The Cherokee
Scout
and Clay County Proqrea
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Wheel !? sure is good to
be back In Cherokee County
and back at work again. Don t
believe we could have stood
two weeks vacation. I must
say though that my tribe cer
tainly did enjoy themselves in
New York and staying with my
city sister sure made things
handy. She served as chiel
cook, bottle washer, baby sit
ter, and official Worlds Fair
Guide. What more could you
ask9 Thanks, Sis.
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We could write about this
trip until we ran plumb of!
the page, but we'll not sub
ject you to that. Just a few
tidbits. First the Fair. It's
Fantasucl! We know that many
from our area have seen it,
but we wish everyone could.
If you are planning to go, we'll
be happy to give you some
pointers and let you take a
peek at our guide book. What
we mean by pointers is, unless
you have a lot of time (we
didn't) you can't make the
rounds. There are 100 free
exhibits and we stayed from
9:00 a.m. until midnight and
only saw 12 or 14 of them.
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SMALL WORLD - Along
about noon on Saturday during
the trip north, 1 pulled the old
wagon off the road in Virginia
so as the tribe could have some
"virtles". We had our picnic
goodies all spread when a car
pulled up and out popped Mrs.
Ruth Wilson, her two daught
ers, Missy and Lucy, and
Sarah Alice Jeffries, all from
Murphy. They were on their
way to Norfolk, Va., for a
week's vacation. Then on Sun
day evening, the phone rings
and its Pete McKeon saying
? "Howdy" from right there in
Garden City. Pete stopped
by for a cup of coffee and a
short visit Monday morning
'on his way further north to
Rhode Island. Sho was good
to see these home folk and it
does prove that it is a small
world.
-J
Now I consider my driving
pretty good and pride myself
at not getting lost, but when
we hit Manhatten. Saturday
evening, it looked like every
car In the world was in town.
Being smart like 1 am, I
jumped a traffic light to make
a left turn In front of these
millions of cars. You guess
ed it, 1 had started up a one
way street the wrong way.
Well, there we were, stopped
dead, four lanes of traflic
coming at us, horns blowing,
and people yelling. As you can
see, we got out of the mess,
but we did leave a lasting im
pression on the good people of
New York country had
come to town.
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ODDS AND ENDS DEPART
MENT
. . . .The county Commi
ssioners say they won't meet
Monday, July 5, because the
Courthouse will be closed for
the holiday. The meeting has
been rescheduled for Monday,
July 12.
... .If you plan to read
over the weekend, better get
your books early. The Mur
phy Carnegie Library will be
closed Saturday, July 3.
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Have you ever heard of a
man falling out of his own
yard? Well, Bud Alversondid
it. Seems that Bud was cele
brating his 27th wedding anni
versary by mowing the lawn
Saturday, got too close to the
edge and fell right smack off.
The Alversons live on Hill
Street and the lawns are pretty
steep. Sounds worse than a
one-way street to us.
-J
The strange can pictured
below was purchased at a
local store by Scout Product
ion Manager, Jim Morgan last
week. No, It hasn't been open
ed so we don't know what is
inside. The question on our
minds is, how would you pro
perly advertise it? "Fley,
Mible . . . Have a Coke???"
Prizewords Worth $220
Extra Clues This Week
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someone from winning the
jackpot.
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answers to this week's puzzle.
We want a winner and this
could he your lucky week.
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Youth Drowns In Lake
Despite Rescue Efforts
MURPHY - A Cherokee
County youth who tried to swim
across an arm of Hiwassee
Lake. Monday afternoon fad
ed and drowned, despite res
cue ef.orts of several compan
ions.
The victim was Donald Bal
lew. 17. of the Wolf Creek
section of Cherokee County,
not far from Copperhill.Tenn.
He drowned about 3d0 p.m. In
the Caney Creek embayment
three miles west of Murphy on
U. S. 64. Coroner J. C. Town
son said the death was acci
dental.
