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Volume 76 - Number 14 ??T?by. North Corolino October 28, 1965 10 Poges This Week n^Smu!tSS!S^StSA
coutlcts
C. G. Hardee of Rl.l.Lorls,
South Carolina sends us this
note: "I read the account of
your experience with the rain
bow in Saturday's issue of the
State (Columbia, S.C.) news
paper and was very impres
sed by it. I am always int
erested in the facts and my
steries of nature. 1 think we
should make ourselves more
interested in the mysteries of
God and the beauty of nature
and let the rest of the world
goby."
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This Is the story of ? wom
an driver who hopelessly
snarled up traffic. "What do
I do now?;; she asker her hus
band. "I don't know." replied
hubby, "but if you crawl into
the back seat, you'll probably
come up with an answer.'
-J
A couple of the neighbor
hood boys and my oldest son
were out In the yard digging
for lost treasure the other
day when a conversation con
cerning 'Dads' began. "Mv
dad can beat up your dad,
said the first lad. "That's
nothing," said the second,
"My dad can beat up both you
guy's dads at the same time
any day of the week." Then
my son spoke In my behalf.
"I'll bet my dad can run fast
er than any one of your guy's
dads." I really don't know
if he was complimenting me on
my athletic ability or just tell
ing diem that I had a 'yellow
streak', but the conversation
had a very serious note.
Cherokee County and West
ern North Carolina football
Fans should be well represent
ed this week at Clemson Col
lege. This is the week that
fans have been looking for
ward to seeing ? three
former high school football
stars from Cherokee County
in action. BUTCH SUR
SAVAGB sophomore defensive
end for the Clemson Tigers
from Andrews has been get
ting very good press notices
from all over the South. JOHN
SNOW, Wake Forest junior,
from Murphy has also been
turning in good performances
all season. Snow played end
while in high school but is
now playing defensive tackle
for Wake Forest. BILL
CRAVES, Wake Forest sopho
more from Murphy will also
be seeing lots of action from
the other defensive tackle slot
from Snc- *. Bill, as did John,
played -j ^standing ball for
Murphy High School for four
years. From the perform
ances displayed by both Wake
Forest and Clemson last week
it adds tf to being the At
lantic Coast Conference game
of the week, and to pick a
winner would be like tossing
a coin. Last week both teams
were rated underdogs in their
games but came out on top.
Clemson defeated Texas
Christian University 3-0 and
Wake Forest defeated Univer
sity of North Carolina, 12-10.
It looks like a big week-end
in Tiger town when the Clem
son Tigers and the WakeFor
est Deacons bun heads in
Death Valley.
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Chtroif County Cltcptaf
Carol McRae Is Queen
Bulldogs Trounced By
Maroon Devils 41 ? 13
By Red Schuyler
The Murphy Bulldogs were
ended their worst beating of
le year on the local field,
riday night. When the final
rhistle sounded, it was Swain
1, Murphy 13.
If the Bulldogs are to better
he 64 record, they will have
o win one of the two remain
ng games on the schedule. At
his time they stand with four
vlns and four losses, and
vith games to be played with
mdrews this Friday nightand
-ranklln the following Friday
tight. Both games will be pl
tyed on the road. With Robb
Insvllle Smoky Mountain Con
ference Class A Champions
snd with Swain and Sylva
Webster playing for the S.M.
C. Class AA championship in
Bryson Cltv this Friday night,
the Bulldogs and Wildcats will
be playing for the Cherokee
County Championship. This
will be the first year in many
years that Cherokee County
High Schools have not been in
the playoffs for some class
championship.
The Swain County Maroon
Devils presented to the fans
one of the best teams that we
have seen on the local field,
We said the same thing about
Robbinsvllle last week, tail
now that the SwalnCounty lads
have paid us a visit, we will
have to bring the statement u[
to date and give them the nod
Swain and Robbinsvllle playei
several weeks back and iti
no wonder that the Swain tean
came out on top. Our pred
iction is that Swain will defea
Sylva-Webster handily. Asfoi
the Bulldog-Wildcat game, i
looks like a toss up. li
previous years, one team o
the other would have had th<
edge, but this year both team:
have almost Identical records
Andrews has won four, los
four and tied one game. Mur
phy has won lour ana lost
four. The Wildcats will close
out the season with the game
Friday night.
