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The Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress Volume 75 ? Number 46 Murphy, North Carolina June 10, 1565 jo n?/r^ ? ir/^^u. second class postage paid PcigBS ThlS Week AT murphy, north CAROLINA PRIZEWORDS PUZZLE NEARS $200 MARK THIS WEEK Johnny Moore To Pitch . In New Baseball Loop LOUISVILLE, KY.- Johnny Moore, *<ni of Mr. and Mrs. , Bergan Moore of Murphy and ' a rising senior at Berea Coll ege, Berea, Ky., will be among baseball players from 39 col leges and universities aug mented by a sprinkling ol 1966 high school graduates to steam Into Louisville, Ky. this week to kick off a new Falls Cities baseball venture. The players, representing Institutions from the Ivy League to the Pacific Big Eight, will staff the six teams In the fledgling Kentucky Ind iana Collegiate League. A couple of possible All Americas and & flstlul of fast developing standouts who are regarded as definite major league timber head the list of 06 players who have been assigned to teams through a player draft. Twelve play ers, mostly pitchers, will be added before the season starts June 13. The K1CL is one of sev eral Instructional leagues to be sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Associat ion, working with the major leagues. Only graduates who will enter college In the fall and college undergraduates are tMUABPr f .J 4UUU.L "i Johnny Moore eligible for the league, which wlU play a two-month split season. Each of the six teams will play three single games a week and a double header on Sundays. Co-managers will handle all of the teams, and at least one major university baseball coach may be added In an Instructional capacity. The players will be em ployed In local businesses. Largest Crowd Yet, Sees Smoky Mtn Horse Show MURPHY- Lion Club offi cials report that the largest crowd lu the three year his tory of the Smoky Mounuln Horse Show wss on hand to witness the event held In Mur phy, Saturday, J une 5. After a gray and cloudy dawn, Saturday morning, horses and exhibitors began arriving at the Murphy Fair grounds from all over Eastern Tennessee, North Georgia and ? Western Nortli Carolina. By the tlnie the show got under way at 6:00 o'clock p.m., an estimated crowd of 500 people * were on hand to watch 106 en tries compete for trophies, ribbons and prize money In 15 ? classes. In an effort to provide en tertainment for early arri vals, the Lions held a greasy pig com est for boys and girls 14 years of age and under. Of the two pigs released by Lion Jim Stewart, the longest time thai eliher escaped cap ture was about two and a half seconds flat. The otlier pig didn't fair quite that well. The principal entertain ment for the evening, other than the horse show Itself, was two exhibitions of clog danc lug given by the Carolina Sweethearts, recent winners of the Mountain Youth Jam boree lu Ashevllle, completely captivated (he crowd with their dance routines. A cutting demonstration, also planned as a part of the pre-show entertainment was cancelled by the Horse Show committee due to inclimate weather III Piedmont, North Carolina. Don Klpp, manager of Clarion Farms In Winston Salem, N. C. phoned his re grets to local Lions and ex pressed his hope that the dem onstration could be held at some future show. Clarion Farms Is one of the largest aud best known of the stables which are breedlitg Quarter Horses in this country. Following the procedure initiated In the Second Ann ual Smoky Mountain Horse Show last year, the Lions Club again presented Chall enge trophies for some of the classes this year. Three of this years winners were winners for the second time in their respective classes: Scout, owned by Jeff Brooks of Andrews and ridden by Thomas Brooks, also of And rews, again won the Cherokee County Pleasure Horse Class; and Guns linger, owned by Dry . Valley Farm of Philadelphia, Tennessee, and driven by Jim Grinds*/! of Philadelphia, Tennessee, won the Pony Roadster to Bike Class for the second year. Top winners in each class are given with horse, owner, and rider, If different from owner, given In that order i ? Cherokee County Pleasure Horse: Scout, Jeff Brooks, Andrews , Thomas Brooks: Barrcll Racing: k lor leys Polly, Robert Lee, Ducktowii, Tem. i Pleasure Pontes: Bill, Ltuan Thompson, Atlanta, Ga.; Class 6: Moon Clow's Clown. Nccna Johnson, Chatt anooga, Tenn.; Walking Horse. Juvenile: Jets Blue Sun, Wii* Groover, Etowah. Term.. Chuck Isbill; Western Parade: Lord Cadillac, Jack Davis, A she Wile, N. C? Ann Davis; Pleasure Walking Horse: Hal's Glory, Hooper and Wat sou, Andrews, N. C., E. N. Hooper; Pony Roadster toBite Class: Gun Slither, Dry Valley Farm, Philadelphia, Tewu, Jim Grindstaff; Open Pleas ure Class: Hosy, Woody Hampton, Sylva, N. C.; Open Palomino Class: Wayah,Mar tha Angcll, Franklin. N. C.; Western Reining: Pretty Turk, Frank Crowe, Murphy, N. C.j Galted Championship: Folly of Ortez, Highland Hickory Stab les. Know tile. Term.. Barry Hodge; Walking Horse Chain plonship: GoUoy's Ma in Event: Lucas Stables, Franklin, N.C.. tommy Lucas; 5 - Galted Championship: Proud Pro phet, Dixie Rebel Stables, Ft. Oglcfliorpc, Ga.. nob ,ta?