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The Cherokee MUHPfflf LiBiUiiY MUHFHY N C SAMPLE Scout and Clan County Progress Volume76 - Number 15 Murphy. North Corolino November 4,1965 12 Poges This Week mSc&S?Su coutlets * I Realtor R. R. Carryl from Rt. 1, Murphy brought us a sweet potato the other day. Not unusual you say? Well," this one just happened to be 4-feet long and we were about to declare "Dick" the sweet potato raising champion of Cherokee County when he broke out laughing and told us it wasn't a potato at all. but the tubor of a kudzu vine Shows that I'm not a farmer but It wouldn't have been funny If I'd a took It home and tried to cook it. r "J" ro quote an attorney: "The three things you can never predict is when a mule is go ing to kick; what a Jury Is going to do. and when a woman Is going to change her mind." Carlyle Matheson of And rews is a staunch Andrews football fan, but he's quick to recognize talent when he sees It. "You take that Hayes Wile team." Carlyle says. They haven't won a game all season, but they have one of the best 'punters' In A lien Moore I have ever seen in nigh school football, and I wouldn't doubt if he isn't the best in the conference. (Scoutlet Note: We hear on the vine that there is some scholarship talk about Allen and our hats off to him.) -J TODAY'S QUIP: "Onecan't fully realize the hardships of our pioneers. Day after day they plodded westward into the setting sun without sun glasses." -.1 The little girl was making mud pies and an elderly passerby stopped and watched for a while. Finally, the old gentleman remarked: 'You're pretty dirty, aren't you?" Re torted the little gal: "Yes but I'm prettier clean." ' -J Tommy Gentry of Variety Discount Store and his wife, Judy, were watching a news telecast this week and saw a man, with a large crowd around him, burn his Social Security card in protest of having to work for a living. Quiped Judy: "Wonder If it would do any good If I burn ed my apron In protest of having to wash dishes?" (Scoutlet Note: Don't do it. Judy, you may start some thing and we husbands will lose what littie control we have.) -J ODDS AND ENDS DEPART MENT - One of the hardest things a youngster faces nowa days is learning good man ners, without seeing any . . . If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you'll stand a head taller than anybody else . . . There is only one endeavor inwhichyou can start at the top and that's digging a hole. -J Andrews Furniture, Other Buildings Nearing Completer ANDREWS - Announce ments were made here this week that three new buildings awaited by die community .are nearing completion. Opening dates are expected within the near future. These are a new Post Office and Federal Bui dling, a new community center and Andrews Furniture Ind ustries, Inc. Progress to date on the furniture plant as announced by Clyde Poppell, supervisor, is as follows: Completion of the gravel ing of a large parking area and completion of the road oh the south side of the plant. Completion of all outside walls that are constructed of block and metal. A floor area of 245,000 square feet space has been completed. Completion of the over head lighting system, an und erground sprinkler and fire hydrant system and erection and installation of Internals for three large kilns. The structural steel sk eleton has been erected for the green lumber process build ing, with foundations poured and ready to receive the auto matic lumber handling equip ment due to arrive shortly. Two of three Urge dust collectors are completed and dust piping to the boiler room Is ready for us. The 'Stood hog" which is used to grind woodblocks into dust has been installed. A total of 3.041 cubic feet of concrete has been poured to date. Lumber is arriving on the Southern Railroad siding to the plant where it is unloaded, graded and sucked on the lumber yard. Road Bonds Pass With 35-1 Vote Margin Hero MURPHY- Cherokee County voters went to the polls Tues day and gave an overwhelming 35-1 vote approval to the $300 million road bond issue with out added taxes. The pro posal to create an intermed iate court of appeals was pas sed in Cherokee County by a 10 to 1 vote. Western North Carolina counties, which will get a very small share of the $300 mil lion road bond money the state intends to borrow, furnished a huge share of the support for the measure. Where the statewide pro portion was about