The Cherokee mm Scout
^ | r*^ Clay County Progress
Volume 75 ? Number 5 Murphy, North Carolina August 26, 1965 14 Pages This Week
coutlets
It happened in Andrews.
While having lunch in a
crowded restaurant an elderly
gentleman asked if the person
owning a green Chevrolet
would kindly move the car so
that he might leave. No one
stirred. He asked again. Still
no one stirred. Then Clyde
Poppell, Purchasing Agent for
Andrews Furniture Industries
Inc. and with whom we were
having lunch, stated in a loud
clear voice, "There's a green
Chevrolet on fire outside."
That shook them up. A lady
jumped up from the table, ran
outside and moved the car.
-J
Who does the "handle- *'
bars" belong to?
If you can identify the person
sporting the handlebar mus
tache in the above photo, you'll
get a free one year sub
scription to the Scout. Earliest
postmark wins, no phone calls
please.
-J
A tip of ourScoutlet hat
goes to Wally Williams this
week. He is courageously re
presenting Murphy in the
Copperhill Golf Tournament
which is now underway. Wally
won the first round in his
flight Sunday by defeating
Vernon Pickett in a 19th hole
sudden death play off. The
score was tied at the end of
18th hole regulation play and
by one stroke on the 19th. He
faces a new opponent this Sun
day. Keep swinging Wally.
-J
It's a real treat to watch
' Jay Phillips play the 9th hole
at the new golfi course at
Blairsvllle, Ga. There are two
lakes to cross and although
Jay plays a good game, he
freezes iq> when he sees those
lakes. Then it's splash,
splash, splash. Remedy . . .
there's a new golf ball on the
market that is guaranteed to
FLOAT. Course they don't
say how to retrieve the ball
from die middle of the lake.
-J
Twenty-two members of the
Murphy Volunteer Fire Dep
artment were treated to a
steak supper at O'Dells Res
taurant last Wednesday night
by Mr. S. P. Horowitz of the
Commonwealth Lumber Co.
Several weeks ago when fire
broke out at the lumber mill,
the Firemen fought the fire
and confined it to the boiler
room and sawdust chute. To
show his gratitude for ser
vices rendered, Mr. Horowitz
ieclded that steak supper and
all the trimmings was in
order. Some of the firemen
were unable to attend, but out
of the twenty-two in attendance
seme twenty-six steaks were
consumed.
-J
Here's a tip for Kayak en
thusiast from Scout Pressman
Jimmy Simonds. Jimmy took
his wife on a paddle tour of
Lake Hiwassee last week in a
Kayak he had built himself.
Deciding to do a little fishii^,
he parked his wife under a
shade tree on the bank and
paddled back out. He made a
few casts, then stood up to
get a better view of some
fish he saw. All enthused,
Jimmy leaned too far, fell in
the lake and the boat capsized
filling full of water. Don't you
know it was a good thing that
his wife wasn't in the boat
at the time. Tip: Don't stand
up in Kayak's.
Promenaders
Give Program
ANDREWS - The Andrews
Promenaders were guests of
the Smoky Mountain Shriners
Club for their Ladies night
in Franklin on August 20.
The/ Promenaders were
served a delicious dinner
which was followed by the
program which they pres
ented. The first portion of the
program consisted of demon
strations of Western Style
dancing. This was followed by
several vocal numbers pres
ented by Miss Jerry Ruth
Smith, who accompanied her
self on the accordian. The
latter part of the program
was devoted to audiai.-u par
ticipation in which the
Shriners and their ladles were
partners of the Promenaders
The caller for the even
ing was Mr. Jay Orr, who is
the full time recreational dir
ector at Thunderblrd Lodge.
About 26 from Andrews made
the trip to Franklin to par
ticipate in the program.
ockhounds Gather
or Third Outing
: Red Schuyler
The Trl-State Rockhound
ub. Inc. will hold the third
four scheduled meetings for
35 this weekend at theGorg
ama Park located in Nan
hala Gorge on U. S. 19 mid
ly between Bryson City and
ldrews.
