North Carolina Newspapers

The Cherokee mm Scout CK.,.k.. Co.../, B... BV C/dV C0Untl< **09? Volume 76 - Numh?r 43 Murphy, North Corolino May 19, 1966 12 Pages This Week AT MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA coutlets By Jock Owonc niiwii * u jvu V?I1 twv?? fy the above bearded chara* :ter, we'll give you a King fames edition of the Holy Bible ibsolutely free, a $5.95 value, f you can tell us when he jrew it, we'll toss in a free >ne-years subscription to the Cherokee Scout - total value of (9.01. \11 we'll tell you is that te is a well-known Murphy resident Entries must be postmarked no later than Mon day a.m. His relatives are not eligible. No phone calls, please. Earliest postmark wins. -J WOULD YOU BELIEVE that rainey brings sunshine and jacon brings ice cream? Yes, It's true. You may prove it Py checking at a loca1 motel (Mooreland Heights Court) and you'll find stopping there are Mr. Rainey who sells Sunshine Crackers and Mr. Bacon who sells Mayfield icecream. How about that! -J Age is sometimes deceiv ing. The Scout's own "Cuz" was visiting Cyrus White re cently at a local hospital and the subject of age was being discussed. "How old do you think I am asked "Cuz" "Well, by the looks of ya, I'd guess about 2 years my junior," says Cyrus. Actually Cyrus is 66 and "Cuz" is 47. Looks like "Cuz" would learn to keep his mouth shut sometimes. -J Now they've done it. The powers that be have issued a Realty license to a female. Dlann Dorsey out at Farm and Resort Realty Company recently got her Realty license and now she can ped dle real estate all over the place. Next thing you know, they'll want to give women the right to vote. -J Would believe that a water fall has been lost? At least that's the way it looks, and the curator of the North Caro lina Museum of Art is looking for it. This all started when a Thomasville couple gave the museum a painting with the name "Tamahaka Falls" written in script on the back. The director of the museum says he believes the artist, who died in 1905, was the first to penetrate Western North Carolina. An old catalog hinted that the falls are located In Cherokee but didn't state whe ther or not it was the town or county. If you think you know where the lost "Tamahka Falls" are give us a call. -J A former national pres ident of the Trial Lawyers Association has suggested that the automobiles should be put In jail when a person Is caught violating traffic laws. "If the automobile has be come the great American status symbol let's take it away from him when he mis uses it," the lawyer said. Note: This would be a good way to keep juries from turn ing loose traffic violators and leaving the cars on the streets. -J The latest thing going on down at City Barber Shop is on L.B. Ledford. Seems that a customer in L.B.'s chair was having a rough shave and he said, 1 say. Barber, have you another raxor?" L3.-"Yes, why?" Customer-"! just want to defend myself." - -J TODAY'S THOUGHT- No only is the horse becomlnj extinct; so are the people wb work like one. Governor Moore To Be Here For Groundbreaking Gov. Dan K. Moore will attend the ground breaking ceremonies for the new build ing at the Tri-County Industrial Education Center at Peach tree, Thursday, May 26. Holland McSwain, director of the center, said he was notified last weekend that the governor would accept his invitation to attend the ground breaking. The public is invited to the ceremonies which will begin at 3 p.m. The new building will be constructed with the help of funds made available under the Appalachian Redevelopment Program. The federal government made a (48,000 grant for this purpose a few weeks ago. The remaining (12,000 will come from Cher okee County. McSwain said Cherokee is the only county paying the local share. He explained that while the school also serves Clay and Graham counties, the building will become the property of Cherokee County. Moa Found Dead In Swing Here Alvin Martin, 66, was found dead in a swing at his home on Wells Street, Friday morning. Coroner J.C. Townson said Martin had been dead about eight hours. Death was bel ieved caused by a heart attack. Martin, a mechanic for Regal Mills, had been involved in an accident last week when he drove a car owned by Virgil O'Dell backward into the Employment Security Commission office. Ml c a o U III in c i i uumi Corps Approved Tom Day, Four-Square Community Action President, announced this week that Sum mer Neighborhood Youth Corps enrollees are being selected in nine high schools in Clay, Cherokee, Graham, and Swain counties. The recently approved Summer NYC Program will give employment to 100 needy high school students for ten weeks this summer. They will work 28 hours weekly at a salary of |1.2S per hour. The program, under the direction of Mrs Jayne Ramsey of Mur phy , begins J une 16 and will end August 24. Students are being selected by school principals and guid ance counselors. Selection is based strictly-on need, with welfare