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Volume 75- Number 18 Murphy, North Carolina November 25, 1964 10 Pages This Week
Tom Turkey Tells His Tale
AS TOLD TO BILL WEEK ?
My name Is Tom Turkey.
I have a story to tell, but only
a few hours in which to scratch
my revelations in the dirt of
my pen. For you see, I am a
condemned bird. My crime
is tradition, a crime from
which there is no wavering,
no mercy.
As I face death, my mem
ories stir back over the days
of my youth, days spent with
my parents before they succ
umbed to one of the November
Reigns of Terror.
My father, a stern old bird,
often warned me of my hot
temper and stated that some
day I would blow my top once
too often and get a good dress
ing down.
But mother, who always
stuck up for me, said I was
merely becoming a chip eft the
old block, and would have my
feathers ruffled in good time.
I guess it was then that
I first realized where my fate
roasted. I was shocked upon
learning the facts of life, and
it was difficult for roe to acc
ept the idea that someday I
too would have to go the way
of all turkey flesh.
The natural tendency was to
rebel. Was I going to subject
myself to these conditions?
Was I to stand by and let ray
self duplicate the fate of ray
ancestors and receive no more
than the dubious blessing of
an ax for some not too dls
tnat Thanksgiving?
It was difficult for me to
grow up. As the months went
by and as maturity b ossomed
within me, I realized that duty
was more important than sel
fish rebellion.
I have mellowed now into
puberty. 1 realize I can't
complain too much. I've had
a happy life with plenty to eat
and the companionship of
friends with whom I could have
a good heart-to-heart gobble.
Although I now pace ner
vously in my coop awaiting
the end, I have learned to be
come a proud prisoner, for
I understand that maybe I'm
not merely a bird that has
picked and scratched for a
living all his life, but that 1
am a symbol of plenty, that I
represent happiness and
pleasure to my superiors and
that, In a way, they thank God
for my being.
So, I guess I'm really more
important than I thought, that
my life has more to it than
certain death-- and for this I
can give thanks.
$576,000 Loan Approved
For WESTCO Telephone Co.
WASHINGTON- A supple
mental REA loan of 1576,000
was approved here Wednesday
to help WESTCO Telephone
company continue system im
provements for subscribers
In five Western North Carol
ina counties, Congressman
Christinas Seal Campaign
Gets Underway In County
MURPHY- November 16
marked the opening of the
1964-65 Christmas Seal Cam
paign across the nation, it
was announced today by Merle
Davis, local advisory chair
man for the Cherokee County
Tuberculosis Committee.
"It is more important than
ever that our campaign be
successful this year, Mr.
Davis stated, "for contrary
to the widely held assumpt
ion that tuberculosis is no
longer a threat since the ad
vent of drug therapy, it is
Actually on the increase."
"Although the death rate has
steadily declined, the number
of new cases actually increas
ed in 1963 both nationally and
in North Carolina, for thefirst
time in many years. This re
versal of a downward trend
in the case rate is a cause
of grave concern to voluntary
and official health groups ac
ross the nation."
Mr. Davis noted that Dr.
James E. Perkins managing
director of the National Tub
erculosis association, states
that It is still possible to
er eradicate TB but not with
out a "major battle on many
fronts- social, economic and
cultural- as well as medical."
The local TB group carries
out a year-round program of
health education, services to
patients in the sanatorium and
tuberculin testing and X-ray
clinics in conjunction with tlae
County Health Department.
The annual tuberculin test
ing program In the schools of
Cherokee County ha* been in
progress five years. Miss
Willie Lovingood, County Pub
lic Health Nurse, stated and
all poeltlve reactors and their
' contacts have been X-rayed
and tuberculin tested. This
testing program will continue
indefinitely.
Last month the WNC TB
Association, which la compos
ed of 17 counties, sponsored
a four-day series of talks on
"Smoking and Health" by Dr.
C. Frank Tate of Mlaml,Plor
lda, nationally known authority
on smokiqg *nd Its relation
to lung cancer and emphy
sema.
Mrs. Joele Hayes la ex
ecutive director of the WNC
TB Association whose heed
quarters Is In Black Moun
mfc
tain where the state Sanator
ium is also located. Miss
Jeanette Austin of Brevard is
the current president of this
group.
Included in the local ad
visory group in Cherokee
County is Merle Davis, chair
man, Mrs. Jack Ledford,
Treasurer, Mrs. Charles De
la ney, and Miss Willie Lov
lngood. Board members are
Or. W. A. Hoover, Merle Da
vis, and Miss Lovingood.