Larry Chastain. 16, Steve
Helton, 18, and Tut Westmore
land, 19, companions of Ballew
and two Murphy youths, Clyde
and Carl Thomas, all attempt
ed to rescue Ballew, but their
efforts were futile.
Chastain gave this account
of the accident: The four
youths from Wolf Creek were
standing on a culvert at the
highway side of the lake. De
ciding to play water tag, all
the boys with the exception
of Ballew dove into the water
and began swimming across.
Ballew dove in last, swam back
to the culvert and dove off
again. By this time his three
companions had almost reach
ed the other side.
Ballew cried for help and
turned to swim back to the
culvert. Chastain and West
moreland began swimming
back across the embayment
while Helton grabbed an inner
tube and ran around the shore
line. Clyde and Carl Thomas
seeing Ballew in trouble, also
began swimming across the
lake to his aid.
Chastain reached Ballew
first, but was pulled beneath
the surface. Exhausted from
the long swim, he had tomake
for shore.
Clyde Thomas was the
second to reach Ballew. Dur
ing the struggle, he was pul
led beneath the surface twice
and was unable to hold on un
til the other boys arrived.
The Cherokee County Res
cue Squad recovered the body
from about fifteen feet of water
using scuba diving equipment.
Ballew was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Ballew, Copper
hill, Rt. 1. The body was taken
to Chastain-Pack Funeral
Home in Copperhill.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are four brothers,
Charles Edward. Danny Jack
son, Troy Monroe and Tommy
Lee of the home; a sister,
Mrs. Shelby Jean Duvall of
Alaska; the grandparents, W.
M. Ballew, Mrs. GalleBallew,
Sign Of Welcome
RALEIGH " Many North
Carolina automobiles are be
ginning to display a Welcome
to North Carolina" license
tag as a salute to the state s
tourists.
Robert T. Ellen, Jr., of
Winston-Salem, President of
the Travel Council of North
Carolina, said that the tags
are now on sale and are be
ginning to appear on cars
throughout the state
The tags are duplicates of
the official "Welcome to North
Carolina" signs recently Inst
alled by the State Highway Co
mission on major highways
entering the state and at the
larger airports. The tag is
6 by 12 Inches and features
the State flag in full color on
a green background.
"The purpose of the tag is
twofold," Ellen said. "First
we want to let tourists knew
that we are glad to have them
in North Carolina, and sec
ondly, we want our own cit
izens to be more conscious
of tourism and what it means
to our economy.'
The tigs sell for $2.00, in
eluding postage, and may be
ordered from the Travel Cou
ncil of North Carolina, Inc.,
Post Office Box 1063, Raleigh.
and j. R Ei^iJew, all ot Cop
perhtll, Rt. 1.
Services will btr held at 2
p.m. Thursday (today) at 1 ei::
ple baptist Church in Chero
kee County.
I he Rev. Edward Le-dford
will officiate andburtal will be
in the church cemetery.
Topton Wreck
Kills Couple
IOPTON- A retired Florida
couple was killed and a Surry
County man was badly injured
on U. S. 19 near here Sunday
night when iheir cars collided.
The victims were Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan J. Smoot of Lehigh
AcresJ'la. summer residents
here. Takento District Mem
orial Hospital in Andrews was
Richard T. Osborne, 39. of El
kin.
A small dog belonging to
Mr. and Mrs. Smoot was also
killed In the accident. The
dog had been a pet of the couple
for the past 20 years.
State Trooper Don Reavis
investigated the 10:30 p.m.
crash and reported that Os
borne's car apparently was on
the wrong side of the highway.
He said Osborne suffered a
broken pelvis, several broken
ribs, a broken leg, and head
injuries. A hospital report
Monday night listed him as
slightly improved.
Mr. Smoot was 67, his wife
73. They were a Lafayettejnd.
farm couple be/ore settling In
Florida.
The only known survivor is
Mrs. Snoot's sister, Mrs.
Mary Miller of Lafayette,lnd.
