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Volume 76 - Number 12
Murphy, North Corolino
October 14, 1965
14 Pages This Week
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> coutlets '
There comes a time in every
man's life when he should re
frain from taking a vacation.
Especially when his wife says
"Take the week off and catch
up on all die little odd jobs
around the house and then
youTl be free to play golf on
Saturdays." Well, I'm here
to tell you folks that I paint
ed, cut bushes, painted, hung
wallpaper, painted, put down
floor tile, painted. ... and
painted. I'm still not through.
To top it off, I go back to
work Mondav, walk in, say
"Hi-ya gang*\ and everybody
gives me a look like, "Ya
been somewhere." VACA
TIONS - Bah- Humbug.
-J
We received a note from
a Scoutlet reader the other day
stating: "I am afraid that a
few men have been voting
in all elections unlawfully.
Do you know that the North
Carolina Constitution (Article
2, Section 6) provides that
wife beaters are disqualified
from voting." Scoutlet Note:
We ditki't know that. Wonder
what the Constitution would
have to say about husband
beaters.
If you watched the first game
of the World Series on TV, you
probably noticed that when the
Dodgers were forced to pull
out a pitcher, the organist at
the Minnesota Twins' stadium
provided background music. It
seems that as the retiring
pitcher trudges to the dugout
and the new pitcher wanders
in from the bull pen to take
his warm-up tosses, the or
ganist serenades them with
There'll be Some Changes
Made."
Rev. H. C. Witter, minister
of the Episcopal Church of the
Messiah in Murphy proved that
you can't keep a good man
down, a couple of Sunday sago.
Rev. Ham had conducted an
early morning service in
Hayesville and was on his way
back to Murphy when he ran
out of gas at Peachtree. He
calmly got out of his car,
poked a thumb at the first car
to come by (we don't know if
he pulled his pants leg up
or not), hitched a ride to Mur
phy, and conducted the Sunday
morning service here as
usual.
If you have any idea of
crossing the FBI Department
of the law around here, we ad
vise you to forget it. FBI
Agent, Thomas Gibbs, who
works this area out of Bry
son City, is really a fast gun.
Agent Gibbs can draw his 38,
fire and hit the target in fifty
nine one-hundreth of a second.
Of the many FBI Schools he
has attended, he has never
been topped on the firing
range. From this corner he
respectfully earns the nick
name, "Quick-Draw."
-T
Boo's and a basket of thorns
to the person who borrowed
our little girl's bicycle from
our yard. The bike was found
in a ditch about two blocks
from home with the fender
bent in and the spokes kicked
out. We don't mind someone
else riding the bike, but we
frown on the vandalism.
State Trooper Ed Hooper,
from up Andrews way, recent
ly directed traffic at the
Cleveland County Fair In
Shelby, N. C. "Hoop" said
that It was a tremendous fair
with a paid attendance on Sat
urday night of 10,000 people.
"1 know that many people
were there". Hooper said,
"every one of them drove a
car."
We understand there's been
some "monkey business" go
ing on down at the Southern
Railway Depot. A lady from
Hiawassee, Ga. came to the
depot to pick up a squirrel
monkey that had been ordered
from Miami, Fla. Boyd Ro
gers put the cage in the ladies
car and returned inside. In a
few minutes the lady came
back in, said that she had let
the monkey out of the cage
and needed some help to open
the hood of her car. The mon
key had scampered into an air
vent from Inside the car and
gone under the hood. Boyd
raised the hood and batwed
around on the air vent time,
but the monkey wouldn't come
out. Then the lady drove
her car to den Taylor's App
liance Itapalr Store for help.
Altar much poking aroead in
the air mat tuba, the mon
key finally came om. Ufa
? a "tiger lnyour
3 County Rood Meeting Set
For Sat. At Court House
MURPHY - A three county
road meeting will be held
Saturday, October 13, 7:30 p.
m. at the Murphy Court House.
Isaac Hawley 0"Hanlon. Re
presentative from Cumber
land County, will be the main
speaker. 0*H anion, traveling
at his own expense, will ex
plain the $300,000,000 ? Road
Bond Issue that Is to be voted
on November 2.
Saturday night's meeting
will be an open meeting and
the public Is urged to attend
to better understand the Road
Bond Issue. Most emphasis is
being placed on the fact that
Road Bonds will not place
any tax burden on the public.
The one cent per gallon tax
on gasoline, which Is already
In effect, will take care of the
Road Bonds.
A question and answer per
iod will be held following the
meeting and any questions
pertaining to the Road Bonds
will be answered as clearly
as possible.