Roy A. Taylor announced.
The Weaverville firm re
ceived an Initial REA loan
of $6,198.00 in June 1961.
WE ST CO President Thomas
H. Sawyer siad the funds have
been used to expand and mo
dernize the system through
installation of up-to-date dial
telephones and related equip
ment.
Exchanges are being con
verted to accommodate the
dial system. The modificat
ions will also permit reduct
ion in the number of sub
scribers on party lines.
The latest loan provides
for the addition of approxi
mately 250 new subscribers
and construction of 97 miles
of lines.
The improvements will be
in Clay, Cherokee, Graham,
Madison and Mitchell Counties.
The company has more than
10,000 subscribers.
Bids To Bo Advortisod For Androws
Post Offico A ad Federal Building
WASHINGTON- Bids for
construction for the proposed
new Post Office and Federal
Building in Andrews will be
advertised by theGeneral Ser
vice Administration on Friday
November 27, Congressman
Letter To
The Citizens
Dear Citizens of Cherokee
County and ? unrounding areas:
I wish to Join the Region
al Blood Center In thanking
you who gave so freely to
the blood needs of the hos
pitals In Western North Car
olina.
Do you realize that you have
probably saved the lives of
many by being so willing to
cooperate with the blood pro
gram? These pen twelve
months you have given around
three hundred pints of blood
end this would have cost app
roximately $7,500. The peo
ple who received this Mood
are more than grateful to
you.
While attending a Regional
Meeting In AahevUlelaetweek
one of the workers at the Red
Cross Center came up to me
and ssld, "1 Just wantto shake
hands with a representative
of the Cherokee Blood Pro
gram. A week or eo ago we
were out of blood and were
frantically crying is locate
some for e drastic need when
up comes the BlootaoMle
from Cherokee County end
eavee the dey. You will nev
er know how grateful ws are
to you people."
Thank you sincerely,
Mrs. Bdgar Harehaw
Blood Prapam Chairman
Roy A. Taylor announced to
day.
Plans call for construction
of a building containing 32,000
square feet of interior floor
space. The structure is ex
pected to cost $100,000.
Bids will be opened on Tues
day, December 22. Approx
imately eight months will be
required for the building to
be erected.
Coaaty HD Clubs
To Spoasor
Christmas Bazaar
MURPHY- The Cherokee
County Home Demonstration
Council will sponsor a baz
aar, December 3 and 4, on
Thursday and Friday, on the
ground floor of the library
building. The hours will be
from 10:00 a.m. to 5 .*00 p.m.
each day.
Handmade articles Includ
ing Christmas decorations,
aprons, flower arrangements,
pillows and novelltles, will be
on sale. There will also be
baked goods including cook
ies and candies in attract
ive containers.
Christmas cook books will
also be on sale.
Scoat Offica To
Closo Thanksgiving
The office of The Cherokee
Scout and Clay County Pro
gress will doae Thursday,
November 36, to that employ -
e?a may be with their fami
lies for Thanksgiving. Busin
ess will begin as usual Fri
day at l<00 a.m.
To The Editor
Dear Editor:
About three weeks ago there
were jury trials In the Chero
kee Recorders Court, and as
usually everybody tried went
scott free. What is wrong
with our citizens in this coun
ty? It seems like something
is wrong. Our neighbor coun
ties do not have such a prob
lem. It seems no matter how
good the evidence is, who or
how many officers make the
arrest, or even what the crime
is, die verdict is always NOT
GUILTY! Almost 100<
Let us be practical, we
know that all cases cannot be
guilty, that is waht our courts
are for, to serve the cause
of justice. But everyone is
also not guilty.
Do our citizens resent our
local officers, or don't they
believe them when they say
a man is drunk or sppeding.
The cause of justice and
highway safety will never be
achieved as long as our jur
ies turn the guilty parties
loose. Usually they try the
same old bunch every term.
If a drunk runs over a jury
mans wife or child, or dam
ages his car, he cries bloody
murder to our officers.
This past week theSuperior
Court juries continued their
"good work". You guessed it
all drunk drivers NOT guil
ty. Our drunks still drive
and the highways remain dan
gerous.
The jurors must be very
proud of themselves. What a
mockery of justice.
I, for one, hope that the
officers in this county con
tinue to do their work, and
that my family may continue
to live.