The bodies were taken by
Ivie Funeral Home to Lafaye
tte, Ind. for burial.
Junior Lifesaving
Begins Here Monday
MURPHY - A two-week
course in Junior Lifesaving
will begin Monday, July 5,
at the Murphy swimming pool.
Each class will last from
ien until noon. Instruction
will be given five days per
week, and a registration fee
of |2 will be charged.
Anyone from age twelve to
fifteen or anyone in or be
tween the seventh and tenth
grade may enroll in this
course.
At the conclusion of this
course, the students should be
aware of the causes of acci
dents around a swimming
area, how accidents can be
prevented, and how a drowning
person can be assisted.
"Ho Fees" To Be
Charged In Smokies
WASHINGTON -Congress
man Roy A. Taylor has ann
ounced that no fees of any
kind will be charged this sum
mer for the use of recreat
ion areas In the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.
Rep. Taylor was given this
assurance Friday by George
B. Hartzog, National Park
Service Director.
Hartzog said the decision
was the result of an amend
ment added by Taylor to the
Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act which specifically
prohibits entrance fees in the
Great Smokies.
The national parks direct
or indicated that he will soon
propose a schedule of entrance
charges for designated camp
grounds along the Blue Ridge
Parkway.
Under the provisions of the
act, the schedule must be sub
mitted to the Governor at
least 60 days before it car
become effective.
"It seems unlikely that fees
would be Imposed at Parkway
ampgrounds earlier than
September," Taylor said.
AC Rc-SS:
1. Ai d r Je, the mure i etle*. tlvea man is the :: ?. rc ^ m.iiUcratc
he's likely 10 be toward someone who ii> LRO&S (Cras-j.
Crasb means grossly stupid; a reflective ina virtually al
ways considerate toward such a person. A a rule is better
with CROSS. the person's crossness could be a .^ed by sheer
ill-humor, and deserve no consideration.
o. Wvie:. we're WEALIHIER than acquaint*: es we tend to be
condescending toward them (Healthier).- Healthier is weak.
We might not know acquaintances' real state health. Cond
escension is more likely when we're WEALTHIER.
6. W e're apt to despise a man who meekly allow a bully
ABASE him (Abuse).- Because ABASE to h -..rniiiaie, goes so
tar, yo.i might think apt understates. But the vutii:: might
have no alternatives to submission. Abuse n milder, and
despise, a very strong term, is hardly called * r.
11. Many a cynic tends to undervalue his L1I E until the latter
is in danger (Wife).- The cynic habitually underrates the value
of his Wife. He does not discover new n er.ts or greater
virtues when she is lri danger. LIFE is better, its' impossible
to be cynical about personal survival.
13. We naturally feel some resentment when hostile - riticism
of us has been AIRED by a close friend (Aired).- Nor Aired;
the friend might merely tell us about-the cr:t.? ism. AIDED
goes further; the friend has assisted in the criticism.
14. It's usually foolish knowingly to venture close to u dangerous
DOG (Bog).- DOG makes a sensible statement; the animal is
dangerous, and coming close might cause the a iimal to attack.
If you knowingly venture close to a Bog you know what you're
doing. The Bog can't move toward you on its own.
15. We're apt to feel small when we say we car, make a person
REPENT and he doesn't do it (Relent).- REPENT is better.
It unplies we are going to avenge something, perhaps by using
force. With Relent, only our ability to persuade him is re
quired.
16. When a young man falls In love his friends tend to consider
him DULL (Gull).- There's no reason to consider him a Gull,
a person easily tricked. They themselves might be, or might
have been, in the same position. DULL is more reasonable;
he's probably preoccupied with the girl.
down;
2. It's seldom difficult for a woman tc REAL the feelings of
a man in love with her (Rend).- Seldom difficult allows for the
times he wants to conceal those feelings. In those cases, she'll
find it hard to READ, to understand them. To Rend his feelings
is never difficult; all she need do is to rebuff hur..
