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Volume76 - Number 32 Murphy, North Carolino March 3, 1966 10 Pages This Week /^mu^phv^orth7carouna
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...TVA Lighting Specialist
4 Attead Area
ighting School
i
Twenty-four persons were
attendance at the lighting
hool conducted by the Tri
ate Electric Co-op, the Blue
Idge Electric Co-op, and the
urphy Power Board, Thurs
ly night.
The group met at O'Dell's
afeteria for supper and then
ijourned to the Murphy
ower Board Building for the
:hool conducted byC.H.Pat
irson, TVA Lighting Specia
st and H. L. Anderson, TVA
ommercial representative.
With the help of different
rpes of louvres and reflect
rs, the instructors illustrat
d and explained how the max
tium light from different
ources could be used for the
tost effectiveness as used in
lie home as well as business
stablishments.
Those in attendance were
tobert Stiles, representing
'ri-State Co-op, Ed Swartz,
Hue Ridge Electric Co-op,
drs. Beryl Fulton, Murphy
'ower Board, Miss Winnie
iowman, TVA Home Econo
nist, W, C. Traylor, TVA
lomestlc Representative,W.
2. Whisenant, District Direct
>r of Power Marketing, H. L.
lackett, Georgia Electrical
Inspector, O. E. Stiles.Tenn
sssee Electrical Inspector, L.
3. Schuyler, N. C. Electrical
Inspector, W. S. Kllpatrick,
rri-State Board member.
Electrical contractors pre
sent were: Blalrsville Elec
tric Co., Blalrsville, Ga.,
Midnight Electric Co., And
rews, N. C? Rogers Electric
~o. and Hughes Electric Co.
Murphy, N. C.
Operation Medicare
Most Satisfying
Berhman Says
Mayes Behrman, Director
of Operation Medicare Alert
stated that the response to
this alert has been most sat
isfying. This operation has
three full-time and ten half
time house-to-house visitors,
employed to explain, full, the
benefits of Medicare and ac
cept enrollments.
Behrman says that daily re
ports from these workers in
dicate that most persons 65
years of age or over who are
receiving Social Security
benefits, have already enrol
led for both the free hospit
al insurance and also for the
$3.00 per month medical cov
erage. That is, when these
persons received their en
rollment card from the Social
Security Administration, they
signed "yes" and returned the
card promptly.
Behrman stated further that
March 31 is the deadline for
any person 65 or over to sigi
up. All persons, 65 or over,
now receiving monthly social
security checks, will be cov
ered by this hospital insur
ance, automatically. They do
not have to sign ig> for that.
However, such persons do
have to sign up for the medi
cal Insurance or they will not
be covered for any of their
doctors' of surgeons' bllis.
Persons, 65 or over, who
?re not receiving monthly
social security chekcs will
not have any automatic cover
MURPHY VOLUNTEER FIREMAN John Fleming is surrounded hy smoke 91 he sttcrr.pt*
to oring under control a fire which destroyed C,0C0 hens snd cat?cd an estimated 120,000
daivsge.
Andrews-Murphy Airport
Development Advances
Specifications for the dc
elopment of the Andrews -
rfurphy Airport were ad
ranced last week at a meet
Jig of the Airport Advisory
Committee with William E.
-ox, consulting engineer with
[ohn Talbert and Associates,
>f Charlotte.
In advocating a paved run
"ay length of 4500 feet, Cox
stated that this length should
adequately take care of any
air carrier or executive-type
aircraft, turbo or pure jet,
that would use the airport in
the foreseeable future.
Along with a slight re-alig
nment of the present 4700
foot strip in order to utilize
a better approach from the
East, Cox also proposed a
paved apron in front of the
hangar, a paved aircraft park
ing area, and two stub taxi
ways leading from these to the
runwav
Equipment for night operat
ion would include medium -
intensity lighting of the run
way, a lighted 50-foot tower,
wind cone and segmented cir
cle.
The Talbert firm is at pre
sent making an engineering
study of development costs.
Cox anticipates no major con
struction problems, asserting
that he knew of no other mo
untain airport in the state
that could be modernized at a
cost less than Andrews -
Murphy.
It was pointed out at the
meeting that airports are not
for the Sunday afternoon pilots
but are for the community.
Those Communities who rea
lize this and have up-to-date
airports are the communities
that are moving ahead, making
solid progress in economic
development.
Airports stimulate new in
dustry and more than one
town and county has landed a
fat industrial payroll because
of it's airport facilities. In
dustry, and other livewire
businesses today use air
planes to accomplish in one
age. If they want hospital
i insurance, they must sign uf
for it. If they want medical
insurance, they must sign ut
for it. ^
Houk Enters
Judgeship Race
FRANKLIN- Resident Sup
erior Court J udge of the sev
en western North Carolina
counties, Guy M. Houk, has
formally announced his candi
dacy as one of the two Judges
of the new 30th Judicial Dis
trict Court on the Democratic
Party ticket.
