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The Cherokee fm Scout
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Volume 76 ? Number 21 Murphy, North Corolino December 16, 1965 12 Pages This Week hv%o?hT?5oPi5&
Rural Renewal Program Activated,
N.C. Pilot Project Now Underway
The Rural Renewal Pro
gram, (he first such pilot pro
ject In the State of North Caro
lina and the 5th In the nation,
got underway last week.
On Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, December 6, 7,
coutlets
R. R. Carryl from Rt. 1,
Murphy scolded us last week
for not having a chair for
him to sit in while he waited
to see us. "Almost every
where 1 go," says Dick, "they
say 'take a chair*, and I do.
Now I've got the darndest co
llection of chairs you've ever
seen." (Note: Guess it's better
that we don't have any.)
-J
Most everyone knows Jo Jo
Moody, the Scouts ace subsc
ription saleslady in Murphy
but I betcha didn't know that
she is quite a football fan
to boot. There's been a little
football contest on the side at
the Scout office each week to
see who among the employ
ees could pick the most winn
ers. Well I'm here to tell you
that Jo Jo has won 5 out of
10 times, putting us all to
shame.
-J
We spotted this nifty on a
suitcase in die back of a car
parked downtown. A printed
sign on the valise read. "This
belongs to a shoe salesman.
It contains nothing of value to
anyone except a shoe sales*
man. Every shoe in it is for
only one foot."
-J
The doctor told a friend of
ours that he needed exercise
and should play at least 18
holes a day. So my friend
bought a harmonica.
-J
A tip of our Scoutlet hat
goes to several this week.
A hearty THANKS to Charlie
Johnson and his town crew,
to W. O. Towns on and John
Carringer who supplied the
transportation to go get the
tree and to former Murphy
resident and ex-Jaycee,
Helton Carmichael who cut the
tree down over in Burnsville
and gave it to the Murphy Jay
cees.
-J
Several Scoutlets have been
written concerning ballroom
dancing lessons in Murphy.
Well, everything seems quite
successful. Miss Jeanette
Evans, instructor for the
course, reported this week
that four classes have been
set up and will get underway
Friday, January 7. The course
will consist of five - two hour
classes, meeting once each
week. Classes are set up for
Friday and Saturday nights,
and instruction will be from
6:00 to 8:00 and 8.-00 to 10:00
each night. Miss Evans said
that the classes are filling
up fast and that she will only
be able to take 15 more couples
on a first come, first serve
basis. If you're interested,
better call 837-5122 now'and
get your name on the list.
-J
Nelle June Reid of And
rews, already caught up in the
true spirit of Christmas sends
us the following lines of verse.
Christmas bells so sweetly
chime,
Carols fill the air,
As once more they proclaim
the glad tidings every
where
And the angels lift their
voices,
Christ is born-the world
rejoices.
Little chlldrens eyes are
sparkling,
Shouts of laughter, dan
cing feet,
Ah, the beauty of die season,
Christians giving Christmas
treats
There's a feeling of
goodwill
On Christmas eve so still.
Once again I see the manger
Where the little Christ
Child lay.
Born in humbleness and meek
ness,
For there was no room
they say.
Have you room in your own
heart.
For the Christwho won't
despair?
Mr. T, S, White of Shreve
port, Louisiana writes that
he collects old Bibles and
gives them to people who
cannot afford to buy one. If
you have several and would
like to send Mr. White a Bible
his address Is 1719 Buckner
Street. Shreveport, La.
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and 8, John M. Lovorn, Dir.
Rural Renewal Division/'HA,
Washington, D. C., assisted
the Rural Development Auth
orities in Cherokee, Clay, and
Graham Counties in getting the
Pilot Program in North Caro
lina underway. Meeting also
with the County Rural Dev.
Authority Board was Marion
C. Holland, Operating Loans
Officer, State Office, FHA,
Raleigh, N. C., Paul Laugh
run, District FHA Supervisor
from Asheville, Mack B. Ray,
' Rural Renewal Program
Leader for the Tri-County
Area, and County FHA Super
visor Robert D. Bruce of
Cherokee and Graham Count
ies, and Phillip J. Howell,
FHA Supervisor of Clay
County.
County leaders along with
Rural Renewal Authority
Board Members were very en
thusiastic about the Pilot Pro
ject, officially started in the
Tri-County Area in late Sept
ember, 1965. In each county
some live projects are now
shaping up and options for land
purchases should soon betak
en.
