The Cherokee
Scout
? T~ and Clay County Progress
Volume 75- Number 43 Murphy, North Carolina May 20, li65
14 Pntrei This Woob second class postage paid
It rugv* IMS WVVK AT MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA
Play Prizewords,
Win $160, Page 3
Complete only 16 words
from 16 simple clues. Tuts
?11 you have Co do to win
9160.
Of course you have to get
them right, but thats the tun
of PRIZEWORDS, the intrig
uing word game on Page 3.
Have fun .... Win Cash . .
play PRIZE WORM.
EXPLANATION OF ANSWERS
ACROSS:
1. It's usually obvious when a person is WIRY (Wily).- The
essence of wlllness is concealment. It might take a long time
to discover that a person is Wily. WIRY, a physical condition,
is obvious at a glance.
3. Being SLY often leads one into foolish lying (Fly).- Fly
means to be wide-awake, knowing. A person who is Fly need
not have recourse to lies. Not so, however, a person who is
SLY, underhanded.
5. A doting mother is apt to resent being told she PAMPERS
her child. (Hampers).- Hampers is much the more serious
term, and she would be more than merely apt to resent it.
PAMPERS means to overindulge, to coddle, and a doting
mother would not necessarily resent the charge.
9. Wicked indeed are swindlers who TAINT honest people
(Taunt).- Wicked indeed calls for the more heinous action,
TAINT, to contaminate morally. That they merely Taunt
honest people does not make them wicked in so great a de
gree.
1C. It's sometimes possible to READ a person by looking at
him (Rend). - Not even sometimes is it possible to Rend,
tear apart physically, by a look. To READ, in the sense of
reading mind or character, is sometimes possible.
13. Wives whose husbands continually DEFER to them are
often envied by other women (Refer).- Far too much depends
on how their husbands Refer to them. DEFER, to yield,
makes a more positive statement of the proposition.
14. Usually, die better a man's POST, the greater the re
spect of his acquaintances (Past).- His acquaintances, might
know little about his Past. POST, position, or job, is more
realistic.
15. A conscientious father usually likes to have his SAY in
bringing 19 his child (Way).- It would scarcely be a con
scientious father who usually likes to have his Way in bringing
up his child. Such a man would state his opinions, have his
SAY, but he would go along with what is best for die child.
down;
1. A bad memory Is apt to be a serious handicap to a WRITER
(Waiter).- Not to a Waiter, who can write down the orders
given to him. A bad memory is much more of a handicap
to a WRITER.
2, After-dinner speakers are responsible for many a good
YARN (Yawn).- The speaker is responsible, accountable,
for the YARN, story, he tells. The Yawn of a dinner guest
is almost completely out of his control.
4. A stern judge seldom shows LENITY when dealing with
a habitual offender (Levity).- Though stern, he might find
cause to show LENITY, leniency, even though seldom. A
stern judge by nature would not show Levity, a light casual
approach to the case of such an offender.
6. A quest's being MUTE is apt to be embarrassing at a
dinner party (Mutt).- The person who is MUTE, silent, con
tributes nothing to the conversation. His presence is but
apt to be embarrassing, depending on the liveliness of the
rest of the company. A Mutt, a stupid person, would almost
certainly be a liability at such a party.
7. People who cintinually SEEM to be happy are seldom un
popular (Seek).- People who constantly search for happiness,
who Seek it, are often unpopular because of the intensity
of their efforts. If they bear the appearance, if they SEEM
happy, they're nice to be with and are therefore usually
popular.
8. As a rule, an animal that is TAME has little chance of
survival in a jungle. (Lame).- As a rule is too extreme
with Lame. The lameness might be only temporary. TAME
is best.
11. To women of a century ago probably most modern girls
would seem DEFT (Daft).- DEFT, skillful, is the best word
to complete the statement. That they would seem Daft,
crazy, to women of another era is not a logical statement.
12. It's seldom good for a business to have as president
a man who is FOGY (Foxy).- Even though seldom, an old
fashioned person, might be just the right type to head a
business enterprise. More often than seldom, a Foxy wide
awake, wily man is good for a business.
School Board Names
New High School Principal
MURPHY - Everett M. Wid
ener, Jr. ?u selected
Principal of Murphy High
School at a City School Board
meeting Monday, May 17. Mr.
Wldaner waa selected from
four applicants Inter viewed by
the board Saturday night. May
15.
He rcplacea Walter Puett
who has served at principal
of. the school for the peat
eight years and resigned this
y Wldener, a native of Vir
ginia, has bean serving aa
principal of the Blowing Rock
Union School at Blowing Rock
N. C.
He received his aaaoclatea
of Arts Diploma at Leea
McRae College, Bachelor at
Science at MUllgan College,
Master at Education Degree
at Virginia Polytechnic Ins
titute, Education Specialist
Degree st George Pea body
College and did postgraduate
Work at the University of
Virginia and Appalachian State
Teachers College.