The meeting will open on
turday, August 28 and will
rminate sometime Sunday,
ackhounds from numerous
ates plus interested visitors
111 once again flock to the
argarama Park to display
eir precious stones and min
?als.
The first Rock Swap was
tld the weekend of May 16
id one more is scheduled
?r this year which will be on
ctober 16 and 17. Many gem
tones such as garnets rub
? and sapphires will be up
>r sale or swap depending
it what you have to offer,
ven if you are not a rock
ound there will be plenty to
ee and make your eyes bulge,
ars from just about every
tate in the union can be seen
uring these "swaps" which
ad their beginning back in
962.
This is a no charge affair
nd is a good time for coll
ctors of rocks, minerals,
iourescents, coins, handmade
ewelry, jewelry findings, Ind
an relics, driftwood, and anti
ues to restock and replace
r add to their collections.
According to Wayne Mathe
on, secretary, of the Tri
tate Rockhound Club, these
neetings are endorsed by the
2 Club, 5000 member Eastern
ederation of Lapidaries and
dineral Clubs.
The "Club" would like to
ixtend an invitation to "Rock
lounders" to exhibit their
itones and gems at the Cher
ikee County Fair to be held
he week of September 6. You
lo not have to be a member
o reserve space. This in
vitation is extended to all out
siders and also to the young
sters. If you would like to
ilace your gems or stones on
llsplay contact some member
jf the Rockhound club before
Sunday September 5.
George P. Davis, Jr.
Davis Joins
McKeever
And Edwards
MURPHY- George P. Davis,
Jr., a recent graduate of the
University of North Carolina
Law School has joined the
Murphy law firm of McKeever
and Edwards.
Mr. Davis, son of the late
George P. Davis of Durham,
received his LL.B. degree in
June, 1965, and his A.B. de
gree from the University of
North Carolina in 1963. He
attended St. Francis High
School in Asheville.
He is married to the former
Jean Barnhill of Durham,
North Carolina. Mrs. Davis
has a degree in Dental Hy
giene from the University of
North Carolina.
The couple has a nine-month
old baby boy and are now liv
ing in the Costello House on
Duke Street.
Old Time Loggers
To Meet Saturday
ANDREWS - The Old Time
Loggers and their women folks
will have a picnic lunch at
noon Saturday, August 28, at
the Britten Creek Picnic Gro
und which is located on the
Forest Service Road between
Andrews and Robbinsville.
All Old Timers are urged
to be present.
Johnny Greer Named Territorial Winner
MURPHY - TohnnvM.Greer Monday, August 16.
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Greer of Murphy, was named
as second place territorial
winner in the 4-H Electric
Project competition in Nan
tahala Power and Light Com
pany's area at the 19 annual
Electric Congress held at the
Jack Tar Hotel in Durham
Monday through Wednesday of
la-t week.
As second place territorial
winner, Johnny was awarded a
gold watch by Nantahala.
Also attending the Electric
Congress from Cherokee
County as a guest of Nanta
hala wasWendellHedden, Ass
istant County Extension Agent.
Johnny was one of 11 4-H'ers
from Cherokee, Graham,
Jackson, Macon and Swain co
unties who attended the Con
gress as guests of the power
company, along with an exten
sion agent from each county.
The Electric Congress Is
sponsored annually by four
power companies serving the
state - Duke, Carolina, Vir
ginia Electric and Nantahala -
and the Westlnghouse Educat
ional Foundation. The power
companies provide $100 schol
arships for first place terri
torial winners and gold
watches for ruixier-ups.
Some 300 4-H'ers from 91
of the state's 100 counties were
greeted at this year's Congr
ess at a dinner at the Jack
Tar Hotel In Durham, and tre
ated to special entertainment
Andrews To 0|
Football Seaso
ANDREWS- The Andrews
"Wildcats" will host the Bak
ers ville High School eleven
to open the 1965 football sea
son in Cherokee County.