According to Mr. Lovorn,
Rural homesites appear to be
one of the immediate needs of
the trl-county area due to the
housing shortage. It is anti
cipated the authority in each
county willpurchaseland,pro
vide funds for complete deve
lopment including home con
struction, water, sewage,
streets or roads where need
ed. In order to encouragelow
income families to purchase
homes in the Development
Area, prices will be kept
within their ability to repay.
It is hoped that modernhomes
can be constructed that will
meet the needs of low income
families, those with larger
families, and also those with
modest incomes, as with other
Farmers Home Adminis
tration Program families able
to get needed credit on terms
they can reasonably meet f rom
other sources willbe required
to do so.
County Commissioners of
the Trl-County Area have been
very interested in getting the
Rural Renewal Program un
derway. County TAP (Tech
nical Action Panel) members
have actively supported the
new program. County Exten
sion Chairmen in the Tri
County Area have given valu
able assistance in the new
program. Mr. Kenneth Perry,
Extension Chairman of Gra
ham County, Mr. Jack Early,
Extension Chairman, Chero
kee County, andPrenticeEng
land, Extension Chairman for
Clay County, along with their
staff members have been very
instrumental in activating
Rural Renewal in their res
pective counties. The County
Planting Board with the Coun
ty Overall Economic Develop
ment Plan have been helpful
in pin-pointing the major pro
blems of the tri-county area.
According to Secretary of
Agriculture, Orville L. Free
man, "Designation of these
counties as eligible for Rural
Renewal loans and other tech
nical and financial assistance
paves the way for the Depart
ment of Agriculture to assist
local people in securing parity
of opportunity for Rural Am
erica." The Rural Renewal
Program is designed to assist
local public bodies, plan, de
velop, and carry out a com
plete rural development pro
ject. It is aimed at ellmi
Quarter-Ceetury
Club Welcomes
New Members
BRYSON OTY - The Quar
ter-Century Club of Carolina
Wood Turning Company wel
comed several new members
at a Christmas dinner Monday
evening at die Fryemont Inn.
M. H. Clarke, President of the
Company, presented service
pins to Claude Patterson for
thirty years of continuous ser
vice to the Company, and twe
nty-five year service pins to
Grady Medford, Floyd Coch
ran and Roy Payne.
Christmas dinner is an
annual affair of theCWTQuar
ter Century Club honoring new
members and the entire man
agement staff aloqg with all
office employees, their wives
and husbands attended this
event.
Members of the Quarter
Century Club are Horace Wig
gins, Red Medford, Kenneth
Massey, Earl OUls, Henry
Grant, Kermit Marcus, Car
roll Wright, Commodore Cas
ada, Claude Patterson, Roy
Payne, Floyd Cochran and
Grady Medford.
nating chronic rural under
employment, fostering sound
rural area economy .strength
ening family farming and In
creasing the Incomes of farm
and other rural people.
If the Tri-County Area Is
to capitalize on the future
tourist industry, a must is
the development of good
wholesome recreation that
will atuact people to the area
and hold them for several
days. This means good whole
some recreation for the entire
family. The overnight tourist
is important - but those who
remain in the area for sev
eral days, even weeks, are
really the keys to the future
in tourism.
Some of the projects Rural
Renewal will be vitally in
terested in promoting will in
clude a complete recreation
complex, including golf
course, swimming, and wading
areas for children, play
grounds and picnic areas .rid
ing trails, hiking and nature
trails, hunting and fishing re
serves, and many others that
the public will demand if we
are to capture our share of
the future tourist industry.
The area has a wonderful
potential, especially when the
Appalachian roads are finish
ed.
"The area will need many
more modern motels, good
eating places, rest homes for
our aged, nursing for our part
ially disabled and modern
hospital facilities and im
proved schools if we hope to
bring new people to our area
on a permanent basis", Mack
B. Ray, Rural Renewal Pro
gram Leader, said.
"As we move forward in
Rural Renewal, we anticipate
many problems. With proper
motivation by all.wecan over
come many of our common
problems, especially with
good team work, and corpora
tion we can move forward and
offer our boys and girls of
today a better tomorrow, and
hope they will remain in the
area as our future leaders,"
Mr. Ray concluded.
Rural Authority Borad
Members for the Tri-County
Area are:
Cherokee County: John Gill,
Chairman: Joseph El Khouri,
Vice Chairman; Merle Davis,
Secretary; H. E. Dickey .Mem
ber; J. Wiley S. Davis, Mem
ber.