The one sided victory by
Swain marred homecoming
festivities for the Bulldogs.
As a rule moat teams always
look forward to making Home
coming a complete success by
winning the game but It Just
wasn't to be for the Bull
dogs. During the half time cer
emonies Miss Carol McRae
was crowned Homecoming
Queen. Miss McRae, a senior
at Murphy High School is the
daughter of Mr. andMrs.Har
vey McRae of Murphy, Route
3.
5 Youths
Charged With
Larceny
ROBBINSVLLLE - Five
Murphy youths were picked up
here Tuesday morning, and
charged with larceny of three
Robbinsville stores.
Names of the youths are
being withheld due to their
ages.
Claude Jenkins, Robbins
ville Chief of Police, gave the
following account of the
arrest:
Tuesday morning, Snowbird
Supply and Western Auto Store
reported several small items
stolen. Later, Mrs. Stepp,
owner of Stepp's Store report
ed two boys running from her
store with a couple of shirts.
Around 10:30 a.m. Lee Jen
kins, meter man on the
Robbinsville Police Force,
noticed several of the re
portedly stolen items on the
rear seat of an automobile
on which he was placing
? ticket for overtime parking.
Carol McRae
Crown ?d Quo on
Patrol Profers
Blue To Red
The North Carolina State
Highway Patrol began using
blue Instead of red dome lights
on their cruisers October 1.
The State Legislature recent
ly passed a law for the use of
blue lights by police units.
The purpose of the blue
lights is to distinguish police
vehicles from fire, rescue and
other emergency vehicles, and
it is unlawful for any agency
other than law enforcement
to use the blue lights.
The car was put under sur
veillance and two of the youths
were arrested when they re
turned to pick up the car. Two
others were arrested by the
Sheriff's Department as they
walked up Long Creek near
Tatham Gap towards Murphy.
The fifth youth was arrested
later in the afternoon.
Mrs. Stepp identified two of
the youths as the ones who
took the shirts from her store.
Other items found in the car
were: 22 calibre shells, a
bowie knife, watch band, 30
30 shells, 30-06 shells,chew
ing gum, a carton of cigarettes
and two shotgun shells.
Asked why they were not in
school, two of the boys said
they were expelled from Mur
phy High last Friday.
Two of the boys were un
der 16 years of age and were
tried Tuesday in Juvenile
Court. They received sus
pended sentences. The other
three were released under
$400 bond and their cases
bound over to the March term
of Graham County Superior
Court.
In Development Contest For '65
Tomotla Community Development
Club Most Outstanding In County
REAL HALLOWE'EN SCARE. It was Hallowe'en night, and a little boy and his
dog were on the street, excitedly playing the game of "tricks or treat". Carefree and
careless, the boy went running onto the road! A car brake screeched . . but it was
too late. The pet whines for his young master, but the boy doesn't move. The above
scene was posed. Mr. Motorist, don't let it become a raality. ? WFS Photo
Tomolla Community De
velopment Club was recogniz
:d Saturday night as the out
standing community in the
Cherokee Count) Community
Development Contest for 1965.
A total of $225 was presented
to the top four communities
at the annual Cherokee County
Community Development
Awards Banquet held Saturday
night, October 23, at O'Dell's
Cafeteria.
The Tomotla Community
received $65 prize money for
its outstanding achievements
this year. Other prize win
ning communities in the con
test were: Peachtree, second
place, $55; Unaka, third place,
$45; and Texana, fourth place,
$35. In addition, Unaka won a
special incentive award of $25
for conducting the best com
munity program inYouthAcli
vities.