Bakersville, being a new
comer to the Andrews sched
ule, very little is known about
them and this alone will pose
a problem to Coaches Hamil
ton and Mashburn as to what
to expect in the way of offence
and defence.
As a rule when you play a
team year in and year out,
you have a basic knowledge of
just what you expect. This
being the opening game, neith
er team has the advantage of
a scouting report.
Due to the fact that the
"Wildcats" have had champ
ionship teams in the past and
have played all over the State
of North Carolina, it is possi
ble the visiting coaching staff
has seen Andrews play and
will have a basic knowledge
of how to defend against the
"Cats".
Even though some of the
faces of last year's Champion
ship team will be missing, re
ports indicate that Andrews
Edward E. Schulte
Clifton Precision
Names New Manager
MURPHY- Mr. Alex Owen,
V ice-President of Clifton
Precision Products Company,
announced today the appoint
ment ofEdwardE.Schulteas
Plant Manager of Clifton Pre
cision Products in Murphy.
Mr. Schulte, recently of
Gainesville, Ga., was Product
Engineer with the Leece-Ne
ville Co. of Gainesville.
A graduate of theUniversity
of Missouri with a B. S. in
Electrical Engineering, he has
also attended the University
of Chicago for graduate work.
Schulte was a Senior Appli
cation Engineer with Emerson
Electric Co. of St. Louis,Mo.,
before his Gainesville posi
tion. From 1950 to 1953 he
served with the U. S. Navy.
He and his wife, a graduate
of Mississippi State Univer
sity and Tulane University
Graduate School, have been
married since 1960 and have
one son.
His past civic activities in
clude work with the Commun
ity Chest, American Institute
of Electrical Engineers and
the Junior Chamber of Comm
erce.
Schulte will head CPFC's
Murphy operation which now
employs 42 people.
ten
n Friday
ill field a team that will be
ist and small as in the past.
Men returning for the 1965
eason and working for start
ig assignments in the back
ield include : Ford West,
ohnny Whittaker, VanBrown,
ames Hood, Lyn Mashburn,
ohn Wishon, Gerald Bryson,
lobby Wood and Jim Sursav
In Sursavage, the "Cats"
ave one of the hardest runn
ng and most difficult men to
ackle in the State of North
larolina. Sursavage isajun
or this year which means that
le has two more years of eli
;ibility, barring injuries.
Up front to help spring the
lacks loose will be : At
:nds; Howard McMahan,David
lllen, AustinBrady.andEddie
laxter; at tackles; Steve Al
en, Jimmy Mulkey, Dana
tones and A. V. Gibby; at
;uards; Jimmy Jones, James
nfhite, and Ronnie Hicks; and
it center; Leon Tatham, Boy
;r Watry and Joe Thompson.
Another newcomer to the
\ndrews schedule this year
will be the Canton Black
Bears. The Wildcats will play
i ten game schedule with six
if the ten to be played at home.
They will wind up regular sea
son play onOctober29athome
against the Murphy Bulldogs.
At a squad meeting Satur
day, the Wildcats elected Leon
T atham and Steve Allen to
Captain the team for 1965.
Midget Football
Practice To Start
MLRPHY' Murphy will field
Midget Football team again
this year, it was learned today
from Coaches Hobie Mc
Keever and Bob Hendrix. If
plans materialize practice
will begin about one week after
the opening of school, and be
held daily Monday through
Friday at the Fair Grounds.
Fourteen boys from last
year's squad are expected to
play again this year. They are:
Steve Crain, Keith McCoy,
Charles Mallonee, Andy Wor
ley, Mike Hughes, Steve Mc
Donald, Hugh Carder, Eddie
Hughes, Ronnie Carringer,
Dennis Stevens,Russell Hens
ley, Greer Ivie, Boyd Smith,
and Eddie Radford. Of this
group only Stevens and Ivie
were regulars last year.
The group expects to play
eight games on a home and
home basis with Hayesville,
Robbinsville, Andrews, and
Blairsville.