_ sllilW. Selective Service News MURPHY - Selective Ser vice Local Board No. 20 off Ice will be closed from June 11 until July 12. 1965. Any male person who be comes is years o[ tge nwy register, as required by law, ?I the Housli^ Authority Off ice lu Bldg. 101 located at Beal Circle. Murphy, N. C. Mrs. Bennie Jo Palmer Gra ham is acting as Registrar during this time, and her off Ice will be open from 1:30 to 4:00 P.M.,onTuesday and Wednesday afternoons durtiig this four weeks. The fuUowlng registrants forwarded for Induction on June 7, 1SHJ5 were: Curtis Odelton Pendergrafj. Kenneth Gene Greene, Billy Ralph, Hall, Stephen Morris West, and Ralph Lewis Dockery. Eight registrants from this local board were also for warded June 7 for armed for ces physical examination. One registrant transferred in and was also forwarded forarined forces physical examination. 5 From Andrews Go For N 6 Training ANDREWS - Sgt. Venjoti Adams. Sgt. Paul Brocks. *J{t. Todd Reece, Spec. 4 Mike Gregory . Spec. 4 Gene Wald roup of the N. C. National Guard left Saturday for two weeks of advanced training at F on Bragg, n. c. I'hese ttieit will live strictly In the field for the two weeks period, rhls training is in order to keep the National Guard Division ready for re call for any emergency that may occur, rhls division, made up of volunteers, is one of the nation* ft? priority divisions. A correct solution to this weeks Prlzewords Puzzle will bring someone $190.00. It's vacation time and speaking of a way to go, Prizewords is a good way to financc it. As the jackpot goes up, so does the entries. The more times you enter the more chanccs you have of winning. With just a little concen tration and a little of your time plus attaching your entry to a four cent post card, you could bring home the bacon if yours Is the correct sol ution. Right now, before you do any thing else, try it. It's M U Tt N very possible that you could be the winner. Remember not hing ventured, nothing gained. Don't be a "wish 1 hadda", be a "doer " ACROSS: 1. Woinen who are SHREWD are sometimes harshly criticized by other women (Shrews ). - Sometimes understates with Shrews used to complete the clue. Only sometimes do other women harshly criticize women who are SHREWD, keen wined. They usually admire them. 3. Few self-made men believe the struggle facing ambitious youth is NOT sterner than it was a generation ago (Now) - Note ambitious. Because it's so difficult nowadays to amass anything resembling a fortune few believe it is NOT sterner and many believe It is Now sterner. 7. How hard It often Is to AMUSE a person when we're not in the mood to do sol (Abuse) - The exclamatory how hard Indicates very hard. Whether it's often very hard to Abuse a person depends less on mood than on need for such action. AMUSE Is better; It doesn't need the same inspiration to be amusing as It does to be abusive. 8. Probably most of us at times feel a desire to SPEND reck lessly (Speed) . - Most of us includes the entire population, many of whom have neither the opportunity nor ability to drive (youngsters, the 111, the very old). SPEND is more reasonable; a greater proportion of most of us have the opp ortunity to SPEND money ? either well or recklessly. 12. Study is FOOD for thoughtful minds (Good). - The outright statement Is better with FOOD: there can be little doubt study makes thoughtful minds work. Whether study is always Good for such minds Is debatable; too much depends on the subject studied. 13. As a rule, the cleverer a criminal the harder it is for police to JAIL Mm (Nail). - It might be easy to Nail him, to catch him, to have sufficient evidence of wTong doing to JAIL htm Is quite another, and much more difficult matter, as a rule. 14. Young women are apt to be self-conscious when they have NEW clothes to wear (Few). -Few implies that their wardrobe is limited. But If well-chosen, they need not be self-conscious. They're more likely to be self-conscious with NEW clothes. 15. The cruel, hard world often soon changes the disposition of a youth who is LOFTY (Softy). - Softy means weak in character, body or mind; to change such a youth's disposition isn't so easy as often indicates. LOFTY is better; it's easier to bring down a youth who is haughty, arrogant. DOWN: L A sensible person is usually able to laugh at SNUBS (Snobs). - It seldom, if ever, does any good to be upset over a SNUB; a sensible person usually regards them at face value. Snobs is open to question; a sensible person might pity them, rather than laugh at them. 2. We're apt to be exasperated by a vain GUEST (Quest). - GUEST, yes; his vanity Is a potential cause of exasperation. Quest is weak. Much depends on what the Quest is for. It might not be our Quest. 4. A novelist is apt to disappoint his readers when he ends a bood SADLY (Badly). -When he ends a book Badly he's more than merely apt to disappoint readers. The restraint Is better with SADLY: the end might be well written, though sad. 5. Undeserved bitterly unking words often make a person feel NUMB (Dumb). - NUMB is better. It Indicates a more profound reaction that Dumbness - silence. Moreover, you can feel numb but, hardly Dumb. You're either speechless or you're not speechless. 