00 a.m. to begin checking in the Hunters for the Annual Managed Deer Hunt. There will be no advance parking of cars on Sunday prior to the unit on Monday morning. MvrphyPTSA To Hold Family Night MURPHY - The Murphy School Parent - Teacher - Student association will meet Monday night, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Murphy ele mentary school auditorium. This meeting will be fam ily night with open house. Don Ramsey, president of the PTSA urges all parents to come out to meet with die teachers and visit the school. AREA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CLUBS* PRESIDENTS are shown accepting cash awards won in the Cherokee County Community Development program. Left to right, F ranklin Barnett, president of the Peachtree dub, 3rd prize; Burley Deweese, president of Tomotla Club, 2nd prize; William Plemmons, president of Bellview Club, 4th prize; Merle Davis is presenting die awards, and Harold Fenstermaker, president of the Unaka Club, accepting first prize. t, Unaka Takes First Place In Development Program MURPHY- Una lea for the second year received top hon ors In the Cherokee County* Community Development pro gram. The 75 dollar award (or first prize was present ed by Merle Davis at the Ann ual Awards dinner held at the Family Restaurant Saturday night, November 7. Tomotla placed second with a |50 award; Peachtree third and Bellvlew fourth. Sponsors of the Cherokee County Community Devel opment awards program were: TheJayceeClub.Tycora Mfg. Company. Rimco Mfg., Company, Murphy Civitan Club, Murphy Lions Club, Citizens Bank andTrustCom pany. Home Demonstration County Council and Murphy Power Board. i The winning community, Unaka, will compete in the Western North Carolina Com munity Development contest. State Formally Approves Murphy Industrial School MURPHY- In a letter to Holland McSwain, superintend ent of Murphy City Schools, r. the North Carolina State Bo- ' ard of Education, formally approved the establishment in Cherokee County of an ex tension unit of the Asheville Buncombe Technical Institute. The new school, operating temporarily under the name of Tri-County Industrial Ed ucation Center, already has six classes in business ed ucation underway, with a tot--4 al enrollment of 129 students. Classes now in progress are three basic typing classes, one advanced typing class, one bookkeeping class, and one shorthand class. Murphy Jaycecp To Sponsor Toys For Tots MURPHY- A "Toys for Tots" campaign sponsored by the Murphy Junior Chamber of Commerce, gets underway ^ this week. The collected toys will be repainted and recon ditioned for the needy child ren in this county. Special "Toys for Tots" boxes have beenplaced in sev eral Murphy business estab lishments for your conven ience, or you may call any Jaycee and they will be happy to pick up the old toys. Jaycee M.G. Curtis, chair man of this campaign, urges all of you to go through your childrens toys and place any of which you might want to discard inthe"ToysforTots" boxes or call a member of the club. "Remember, that there are many children in this area that could be made happy at Christmas with a repainted red wagon or a mended rag doll," Jaycee Curtis stated. Homemaking Class { Tours Area Hones MURPHY - Recently the fifth period Homemaking ' Class of Murphy High School, along with their teacher. Mis* Jewell Garrett, visited sev eral of the newly built homes In the Murphy area. Mrs. Beryl Fulton, custo? mers Relations Represent! t-vj ive of the Murphy Power Board guided the girls through the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Rumple, Mrs. Macy O'Dell, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Davis, and Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Gen try. The class was delighted with the new lighting techni ques and modern arrange^ ments of the houses they saw. ? This tour was conducted as a pert of the Housing Unit In the regular course of study of this class. The tour was followed by jft summary of the features oflr the homes, and slides were shown of a "Home of Living ' Light" presented by Mrs. Fulton. Mr. McSwain stated that additional courses will be available as soon as instruct* ors and materials are acquir ed. These business courses are .available only to those who have completed high school. Testing For Adult General Education To Be November 17, 18 MURPHY- Placement testing for general public education course will be held at the Murphy High School, Tuesday, November 17, and Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. I These general public educ ation courses are