four to one in favor of the indebtedness, the 19-county WNC area voted 10 to 1 in favor of it. The formula under which the state will distribute the money gives the WNC region about 13 per cent of the total amount avail able. On the proposal to estab lish an intermediate appeals court system as voted by the last Legislature, WNC fol lowed the sute trend more closely. Some smaller count ies in the western part of the state reported little interest in the matter, which was re flected in a very light vote. The vote was 47,442 in favor of the new court system, and 9,987 against it, around 4 to 1. Governor Dan K. Moore had said the future of North Caro lina rested with the voters. He not only called for simple approval of the $300 million expenditure for highway con struction, but asked for aloud mandate from the people. He got it. Here is what the voters of North Carolina decided: 1. To permit the sute to borrow $300 million for road construction and repay the loan with revenues from the 1949 one cent-a-gaUon gaso line ux. 2. To authorize the legis lature to create an appeals court to function at a level between the Superior and the Sute Supreme Courts. The only organized oppo sition to the bond issue came from the Ku Klux Klan. Ro bert Jones, North Carolina grand dragon, had summoned all klansmen to vote "no." The Klan showed little strength, except in spotted areas of its eastern North Carolina stronghold. Here is how the $300 mil lion will be allocated: -$150 million to primary roads, divided among the state's 14 highway districts. -$75 million to secondary roads, divided among the state's 100 counties on the basis of unpaved road mile age. -$75 million for urban high ways and streets, given on the basis of population; the big ger the city, the bigger its cut. The court of appeals, strongly backed by Supreme and Superior Court justices, plus the state bar, is aimed at relieving the work load on North Carolina's highest tri bunal. North Carolina's Supreme Court carries a heavier case load than almost any other in the nation. The appeals court will be composed of five judges, elected by the people for eight year terms. The special election was the first test of Moore's popu lar support since his victory in the 1964 gubernatorial con test. Moore had requested pas sage of the bond issue in al most every speech during the past few months. He said the road money was needed vitally to insure a con tinued growth in tourism and industry for North Carolina. The last time North Caro linians voted on road bonds was in 1949 when a $200 mil lion issue carried by a margin of about 3-2. At that time most of the big urban counties went against the proposal. The governor cast his vote at Canton, then returned to Raleigh to watch the tabulat ions. Hunt was with Moore at a downtown Raleigh hotel as the margin of victory be came evident early. W. Curtis Russ, 14th Div ision Highway Commissioner stated Wednesday that the overwhelming victory given the road program by Chero kee County was a source of genuine gratification. "I was so elated," Russ said, "that I called Governor Moore and Chairman Joe Hunt at once and they too are most grateful for the effort and en thusiasm given the program. A new era is truly dawning for this area." Cherokee Co. Preciet Returas ROAD BONDS FOR AGAINST Andrews North Ward J?2 Andrews South Ward ^0* ' Brasstown Burnt Meeting House 90 2 Culberson 5? 3 Grape Creek Hanging Dog Hot House Marble Murphy North Ward Murohy South Ward Ogreeta 57 5 95 0 55 0 154 2 519 14 410 12 34 2 Peachtree 225 12 Shoal Creek I9? ? Topton 29 ' Walker School House 69 Unaka 65 3 7537" 5T APPEALS COURT Andrews North Ward 144 40 Andrews South Ward 228 24 Brasstown 75 23 Burnt Meeting House 78 12 Culberson 44 17 Grape Creek 47 8 Hanging Dog 76 13 Hot House 43 6 Marble 141 5 Murphy North Ward 484 31 Murphy South Ward 384 24 Ogreeta 29 5 Peachtree 199 12 Shoal Creek 194 4 Topton 27 3 Walker School House 63 7 Unaka 63 5 7319" 739" Hoyesville Mae Resceed After Serial By Saed S WANNANOA - A Hiyes ville man escaped death about 10:30 a.m. Friday after he was 4 buried under loose sand at the Asheville Paving Co.'s as phalt plant. David Carl Cheeks, 20, an employee of the firm, was buried under lose sand for some five to 10 minutes before rescuers could pull him free, Sheriff Harry P. day said. Unconscious when pulled from the sand. Cheeks was re vived by an ambulance attendant