Houk was appointed Resi
dent Superior Court Judge by
Governor Dan K. Moore, Feb
ruary 10, 1965.
Houk is a graduate of the
University of Virginia and die
post-graduate at Emory Uni
versity, University of Nortl
Carolina and North Caroline
State College. He startec
teaching school in Macot
County in 1921 and became
principal of Franklin Higl
School in 1926. He openee
his law office in 1935 and be
came Macon County Superin
tendent in 1939, a position he
held for twelve years.
In 1941 Houk hecame Mayo:
of Franklin, returning to i
full-time law practice in 1951
Houk served in the specia
sessions of Legislature ii
1955-56 and a regular sessio:
in 1957.
A member of The Metho
dist Church of Franklin, b
is married to theformerMis
Lynn Johnston of Franklin
They have one son, Fred John
ston Houk, 39, who is Per
sonnet Director of the Dol
Pineapple Company o
Chicago.
day what used to take a week
of traveling on the ground.
Airplanes are a vital ingred
ient in the recipe for indus
trial development.
Local businessmen find
that they too, through charter
service, can save a lot of
time and money on important
business trips. A quick
hop to a hig-city air terminal
to catch an airliner can he the
difference between successor
failure.
Attendance Poor
At Cancer Clinic
Attendance has been poor
at the Tri-County Cancer
clinic for the past few months.
Only five appointments have
been made for the March 10
clinic.
The clinic is held the 2nd
Thursday of each month and
is absolutley free.
Dr. W. A. Hoover, Director
of the Clinic, stated that in
five years of operation, the
clinics, at least 10 lives have
been saved by detecting can
cer in the early stages.
Appointments can be made
by calling the Cherokee County
Health Department.
"Everyone should be che
cked at least once a year,"
Dr. Hoover said. >
*500,000 Contract Let
Westco Telephone Co.
To Expand; Rebuild
Westco Telephone Company
announced this week that a
contract totaling more than a
half million dollars has been
let to R & G Construction
Company of Charlotte, to ex
pand and rebuild telephone
facilities in Cherokee County.
L. J. Phillips, Manager of
the Murphy Exchange told the
Scout that plans call for 215
miles of buried cable and 10
miles of aerial cable to be in
stalled.
The expansion, scheduled to
start April 4, will extend tele
phone service in several areas
of Cherokee County that are
not receiving service at the
present time.
Phillips stated that the re
building aspect of the program
calls for replacing present
telephone cable in Murphy with
larger cable to provide quieter
more effecient service.
The Suit Exchange is sche
duled to be put into operation
on June 19, 1966, tying in with
the extended area service of
Murphy, Andrews and Hayes
ville.
A new building and install
ation of central office equip
ment was completed at Suit
October 16, 1965 at a cost of
$135,000.
Forsyth Named To Dirksen
State Amendment Group
W. Frank Forsyth, Repre
sentative of the 33rd Sena
torial District has been appo
inted to a North Carolina co
mmittee to support a congre
ssional effort to upset the "one
man, one vote" ruling of the
U. S. Supreme Court has been
appointed by Sen. Everett
Dirksen (R-Ul.)
The U-member group in
cludes the chairmen of the
State Democratic and Repub
lican parties legislators and
spokesmen for agricultural
interests.
Dirksen is sponsor of a
measure to amend the federal
Constitution to permit states
to base representation in one
house of their legislatures on
factors other than population.
As chairman of the "Commi
ttee for Government of the
People," he has appointed co
mmittees in all SO states.
Named to the Tar Heel group
were:
Democratic Chairman Mel
Broughton Jr. of Raleigh, Re
publican Chairman James
Gardner of Rocky Mount,Sens.
Frank Forsyth of Cherokee,
Robert Moegan of Harnett and
Hertor McLean of Robeson,
Rep. Thorne Gregory of Hal
ifax, State Farm Bureau Pre
sident, B. C. Mangum of Rou
gemont. State Grange Master
Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell of
Greensboro, State Board of
Education member J. A. Prit
chett of Windsor, attorney
Hathaway Cross of Raleigh and
R. N. Barber Jr.,Waynesville
fruit packer.
The Dirksen bill calls for
a constitutional amendment
which, if adopted by Congress,
would have to be ratified by
three fourths of the states.
The 1965 North Carolina
General Assembly passed a
resolution, sponsored by
Gregory, taking a different
approach to the amendment
procedure. The resolution
petitioned for a constitutional
convention.
Twenty-seven other state
legislatures passed the resol
ution but the movement fell
short of the required total of
32.