Dovid Slagle
To Tour Mexico
ANDREWS - David Slagle,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Slagle left this week for a
trip to Mexico. He will be the
guest of his brother Bobby who
is spending the summer in
Mexico City. This trip is a
graduation gift to David from
his brother, and a friend, Mr.
Robert Wurster, a professor
in the English Department of
Western Kentucky State Coll
ege, at Bowling Green, Ky.,
with whom he is making the
trip.
David will -.return to An
drews by September 5, when
he will leave to enter college
at Lenoir Rhine in Hickory,
N. C.
MAN ON THE MOON
\N ON IHE MOON - I he proxy trip to the moon, sponsored by the Murphy Lions Club,
feature an animated movie of lunar explorers and rlose-up photographs of the moon
"i by Ranger IX.
OL'ND DOG - Slung beneath the wings of a B-52 Stratofortress bomber, two Hound Dog:
: the Strategic Air Command bomber a triple-threat striking capability.
Murphy Lions To Sponsor Proxy
Lrip To Moon, Hound Dog Missile
1URPHY- A colorful U.S.
ny exhibit offering a proxy
) to the moon and a U. S.
Force AGM-28 Hound Dog
ssile will be displayed at
Cherokee County Fair in
rphy, September 6 through
Both exhibits are spon
?ed by the Murphy Lions
ib.
lighlights of this action
:ked display are a special
mated movie showing lunar
ilorers as they might live,
rk and travel on the moon
1 an enlargement of the
ographical lunar map pre
?ed by the Army Map Ser
e.
Dther attractions in the ex
it include vivid concept
iwings of environment pro
:ms facing the first manned
)edition to the moon, and a
ries of moon close-ups
nographed by Ranger IX.
rhe compact display is de
;ned to relate graphically
iny of the dangers men will
;et for the first time on the
ion, while portraying how
my research may help
srcome these obstacles.
Man on the Moon will be
open to the public without
charge. It was produced by
the U. S. Army Exhibit Unit,
Office, Chief of Information,
Department of the Army?
the same Unit that produced
the Man on the Moon and other
Army exhibits in the Trans
portation and Travel Pavilion
at the New York World's Fair.
Hound Dog
The supersonic missile,
with a range of 500 miles,
carries a nuclear warhead.
It can act as a pathbreaker
for the bomber or can itself
deal a knockout blow to a pri
mary target.
Although the Hound Dog ex
tends the useful life and strik
ing power of theB-52,thepair
of missiles accounts for less
than half the total weapons of
the aircraft.
The Hound Dog scents its
target through a self-contain
ed inertial navigation system.
Independent of radar and radio
control, this system cannot be
jammed or decoyed. Thesys
tem is preset before the bomb
er leaves the ground and cat
be changed during any part ol
the mission before the missile
is released.
These missiles are elusive
They can be directed to on<
target, then abruptly change
course for a different one
To add to the confusion of the
enemy, the missile can b
launched high, then come i!
low over the target. They ca
be launched low, then dive inti
the target,fromhighaltitudes
It is also possible for the
Hound Dogs to be fired higl
and fly high or fired low am
fly low. As a real bonus,th
missiles can be used as auxi'
liary engines for the B-S
while in flight or at take-off
the turbojet engines of thetw<
missiles add another 15,00
pounds of thrust to the bomber
and their fuel tanks can b
constantly refueled from the
B-52.
The Hound Dog display i
from the Orientation Grouf
USAF .Wright-Patterson AF1
Ohio.
Watershed Association Seeks To Raise Standard Of Living
(EDITOR'S NOTE; Thists
the first in a series of five
articles concerning the work
groups of the Upper Hiawas
see Watershed Development
Association and their findings
in a recent inventory of five
counties in the Upper Hiwas
see Valley. The five counties
are Cherokee and Clay in
North Carolina and Union,
Towns and Fannin in Georgia.)
The Upper Hiawassee
Watershed Development
Association, working with
TVA and other federal and
state agencies, is seeking
ways to provide more jobs,
increase income, and raise the
living standard of its people.