He ? Is married to the
former Miss Euvada Slmerly
of Elizabethton, Tennessee.
They have two daughters, Car
olyn Marie, and Sarah Elis
abeth. They are members of
the Rumple Memorial Pres
byterian Church where Mr.
Wldener is an Elder, Men's
Sunday School Teacher and
Church Treasurer.
Mr. Wldener Is very active
in Civic activities. He is past
president of the Blowing Roc*
Rotary OA, Scout Master,
Mason, Shrlner, and member
of the Woodmen of the World.
He has served as Recreation
Director for the Town of Blow
ing Rock each summer since
I960.
Murphy Business And Professional Women
Announce Recitation Contest Winners
FW8T PLACE
Susaiin* Ivit
SECOND PLACE
Brendo Stalcup
THIRD PLACE
Sarah Jane Hill
Taylor To Dedicate
Campground In Clay
HAYESV1LLE - Congress
man Roy A. Taylor will be
on hand Sunday May 30, to
dedicate the Jack Rabbit
Campground in Clay County.
Dedication ceremonies will
get underway at 2:00 p.m.
Peter J. Hanlon, Forest
Supervisor of the National
Forests in North Carolina
will be introduced along with
other distinguished guests.
Fifty units were completed
this fiscal year and the camp
ground will have 100 family
units upon completion this
summer. There are 5 modern
bathhouses with showers.
The U. S. Forest Service
in cooperation with the N. C.
Wildlife Resources Commiss
ion has completed a 300 car
parking lot for the proposed
boat launching ramp to be
completed at a later date.
Selected Service
Business Is Up
uierokee County's 4a Ser
vice establishments had toul
receipts of $839 thousand in
1963. An increase of 5 per
cent from 1958, according to
a report of the 1963 census
of business just released by
the Bureau of the Census ,U.S.
Department of Commerce.
The last previous census of
Business covered operations
during 1958.
The service trades in the
census of business included
those providing:personal ser
vices to individuals ; miscell
aneous business services;
auto repair and other auto
services other repair servi
ces. Also included were
motion picture production and
dlstni>ition businesses; mot
ion picture theatres; other
amusement and recreation
services; and hotels and
motels.
The Selected Service Trade
establishments In the county
employed 96 persons (ex
clusive of proprietors) and
had a payroll for the year of
9189 thousand. The state as a
whole Included 23,677 estab
lishments with receipts of
9697.7 million.
The Bureau of the Census
report i Selected Services,
North Carolina, 1963 census of
business, from which these
data are taken, may be pur
chased from the Superintend
ent of Documents, Washington,
D. C. 80403 and at U. S.
Dept. of Commerce Field Off
ices far M6?
MURPHY - Winners of the
annual Recitation Contest,
sponsored by the Murphy Bus
iness and Professional Wo
men's Club were announced
this week. The contest was
held at the Murphy High School
Wednesday, May 5.
The first three place
winners are: Susanne Ivie,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Peyton Ivie; Brenda Stalcup,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Stalcup; and Sarah
Jane Hill, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. N. Hill.
The winners were honored
guests at the seventh annual
anniversary party of the Mur
phy Business and Professional
Women's Club held at the
Regal Hotel Tuesday night.
May 11. They will also be
awarded medals at the grad
uation exercises.
The 9 finalist were
awarded season tickets to the
Murphy swimming pool.
Area Softball
Meet Slated
A meeting to organize the
city Softball league will be
held at the Murphy Power
Board Building, Thursday
(tonight) at 7:30 p.m.
All churches, clubs and bus
inesses who are interested in
entering a team in the league
are urged to have a repres
entative at this meeting.
The number of games to
be played as well as the sch
edule will be set up at this
meeting.
Six teams participated in
last years league and it is
hoped that eight teams can be
secured this year.
Bates Joins
Police Force
MURPHY -Willard E.Bates
Jr., formally employed by the
Cherokee County Prison De
partment for die past two
years has accepted a position
with the Murphy Police Dep
artment.
When the North Carolina
Prison Department closed the
Prison Camp at Peachtree,
Mr. Bates transferred to Ral
eigh but has moved back to
Murphy and Cherokee County
to accept the position on the
Murphy Police Department.
He will be in charge of the
Town's parking meters along
with his other duties.
WiUard is 23 years old and
a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Bates of Route 2, Culberson,
North Carolina. He is a grad
uate of Murphy High School
and married to the former
Miss Janice Crowe of Mur
phy. They are the parents
of a one year old daughter,
Kimberly Lee.
Willard assumed his duties
Monday, May 17 replacing
Jerry Graham who resigned
Monday May 10 after serving
two years on the Murphy
Police Force.