Tomotla Community De
velopment Club was selected
the county winner in the Non
F arm Division and Peachtree
Community Development Club
was selected top in the Farm
Division. These two com
munities will represent
Cherokee County in the area
contest and will be judged
November 8-11, to select the
outstanding communities in
the 20 western counties. Un
aka Community Development
Club will also be judged in
the Youth Division of theArea
Contest. The Area Contest
is sponsored by the Asheville
Agricultural Development
Council. The area winners
will be announced December
4, at a special awards pro
gram in Asheville.
The communities were jud
ged on the basis of accom
plishments made during the
past year in the areas of com
munity organization and im
provement, increased income,
youth programs, and better
family living. Extension
agents from Clay and Jackson
Counties judged the local com
munities on Wednesday,Octo
ber 20.
Mr. Robert Bruce, Presi
dent of the Cherokee County
Community Development
Council, presided at the
Awards Banquet, and Mr. R.L.
Lyday, County Extension
Chairman, Swain County, was
guest speaker. Miss Dorothy
Roberts entertained the group
with folk songs and Mr. John
Gill presented the awards.
Forty-four people represent
ing nine communities were
present for the program.
Sponsors for the Cherokee
County Community Develop
ment Awards for 1965 were:
Citizens Bank andTrustCom
pany, Home Demonstration
County Council, Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, Murphy
Lions Club, Murphy Rotary
Club, Dickey Chevrolet Com
pany, Rimco Mfg. Company,
Murphy Civitan Club, Tex
tured Yarn Company, Ivie
Furniture Company, Wayne's
Feed Store, Brumby Textile
Mills, and Townson Funeral
Home and Lumber Company.
Six WNC Counties To
Receive Feed Grain
WASHINGTON - Si* Western
North Carolina Counties have
been designate as disaster
areas for receipt of livestock
feed-grain and special graz
ing privileges, Governor Dan
K. Moore and Eleventh Dist
rict Congressman Roy A. Tay
lor jointly announced Tuesday.
The counties are Buncombe,
Haywood, Jackson, Macon and
Clay.
Extreme drought conditions
early this year coupled with
untimely rain at the planting
season caused severe damage
to crops and pastures in the
six counties.
Certification of the counties
for disaster relief was app
roved by the Department of
Agriculture and authorizes
State and County ASCS Offices
to furnish Commodity Credit
Corporation - owned feed
grains to eligible farmers for
preservation and maintenance
of livestock. ?
The action authorizes eli
gible farmers to graze live
stock and harvest hay on lands
presently diverted from crop
production.
Local ^SCS Offices are
charged,- with responsibility
for determining the eligibi
lity of producers for assist
ance.
Both Governor Moore and
Congressman Taylor request
ed the special designation In
appeals sent to Agriculture
Secretary Orville Freeman
early this month.
AFI Bonds To Bo
Dolivorod Friday
The Andrews Furniture Ind
ustries Incorporation Bonds
have been received from the
engravers by the Andrews
Development Corporation and
were being signed Wednesday.
They will be ready for de
livery to the subscribers Fri
day, October 29.
All the holders of certi
ficates issued to subscribers
by Andrews Development Cor
poration should present their
certificates to Citizens Bank
and Trust Company,Andrews,
and they will be exchanged for
like amount of 8% coupon
bonds.
The first coupon on the
bonds will become due January
1st and will represent interest
at rate of S% for a period of
nine months. After this, cou
pons will become due and pay
able on July 1st and January
1st of each year until bonds
have matured with interest at
a rate of 9Jk
5 Points Ahead
Carringer Takes Lead
In Football Contest
Hugh Carringer of Brass
own forged out into the lead
jy picking ig) five points in
ast week's Cherokee Scout &
"lay County prograss foot
led Cross Chapter
Elects Officers
MURPHY - At a regular
?neeting of the Cherokee Coun
ty Chapter of the American
?led Cross, new officers for
the coming year were elected.
Officers for the 1966 term
?re: David H. Moody, Chap
ter Chairman; Wallace Wil
liams, Vice-Chairman; Jack
Owens, Chairman of Fund
Drive Mrs. Sarah Patton,
Secretary; Charles Barrett,
Treasurer; Mrs. A. Edgar
Harshaw, Blood Bank Chair
man and Mrs. Harve Elkins,
Home Service Chairman.