8. Humorists often base jokes on the supposition that visiting the dentist makes most people YELLOW I (Bellow). - YELLOW Is better here; humorists make much play on the alleged fear that fills the dentist's patient. They are less inclined to emphasize the Bellow -- the field is too restricted for muHi fun. 9. An approach that's OILY Is often apt to defeat the purpose of a request (Wily). - Wily Is less fitting. If it's Wily, the approach is unlikely to be recognized as such. An OILY approach is by no means a Wily one. It may alienate the sympathy of the person approached. 10. A woman Is usually less reserved than a man in talking about a FOE (Woe). - It's very hard to generalize with Woe; men and women react about the same to great sorrow. FOE is better. Women are more likely to speak their minds. 11. The fact that he BIT his brother is likely to get a boy into trouble with his parents (Hit). * The fact that he BIT his brother Is much more serious than the fact that he merely Hit him. Jaycee Water Festival Plans Are Now Complete MURPHY - The Murphy Junior Chamber of Commerce announced today thai plan* are complete for the second Annual July 4 Lake Hlwassee Water Festival. This years festival will be a three day afTalr beginning with the crowning of Miss Hlwassee Lake Friday after noon July 2. The swimming and diving competition will follow at Murphy City Pool. July 3 will be a big day with a skiing contest at Hlw assee Recreation Area. Curtis Hevlen, chairman of the skiing contest pUni to have the ski* ing coursc set up for practice by June 13. The night of the 3, the Jaycees will sponser a square dance at the Old Rock Gym followed by a fire* work* display. The big day. July 4, will be the running of the M Dis trict NOA Championship Boat Races. Race Chairman, Elmer Taylor say s he expects boats from 5 or 6 states to par ticipate In this race of the big boats, rite awards and prises for the IMS Jaycec Fishing Contest will be presented dur ing the boat race. One Dies, Six Are Injured In Two Auto Accidents Here MURPHY - Two automobile Accidents and a pedestrian accident pushed the fatality count in Cherokee County to three, two within an eight day period. The first fatality oc cured when Jackie Floyd Burr ell of Blalrsville, Georgia, was killed in a two car accident 7 miles South of Murphy on U. S. 19, March 13. The second a pedestrain accident, took the life of 6 year old Perry Morris when he dashed in from of a car two miles west of Murphy on (J. S. 64, Sunday May 30. A saddened Murphy High School graduating class lined up for their diplomas Thurs day night two students short. An auto accident at 4:00 p.m. had sent two of the graduates to Providence Hos pital, one in critical condition. David Allen Farmer ,18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Farmer died at Providence Hospital, Tuesday morning as a result of injuries sustained in the accident. Dennis Rav Linn, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Linn, was treated at the hos pital for severe facial and arm lacerations and released. A third youth, Dennis Grasty, 15, a passanger in the auto was not Injured. It was two hours after the Linn youth was taken to the hospital that it was discovered that young Farmer had been in the accident. A preceedlng report that the youth was found by the patrolmen was in correct. Farmer was actually found by relatives who went to the accident scene when he did not come home. Linn and Grasty had been taken to the hospital in shock by a passing motorist. Patrolman Reavis said the car apparently skidded co a curve, veered 315 feet, struck a rock embankment and trav eled 48 feet across the high way where it stopped near another bank. The vehicle was demolished. Five persons were injured in a two-car collision eight miles east of Murphy on the Brasstown Road about 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Sute Trooper Don Reavis investigating along with Tro oper Don Moran said the wreck occurred when a 16 year old driver pulled out of the drive way of his home into the path of an oncoming vehicle. Harry Burton Hogan, 16, of Rt. 2, Murphy Identified by Reavis as the driver remains In Providence Hospital under going treatment for lac erations of face and head. The Hospital reports that he Is still unconscious with a concussion and is listed In a serious con dition Candas Jean Hogan, 14. a Hembree Cleared In Child's Death MURPHY - John Charles Hembree. 