who administered artificial respiration en route to Memorial Mission Hospital. Aa emergency roam spo kesmen at the hospital said Cheeks apparently suffered no serious injury from the ordeal. Clay said Cheeks, a bull dozer operator, was pushing sand into a chute at the top of a mixing device at the plant when he dropped one of his gloves. Attempting to pick up die glove, he fell into the chute and was buried under the sand which slid down on top of him. Clay said. Plant employes were fin ally able to pull the trapped man from a chute at the bo ttom of the mixing facility. Andrews Man Killed By Car ANDREWS - An Andrews mtn was killed and another slightly Injured in a car-ped estrian accident Sunday on U. S. 19 about; three miles east of Andrews. Killed instantly when str uck by a car near his home about 6:40 p.m. Sunday was James B. Brown, 72, an And rews cab driver for a number of years. A companion, Adam Bedford. 80, of Murphy, also struck, was taken to an And rews hospital and was repor tedly only slightly injured. State Highway PatrolmanE. N. Hooper said the men were crossing the highway when they apparently stepped into the path of a car drivit^ east. The car was driven by Morris Edward West of Marble, who said he tried to avoid hittirg the men but failed in his eff orts. The investigation is contin uing, Hooper said. Peachtree, Tomotla Represent County Final judging in the 1965 Western North Carolina Rural Community Development Pro gram will get underway on Monday, November 8 and run through Thursday the 11. At stake will be top honors in the area-wide community impr ovement contest, which drew entries from 115 organized areas this year. Competing in the area judg ing will be 15 county winners in the Farm Division and 15 winners in the Non-Farm Div ision. Each community will be visited by a team of judges, who will spend one hour and 45 minutes in each area. They will hear progress reports by community leaders and will inspect community, home, farm and business improve ments. Peachtree community will represent Cherokee county in the Farm Division and will be judged Monday, November 8 at 3:00 p.m. Tomotla co mmunity will represent the county in the Non-Farm Div ision and will be judged Thursday, November U at 8:00 a.m. Communities in the final judging are competing for the honor of being named "The most progressive" area in Western North Carolina and also a share of the J4.500.00 in area awards offered in the program. Winners will be ann ounced at the annual awards luncheon of the sponsoring Asheville Agricultural Deve lopment Council on Decem ber 4 in die Asheville City Auditorium. Over |8,000.00 in local awards have already been awarded in the various county contests. The WNC Community Dev elopment Program, now com pleting its 16 year, is spon sored by the Agricultural Co uncil in cooperation with the Agricultural Workers Council in each county and local sponsors. J. Faulton Hodge of Rutherfordton is area cha irman and Jerry Sutton, Macon County dairyman , is vice chairman. Lloyd Appeals Court Soatooco For conviction of damaging the uniform of Sgt. John E. Pipltone and assaulting him October 16, Bobby Lee Lloyd, 30, of Rt. 2, Hayesvllle, re ceived 60 days in suspended sentences in Police Court, Saturday. A fine of $50 and costs was the penalty. For Lloyd's original offense of that evening, parking on the left side of the street, and for another count of assault, Lloyd was assessed $10 and costs at the trail Saturday. He appealed both judgments to Superior Court. Standings Hugh Car ringer Mrs. Fred Keener Walter Cole James Hughes Dale Lunsford BUlle J ane Stiles Ricky West Sandra K. Mlntz Jane Colvard Mrs. Ray KUllan Joann Ma the son Junior Anthony Mrs. Harold Gladson Jack Thompson Lane Phillips Rev. C.H. Greene Baptist Revival Begins Svaday MURPHY - Revival ser vices will be held at the Mur phy First Baptist Church beg inning with the Sunday evening service, November 7 at 7:30 p.m. Rev.C.H.Greene,pastor of the Valley Hill Baptist Church, Hendersonville, N. C. will be the visiting evangelist. Rev. Green is no stranger to Western North Carolina having held pastorates in the Waynesville area for several years prior to going to the West coast in mission work. He has until recently been pastor of the Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church, Lincolnton, North Carolina. Green is the brother of the late Rev. J. Elmer Green, As