$C0lJt Cherokee County's Best Buy' * "* C'*V C?UntV ^ Volume 76 - Number 41 Murphy, North Caroline May 5, 1966 10 Pages This Week ^Cmw?pmyA^o^>(Tcar(xjn? Democrats Retain Status, Sweep City Election Translator On The Air After Long Wait After almost two years of work by the Murphy Jaycees and local officials and frus trated waiting on a Federal Communications Commission ruling, the first TV translator in Murphy went on the air Wed nesday morning. Engineers from Chatta nooga station, WDEF-TV, Channel 12 arrived in Murphy last Saturday morning and with the help of John Fleming,Will iam Murphy and the Murphy Jaycees, erected the anten naes and installed the equip ment. The equipment was tested Sunday. An FCC ruling that a 24 hour waiting period from the time the station was tested un til it officially went on the air was fulfilled Monday and Tuesday. Jaycee translator chairman, Bill Christy threw the switch to put Channel 7 on the air Wednesday morning. Local residents may now tune in CBS, Channel 12 pro gram by dialing Channel 7. Better reception may be ob tained by turning the anten nae toward Fain Mountain. When first viewing the new station, residents may find a narrow horizontal line on the screen, but Channel 12 engin eers assured the Jaycees that it was only temporary and would be eliminated in the near future. D. B. Barnes, Chief Engi neer at WRCB-TV, Channels, Chattanooga, informed the Jaycees that he expected his translator equipment any day and hopes to have his station on the air in about a week. When Channel 3 goes on the air, local residents may re ceive NBC programing by tun ing in Channel 4. "We hope the local peoplt will give the translator even chance to be successful,' Chairman Christy said, "if there are any complaints, we ask that the party contact the Murphy Jaycees so the pro blem can be dealt with." President of the Murphy Jaycees, Jack Owens, presents Lyle Carringer with a $100.00 check for being picked Cher okee County's Outstanding Young Educator. Dr. Robert Andress, Dean of Young Harris College looks on as Carr inger receives the award. He was guest speaker at the ban quet. Jaycees Name County's Outstanding Educator Lyle B. Carringer, 32, was named Cherokee County's Outstanding Young Educator at a Jaycee "spotlight" ban quet, held Tuesday night at the Tarheel Restaurant in Murphy. Carringer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Carringer, Route 1, Brasstown, N.C., and pre sently the coach and eighth grade instructor at Rnger Elementary School, will represent Cherokee County at a statewide Outstanding Young Educator Program at High Point, N.C. He served as Business Ed ucation Instructor and Basket ball Coach at Hiawassee Dam High School from 1956 through 1963. From 1963 and prior to his present teaching pos ition he worked as full-time Accounting Manager while furthering his educational status by taking additional courses at Oglethorpe Univ 5 Hurt In Crash Near Andrews ANDREWS - Five persons were injured about 4 p.m. Sun day on U.S. 19 in a four-car wreck east of here. Hospitalized were Randy Kaplin and Donna Jean Lawson both of Asheville, and Rethel Jenkins of Robbinsville. Misses Kaplin and Lawson were passengers in a car driven by Patricia Louise Coleman also of Asheville. Miss Jenkins was a passenger in a car driven by Velvie Jean Cody of Robbinsville. State Highway Patrolman E. N. Hooper said a car going west, driven by Ernest Frank Smith of Valdese, collided with the Cody vehicle, which was going east. Another car going east, driven by David Lee Gill en water of Indianapolis,Ind. then hit the Smith car from behind, and then the Gillen water car was rammed from the rear by the Coleman ve hicle. The investigation is cont inuing, Hooper said. ersity in Atlanta, Georgia. In accepting the $100.00 scholarship award, Carringer said, "1 am most honored that the Murphy Jaycees have presented me with this award and am thankful for the work I know they have done on their OYE program. James Helton, General Chairman of the Jaycee sp onsored competition to rec ognize outstanding achiev ement by young educators, stated that he was impressed with the high caliber of nom inations received from within the County, and felt that the judging process which was reportedly extremely hard this year, would become more difficult as the participation and competition developed stronger as the OYE Pro gram became an annual occ urrence. The meeting was high lighted by an inspirational address from Dr. Robert An dres s, Dean of Young Harris College. IT'S ON THE AIR - Jack Owens, Jaycee President watches as Bill Christy throws switch to put WDEF-TV translator on the air. WDEF-TV transmits normally onChannell2. Murphy residents can now receive WDEF-TV on Channel 7. Jaycee Bill Christy is Chairman of the club's translator project and has been working on it for almost two years. Young People Demonstrate At Annual Woman's Missionary Meeting Thursday, April 28th, 5 p.m. a strange sight greeted all those Who were gathering at Tomotla Baptist Church for the Annual Woman's Mission ary Meeting. Some seventy five your^g people carrying banners and conducting a real picket line could be seen in front of the church. Upon closer observation one could see that these young people were asking for training to be of service in God's Kingdom work at home and abroad. In the church Mrs. Edgar Wood, Vice President of the Associational W.M.U. had called the group to order and issued a word of welcome. Mrs. Anderson Bell, Prayer chairman conducted the Call to Prayer in the midst of a very worshipful setting of