At a meeting on October
11 at Fontana Village, W.
Curtis Russ, Highway Comm
issioner for the 14th District,
Town Endorses
Rood Bond Vote
MURPHY- Mayor L. L.
Mason, Jr. and the Murphy
Town Board of Commission
ers have unanimously endors
ed the $300 million road bond
Issue that is to be voted on
by the people of North Caro
lina in an election to be held
November 3.
The Mayor and Board also
endorsed the constitutional
amendment authorizing the
Immediate Court of Appeals.
This amendment will also be
voted for or against in the
election.
The November 2nd election
gives you a chance to exercise
your right as a voter to ex
press your opinion as to whet
her you are for or against
these issues.
Be sure you are heard from
by voting November 2, 1965.
Mayor Proclaims
Sight Saving Month
MURPHY- Mayor L.L.Ma
son, Jr. has proclaimed Octo
ber as "Sight Saving Month."
Mayor Mason issued the foll
owing statement, in the form of
a proclamation when called
upon this week:
"In cooperation with The
National Society for the Pre
vention of Blindness, The
North Carolina Association
for the Blind, The North Caro
lina State Commission for the
Blind, and the Murphy Lions
Club, I hereby designate Oct
ober as 'Sight Saving Month'
and I call upon my fellow citi
zens of this community to con
serve the vital resource of
good vision by learning the
habits of good eye care, and
by supporting research eff
orts which will help all men
enjoy the blessing of healthy
eyesight."
Erwfa To Mango
Eaiploymeat
Office
MURPHY- Mr. Henry G.
Parker, Area Supervisor of
the Employment Security
Commission of N. C., announ
ces the appointment of Charles
N. Erwin, Jr. to Manager of
the local Employment Security
Commission office in Murphy.
Mr. Erwin was supervisor
of the Industrial Placement
section in the Ashevllle Em
ployment Security Commiss
ion office prior to his appoint
ment.
A graduate of ClemsooCol
a|e, Mr. Erwin served as an
antry Lieutenant in Ger
many prior to Joining the Em
ployment Security Commis
sion in UML While in Ashe
vllle he served as president
of the men of the Church
Kemilworth Presbyterian and
also on to board of deacons.
He also was active in the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and United Fund Drives.
Mr. Irwin Is married to the
Miss Linda ShCms of
emphasized that the coon ties
that worked together with no
(actlonlsms will be the coin
ties that will receive the most
help.
"We must work together,"
Mr. Russ said.
Brumby
To Direct
Road Vote
The appointment of Mrs.
Mary Faye Brumby of Mur
phy as Cherokee County Cha
irman of the Governor's Co
mmittee for Better Roads was
announced Tuesday by Robert
P. Holding Jr., of Smithfield
Governor's Committee chair
man.
Mrs* DruriiD^(f\cprcicjiwii
ive from Cherokee County,
will be assisted by Harry
Bishop and J. Doyle Burch.
Bishop and Burch were
named co-chairman of the
Governor's Committee for
Better Roads in Cherokee Co
unty.
A local committee will be
set up to coordinate all ed
ucational efforts in the county
in behalf of the $300 million
road bond issue, which will
be voted on November 2.
Materials used in the pro
motional effort include many
thousands of bumper strips,
printed brochures and plac
ards.
The bond issue would en
able the state to meet more
than three-fourths of its total
road needs in the next five
years without increasing
taxes. Holding said.
More than a hundred town
and county governing boards
and civic organizations have
endorsed the bond issue, he
said.
The county campaign will be
aimed at informing voters of
the benefits of the bond issue
to every citizen of the state
and getting out the vote on
November 2, Holding said.
Materials Manager
Named At AFI
ANDREWS - Ronald W.
F ields has been appointed
Materials Manager at And
rews Furniture Industries,
Inc. Formerly with theBruns
wick Corporation in Marion,
Virginia, Mr. Fields was Mat
erial Control Manager for
several years.
Mr. Fields is a graduate of
Emory and Henry College in
Emory, Virginia. He will
live in Andrews with his wife
Anna and two children, Anna
Elaine and Ronald Steven.
7th Grade Class
To Hold Bake Sale
MURPHY- Mrs. Jane Rey
nold 7th Grade will have a
bake sale, Saturday, October
16, on the Square in Murphy.
Proceeds will go to the
Harshaw Restoration Fund.