for adults who have not completed high school and are 18 years old or older. This school will consist of such academic cou rses as math, English and his tory. Holland McSwain, superin tendent of Murphy City Schools emphasized that applicants must be at the Murphy High School both Tuesday and Wed nesday nights, for the place ment testing. Andrews PTSA To Hold Open House ANDREWS - The Andrews Parent - Teacher - Student Association will hold its reg ular meeting at the Andrews High School on Monday, Nov ember 16, at 7:30 p.m. Open house will be held to give parents an opportunity to see the newly completed gymnatorium and cafeteria. President Joe El Khouri ur ges all parents, teachers, and interested friends to be present at this meeting. Troy Simonds, President of the Wolf Creek Community Development Club and presi dent of the Community Dev elopment Council presided at the banquet. Others on the program were: Robert Bruce who gave the Invocation, Jam es Stewart Introduced the guests, and Phillip Howell of the Farmers Home Adminis tration, Hayesville, gave ? talk on the effect Commun ity Development has In the community. Jerry Ruth Smith presented the entertainment part of the program with several excell ent vocal and accordian num bers. Prizes were aa warded to Community Development Clubs with good youth pro grams. This phase of the program was sponsored by the Murphy Power Board. First place winner in the youth di vision was Bellview Comm unity; second place was Peachtree and third was Un aka. The county winner In the youth division will com pete in the Western North Carolina Youth Division con test. Winners of both the Farm Division and Youth Division for Western North Carolina will be presented In Ashe vllle in early December. Vacancies Open For Cancer Clinic Patients MURPHY - The regular monthly Cancer Clinic will be held today (Thursday) at the Cherokee County Health De partment beginning at 1:00 p.m. A spokesman for the Clinic stated that there are vacancies for those who have not made an appointment for this week The free Cancer Clinic is held the second Thursday in each month and patients are asked to register between the hours of 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. Patients may call the Cherokee County Health De partment for an appointment or write to Mrs. Betty Jenk ins, Clinic secretary. Route 2, Culberson. Valleytown HD Club To Meet November 17 ANDREWS - The Valley town Home Demonstration Club will meet at the home of Mrs. William Carter on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 2p.m. A demonstration on quick breads will be given The Christmas bazaar will be held at the Nantahala Power and Light Co. on Thursday and Friday, November 19 and 20. Many handmade gifts will be for sale. Everyone Is Invited to visit the bazaar. c"*j ? ?"?< ?"? "?? Jefferles. Kenny J,n? D.vls l.? Brtni!? ? !i ^U.Go,,w- M???Y Wilson, S.r.h Alice ?... ? Junaluska Highway Dedication Rescheduled For Nov. 25 ANDREWS - Andrews May or P. B. Ferebee announced today that the dedication of the new J unaluska Highway that has been scheduled for October 6, and was postponed on account of the arrival on that date, of President and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson to North Carolina, has been resche duled for Wednesday, Nov. 25. The dedication will begin with ribbon cutting at 11:00 a.m. This will take place at the west end of the new road. The groi$> will travel over the highway and then return to Junaluska Gap where cere monies of the dedication will be held. The committee handling the dedication has been advised that Honorable J. Melville Broughton, Jr., former chair man of the State Highway Com mission and presently chair man of the State Democratic Executive Committee will at tend along with J. K. Vessey Regional Forester of Atlanta, Ga., Peter J. Hanlon, Super visor of N. C. National Park, Ted Jordan, 14th Division Highway Commissioner, Rob bins ville, Merrill Evans, State Chairman of Highway Di vision, Chief State Highway Engineer Cameron Lee and Director of Highway, William Babcock, all of Raleigh. Governor Terry Sanford and Governor Elect Dan Moore have been invited to attend. In addition to the general public who is invited, special invitations were sent to may ors, members of Legislators and other public officials of surrounding counties and the invitations are extended to new date of November 25. A luncheon at Berkshire In ternational Cafeteria will fol low dedication. The program trill be completed by 3 p.m. WAYNE WATSON, Bulldog quarterback, is brought down after picking