sociational Missionary for the Western North Carolina and West Liberty Associations. "He Is a dynamic and for ceful preacher whose ministry has been richly honored and blessed," Rev. Bill Thomp son, pastor of the church said, "We consider it a real priv ilege to have this man of God with us." ' The public is cordially in vited to attend. Services will be held nightly at 7:30 p.m. through November 14. The nursery will be open with cap able attendance in super vision. There will be special music each night provided by various lndiviudals, groups, and choirs. Public Invited To Open House Cherokee County Guardsmen To Participate In Armory Dedication SYLVA - Cherokee County men who are members of the Army National Guard unit at Sylva have issued a special invitation to everyone in the county to attend the Open House and Dedication Cere monies for their new $150,000 Armory in Sylva on Sunday, Nov. 7. Congressman Hoy A. Tay lor will be on hand to deliver the dedicatory address and to present to the unit a U. S. Flag which has been flown over the Capitol Building in Wash ington. Top ranking National Guard officers attending the cere monies will include Maj. Gen Ivan Hardesty, 30th Division Commander, and Maj. Gen. Claude T. Bowers, State Ad jutant General. The Sylva Army National Guard unit includes a rifle platoon and a weapons pla toon, and along with the unit at Waynesville it comprises Company C, 1st Batallion, 120 Infantry. It is a unit of the famed 30th "Old Hickory" Division which is one of the top priority divisions in the cou ntry today. The unit's present enlist ment of 79 Non-Commissioned Prizes To Be Given At Bloodmobile MURPHY - Dave Moody, Cherokee County Chapter Ch airman of the American Red Cross, announced this week that door prizes will be given away during theBloodmobile's visit to Murphy Thursday (to day). Several checks in the amount of $5 will begiven away along with a case of Sourwood honey and a case of Sorgum molasses. Dave invites everyone to come to the Murphy Power Board between the hours of 1 and 5:30 to give blood and while the're at it, have a 'Honey Dipping-molasses so pping good time. Officers and enlisted men in cludes nine Cherokee County men. They are Sgt. Vens on Adams, Sgt. Paul E. Brooks, Sgt. William T. Reece, Spec. 4 Michael N. Gregory, Spec. 4 Johnny H. Anderson, PFC Grady G. Waldroop, Pvt. Wa llace G. Gibson, Pvt. James Phillips, all of Andrews, and Pvt. Glen H. Beavers of Mur phy. The dedication ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m. with a concert by the Sylva-Webster High School Band. Members of the unit will serve as a color guard and the invocation and benediction will be given by the 1st Battlion Chaplain. Company Commander Ro bert W. Rollins of Franklin will intorduce special guests at the program, and Jackson County Representative Lacy Thornburg will introduce Con gressman Taylor. The Sylva National Guard unit, which was formed in 1955, is the western-most unit in the state, and members of the company are from Jack son, Haywood, Macon, Swain, and Cherokee Counties. Following the dedication ce remonies Sunday, Open House will be observed with mem bers of the unit showing vis itors through the new armory and displaying weapons and equipment. Refreshments will be served to those attending. The unit's new armory is one of the most modern in the state, and is a complete train ing center for the unit's mon thly week end drills, includ ing class rooms, an indoor rifle range, the drill hall, a kitchen, offices, a unit library, a supply room and a weapons vault. The armory is also an ideal setting for community meet ings, dances,parties,etc.,and is available by rental for civic groups or private citizens. Construction of the new ar mory was financed by County, State and Federal funds. Sit uated on an eight acre site, the armory is located on the Webster Road which turns off of Highway 107 in front of the Sylva-Webster High School. Curadsmen will be posted along the road to direct vis itors to the armory for Sun day's ceremonies. Education Center To Receive Applications MURPHY - Applications for admission to full daytime courses to be of>ered at the Tri-County Industrial Educat ion Center will be received beginning Thursday, Nov. 4. The hours will be from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. everyday except Saturday. The first full-time courses to be offered will be in car