N. C. Fund Volunteers
To Work In Local Projects
MURPHY - The North Car
olina Fund announced today
that the Cherokee and Clay
County area of the four-cou
nty Four- Square Community
Action Project, (Cherokee,
Clay Graham, and Swain) has
been selected to receive ten
North Carolina Volunteers to
work in local summer service
projects.
The Volunteers will arrive
here June 17, after finishing
a week of orientation and
training at Duke University.
The group accompanied by its
adult advisors, will be housed
at the John Campbell Folk
School during the 11 -week
period.
The Volunteers will be
working for local agencies,
including Welfare Depart
ments serving the Head Start
Program in the Public
Schools, Agriculture Ex
tension and the Public Health
Service. Their assignments
will include preliminary dev
elopment of the restoration of
F ort Butler sponsored by the
Cherokee County Historical
Society.
communities wnere volun
teers will serve this summer
were selected from numerous
applicants by the Board of
Directors of The North Car
olina Fund. Last summer only
community action programs
founded by The North Carolina
Fund were eligible to apply
for Volunteers. This summer
all community action pro
grams in the state were elig
ible to submit proposals for
North Carolina Volunteers.
The North Carolina Volunt
eers program was started in
1964 with 100 students par
ticipating. Six North Carolina
communities were served.
This year the program has
been expanded and more than
250 Volunteers will be work
ing in 17 project areas.
Recruiting for Volunteers
began in March of this year
when recruiters from The
North Carolina Fund started
visits to 56 college campuses
in the state. In April, Volun
teer officials faced the
complex task of screening the
top 260 from 800 applicants.
Each student was screened by ;
a campus selections board.
Applicants then appeared be
fore regional Interview boards
composed of communlty lead
A Centavo
is mon?y in Portugal 4
butx
PRIZE WORDS
is money for you.'
ers in business and education
as well as people community
agencies directly concerned
with poverty problems. The
final screening was performed
by the North Carolina Vol
unteers staff.
This summer's Volunteers
will work at a variety of jobs.
They will be attempting to
extend existing services in the
communities, and, where there
is a definite need, to create
new and constructive pro
grams to meet these needs.
It is hoped that programs
started by the Volunteers will
be continued by members of
the community after the North
Carolina Volunteers leave. All
Volunteers will be involved in
programs designed to offer
new opportunities to disadvan
taged families, starting them
on the road to self-reliance
and self-respect.
Volunteers will work for
eleven weeks. In most cases
they will be living together
on college campuses or in
other facilities near their
work areas. During this time
they will receive their room
and board. At the end of the
program each Volunteer will
be given an honorarium of
250 dollars.
Assignment of Volunteers
will be announced at a later
date.
1 Dead, 1 Wounded, 1 Jailed
Following Fight On River Bank
MURPHY - PFC George
W. Thomason , 23, home on
leave from Ft. Hood, Tex.
is dead, Carl Falls, 22, is
in Providence Hospital with
rifle wounds and Jimmy Brown
21, is in Cherokee County
jail on a charge of as suit
with a deadly weapon follow
ing what Sheriff Anderson said
was an argument among the
three men.
The body of Thomasoniwas
recovered from TheHiwassee
River, Saturday morning at
10:15 after an all-night search
by the Cherokee County Res
cue Squad. The body was sent
to Morganton for an autopsy
to determine the cause of
death. The results were not
known by the Scout at press
time.
Falls condition at Provid
ence Hospital is listed as
improving. He is suffering
from stomach and leg wounds
inflicted with a 22 calibre
rifle.
According to statements
made to Coroner J. C. Town
son and law enforcement off
icers when picked up on the
Frank Forsyth Bridge, Brown
said that a fight was started
on the bank of the river
late Friday afternoon and that
Falls knocked or threw
Thomason in the waters.
He stated that Thomasoni
tried to swln across but went
down when he got about half
way.
Brown said that Falls thr
eatened to kill him and after
both men returned to there
respective homes, he picked
up his rifle and walked down
the road to see if F alls meant
what he said. He (Brown) then
threw a rock through the win
dow and as Falls approached
him with a knife, Brown shot
him.
Thomason was the son of
Mrs. Rosa Burgess Thoma
sson and the late Harvey M.
Thomason of Murphy. Other
survivors include one brother,
James, and a sister. Miss
Carmell Lee Thomas, both
of the home.
Services wer held at 11 a.m.
Monday in the First Baptist
Church.
The Rev. William J. Thom
pson and the Rev. Milford
Champion Slates Open
House At Paper Mill
CANTON, N.C. - Residents
of Western North Carolina
communities will have an opp
ortunity to see one of the
world's largest paperboard
machines in operation Thurs
day, May 27, at the Carolina
Division of Champion Papers,
Inc.