As a first step in this effort,
the association and TVA have
completed an inventory of the
area's basic resources and
how they are being used. This
information will be used to
work out a program to help
the 5-county area realize all
the economic benefits from its
available resources.
UHWDA, under the leader
ship of W. Merle Davis of
Murphy, appointed eight work
groups from its membership
to survey the area's recreat
ion facilities and possibilities.
forests, people, business and
industry, government ser
vices, minerals, agriculture,
and water resources.
The upper Hiwassee Valley,
made up of Cherokee and Clay
Counties in North Carolina anc
Union, Towns, and Fannir
Counties ir. Georgia, has de
finite advantages over other
areas in its recreation re
sources. A well-planned re
creation complex here coult
aid in developing the other re
sources of the valley, the in
ventory finds.
Five TVA lakes provide
opportunities for wate
sports. Some $5.5 milllor
has been Invested in develop
ment and improvement of the
500 miles of shoreline. Dur
ing the past year, the repor
says, over 900,000 visits were
made to these lakes. Othei
smaller Impoundments ane
free-flowing streams len
variety to the area's water
oriented recreation.
About 40 percent of the lane
in the upper Hiwassee Valle;
is in the custody of publli
agencies, mostly IntheNanta
hala and Chattahoochee Nat
ional Forests. The U. S. For
est Service, manager'of th
forest lands, has developed 3<
recreation areas in the for
ests. In 1964, there were
more than a million visits to
these areas,which havefaci
lities for picnicking, camping,
fishing, and boating. Some 84
miles of the Appalachian
Trail, the well-known hiking
trail which follows the crest
of the Appalachian Mountains
from Maine to Georgia, mean
ders across the area on nat
ional forest lands.
State developments include
two parks in Towns County
Vogel and Lake Chatuge; twe
county and two city parks an
also located in the area. Vo
gel Park has facilities fo
camping, picnicking, swim
ming, fishing, and boating
Associated with the park i
the Walasiyl Inn where room
and meals are available. Chat
uge Park is a roadside par
with picnic tables.
The Town of Murphy has tfv
only organized recreatioi
program. Its facilities include
tennis courts, baseball am
softball diamonds, a swim'
ming pool and gymnasium
Among the special event;
is the Georgia Mountain Fair
held the second week In Aug
ust each year. It attract!
thousands of visitors trom a
10-state area. The fair feat
ures local arts and crafts.
For several years wagon
trains, patterned after those
which took settlers west, have
been a popular event. The
trains are privately sponsor
ed and are generally part of
the Fourth of July celebrat
ion.
Tourist business is begin
ning to play a significant role
in the upper Hiwassee Valley's
economy, according to the re
port. In 1964 gross income
from tourist spending amount
ed to some $3 million. Three
developments have been pro
posed for the upper Hiwassee
Valley which could enhance the
accomodations available to
visitors. Plans for these re
sorts include lodges, swim
ming pools, golf courses,
rental cabins, lakes, and
camping areas.
Also proposed is the estab
lishment of a $7.5 million
Georgia Outdoor Recreation
Experiment Station, which
'would be dedicated to serv
ing and improving the tour
ist-recreation industry of the
Appalachian region. Present
plans call for the center to
be located at Unicoi State Park
i White County. The State
f Georgia is negotiating with
he Area Redevelopment Ad
linistration for funds.
According to the comm
ttee's report, the regional
ighways which are most
eavily traveled do not pass
(trough the five counties,
ienerally they are north
outh routes, while traffic flow
n the valley is principally
n an east-west direction. The
rea has good connections with
he major highways and by
hem to the nearby metropoli
an centers. Certain area
lighways will be included in
he Appalachian Developmen
al Road Program and will im
irove the valley's transport
ition network.
Another advantage the area
snjoys, the report says, is
ts location in one of the most
?opular recreation regions of
he nation. The upper Hi
^is see Valley forms a part of
he base of a broad band of
tational park and forest lands
stretching north along the
Appalachian Mountains to the
Maryland border. Included in
his is the Great Smoky Moun
alns National Park, the nat
on's most-visited park.