65 Boys Enter PP&K
18 Winners Announced
MURPHY - In the Ford
Motor Company Punt, Pass,
and Kick contest sponsored by
Burch Motors, Saturday, at the
local athletic field, approxi
mately 65 boys participated
in six age groups. There
were first, second, and third
place winners in each group
and these awards will be made
Friday night prior to thefoot
ball game between Murphy and
Robbinsville. The contest was
conducted by the Murphy Jay
cees. A similar contest was
held in all areas of the United
States and from these winners
the boys will advance until
somebody is declared the best
punter, passer, and kicker in
theU. S.
In die eight-year old group,
first place went to Chris Mc
Cornell, second, Michael
James, and third, Phillip
Dickey. Nine-year-old winn
ers were Larry Hughes .Rusty
Hughes and Mark Thompson
in that order. Ten-year-old
winners were Tim Ramsey,
David Alexander, and Dele Al
len. Eleven-year-old winn
ers were Mike West, Mike
Hughes, and Tommy Ramsey.
Twelve year-old
The contests were based
on accuracy as well as dis
tance. A white ribbon was
stretched out down the middle
of the athletic field and the
boys were allowed one chance
to punt, pass, and place kick
the ball. The object was to
punt, pass and kick the ball
as far down field as possi
ble and as close to the white
ribbon as possible. A meas
urement was made as to the
distance down field and the
distance away from the white
ribbon was subtracted from
that and that was the score.
Football
Point
Standings
Football contest winners snd
points to date)
Mrs. Fred Keener ,5 points
Mr. Water Cole, S points
Httfi Car ringer. ? points
Janes Mq0?a. ??
Sandra K- Mints. S
Jaw Celeerd. 3
Not A Side loader
Although the dump truck above appeares to be unloading from the side, it wa9n't supposed
to be. A weld on the truck broke and the bed overturned. The Highway Department vehicle was
spreading gravel on the Murphy Elementary School grounds at the time of the accident. No one
was injured.
Improving Bulldogs Swamp
Hayesville Yellow Jackets 41-0
By: Red Schuyler:
The Murphy Bulldogs, im
proving with every game, put
victories back to back and now
have made it two wins in a
row by defeating the Hayes
ville Yellow Jackets 41 to 0
last Friday night on the Yell
ow-Jackets home field.
This makes the Bulldog re
cord thus far at four wins
and two losses. This was the
same record*- they held at
this time last year but then
they dropped the next four
games winding up with a sea
son's record of four wins and
six losses. Which means
that if they do not win anot
her game they will have equal
led last years record. If the
Bulldogs continue to improve
or even play as good as they
have since the Sylva-Webster
game they will improve this
record quite a bit even though
the remaining four games are
rated as tough, very tough
games.
looming up in oruer wiu ue
Robbinsville this Friday night
on the home field. Rt&bins
ville has one of the best teams
that they have had in a long
time and the Bulldogs will be
out to avenge a defeat handed
them last year. Bryson City
follows Robbinsville Friday
night, October 22, for the
last home game for the Bull
dogs. Bryson City is reported
to be the strongest team in
the Smoky Mountain Confer
ence and in pre-season polls
was picked to be the con
ference champion.
After the Bryson City game
the Bulldogs take to the road
playing the Andrews Wildcats
in Andrews and then the last
game of the season against
Franklin in Franklin. If the
Bulldogs can break even in the
next four games they will
have had a real good season.
In the game in Hayesville
Friday night the Bulldogs ran
roughshod over a under
manned Yellowjacketteam sc
oring twenty one points in the
first half and twenty points in
the second half.
Hayesville receiveo trie
openiif kickofi with Rudy Dav
enport taking the ball on the
Hayesville 18 yard line and
returned it to the Hayesville
25. On the second play from
scrimmage, Hayesville fum
bled and was recovered by
Murphy on the twenty five.
On the first play Stiles pic
ked up 18 yards and a first
down. Wells picked up three
and on the next play Wayman
hit paydirt for 6 points, the
play covering four yards. Two
minutes and eight seconds had
gone by on the clock. Stiles
ran the extra point. Hayes
ville failed to pick up a first
down on three running plays
and Moore dropped back to his
ten yard line to kick out. With
no return on the kick, the
bulldogs put it in play on the
Bulldog forty yard line. With
Wells picking up four and
Stiles five yards, Wayman got
another ten yards and a first
down.
On the next series 01 piays
Stiles got 8 yards, and incom
plete pass and an eleven yard
run by Shields gave the Bull
dogs another first down. Shi
elds and Wells both pick up
seven yards and another first
down, placing the ball on the
Hayesville 5. One yard by
Stiles, then three yards by
Shields and no gain by Stiles,
its fourth and one and goal.
