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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.
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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.