Clay County: Tom Day,
Chairman; Wallace Craw
ford, Vice Chairman; James
Armstrong, Secretary; W. G.
Mlngus, Treasurer; Robert
Alexander, Member.
Graham County: Tom Car
penter, Chairman; J. B. Col
lins, Mrs. Oleta WilsonfSoyd
Crisp.
The Rural Renewal Office
is located in Murphy adjacent
to the County FHA Office.
Suggestions on plans and pro
per steps to overcome area
problems will be appreciated.
Harshaw Chapel
Murphy Garden Club Puts Harshaw
Restoration Fund Over The Top
MURPHY - A gift of $260.00
from the Murphy Garden Club
to the Archibald D. Murphey
Chapter of DAR, put the initial
Harshaw Restoration Fund
over the top enabling the chap
ter to meet the Richardson
Challenge Grant require
ments.
To meet the Richardson
Challenge Grant require
ments, the DAR was required
to raise$2,000 locally in order
to receive a $1,000 grant thr
ough the Department of Arch
ives and History in Raleigh.
The DAR will be allowed to
re - apply for an additional
grant and possible receive an
other $1,000 in 1967.
The Murphy Garden Club
raised $260 Dec. 4 holding a
Bazaar, selling cakes, cookies
as well as Christmas decorat
ion articles. The club turned
the complete proceeds from
the sale over to the DAR.
"This is only the beginn
ing," Mrs. Jerry Davidson,
President of the local DAR
chapter said, " this first
13,000 will be used to res
tore the belfry of the chapel
and install a new roof. We
still have a long way to go."
Future plans call for a mus
eum which will attract tourists
as Zeb Vance Restoration in
Asheville does.
The $260 gift by the Murphy
Garden Club was accompanied
by the following letter:
"It is with great pride that
we, as a civic group, present
the enclosed check to go into
the Harshaw Chapel Restor
ation Fund. Our club voted
to devote the entire proceeds
from their Christmas baz
aar".
"We are pleased that we
can help, and it gives us a
rather warm feeling of acc
omplishment, knowing that we
can help in such a substan
tial manner. Every member
of the club wishes you great
success in the project and
sends their warmestwishes."
Additional contributions
have been received from: Mr.
Gustavo Corder, Mrs. Fannie
Fain Butt, Mrs. Maurine Fain
Bryant, Mrs. Willard Axley,
McKeever & Edwards, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Dickey, Mrs.
ESC Office Reports Need
For 70 Youth Counselors
Manager Charles N. Er
win, Jr. of the State Em -
ployment Office reported here
today that the Employment
Security Commission has op
eningsfor over 70 youth em
ployment counselors, coun
selor trainees and intervie
wers.
He said the State agency
intends to hire persons to act
as special advisors to un -
employed and disadvantaged
young people, and counselor
positions will be available in
almost every local Employ
ment Security Commission
Office.
Since there is a shortage of
qualified counselors, the ESC
has established a training pro
gram for college graduates
interested in vocational guid
ance. Applicants must have
earned at least nine semester
hours in courses relating to
counseling.
Those accepted as coun
selor trainees will being at
$5400 a year and will recieve
additional academic and on -
the-job training before pro
motion to employment coun
selors. Persons with a
master's degree in guidance
or counseling may apply for
regular employment coun
selor positions starting at
$6000 a year.
Mr. Erwin said that app
licants need no experience to
apply for jobs. Examinations
will be given each week at
various points about the
state, and applications are
available at the local ESC
office located at Murphy.
Charles A. Brown, Mr. Henry
Hyatt, Mrs. Winifred Tow
nson Wells, Mr .J. H. Duncan,
Mr. Frank Mauney, Mrs. J.H.
Wilson Sr., Mrs. Paul Hill,
Mrs. Walter Coleman, Mrs.
John Bayless, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Bailey, Mr. Harry Webb
Mattox, Mrs. Ellen Cooper
Axley Eich, Murphy Bus
iness & Professional Women
Mrs. Creek Bates, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Lee Davidson and
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Warner,
Jr.
Folk School
Slates Annual
Christmas Dance
The annual Christmas
Dance Party will be held at
the Folk School, Monday night,
December 20th at 8:00 o'clock.
This year there will be two
special treats: Philip Merrill
of New York who Is director
of music of the Country Dance
Society of America and who
has been at the Folk School
for twenty-six summers, will
be with us for the first time
for our Christmas Party.