Fire Destroys
5,000 Hens
MURPHY- Fire fanned by
a strong wind consumed a 400
foot henhouse near here Fri
day afternoon, causing a loss
estimated at $23,000.
Lost in the blaze in the
Peachtree section were 5,000
laying hens owned by W. T.
Brown Hatching Egg Service,
along with $3,000 worth of
mechanical feeding and water
ing equipment and the build
ing itself, 400x40 feet in size
and valued at $12,000.
Cause of the fire was not
know, Mrs, William Gulley,
wife of the owner of the build
ing, noticed the flames, but
the place is seven miles from
Murphy, and by the time the
volunteer fire department
could be assembled, the fire
was mit of control.
No Injuries In Crash;
Seat Belts Get Credit
i. onion, Jones of Murphy,
(left in top photo) surveyed
the damage to his overturned
1964 Chevrolet he had just
crawled out of and gave credit
to seat belts for saving his
life.
The accident occured ar
ound 8:30 p.m. Friday. 4 1/2
miles west of Murphv on CS
64.
Jones said that hewastrav
tling east toward Murphy when
he right rear tire blew out
ausing the car to swerve off
he shoulder of the road.
He stated that while trying
o guide the vehicle to a stop
vith out applying the brakes
he car struck a culvert and
tegan turning end over end.
"I believe the seat belts
-eally saved my life or at least
tept me from being seriously
njured," Jones said, ne
:ause when the car came to
?est on it's top, I was safely
jeing held upside down by the
telt."
State Trooper Don Reavis
nvestigated the accident. No
charges were filed against
|ones.
The life saving seat belts
are shown in this close photo
of Jones' overturned automo
bile.
O'Dell Is Chairman
New Officers Elected At
GOP County Convention
Virgil O'Dell was elected
Cherokee County Republican
Executive Committee Chair
man at the party's convention
Saturday February 26.
A rising vote of apprecia
tion was given to the outgoing
chairman, J, Doyle Burch,for
his devoted services during
the past 10 years in thisoffice.
All precincts were well re
presented with an estimated
300 Republicans in attendance.
It is the consensus of the
Republican l'arty that it would
be of the best interest of
schools of Cherokee-County to
elect the school boards of the
county by a vote of the people.
The convention went on record
as favoring the election of the
school boards by a direct vote
of the people of the county.
The party hopes the next
representative of our county
in the General Assembly will
use his best efforts to pass
a law to that effect.
The convention was ad
journed to reconvene April 2,
1966 at 2 p.m. at the Cherokee
County Courthouse for the
purpose of nominating co
unty candidates for the
November, 1966 election.
Other officers elected were:
Mrs. Edward Mills, Secre
tary; H. E. Dickey, Tre
asurer; Dr. W.A. Hoover, Fin
ance Committee Chairman;
Doyle Burch, Herman West,
and Mrs. Emogene Ledford,
Finance Committee members.
The following were named
associate chairmen: Mrs.Bo
yce Stiles, Lloyd Wilcox, Joe
Myers, Hoyt Arp, Bob Mason,
Schools Will
Be Open Sat.
MURPHY - Murphy City
Schools and Cherokee County
Schools will be open Saturday
March 5, beginning a series of
12 make-up days lost to bad
weather and heating problems.
Students will be dismissed at
1 p.m.
The schools will also oper
ate the two day? that had pre
viously been set aside for
Easter Holidays.
County schools only have 8
days to make up while city
schools have 12. Both systems
lost 8 days to bad weather but
the city schools lost an addit
ional 4 days because of a
furnace breakdown.
The Murphy City Schools
will operate for 4 more Satur
days and add 5 days to the
school year to make up the
remaining 9 days. If this
schedule holds, city schools
will turn out June 3 instead
of May 27.
Plans for making up 5 add
itional days in the county
schools are Uncomplete and
will he announced later.
Virgil O'Dell
R. L. [>ockery, Mrs. John
YVishon, Herbert Wilson, Mrs.
Mary Jo Oockery, Mitchell
Stiles, Vinson Hall, Leonard
Stiles.
The Republican Party of the
Town of Murphy announced
this week that the GOP town
convention will be held Marcn
17, 7:30 p.m. at the Cherokee
County Courthouse.
Candidates seeking the off
ice of Mayor and six council
men for the Town of Murphy
will be nominated at this meet
ing. Officers will also be elec
ted at the convention for the
Town of Murphy Republican
Party Organization.
Rep. Roy A. Taylor
Seek 5th Term
Rep. Roy A. Taylorof Black
/fountain announced Monday
hat he will seek the Demo
:ratic nomination in the May
!8 primary for reelection to a
ifth term in Congress.
Taylor, 56, has served the
nountainous 11th District in
Congress since 1960.
Since that date, the district
'as increased from 10 to 16
counties. Most recent addi
tion are Mitchell and Ruther
ford.