Way man making a good call,
passed to Shields in the end
zone for the second TO. A
pass to Johnny Rogers for
the extra point was good with
one minute and fifty three
seconds remaining in the first
quarter.
Moore received tne next
klckoff on his twenty five with
an eight yard return. Penland
picked up 2 yards .then Cheeks
gained seven and a half, one
foot short of a first down. On
the next play Hayesville
fumbled and Trantham re
covered for Murphy on the
Hayesville 39 as the first
quarter ended.
Stiles picked up twelve
yards and a first down, Way
man then picked up three yards
then Wells three and on the
next play Wayman heaved a
pass to Wells for ten yards
and Wells shook off about
three would-be-tacklers and
went the rest of the way for
a touchdown. The play cover
ing a total of about twenty
yards. A pass to Roberson
for the extra point made the
score 21-0 with ten minutes
and twenty-nine seconds re
maining in the first half.
In three plays, Hayes vtlle
picked 19 their first down of
the night. Four plays later,
Hayes rllle has another first
down. Hayesvllle suffers two
penalties and are forced to
kick out with Wayman recelv
lqg Moore's Men on *e Bull
It back
down on a fifteen yard penalty.
A pass from Wayman to
Shields was good for twenty -
five yards. A completed pass
to Roberson picked up about
fifteen yards. On the next
play a pass to Shields was
good to the ten yard line, but
after taking possession of the
ball, he dropped it andHayes
ville recovered. Hayesville
failed to gain and once again
Moore is called on to kick.
His kick carries to the Mur
phy forty-five yard line with
17 seconds remaining. Way
man's pass to Pickens was
intercepted and the first half
ended.
To start the second half,
Murphy kicked off to Moore
to the Hayesville 30-yard line.
Moore made a five-yard re
turn. Two running plays and
a completed pass to Moore
netted Hayesville about twelve
yards and a first down. Fail
ing to gain in the next ser
ies, Moore is forced to kick
again. Moore got off a good
kick and the ball was downed
on the Bulldog 10-yard line,
but a Murphy player roughed
the kicker arid Hayesville took
the penalty giving them a first
down.
Four plays later the Bull
Jogs took over on the Bull
Jog 35. Murphy failed to pick
up the first down and Way
man kicked to the Hayesville
30-yard line with no return.
Hayesville failed to gain and
once again they kicked to the
Murphy 42-yard line. An eight
yard run by Wells and a ten
yard run by Shields gave Mur
phy another first down.
With Stiles and Wells run
ning the ball to the Hayes
ville six, Wayman faked a
handofi and went the remain
ing distance foraBulldogT.D.
The try for the extra point
was no good.
Hayesville unable to move
the ball after receiving the
next kickoff had to give it
back to the Bulldogs and the
Bulldogs proceeded goal
ward and picked up their fifth
TO, with Wayman passing to
Roberson for the last seven
yards. On the try for the
extra point, a Hayesville man
intercepted Wayman's pass
but it bounces out of his hands
and Wells made a plunging
dive for it and held on for
the extra point.
Two plays later, Frank
Dickey intercepted a pass on
the Hayesville 38 and ran un
touched into the Hayesville
end zone for another TD.
Wayman's pass to Roberson
was good for the extra point.
Playing the last part of the
game with numerous substit
utes, Hayesville made their
deepest penetration of the
night, going to the Bulldogs
31-yard line. A few plays
later the game ended with the
score, Mtuphy 41, Hayesville,
0.
The MurphyJayvees,having
had their game with Hayes
ville rained out did not see
action last weak and will be
on the road this Thursday
night, traveling to Franklin
trying to keep the perfect re
cord of net having bean scor
ed op rids year. Next Thurs
day night is an open date and
the Jayvees will wind vf the
season the foUowtiw Thurs
day id** by "
la at 7190 pan.
Deadline Drawing Close
For AFI Special Edition
The deadline for advertising copy to be placed In the
Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress' "Salute
To Andrews Furniture Edition" is Thursday, October 21.
It Is almost Impossible to contact everyone. If you
have not been contacted and would like to place an ad
vertisement In the Scout's Special Edition, welcoming
Andrews Furniture Industries to Cherokee Coiaity, phone
the Scots office - 837-5122 - and our representative will
call on you.
Over 2,500 Inches of advertisements has been sold for
this Special Edition to make this one of the largest editions
to be printed by The Cherokee Scout and Clay Cotnty
Progress.
Publication date Is tentatively set for Friday, October
29, however, actual publication date wtll coincide with the
opening of the new plant.
There Is A Pot 01 Gold At
The End Of A Rainbow
By: Jack Owens
It was a beautiful warm Sunday afternnon with the sun
shining brightly as I traveled to Spartanburg, S. C. to attend
the funeral of my grandmother to be held on Monday.