All who have danced to
Philip's music know what a
treat Is in store. He will
also play for the carol sing
ing.
Then, another first - e
Mummers Play will be given,
directed by Lynn Cault, and
the leading part?the Fool
will be played by Lynn.
There will be a minimum
charge of 5Qf for adults and
25# for children. Refresh
ments will be served during
the evening. All ages are cor
dially Invited.
Scout Photo by Red Schuyler
JACKIE WAYMAN (L) was voted best Back at Murphy High and Haskell Roberson (R)
received the Lineman of the Year award. Luke Rushton, basketball coach at Young Harris
College, presented the trophies.
Best Back, Best Lineman
The Murphy Quarterback
Club honored the Murphy High
School varsity-and Jr. Var
sity Football teams, the
Cheerleaders and their dates
with their annual banquet Sat
urday night at the Murphy Ele
mentary School Lunchroom.
Along with the young people
present were members of die
Quarterback club and their
wives as well as other invited
guests.
Each year at the end of the
season, the Quarterback Club,
awards a trophy to the out
standing lineman and the out
standing back. This year, the
two recipients of these awards
were chosen by their team
members as well as the Quar
terback Club members.
Luke Rushton.YoungHarris
College Basketball Coach, was
the guest speaker for this
years event and also made the
presentations of the trophies.
Haskell Roberson received
the trophy for the best Line
man of the year and Jackie
Wayman received the Back
field award.
Coach Rushton in this wri
ter's opinion made one of the
most inspiring talks heard in
a long time. Even though the
talk was aimed at the young
people, it also sent a message
home to the parents that were
in attendance.
Coach Rushton, stressed
that the boys and girls of today
are not taking full advantage
of the opporutnity to develop
their bodies and minds as they
should be. That whenever
things did not go to suit their
tastes they were prone to place
the responsibility on someone
else.
In some instances perhaps
that was true in regards to the
parents attitude. Coach Rus
ton cited one instance where
one of his "boys" has become
somewhat disillusioned and
had decided to drop out of
school. After trying to show
the disillusioned boy that he
was making a mistake and
should remain in school, he
asked the boy what his parents
would think about his decision.
His reply was, "they don't
care".
CORRECTION
In last week's special 36-page edition saluting Andrews
Furniture Industries, Inc., The Scout omitted four names
from the roll of members belonging to the Andrews Dev
elopment Corporation. The error was made in the double
truck ad of Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Andrews.
The management of The Cherokee Scout regrets this error
and is happy to re-run the statement by Mayor Percy B.
Ferebee.
"We want to take this opportunity to thank each and every
one of the stockholders of Andrews Development Corporation
for the untiring effort they put forth ir die 2 1/4 years that
was spent in locating this splendid industry in Andrews. The
following are the stockholders of the Andrews Development
Corporation who never faltered when called upon for any ser
vice in the effort to locate Andrews Furniture Indus tries .Inc.
in this area: S. J. Gernert; R. E. Heaton; Lee B. Nichols Jr.;
John H. Christy; William J. Carter; William D. Whitaker; T.
Jeff Brooks; Joseph El Khouri; Ty W. Burnette; Capt. F. W.
Swan; Grady A. Garrett; Norman Hartman; W. C. Gray; L.L.
Love; Sam W. Jones; J. Wayne Battle; JohnE. Boring; Joseph
Parker; Dr. F. E. Blalock; James B. FerebeeU, Mark Elliott;
Ted Smiley; Rev. Del Holmes; Percy Ferebee. We also want
to recognize the splendid cooperation of the Town of Andrews
and Board of County Commissioners of Cherokee County."
Window Breaking Spree
Lands Clay Youth In Jail
MURPHY- A Clay County
youth went on a window break
ing spree here around 1:00
a.m., Saturday, breaking out
14 plate glass windows in ten
different Murphy business es
tablishments.
Charged with malicious
damage to realty on ten dif
ferent warrants is Henry Mc
Dowell, 18, of Hayesville.
McDowell broke the win
dows by throwing bricks tak
en from the burned out build
ing formerly occupied by
Lloyd's Radio & TV.
A citizen witnessed the win
down breaking and notified the
police. Officers Wayne Wil
son and Charles Brickey arr
ested McDowell a few minutes
later at the Mulkey Coal yard
where he had crawled under
a building.
The youth told police that
he had been to Tennessee with
some other boys and had had
a fight. On returning to Mur
phy, McDowell said that he
went to see a girl. Unable
to see her he came downtown
and began breaking windows.