3. STALE scenes call for much skill to capture a:; audience's
interest (Stage).- Not Stage; the audience is there to be enter
tained; it applies to any stage scene. But a STALE scene is
one that is trite, worn-out, overdone, it's very difficult to make
such a scene seem interesting.
4. An ambitious worker is usually reluctant to change his
job for one at which he thinks he'll make MESS (Less).- Less
is weak. The job might offer greater opportunities for ad
vancement. MESS is reasonable; he thinks he'll fail - that
would mar his record.
7. Frightened people are often slid to resemble SHEEP (Sheet).
SHEEP is better because of the plurality of people, the fre
quency of often and the broadness of resemble. The phrase
"white 3s a Sheet" is normally applied to an individual.
8. Persons with a LEGAL manner are sometimes rather in
timidating (Regal).- The moderation in sometimes and rather
fits well with LEGAL; to the Layman those of the legal world
are apt to be bewildering. Regal, with a royal air, calls for at
least often.
9. The convalescent usually needs special CARE (Fare).
Fare is weak because much depends on what he's convales
cing from; it might be a physical injury and he might not need
special food. CAHE is better. It covers a wide field.
10. TIES are of little consequence to the practiced philanderer
(Lies).- Not Lies; the lies he tells are normally well prepared
and carefully phrased. But, to such a person, TIES don't
constitute a serious obstacle; he holds no allegiances.
12. As a rule, the more vainaperson is the easier it is to FOIL
him (Fool).- In this sense, Fool is too strong a term and the
statement is too sweeping. FOIL doesn't go quite so far, and
fits better with as a rule.
Ceremony Launches Project Head Start
MURPHY- Murphy City
Schools and the Town of Mur
phy joined with the White
House and 2,300 other comm
unities throughout the Nation
Wednesday, June 30, to mark
the launching of Project
HEAD START.
Mayor L. L. Mason offici
ated at a ceremony held at
City Hall at 2:00 o clock. In
the presence of civic and ed
ucation ofllcials and principal
representatives from the
Murphy City Child Develop
ment Center, he raised a spec
ially designed HEAD START
flag over City Hall in tri
bute to the many business
men, doctors,lawyers,house
wives, teachers, nurses, and
volunteers who are making
Project HEAD START possi
ble in our community.
On the same day, in a cere
mony at the White House, Mrs.
Lyndon B. Johnson, honorary
chairman of Project HEAD
Start, received from Sargent
Shriver, director of the Office
of Economic Opportunity, a
flag symbolizing the thous
ands of flags which will be
flown across the country to
mark HEAD START DAY.
OEO officials say that it
is planned later to award flags
to individual centers on the
basis of their achievement and
merit in attaining the requir
ed standards and objectives
of the program.
Project HEADSTART is ad
ministered by the Office of Ec
onomic Opportunity, the fed
eral agency which coordinates
the War on Poverty. It is
designed to provide more than
one-half million children of
the poor with an eight-week's
pre-school training, to pre
pare them for entry into school
in the fall. Without this train
ing, these dis-advantaged
children would find it hard to
take their place beside their
more fortunate classmates.
Thye will literally be given
a "Head Start".
The children will be en
rolled in more than 13,500
Child Development Centers
across the country using the
services of nearly 40,000pro
fessionals. More than 42,000
neighborhood residents will
assist the professional staff
in paid capacities. Hall a
million volunteers are being
called for to fill approximat
ely 100,000 non-paying jobs.
The cost of the program is
$94.4 million of which the fed
eral share is $85 million.
Rock Gym Opens
For Recreation
MURPHY - Folloving the
pattern of past years, the Mur
phy Summer Recreation De
partment has opened the rock
gym for public recreation.
The gym is open six days
per week from eight until
noon. There is no admission
charged.
Housed in the gym are fac
ilities for basketball, table
tennis, weight training, vol
leyball, badminton, and rope
skipping. For those who like
outdoor sports, there are two
tennis courts nearby and also
a large field for the football
and baseball enthusiasts.