Prizes will be announced
for the cocningBlood Program
which will be Thursday, Nov
ember 4th, 1:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Several prizes will be given
to lucky donors.
Candy Stripers
Slate Talent Show
MURPHY- The Candy Strip
ers will sponsor a talent show
at the Rock Gym, Saturday
night, November 6 at 7:30 p.
m.
The proceeds will go to the
nursery at Providence Hos
pital. Admission will be 50$
for a single person and 75$
for a couple.
Interested persons may ob
tain tickets from Candy Strip
ers or buy tickets at the door.
ball contest. Carrlnger being
a previous five point winner
now has a total of ten points
which Is two times more than
his closest competitor. Other
winners of three and two po
ints respectively were Mrs.
Ray Klllian and Billle Jean
Stiles a total of five points
putting her in a tie for second
place with four other contes
tants.
In winning the points, no
contestant had a perfect score
and as usual the tie breaker
had to be used. Who would
have thought that Rice would
beat Texas: Tulane beatMlss.
State and Wake Forest beat
U. of North Carolina. Hugh
Carrlnger missed the Texas
Rice, Miss State-Tulane, Nor.
Car. - Wake Forest and Wes
tern Carolina - Lenoir Rhyne
games and picked Kentucky
to beat Georgia 24 to 17. Mrs.
Ray Klllian missed the Texas
Rice, Duke - Illinois, L?.U.
South Carolina and Maryland
N. C. Sute games and picked
Georgia to beat Kentucky by
a score of 13-7. Billle Jane
Stiles missed the Texas -
Rice, Clemson - TCU, Miss.
Sute - Tulane, and N. C. -
Wake Forest games and picked
Georgia to beat Kentucky 21-7.
As a result of the past
week's contest, one name
forges out to a good lead, an
other contesunt moves Into a
tie for second place and one
new name Is added, giving a
total of twelve people that have
won dollars and points toward
the grand prizes to be awarded
at the end of the season. You
still have plenty of time to
enter and If you pick the
right winners, you can win
yourself a lot of that long
green stirff that will do a lot
of Christmas shopping.
Football Point Standings
Hugh Car ringer 10
Mrs. Fred Keener 5
Walter Cole 5
James Hughes 5
Dale Lwsford 5
BIIIte Jane Stiles 5
Sandra K. Mints 3
Jane Colvard 3
Mrs. Ray Kill Ian 3
Junior Anthony 2
Mrs. Harold Gladson 2
Jack Thompson 2
EDITORIAL:
Better Roads Are As
Simple As Voting 'Yes'
Citizens of Cherokee end Clay Counties, ss well as til
North Carolina citizens, should feel obligated to go to the
polls Tuesday, November 2, and vote "Yes" for the $300
million Road Bond Issue.
Careful study of the program will reveal that it is
most essential to the mountain area. The entire pro
gram for more and better roads depends upon the action
of voters Tuesday, November 2.
There have been meetings, open meetings, where the
public was invited to ask questions concerning the Road
Bonds and we are disappointed to find there are still those
who cry out, "It will raise my taxes."
The fact is, $300 million in Road Bonds trill not in
crease taxes at all. The one cent per gallon tax on gaso
line, which has been in effect for some time, will pay the
bill.
Cherokee and Clay has a lot at stake in this election.
Our response will be watched by each of the 98 count
ies. We cannot afford to do less than being the best
vote ratio. Some of our neighboring counties are making
elaborate plans to get out a big vote and Cherokee and
Clay should do even better.
Don't sit at home and rely on your neighbor to vote
these Road Bonds in. Go to the polls yourself Tuesday,
November 2.
And remember, 'Better roads are as simple as voting
?Yes*.
Nobody Votes In My Town
(Editor's Note: Number 87776 is Pete simfcr,
an inmate in the Southern Michigan Prison at Jackson,
Michigan. The Scout feels the story is timely for we too
have an important election coming up Tuesday, Novem
ber 2. Following is his story and how he feels about
voting rights.).