I was driving alone, about three miles northeast of Clemson
on dual lane highway 123.
With the sun shining brightly, huge rain drops began to fall.
Not a hard rain, just big scattered rain drops. About five
miles ahead the sky grew dark with a faint rainbow visible in
the black clouds.
The rainbee faded away, the sky grew darker, and the rains
came down. So intense was the rain that my traveling speed
was only about 10 miles per hour.
Suddenly the rainbow appeared, very brilliant this time. There
were 8 cars stopped in the right hand lane so I pulled to the left
and passed slowly.
I stopped beside the lead car, for right in front of us, twenty
feet away, was the very end of a rainbow.
So brilliant were the colors that the black asphalt highway was
illuminated. There were a dozen cars in the far left lane and
all of us sat and watched.
I glanced at the people in the car next to me and they seemed
hypnotized, not talking, just looking, and not a car moved
for the two or three minutes the rainbow was there. No one
seemed to want to drive through it.
As if mounted on a giant turntable, the end of the rainbow
swung away from the highway and stopped in a grove of trees
about forty yards away.
The trees were illuminated the same as the highway, the
leaves glistened the many colors of the rainbow. Still not a
car moved.
Then as suddenly as it had appeared, the rainbow disappeared
and traffic began to move. A mile further the sun was shining
brightly once again, and there was no trace of rain.
I stopped my car and looked back, the dark sky was there but
the rainbow was gone.
When I was a child I was told to find the end of a rainbow
and there would be a pot of gold waiting . There was no gold
awaitfhg at the end of this rainbow, not in coin, and I didn't
see anyone getting out of their cars to dig up the highway,
either.
The feelings 1 experiences while watching the end of a
rainbow illuminate the ground and trees are unexplalnable and
unforgettable.
Maybe this was my pot of gold.
Two New Winners,
Four Tied For First Place
The Cherokee Scout and
Clay County Progress Foot- i
ball Contest in its third week
picked up two new winners and v
one repeat winner.
First place award of five -
dollars and five points goes
to Hugh Carringer, Route 1,
Brasstown; second place of
three dollars and three points ]
to Jane Colvard, 2009 Dabney
Drive, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
and third place of two doll
ars and two points to James
A. Hughes of Murphy. James
Hughes was a three dollar
and three point winner in the
contest held the first week.
By picking up the two points
the first week, James has a
total of five points giving him
a tie with three others with
five points.
The Football Contest is a
lot of fun and costs nothing
to enter, and at the end of the
contest three people are go
ing to win a lot of dough.
Remember, at the end of the
contest, the contestant having
the most points will receive
$165.00, second place receives
$99.00 and third place re
ceives $66.00 This is in addi
tion to what the contestant
receives each week. At the
conclusion of the contest a
total of $440.00 will have been
given away.
The "stumper" this past
week was the Syracuse vs
U.C.L.A. game and the Michi
gan vs Michigan State game.
The above three winners pick
ed all the games correctly
and the tie breaker had to be
used to determine the three
winners.
Hugh Carringer picked
Florida to beat Mississippi,
17 to 14. Jane Colvard pick
ed Florida to beat Mississi
ppi 7 to 6 and James Hughes
picked Florida to beat Mis
sissippi 20 to 14. The final
score was Florida 17,Mlssis
slppi a An up-to-date stand
ing can be found elsewhere
in this paper. If your name
is missing, you need to try
Just a little bit harder. You
can't win if you don't entar.
Turn to die Football Coolest
page right now and pick the
winners of
wly game that you need try
to guess the correct score.
Towhsor Nohrs
New Director
MURPHY- Mr. Harrv Pot
ter. ? former residem at Jack
sonville, North Carolina for
twenty-one years is the newly
appointed Funeral Director
for Towns on Funeral Home.
Mr. Potter replaces Don Car
ter, who resigned to go into
the funeral business in the
eastern part of the state.
Mr. Potter and his wife and
son, Danny, are making their
home in the Townson Funeral
Home apartment. Dannyfl7
years old) has entered Murphy
High School as a junior and is
a member of the football team.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter are the
parents of two other boys,
Durwood W. Potter, a resi
dent of Tokoma Park, Mary
land, presently a school teach*
er in the Nlchelous Oream
Junior High School in Hyatts
vllle, Maryland, and GeorgeT.
Potter, who resides in Wood
bridge, Maryland, and is
associated with the Military
Air Transportation Associat
ion and travels to all mili
tary bases in thai