up 20 yards in a third quarter play. Franklin Upsets Bulldogs 24-21 By Red Schuyler MURPHY - The upset mind ed Franklin Panthers came to town Friday night and took home a victory of 24-21 over the Murphy Bulldogs. It was nip and tuck game all the way with first Franklin in the lead and then Murphy. Franklin scored first and last thereby giving them the game. Murphy won the toss and de cided to receive. It was a short kick and went to Hill and as Hill was tackled the ball got away from him and a F ranklin man recovered on the Murphy 46 yard line. On the first play from scrimmage, F ranklin lined up with the center the outside man and the other linemen were to the left of him, making the center an eli gible pass receiver. Instead of centering the ball through his legs, the center passed die ball back to Larry Crawford with a underhanded shovel pass and before the Bulldogs could recover, Crawford scooted down the sidelines for a TD with the whole Franklin line leading interference. In this day and time of the various T formations, this was a very unorthodox format ion, but it paid off with six points with only 44 seconds of elapsed time. The try for extra point was no good and Franklin led 6-0. Murphy came back and pick ed up four consecutive first downs that carried to the F ranklin 2 yard line and from there Donnie Stiles plunged over to tie the score. Cole broke the tie by running the PAT v"ith 6 minutes and 55 seconds remaining in the first quarter. After an exchange of punts with seven minutes and six seconds remaining in the first half, Larry Crawford spotted Grant in the end zone and fired a pass that was beautifully handled by Grant and was good for another six points. The play covered fifteen yards. The try for PAT failed and F ranklin led 12-7. Murphy's next score came with 3 minuts and 59 seconds remaining in the first half. On a sustained drive that ended up in the end zone and with Cole's run for the extra point, Murphy took the lead 14-12. Franklin scored again be fore the half ended, taking an (Continued On Back Page) Bristol Named Chairman Of Fund Drive ANDREWS- Dave Bristol of Andrews, who guided his Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres baseball club to a triple A championship this year, has been named Chairman of the Girl Scout Fund Drive scheduled to open Friday, Nov. 13, throughout Cherokee County. The announcement was made by Mrs. O. A. Gregory who is president of the Pisgah Girl Scout Council. Volunteer workers, under the leadership of Mr. Bristol will seek to raise money to continue and expand Scout ac tivities for girls from seven to seventeen years old in this area. "I have accepted the chair manship of this campaign with pride," Mr. Bristol said, "be cause I know that the program offered to the Girl Scouts in our town will help them to become better citizens at home, in their community and in the world." Mr. Bristol went on to ex plain that die funds contributed to this campaign will be used to bring better Scouting to more girls. The launching of the up-dated program for the Girl Scouts of the 'sixties re quires additional training for the Girl Scout Adult volun teers in our council. "Through Girl Scouting," Mr. Bristol affirmed, "Our girls can enjoy wholesome re creation, make new friends, learn practical skills, and de velop healthy attitudes that will help determine the di rection their lives will take." "The theme of the finance campaign for our Girl Scouts is "Service. . .A Girl Scout Promise." Will you make a promise to help them serve?" JERRY BARNETT AND MICHAEL ROBERTS (L-R). last two participants of the 60 boys from Murphy High School who ran ? torch carrying marathon from the Tennessee line to Murphy and from the county line at Topton, turning into the Murphy Fairgrounds. Education Marathon Run Ends At Murphy Fairgrounds MURPHY - Saturday even ing, November 7, sixty boy* from Murphy High School participated in a marathon run from the Tennessee line to Murphy and from the county line at T opt on to Murphy. The purpose of the marathon was to create more Interest In Education for American Ed ucation week with the theme "Education is the light of hope and freedom." A rally at the Murphy fair grounds climaxed the run with Mayor L. L. Mason presett ing certificates to the runners. The first runner left Top ton at four o'clock with a torch to be carried one mile to the next rumer, who in turn pass ed it on to the next runner until the torch reached the baB park. The Highway Patrol and the Cherokee County Rescue Squad werked in connection with safety measure.