By: 87776
It is election day. Much is at stake in my state. But
most of my town's 4,700 inhabitants are chronic misfits
who couldn't care less. Still, they are quick to argue
politics. And, because time seems longer, tempers are
shorter in my town. Therefore, such arguments are
more apt to end in mayhem where I live. The name of
my town is Southern Michigan Prison.
Even as breakfast is served, a young murderer and a
middle-aged burglar come close to blows in a debate
on the abilities of Governor Romney. An alert guard
breaks it up just in time.
The burglar is serving his fifth term in my town.
I know him well. So, after he cools of., I needle him a
bit, saying, "1 take it you voted for Romney."
"You kiddin'?" he said. "I never voted in my life.
1 got sense enough to know no matter who's elected, the
best John Q. Public's gonna get is the worst of It. The
hell with votin'l"
That's seditious philsophy, isn't it? "The hell with
votin'l" means down with democracy, your country, your
government and, consequently, every home (where govern
ment really begins) in the land.
Yet, I've voiced such sedition myself. It came out some
thing like this: "Couldn't make it to die polls. I had other
things to do on election day." The reflection lures me
into deep concern and holds me down with this hard and
heavy fact: I am stripped of my voting rights for many
elections to come. What I feel leaves no room for self
esteem.
1 begin to wonder how my fellow inmates feel about
not being allowed to vote. Later, I interview nearly 300
of them. Almost 90? merely shrug or otherwise indicate
lack of concern. Eighty individuals admit that they'd
never voted! (Could the deeds that landed us here be
germane to such disregard for democracy?) Consider
three responses to the question: "Did you vote regular
ly when you were free?"
Gambling syndicate underling (age 33, serving 5-10
years): "The organization always saw to it that I voted;
even told me who to vote for."
Alcoholic (doing 1-2 for non-support): "They'd let us
off work in time to make it to the pedis, all right. But
I'd stop at a buddy's house to talk the election over.
There'd be a bottle or two around. And somehow, be
fore I considered all the issues and candidates and de
cided who'd get my vote, it was either too late or I was
too loaded to care any more."
Vote fraud fall-guy (age 72, serving 1 1/2-2 years):
"Election days was gravy days for me. I always voted.
Got five bucks a ballot. Sometimes I made fifty-five,
sixty dollars."
As for me--well, it's occasionally difficult to face the
mirror of patriotism and like what you see. Instead of
voting, I've often gone hunting or fishing; attended to sel
fish matters of assorted kinds. Indeed, I've leaped on
every lame excuse in the American voters' book. But
the future will offer opportunities to prove my deter
mination never again to skip a chance to vote.
In the meantime, what about you?
Like many other sheer blessings in America's full
fashioned freedom, the privilege of voting is never com
pletely appreciated until it is lost. I know. So I must
agree with the immigrant who said, "Americans don't
adequately appreciate their system of government be
cause they don't understand what it ain'u
However, our Star Spangled Banner waves best when
every thread is intact. Similarly, the governmes it re
presents needs every vote.
But nobody votes in my town. Nobody may.
What could be worse, patriotically?
Only your town, where every adult may vote. . .and
you don't.
Farm Bureau Favors Court
Improvement Measure
RALEIGH - The N. C. Firm
Bureau board of direct or shas
gone on record in favor of the
court improvement measure
which will be submitted to Tar
Heel voters in die special Nov.
2 election.
Action on the court proposal
came here Thursday as Farm
Bureau directors met in a
regular session.
A favorable vote in the spe
cial would authorise
the N. C General Assembly to
establish an
Court of Appeals In the i
Voters will be
constitutional at
clearing the way for this
legislative action.
B. C. Mangum, N. C. Farm
Bureau president, said the
or gam urlon "recognises the
Importance of an orderly court
system. In order to afford
fair and impartial hearings on
all matters coming before the
court."
Citing a growing backlog in