flowers and a large stained glass win dow with the scripture, "Having the everlasting gos pel to preach untio them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred and tongue and people." Rev.l4:6 b writ ten upon it. Rev. Marvin Hampton, host pastor read the scripture in English and Mrs. Inez Blay formerly of Cuba, read the scripture in Spanish. A siren was heard and two policemen escorted the host of young people, who had been waiting outside, into the church. Here they presented their needs, and were given replies by the following: Mrs. J.E. Green, W.M.U. Associa tional President, Rev. Fred Lunsford, Associational Missionary, Rev. M. Garrett Brotherhood Representative, Mrs. Jessie Bailey, Y.W.A. Director, Mrs. Everette En glish, G.A. Director, Mrs. L. W. HendrixSunbeam Director, Mrs. Robert Bruce, Mission ary Study Chairman, Mrs. Kenneth Davis, Committee Missionary Chairman and Mrs. Catherine Summerose, Texana Representative. The congregation was then invited to supper in the Toni otla Community Building which is near by the church. Here a bountiful meal was enjoyed by all as the host church presided over the food. After supper Mrs. Lucinda Martin read the scripture in the Cherokee language. Miss Hensonwas introduced by Mrs. J. Elmer Greene who then brought the missionary message of the evening. Miss Henson, who works with the Seminary and Train ing School of Santiago Chile, made all of us see the joy of proclaiming the everlasting gospel. Also how gladly the gospel is being received in Chile. Rev. Bill Borgoil closed the meeting with a prayer of dedication after all the new officers for the coming year were asked to stand. Mrs. J. Elmer Green would like to take this means of thanking everyone who worked so hard to make the meeting a success, especially the host church. Tomotla Slates Teen Meeting Ther will be a meeting in the Tomotla Community Cen ter, Saturday, May 7, at 7 o'clock p.m. to organize a Teen-Age Recreation Club. All teen-agers interested are urged to attend this meet ing. rwE l\4ANt I IbA-S Seventy-five young people demonstrated their need for more G.A. leaders last Thurs day at the annual Woman's Missionary Union meeting got under way at the Tomotla Bap tist Church. AFI Dedication Set For Saturday Official dedication cere monies for the Magnavox Company's new Andrews Furniture Industries Plant at Andrews, North Carolina, Will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 7, at the plant site. The ceremonies will be followed by an Open House to which the public is invited. Expected to be on hand for the ceremonies will be U. S. Representative of the 11th Dis trict, Roy A. Taylor: James Sharkey, Assistant Adminis for Business Loans for the Economic Development Ad ministration; and local busi nessman and civic leader, Percy B. Ferebee will also participate in the dedication ceremonies. Immediately following the dedication ceremonies, the public is invited to tour the plant and meet the Magnavox personnel and their families. There will be souvenirs for adults and children and re freshments will be served. The Andrews Plant is the newest in Magnavox's wide spread operations. The com pany also has facilities in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Urbana, 111., Bryson City, N.C.; Tor rance, Calif., London, Eng land, Flora, Mississippi,Len oir, N. C., and Greenville, Morristown, Jefferson City and Johnson City in Tennes see. James L. Adkins Baptist Revival Begins Monday The Rev. James L. Adkins, pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia, will conduct a revival at the Murphy First Baptist Church. Rev. William Thompson, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Murphy, has ann ounced that there will be two services daily. There will be a Breakfast Service, starting each morning at 7:00 a.m. and night services to start at 7i45 p.m. The ntorning services will be conducted on the Book of Philippians. Some of the ser mons that the public is invit ed hear are: "Once More", "Altogether", "Who's Boss?', "Your Hero", "Why Folks Backslide", "Poor Fel low", "Hell". "Heaven", "This Is Your Life", "How Much Can Happen In A 10 Mil lionth Of A Second?" There will be special music by choirs, groups, and indivi duals. The congregational singing yill be conducted by Rev. Thompson. Services will start Monday, May 9, and will continue through May 13. Tanker overturns near Murphy. Acid Tanker Wreck Causes Power Failure MURPHY- An acid-loaded trailer plunged off U. S. 64 west of hereFriday afternoon, knocking down two power poles, and spilling its cor rosive cargo along the high way, Cherokee County Sheriff Claude Anderson said the truck driver apparently att empted to avoid an accident with another vehicle, went off the pavement and overturned. At Providence Hospital,the driver was identified as Ralph Patton, 24, of Asheville. He was not seriously hurt,hos pital officials said. Sheriff Anderson said a lo cal power failure resulted from the knocked-down poles, but that service was restored in about an hour. The con tents of the tanker-trailer was listed as sulphuric acid. The accident attracted the attention of a large number of spectators, requiring consid erable traffic control as well as salvage efforts. The truck is owned by Caus tic Soda Transportation Co., of Asheville. A total ctf 501 straight tick ets swept the Democrats to victory in Tuesday's election, allowing the party to retain control of the Town of Mur phy. Straight Republican tick ets amounted to 313. Democratic candidate Cloe Moore defeated Republican Boyce Stiles in the Mayor race by a margin of 