pentry and cabinet making, masonry, and secretarial work. The tentative date for these classes to start is Dec ember 1,1965. The above three full-time courses will last for twelve months and the tuition for any one of these complete cour ses will be ten dollars per month. The only other costs will be a small yearly fee to cover the cost of textbooks to be used during the year and an accident insurance fee of approximately two dollars and fifty cents per year. All adults age eighteen and over who desire to make app lication for admission are asked to come by the Indus trial Education Center located in the Peach tree Community in Cherokee County. Any person who cannot come by the center may write to the Industrial Education Center, Box 40, Murphy,North Carolina, or telephone 837 3810, Murphy, North Carol ina for application blanks and other information. Fifteen In The Running, 50 Points Up For Grabs After six weeks running. The Scout's Football contest has fifteen people In the ru nning for the big money to be awarded. The past week was real rough on the old pros that have won previously. None of die twelve won any points, consequently the standings remain the same wltl the exception that three new names have been added to the First place winner last week of five points and five dollars was Ricky West of Marble, Out of seventeen games, Ricky missed three. These were the L.S.U.-01eMlss.,Auburn Fla., and Texas-SMU games. In the tie breaker, his pre diction waa that Andrews would defeat Murphy by a score of 26 to 6. j oar? Matheson of Murphy also missed three out of sev enteen. She missed the L.S.U.-01e Miss., Texas S.M.U. and N. C. State-Va. games and predicted Murphy to beat Andrews by a score of 13 to 1. Miss Matheson wins three dollars and three points. ? Third place was really tough. There were six ent ries that missed four games and this is where the tie break er was put to use. The Jud ges finally ruled that Lane Phillips of Rt. 1, Andrews was the winner. Lane missed the L.S.U.-01e Miss.. Maryland South Carolina, Auburn-Fla., and Texas-S.M.U. and picked Andrews to beat Murphy to 7e Several contestants failed to mark some games and this is an automatic miss. We sug gest that you reed every^ad verttsement carefully. Read every word in all the advert isements. Don't fail to mark all games. Even though the contest has been running alx weeks, no one has a commanding lead. You could still be the win ner to one of the three grand prises which is $166.00 for first, $90.00 for secood and $66.00 for third. The contest will run for five more weeks which means that there are still SO points up for grabs. As the contest stands, we have one contest ant with ten points, and six contestants tied for 2nd and third place. Male contestants should take notice of the fifteen win ners of points and dollars, seven of these are females. Are you going to let them dom inate on the sport that you are supposed to be tops in? Beat her to the contest page and fill it in right now be fore she does and send it in. If she makes you let her have the page, remember that other copies are available. American Thread Taking Land Options In Marble MURPHY - American Th read Co. is in the process of securing options on land in the Marble area "for possible use as a future plant site," it was disclosed in New York City Tuesday by E. B. Shaw, company president. Shaw said thepossiblemove there by American Thread is part of its "program of planned expansion." No further details were re vealed. American Thread, man ufacturers of cottons and syn thetic threads and yarni, now operates six plants in five states from Maine to Georgia. The company recently began operation of its second North Carolina plant, a cotton spi nning mill now employing 250 at Calvert and about two miles north of Rosman in Transyl vania County, which is one of the South's 10 most modern spinning mills. The company opened its Se vier flnishingplanteight miles north of Marion in McDowell County in 1953. This facility now employs some 800 wor kers. NOVEMBER forward March! Moving steadily forward toward worth-while goals is the family that has formed the happy habit of systematic saving I Insurance Department CITIZENS BANK ITKUST CO. Andrews-HayetvHIe Murphy-Robbinsvllle wmmm . MISS NOVEMBER Mil Carlo Both Stllat daughter of Mro. Ruby Stllo* of Murphy, North Carolina Blood Mobile Thursday 'Today' At The Murphy Power Board