Taylor has forwarded his
filing fee to the State Board
?f Elections in Raleigh.
A former state legislator
and attorney for Buncombe
County, Taylor served four
terms in the North Carolina
House of Representatives be
ginning with his election on the
Gl ticket in 1946.
For 10 years prior to his
election to Congress, he was
attorney for this county.
During his four terms in
Congress, Taylor has already
gained more seniority than any
representative from Western
North Carolina since the late
Zeb Weaver.
He is a member of the House
Interior Committee and rank
ing Democrat on the National
Parks subcommittee. He is
also a member of the House
Science and a stronautics
Committee.
Taylor has sponsored
numerous bills to authorize
the construction of federal
scenic roads in WNC, includ
ing a 180-mile extension of
the Blue Ridge Parkway.
He was a front-runner in
the struggle for a new Vet
erans Administration hospital
at Oteen, now under construct
ion. He has also worked for
new federal roads, buildings
and post offices throughout
the area.
Taylor has authored legis
lauon t? help carry out the
Cradle of Forestry" project
in Pisgah National Forest
A graduate of Candler High
School. A sheville-Biltmore
College and Maryville College
Search Is 0a
For Fiddler
Who's Uader 12
A search is under way, thr
oughout Western North Car
olina, for a boy under 12 who
can play the violin.
But, what if he's only a
"fiddler"? As a matter of
fact, he doesn't even have to
be an accomplished fiddler.
What is really wanted is a boy
under 12 who has natural tal
ent for the violin.
If there is a boy who fits
this description in Cherokee
County, there's a special place
for him on the program of the
18th Hubert Hayes Mountain
Youth Jamboree, to be held in
Asheville April 20-23.
To choose the youngster for
this role, as well as others to
appear on this annual event,
Mrs. Hubert Hayes, widow of
the founder of the noted jam
boree, will hold auditions at
the Mountain Youth Cabin, at
33 Maney Avenue, Asheville,
on Saturdays from 10 to 5,
and on Sundays from 3 to 5.
Appointments for auditions
may be made by telephoning
her at AL 2-8409. Asheville.
Mrs. Hayes also will hear
others wishing to qualify for
the jamboree, especially play
ers of the mandolin, banjo,
and lute. The music should be
folk, religious, or spirituals.
The program of the April
event will feature dancing, too
smooth, clog, and western
square dancing and the folk
dances of other lands.
REP. ROY TAYLOR
n Tennessee, Taylor studied
aw under the late CI a ucte Love
if A sheville, a former assis
ant state Attorney General,
Taylor was admitted to the
>ar in 1936, and in 1943 he
ntered the Navy where he
?erved as commanding offi
er on an LST in the Paci
ic.
He is a former district
;overnor of Lions clubs; a
"st president of the Black
fountain Chamber of Com
nerce; a deacon and former
iunday School superintendent
>f Black Mountain First Bap
1st Church.
Taylor is also a former
xustee of AshevUle-Biltmore
College,
He is married to the former
ivelyn Reeves of Leicester.
They have two children, Alan
ind Toni.
Jaycues Extend
Educator Soarcli
The deadline for submitting
Educator Evaluation forms to
the Murphy Jaycees has been
extended to U.-00a.m.,Tues
day, March 8.
James Helton, Outstanding
Young Educator Project
Chairman, said the extension
is being granted because
county schools were closed
eight days due to bad weath
er and all teachers could not
be reached on time.
"Our search Is part of a
nationwide Jaycee progran,"
Helton said, "to spotlight the
achievements and cbdlcadon
of professional educators,
both male and female, between
the ages of 21 and 35."
Helton stated that educat
ors of the first through twelfth
grade levels will be consid
ered. Teachers eligible have
been contacted by the Murphy
Jaycee Outstanding Young Ed
ucator Committee and this ex
tension should give ample time
for them to submit the forms.
Nominations will be judged
locally by a panel of civic
leaders. The Cherokee Coun
ty winner will be honored at
a special awards banquet and
presented with a one-hundred
dollar cash award.
Local winners from
throughout the state will be
eligible for a state compet
ition, which will determine
delegates to a national Out
standing Young EducatorPro
gram, according to Helton.
24 la Viet Nasi
Getting Poptr
Twenty-four servicemen
from CherokeeandClayCoim
ty are now receiving free six
months subscriptions to the
Cherokee Scout and Clay
County Progress.
If you have a son or hus
band now serving in this for
eign country andwouldlikefor
them to get the hometown
news, call the Scout Office
at 837-5122, give your name
and the name and address of
the serviceman to receive the
subscription. That's all there
Is to it. The Scout will be
on its way.
MISS MARCH
Ml.. Batty O'D.II, dought.r ?! Mr. and
Mr.. Virgil O'Dall, Murphy
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