A highly skilled supervisor
is on hand at all times to
give advice in all the sports.
That friendly advice coupled
with a little exercise can pro
duce an enjoyable morning for
anyone.
'Miss Hiwassee Lake"
To Be Chosen Friday
P am C K o ? to i
CIn g?r M oun ey
Sh i r I ey Cole
C oro t McRoe
Becky Former
Dorothy Oliver
Lourit Hardin
Judy Rogers
J?an n i e J am e *
Chorlotte Stolcup
Rosalind Johnson
J on I? Tipton
Ml'RPHY- I fie "Mis-, Hi
wassee Lake" , ontest, uiider
t.'ir sponsorship ol tfie Murphy
jayiees, will get underway at
the Murphy Swimming Pool,
Friday a; 2:00 p.m. The
? rcwut.g ,4 Miss Hiwassee
Lake lor lJtsb is the lead-ol!
event tor the big Pake Hi
wassee Water Festival plan
ned lor Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday. In rase ol ram, tfie
contest will he hejd in the
Rock Gym.
I he Murphy Business and
Fr.-tessional Womens Club is
i <harge of the beauty rou
tes! this year in conjunction
with the Jaytees.
Mrs. j umita Weaver, Con
test Chairman lor the B&PW,
said that a:, eveninggowrn lass
has been added and that six
teen young ladies from Chero
kee County will be competing
tor tfie title "Miss Hiwassee
Lake". (Only rwelve pict
-re- were available at press
tn.'ie.,i Other members ot the
B&PW Committee are Mrs.
Joyce Nu.-L-iely, Mrs. Bonnie
Kim ey, u:,d Mrs. Elvia
Blakemcre.
I he winner will reign over
'he entire three-day festival
and be awarded a trophy and
$ 'S. First runner-up will re
veive a cup and$30and second
runner-up will receive a cup
and J1S.
? his year's contestants thus
far are: Shirley Cole.Char
iotte Stalcup, Dorothy Oliver,
Laurie Hardi.u, Rosalind John
son. jeannie James, Cigi
Mauney, Pam Chastair., Janie
Iipton, Carol McFiae. Becky
T arnier and Judy Rogers.
Local merchants spon
soring the beauty contestants
are: Stonewall Mfg. Co.,
Brown's Best Feeds. Inc.,
Henn Theatres, Columbia
Marble Co., Levi-Strauss,
Commonwealth Lbr. Corp.,
Easley Mfg. Co.. Murphy
Ready Mix Concrete, Citizens
Bank & 1 rust Co., lownson
Lumber Co., Murphy Wood
Co., Brumby Textile Mills,
Wayne's Feed Store. Murphy
Textile Mill, Chieftain Cloth
ing Corp., and Clifton Precis
ion.
The Swimming and Diving
competition will be held
Friday immediately following
the crowning of Miss Hiwassee
Lake.
Saturday, July 3, will feat
ure a Water Skiing Contest
at 2:00 p.m. at the Hiwassee
Lake Campground, a moun
tain square dance, 7:30 p.m.
at the Rock Gym followed
by a spectacular fireworks
display, 10:00p.m. at the Fair
grounds.
The Hiwassee Lake Dist
rict 14 NOA Sanctioned
Championship Boat Races will
get underway Sunday. July 4,
at 1:00 p.m. at Hiwassee Lake
Campground, climaxing the
three-day event. Boats from
five states have entered the
races.
The Fishing Contest will
close Friday, July 2, at 6:00
p.m. with prizes being award
ed at the boat races Sunday.
Six of the seven events are
absolutely free. A nominal
lee will be charged at the
Mountain Square Dance to
cover band expenses. The
Murphy Jaycees cordially in
vite the public to attend all
seven events.
The Lake Hiwassee Water
Festival was created last year
by the Murphy Jaycees to pro
vide entertainment for the
people of Western North Caro
lina during the July Fourth
Holiday,.
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