McDowell is being held in
CongressmanTaylor
To Dedicate New
Andrews PostOffice
ANDREWS - Dedication
ceremonies for the new And
rews Post Office will be held
Sunday at 2:00 p.m. with Con
gressman Roy A.Taylor mak
ing the principle address.
Also attending the ceremon
ies will be W. H. Sanders,
Regional A dministrator of
GJ5.A., Atlanta, and W. T.
Martin, Postal Service Offi
cer of Charlotte.
The invocation will be given
by Rev. Thomas Christmas,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Fercy B. Ferebee,
Mayor of Andrews will be
master of ceremonies.
Congressman Taylor will
present an American flag he
brought from the nation's
capitol to Postmaster William
Pitt Walker and the Leslie
Stillman Post #97 of the Am
erican Legion will conduct
the flag-raising ceremony.
Benediction will be given by
Rev. Paul Miller.
Open house will be observ
ed at the new postal facility
until 4:00 p.m.
Cancer Clinic Not
To Open Dec. 24
SYLVA - The Jackson Co
unty Cancer Detection Center
at Sylva will observe Friday,
December 24. as a holiday.
On Friday December 31, the
clinic will be open only to
school teachers since this is
the only day they will have an
opportunity to take advantage
of the Cancer Clinic. All other
patients are asked to please
come any other Friday except
December 31, to the Jackson
County Clinic.
The Murphy Cancer Clinic,
serving Cherokee, Clay and
Graham Counties, has already
held a clinic for die month of
December.
The next scheduled cancer
clinic for Murphy is Thurs
day, January 13, by appoint
ment only.
Methodist Plan
Christmas Program
MURPHY - THE Your
People of the Free Methodls
Church will give a Christma:
program Wednesday evening
December 22 at 7:30 p.m
The public is Invited n
attend.
Cherokee County jail in de
fault of $4,000 bond.
Windows were broken in
the following business estab
lishments: the vacated Peo
ples Cafe building; Gibbs
Home & Auto: Dickey Chev
rolet; Carroll's Taxi Stand;
Burch Motors; Deluxe Clean
ers; Hughes Electric Shop;
The Fabric Shop, and the Tar
Heel Restaurant.
Postal Clerk
Charged In
Embezzlement
A 41-year-old postal clerk
who has spent 17 years in the
Murphy post office was arr
ested Friday by a federal
officer and charged with em
bez ling money from the
office.
Jack D. Crawford was
charged in three warrants is
sued by U. S. Commissioner
J. L. Chambers in Charlotte.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Hugh
Stevens, accompanied by
Postal Inspectors Jack Forbes
and Ed Shively, arrested Cra
wford on a Murphy street.
He was brought before U.S.
Commissioner Lawrence C.
Stoker here and waived pre
liminary examination.
He was placed in the Fed
eral section of Buncombe
County jail in default of $15,000
bond for trial at the May term
of U.S. District Court in Bry
son City.
Crawford has been relaesed
under the $15,000 bond.
Stevens said Crawford was
charged in three warrants
signed by Forbes.
One warrant charges him
with embezzling $978; the
others charge him with em
bezzling unspecified funds
from two C. O. D. packages.
The embezzlements are al
leged to have taken place from
September through November
of this year.
Crawford worked as a
parcel post and C. O. D. clerk,
Stevens said.
letters Te
The iditer
Dear Editor:
I have just received a copy
of your December 9 edition
of the Cherokee Scout and I
could not pass up the oppor
tunity of dropping you a note
to congratulate you on this
fine edition. I think this is one
of the finest that I have ever
seen puhllshed by a weekly
newspaper. Your ad com
position and reproduction ex
ceeds anything that I have ever
seen produced by a newspaper
of this size. As a matter of
fact, 1 do not remember seeing
this fines job in larger papers.
If by chance you have an
extra copy of this edition, I
would very much appreciate
receving one. I have a dally
newspaper which we represent
which has Just converted to
off-set, and I would like very
much to take this to them as
an example for them to follow.
Sincerely and best regards.
Bob Tutner
Rotarians To
Sponsor Christmas
Tree Sale
MURPHY - The Murphy
Rotary Club will have ?
Christmas Tree Sale on the
square In Murphy. Saturday,
December 18.
The trees corns from the
John C. Campbell Folk School
and are of good quality.
Proceeds from this Christ
mas Tree Sale will go so
help some needy family dur
ing Christmas.