19. was exonerated of blame In the Sunday traffic death of Perry Morris, 6. by a Cherokee County coroner s jury at an Inquest In the Court house Friday. The boy was struck by a vehicle operated by Hembree as he walked along U. S. 64 west of Murphy. jemwi iiib>u.hh) Course To Begin MURPHY - A course of Senior Lifesaving will begin Monday, June 14, at 10 a.m. in the Murphy swimming pool. Instruction will be held five days per week from 10 a.m. until noon. The course will last two weeks. Anyone 16 years or older or anyone In or above his junior year in school may sign up. A registration fee of $2 will be charged plus aAnission to, the pool each morning. The objective of the course Is to provide the individual with the knowledge and skills designed to save his own life or the life of another in the event of an emergency. Lessons will be taught in accident prevention and the steps taken from the moment a drowning person is sighted until his breathing U restored. This courie may not be offered again in future years due to the absence of qual ified instructors. All persons interested are urged to attend this course. passenger in his car, was transferred to Mission Mem orial Hospital in Asheville with a broken left arm. She was released from the hos pital Tuesday morning. Two other passengers in Hogan's auto were LeeCoker, 69, and his wife, Leila Coker, 60. Mr. Coker is in Provid ence Hospital here suffering from fractured ribs and in ternal injuries. His condition is listed as poor. Mrs. Coker was transferred to Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville suffering a broken jaw and multiple abrasions. Her condition at press time was listed as satisfactory. Ray Hubert Chastian, 20, also of Rt. 2, Murphy, listed as driver of the other vehicle, was admitted to Murphy Gen eral Hospital and treatment for lacerations of the head. He was released from the hospital Tuesday morning. No charges have been filed in either of the two accidents pending the condition of those involved in the accidents, Pat rolman Reavis stated. F uneral services for David Allen Farmer where held at 10:00 A. M. Wednesday in the Unaka Baptist Church. The Rev. W. G. Youngblood and the Rev. Clarence Martin off iciated and burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving in addition to the parents are the widow, Linday McTaggart Farmer; a sister, Mrs. Eth elene Stiles of Murphy; and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Farmer of Murphy, Rt. 3. David Allen Farmer . . . Dies in Crash Death Car DAVID ALLEN FARMER died five days after the car In which he was riding, pictured above, went out of control, two miles west of Murphy, on U.S. 64, Thursday, June 3. Four Injured DRIVERS SEAT- (Left foreground) ripped from the above auto shows the impact when It was struck and knocked some 50 feet in a two-car accident Sunday, June 6, in the Brass town section. Housing Credit Available To Senior Citizens Elderly people, if they live in rural areas, need not give up the idea of building, buying or repairing their homes on credit. This word comes from Rob ert D. Bruce, Farmers Home Administration county super visor, serving Cherokee and Graham Counties. Mr. Bruce said citizens who are 62 years and over, living in a rural community of 2,500 or less, may be eligible for a 33 year loan bearing 4 per cent interest to buy an older home or build a new one. The FHA supervisor said elderly residents may also be eligible for smaller loans for home repairs. He pointed out the In creasing demand In small towns for rental units designed to meet the housing needs of older folks. The Farmers Home Admin istration can loan direct funds to non-profit organizations for construction of senior citizen rental housing units designed for independent living. Funds for construction of senior citizcn rental housing units may also be provided by private investors with FHA guaranteeing repayment. This fiscal year through April 30 Farmers Home Ad ministration has advanced $5,586,876 to senior citizens for construction , buying and repairing of individual homes. The total loaned is up 17 per cent over a similar period last fiscal year. In North Carolina Farmers Home Administration has loaned $480,000 to individual senior citizens to meet rural housing needs during the first 10 months of fiscal 1966. Over 1,200 elderly people in the 30 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were able to get loans for new or impro ved housing through the senior citizens rural housing pro gram of Farmers Home Ad ministration. Another $1,248,510 was ad vanced by the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture agency for the construction of rental housing unit* for senior cit izens during the same period, Julyl, 1964 through April 30, 1966. In a similar period, $126,000 was advanced by FHA for con struction of senior citizens rental housing units in North Carolina. "Farmers Home Admlnls* 1 1 n i'r 4 tration's senior cltizenhous ing loan program offers cit izens, 62 years and older, an opportunity to have housing suited to their needs In the community in which they have spent thei- working years," Mr. Bruce said. "This program also stimulates the local economy by providing jobs for workers engaged in the construction industry and customers for local trades and services." The 1962 Congress author ized Farmers Home Adminis tration to make direct loans and insured loans to In dividuals and corporations to finance rental housing for the elderly. FHA direct loans for senior citizen rental housing in rural communities bear 3.75 per cent interest, with up to SO years for repayment. But loans Insured by the agency for rental housing currently bear A.T5 per cent interest. Borrowers have to 40 years to repay. Additional Information ab out the senior citizen rural housing loan program la ava ilable at the Farmers Heme Administration office, Court* hou>?. Murphy, N. C.