581 to 357. Re-elected to the Board of Aldermen were Incumbent W. A. "Dub" Singleton, Ken neth Godfrey, Jerry Hatchett, and Francis Bourne, Jr. The remaining two seats on the board were won by Wally Wil liams and W.T. "Bud" Brown. Here's how the voting went for Board of Aldermen candi dates: Kenneth Godfrey, 581, "Bud" Brown, 565, Wally Wil liams, 559, Francis Bourne, Jr., 557, Jerry Hatchett, 552, "Dub" Singleton, 546, John Dickey, 392, Richard Howell, 388, Charles Coleman, 379, Hayes Dockery, Jr., 372, Ab Graves, 369, and Leonard Ramsey, 369. Interest in Tuesday's elect ion ran high with 83.9$ of the eligible voters casting ballots. Of the 1,135 eligible voters, 948 made their choice known by turning out to vote. This was the first time in twelve years that voters have had a choice in choosing which party would attend theTownof Murphy's business affairs. The Democrats were unoppos ed in the last two elections. "I am proud the people of Murphy thought enough of me to elect me as their Mayor," the newly elected Mayor Moore said. Moore was obviously happy to come through with a 224 vote margin following his narrow victory for the Demo cratic nomination for Mayor in March. He defeated Wally Williams by two votes in that race. Moore succeeds L. L. Mason who chose to retire from office. The Circus Is Coming To Town Wednesday, May 11th will be circus day in Murphy. Sponsored by the Murphy Jaycees, the Hoxie Brothers Circus will present two per formances at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 pan. at the Fairgrounds on the Murphy-Andrews High way. The Hoxie Brothers Circus, last of the old-timey tnree ring circus' bring with it once again to youngsters of all ages,the wonderful thrills and excite ment of "Circus Day." President Jack Owens of die Murphy Jaycees, which is sponsoring the circus, and other members of the Jaycees personally invite all young sters and those of you that are still young at heart, to come visit the Fairgrounds on cir cus day and to enjoy once again the never to be forgot ten thrill as tremendous hulk ing bull elephants haul the acres of canvass skyward and tent city unfurls its banners against the background of our modern mountain Metropolis. Advance tickets are now on sale and can be purchased from any member of the Mur phy Jaycee Club. You are ask ed to buy your advance ticket from the Jaycees for two rea sons. First, you save money and secondly, the more ad vance tickets that are sold.the more money will go into die Jaycee Community Fund to continue to make our area a better place to work and live. There will be no reserve seats and the admission price when bought in advance will be 754 for children 12 years of age and under and $1.00 for adults. Prices will be higher at die gate. Everyone is urged to buy in advance to assure the great er part of the advance sale ticket money remaining right here in the community. Gun Barrel Death Brings Murder Count ML'RPHY- A 53-year-old 1 U. S. Forest Service em ployee recently honored at a retirement banquet died of a fractured skull Wednesday, April 27, in a hospital here, and a murder charge result ed. Jesse Reuben Rich, of the Culberson section, was the victim. James H. Graham, who lives on Hiwassee Dam Road, was freed under $5,000 bond on the charge, which will be heard May 14. According to Cherokee County Sheriff Claude Ander son, Graham seized a small caliber rifle from Rich and hit him over the head with the barrel, after some sort of argument. The incident took place at Graham's home Tuesday, and Rich never regained cons ciousness. The two men re portedly were good friends. An inquest was conducted by Coroner J. C. Towns on before Graham was ordered held. Rich was a native of Wash ington County, Tenn, and was a member of Montgomery Masonic Lodge 426, and Oak Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are a brother, Roy Rich, of Eagle Nest,N. Mex.i two half-sisters,Mrs. Pearl Taylor and Mrs. Hazel Wogoa Train Road Moaoy Allocated Secretary of Commerce John T. Connor has allocated funds for the construction of the Robblnsvllle - Tellico Plains road. Connor ann ounced the allocation in Wash ington on Monday. The road, which is expect ed to aid the tourist industry in this area, will open up previously inacessable areas in the Cherokee *nd Nantahala national forests. Craig, both of Murphy, Rt. 4; and a half-brother, Mearlen Slagle, Murphy, Rt. 3. Services were held Fri day at 2:00 p.m. at Oak Grove Baptist Church. The Rev. Frank Fisher and the Rev. Milford Garrett offi ciated and burial was in the church cemetery with Mas onic rites. lvie Funeral Home was in charge. TODAYS EDITORIAL : Winners And Losers Stand Congratulated It is traditional to congratulate the winners and the Scout feels congratulations are also in order for the losers. So Congratulations Democrats for your victory in Tuesday's town election in Murphy and Congratulations to the Republicans for making it an interesting race. Over 83% of the eligible voters in Murphy participated in this election and a turnout of this proportion is rare. It is doubtful that the turnout would have neared this figure had the Republicans sat this one out. Since they are heavily out numbered in registrations in Murphy, this would have been an easy way out. Insteod, they nominated a slate of candidates and campaigned vigorously, even though the odds were heavily against them. Winners and losers alike can look at the turnout percentage in Tuesdays election with pride and feel that the people of Murphy hod their say.

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