What do you think of this,
Mr. Editor?
B.K.A. Williamson
Andrews, North Carolina
(EDITORS NOTE): We ag
ree, Mr. Williamson, it is a
pleasure to see a citizen take
a stand for the betterment
of Cherokee County.)
Fulton Attends
Training Institute
MURPHY- Mrs. Beryl Fid
ton, Customers Relations Re
presentative of the Murphy
Power Board, recently attend
ed the Personnel Training In
stitute held in Chattanooga,
Tennessee, by the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
The purpose of the Instit
ute was to present new ideas
and information about power
use activities as they relate
to imporved customer ser
vice. Those attending the
training sessions were from
approximately 40 different
municipal and cooperative
distributors of TVA electric
ity.
The program consisted of
five sessions of one wedi
each month from June through
October. After the initial I
orientation program, the
week-long schools covered
such subjects as commercial
and residential lighting, ade
quate wiring, advertising,
public relations, electric
heating and cooling, commer*
cial cooking and water heat
ing and rural electrification.
TVA personnel were assi
sted in covering the subjects
by specialists from related
businesses and industry.
"We are always looking for
ways to improve our custo
mer's electric service, "John
H. Bayless, Manager of the
electric system, said. "This
Training Institute has been
especially helpful. We want
to assist all our customers
in planning for a better, more
efficient use of low cost el
ectricity.
Bayless said that free el
ectrical planning services are
available to all of the elect
ric system's customers.
License School
Begins
December 2
MURPHY- a provisional
License School will be held
Wednesday, December 2,
Wednesday, December 9, and
Wednesday, December 16, at
the Power BoardBuilding here
in Murphy.
Class hours on December
2, will be from 4:00 p.m.
to 8|00 p.m. Classes on
December 9 and 16, will be
three hours in length, 4:00
p.m. to 7r00 p.m.
The school it a driver ed
ucatioo program offered by the
North Carolina Department of
Motor Vehicles. Minimum
Xfor the course is 16 years
9 months.
Photo by Scout Studio
WILDCAT COACHES AND CO-CAPTAINS are shown with the ? J . . . u w ? -
Western North Carolina Championship Trophy they woninCan- ton Saturday rught by defeating the Mars HiU team 30-27.
Only Undefeated, Untied High School Team In WNC
Andrews Defeates Mars Hill Saturday
30-27 To Be WNC Class A Champions
By * ? R?d" Schuyler
CANTON - The Andrews
Wildcats defeated Mars Hill
30-27 in a "come from be
hind' victory Saturday night
in Canton. In a game that
possessed just about every
thing in the way of thrills,
Andrews drove seventy yards
in three plays to walk away
with the honors.
For threequarters Andrews
could only put nine points on
the scoreboard. After trailing^
Mars Hill by eleven points at'
the half, both teams were
scoreless in the third quar
ter, but in the fourth quarter
Andrews exploded for 21
points while holding Mars Hill
to a lone touchdown and an
extra point. Actually the mar
gin of victory was Tatham's
27 yard field goal early In the
second quarter.
No one believed that this im
portant three points would de
cide the winner, but as it hap
pened, this played a big part
in the final outcome.
In scoring the final touch
down and extra point this is
what happened: Slagle passed
to Jim Sursavagefor 25 yards,
then Eddie Brown took off on a
twenty yard running play and
Slagle hit Tatham with another
pass good for 25 yards and
a touchdown. Tatham's kick
Dr. I. E. Ready
College Director
Speaks At Marble
MARBLE- Dr. L E. Ready,
Director of the Department
of Community Colleges in Ral
eigh, spoke to school board
officials. Boards of County
Commissioner, elected re
presentatives to the General
Assembly, and other interested
citizens from Graham .Cher
okee, and Clay Counties, at
the Marble Elementary School
Monday, November 16.
Dr. Ready gave the history
of the development of indust
rial educational centers .tech
nical institutes, and commun
ity colleges. He also des
cribed the operation of In
dustrial educational centers
with particular emphasis on
benefits to communities in
which educational centers are
located.
Other speakers were J. B.
Edwards, who is with the
Asheville-Bumcombe Techn
ical Institute; Edward H. Wil
son, with the Department of
Community Colleges, Raleigh;
and Ivan E. Ballentine, Assist
ant Director of Department of
Community Colleges In Ral
eigh.