The huge Fourdrinier food
board machine, which began
production earlier this month,
will be making paperboard
milk carton stock during the
special open house which will
run from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30
a. m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5:30
p?m?
All persons over 11 are
invited to attend the event and
those between 11 and 14 must
be accompanied by an adult.
No cameras are permitted on
the tour.
On Tuesday and Wednesday
(May 25 and 26), active and
retired Champion employees
and their families will tour
the mill. A formal dedication
of the new machine (designated
as Number 19) will be sched
..UJ 1.*.. ....>
uxcu iaici uus jrcax ?
W. M. Lehmukuhl, Vice
President-Division Manager,
said, "We hope that as many
of our friends as possible will
take advantage of this oppor
tunity to see the machine and
other areas of the Carolina
Division mill included in the
tour."
Community friends and
neighbors attending Thurs
day s open house will begin
the tour by registering at the
Robertson Memorial YMCAof
Canton, followed by a brief
orientation of the mill tour.
Guests will be transported
to the mill by special bus and
then walk through part of the
mill, along the Carolina Div
ision's No. 20 machine, a
giant producer of fine paper;
through the stock preparation
area and then along the length
of the new No. 19, a 600
foot-long machine that will
produce 500 tons of paper
board a day when rated cap
acity is achieved.
The tour concludes passing
the finishing, shipping and
storage areas before the vis
itors board the bus for return
to the YMCA.
Souvenir kits and other
mementos of the event will
be available for all guests.
General chairman of the
open house is JohnM. Barnes,
Manager of the Services Dep
artment. Committee chairmen
include: Frank Daivs (park
ing and transportation); C. W.
Hardin (publicity and broch
ures); A1 Harvey (sound sys
tems); Ed Haytt (souvenirs
and refreshments); Hazel
Ramsey (tour routes and saf
ety); Don Randolph (invitat
ions, reception and registrat
ion) and Alex Rickman (ex
hibits, displays and guides).
George Thomoson
Garrett officiated and burial
was in Sunset Cemetery with
full military honors
PreSchool Testing
To Be May 21 ? 22
MURPHY - Dr. Nale, child
psychologist from the Child
ren's Center in Ashe ville, will
be at the Murphy Primary
School Building Thursday and
Friday, May 20 and 21 for a
screening and testing program
with all Cherokee County,
Andrews, Marble and Murphy
children entering first grade
in the coming school year.
Parents are requested to bring
their children on scheduled
mornings as follows: Thurs
day - Cherokee County and
Marble Schools, Friday
Murphy City and Andrews
City. Principals have notif
ied parents of the hour to
come.
First grade teachers, sup
ervisors, principals and sup
erintendents from all schools
Involved will be at the Murphy
School to assist In the
program. In addition, volun
teers from the Health Depart
ment, Welfare Department and
other workers will help.
Each child will be given a
psychological evaluation that
will be of great value in
working with him In First
grade or In summer kin
dergarten.
Dr. Nale will meet with the
parents for discussion at the
time of the children's testing
period.
All parents of pre-school
children are urged to coop
erate by taking advantage of
this free service.
Thirteen Men Complete
Electrical Code Course
Holland McSwain, Director
of the Tri-County Industrial
Center presented certificates
to thriteen men who completed
a ten week course on the Nat
ional Electric Code.
The class met on Tuesday
and Thursday nights for a two
and a half hours and included
one man, Burton E. Graves of
Hiawassee Dam who also att
ended and received a certif
icate for the course offered on
Basic Electricity that met on
Monday and Wednesday nights.
Those receiving certif
icates other than Burton Gr
aves were: James LEON Ca
rroll, Ben Crisp, James W.
Day, Edward Hughes, Leroyce
Hughes, James Donell Hughes,
Mercer Harry Ingram, Ga
uvain John Little, Paul
Fleming Lominac, Jr., Will
iam B. Mills, Charles Clyde
Montgomery and Clarence Sw
anson. Instructor for the cou
rse was George A. Spurr,
Electrical Inspector for Clay
County.
The men expressed their
thanks and appreciation for the
privilege of having the opp
ortunity of attending such a
course.
FIRST PHOTOGAPH of Governor Dsn Moore with the Council
of Sute. Members ire Identified from left to right u follows:
T. Wade Bruton, Attorney Generals Ediwn Gill, Treaaurer;
Thad Eure, Secretary of Sute; Honorable Dan K. Moore,
Governors Frank Crane, Commiasloner of Labors Or. Charles
Carroll, Board of Education; Jam? Graham, Commissioner
of Agriculture; Henry Bridge*. Sute Auditor; and Edwin
S. Lanier, Commissioner of Insurance. The above photograph
was taken and printed by Special Agent James T. Maxey
(formerly of Murphy), Photographer for the Sute Bureau of
Investigation.