'We are very fortunate to
have the Tri -County Industrial
School In our area and we
hope to haw a full tow year
community college in the near
future." Holland McSwaln,
Superintendent of Murphy City
Schools staled.
for the extra point was good.
With only 40 seconds re -
maining and their backs brok
en, there was little that Mars
Hill could do to change the
figures on the scoreboard.
Andrews, for the first time
in the game, briefly took the
lead in the third quarter, but
the brilliant running and pass
receiving by Charles Tolley,
workhorse for Mars Hill, re
versed the lead in favor of the
Mars Hill team going into the
closing minutes of the game
when Andrews pulled it out of
the fire.
Tolley, Mars Hill halfback
ran for touchdowns of forty
and twenty yards in the first
quarter and an extra point
run by Castoloe gave Mars
Hill a thirteen point advant
age at the end of the first
quarter.
Tatham's field goal early in
the second quarter cut it to
ten points and then Slagle's
pass to Sursavage, good for
20 yards and a touchdown,
cut the lead down to four
points. Tolley, running for TO
yards and a touchdown, plus
the extra point run by Hunter
widened the gap to eleven
points and Mars Hill took a
20 to 9 lead to the dressing
room at halftime.
During the third quarter,
it was a case of Andrews run
ning the ball a while and then
Mars Hill running the ball,
with neither team threatening
to score. With about two minu
tes elapsed time in the fourth
and final quarter, Slagle pas
sed to Tatham for twenty-two
yards and a touchdown and
Tatham's kick for the extra
point was good. Andrews was
only trailing 20 to 16.
Andrews kicked of to Mars
Hill and Mars Hill failed to
move the ball. Andrews took
over on downs. Forty-nine
yards from pay dirt and eight
minutes remaining to play,
Jim Sursavage burst through
the Mars Hill line and with the
help of good blocking ran all
the way for the touchdown that
gave Andrews the lead for the
first time.
Once again Tatham's kick
was good and Andrews led
23-20.
With about three minutes
remaining, Devol caught a TO
pass from Tolley that covered
ten yards and Hunter ran the
extra point to give Mars Hill
the lead for the last time for
the night.
Mars Hill was now ahead
27-23. At this point, the Wild
cats from Andrews had their
work cut out for them. They
went to work and came home
the "Champs" by scoring an
other touchdown and an extra
point with about 40 seconds
remaining.
This win over Mars Hill
gave the Andrews team a per
fect season and the distinct
ion of being the only undefeat
ed, untied high school team in
Western North Carolina.
Twelve victories this season
and the last five In 1963 gives
Andrews a string of seventeen
consecutive victories. The
last time the Wildcats suffer
ed a defeat was at the hands of
Sylva - Webster October 16,
1963 by a score of 14-6.
With Just a few seniors on
the team. Andrews should and
probably will run this string
of victories even further dur
ing the 66 season.
Congratulations tothe Wild
cats, Coaches Hamilton and
Mashburn for their second
consecutive Western Regional
Class A Championship.
Phot, by least IMio
HAPPY ANDREWS PLAYERS carry head coach Hugh "Pee
Wee" Hamiltson from the field Saturday night after winning the
Western North Carolina Regional Class A Championship.
Photo by Scoat
DANNY TATHAM DASHES through the end zone after re
ceiving ? 25-yard pass from David Slagle with only 40 seconds
remaining in the game. T atham also kicked the extra point.
Hoover's Charges
Weaken His Image
BY: Harry Bagley
In a recent press confer
ence held for women repres
entatives of the fourth estate
in Washington, O. C.t Direc
tor J. Edgar Hoover of the
leveled an astounding
charge at the Rev. Dr. Mar
tin Luther King, the Nobel
Priu winning integration
leader.
Mr. Hoover labeled Dr.
King as "the country's most
notorious liar."
1 feel that Mr. Hoover show
ed unusually poor
In leveling surti a charge at the
civil ri?its leader. I do not
think that he can adequately
substantiate such an accus
ation.
At this same press confer
ence, Mr. Hoover voiced great
dissatisfaction with the War
ren Report's findings regard
ing the F.B.I. in its invest
igation of the assassination of
the late President Kennedy.
Also, he made some caustic
comments about the leniency
of the courts in their hand
ling of criminal cases.
On the subject of our court's
treatment of criminals, I
heartily agree with the Dir
ector.
My view of the War ran Com
mission's work, howeven is
that It was done thoroughly
and impartially. It dtd not
appear that they were trying
to find ? "goat" aa such.
The purpose of their sweep