and surplus commo dities recipients receiving first priority. Enrollees are selected on a non-discri minatory basis. To be eligible, they must be ret urning to high school in the fall. The students chosen for work will be given jobs as close to their homes as poss ible. Many of the jobs will be in the schools while others will be in town and county offices, public agencies and private, non-profit or ganizations. This summmer's program will be the second NYC project undertaken by Four -Square. A current in-school project is employing 176 students in jobs in schools throughout the four county area. Since Feb ruary, these students have had an opportunity to earn cash and die project has enabled many of them to remain in sdiool and participate in many ac tivities in which they would not have otherwise ^-rticipated. "The in-school project has proven to us what NYC can do, Day said, "For this reason, we are especially pleased to be able to continue though the summer." New Films Now At Library Four new films have been added to the North Carolina Adult Film Project and are now available from die Mur Carnegle Library. Films from this state-wide library collection may not be used in elementary and secondary schools nor may they be used where an a&nisslon is char ged. The new films are: the crrr and the FUTURE (28 minutes in black and whitej-describes the way a properly planned city of to day may grow into the city of the future. THE COLONIAL NATURA LIST (56 minutes in color)* tells the life of the painter of birds and animals in Colonial Williamsburg, Mark Catesby, and contains beautiful scenes of Williamsburg in the spring. IN AMERICA (18 minutes in black and white)- is a western movie made by showing a com bination of early prints and drawings descriptive of the American west in the middle of the nineteenth centruy. RIVERS OF TIME (26 minutes in color)-picturesthe land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and discusses the contribution it has made to the culture of man. FIREMEN PLAY A STREAM ol water on Murphy's Historic Henry House Sunday after noon. The snioke rising in the background was visible for miles around the town. Murphy Landmark Damaged By Fire; Was To Be Demolished For Bank Site The Henry House, an his toric Murphy landmark, was heavily damaged by fire Sunday afternoon. The Murphy volunteer fire men answered the alarm for the blaze shortly before 2 p.m. They had to prevent the spread of flames to two adjoining establishments, BurchMotors and Margaret's Studios. The firemen left their equipment on the scene for some time after the fire was doused and men were stationed there overnight as a precautionary measure. It is believed the fire started in a woodshed behind the Henry House. Two caretakers, in the house at the time, escaped without injury. A large crowd of Sunday Juvenile Center Has Openings Residents of western North Carolina are invited to apply forjpositions now open at the State of North Carolina Juv enile Evaluation Center at Swannanoa. Positions open include house/parent, social workers, stenographer, records clerk, nurse, school teacher, trades teacher, cook and counselors. The salary offered is the North Carolina state scale. Full details are availableat the Employment Security Commission office. afternoon sightseer- gathered to watch firemen battle the blaze. Many were attracteJ by the laree smoke cloud which was visable for miles around Murphy. The Henry House was Murphy's oldest hotel. It had been operated by four fenera tions of Henrys since its es tablishment in 1K40. Originally a boardinghouse.it became a trainmen's hotel in later years. The last mem bers oftheHenryfamilytoown Two County Homes Burn At Same Time The Murphy volunteerfire men answered one call Wed nesday morning and ended up going to two fires. Both homes involved were totally destroyed. The original call was for a blaze at the home of Fred Foster on Highway 64 west. The house was located about a mile west of the junction with Highway 294. No one was home at the time. While the firemen were at the Foster home, they rec eived a call to a home on the Blairsville Highway. The house was occupied by Mrs. Emma Grant and her son, Bill. Both were reported confined to a hospital. No one was at the home when the fire broke out. Schulte Outlines Clifton Plans To Murphy Civitans manager of Clifton Precision Products Murphy plant, Tue sday night told the Murphy Civitan Club of CPC's growth and plans here. Starting with background in formation about both Clifton Precision and its parent company Litton Industries, Schulte stated CPC already employes over 200 men and women in Murphy. Production facilities are located at both the old Farmers Federation building in town, and at the Tri -County Industrial Ed ucation Center in Peach tree. Clifton's new building, to be located near the Peach tree Elementary school should be ready in September. Schulte stated that CPC hoped to have over 300 employees in these the winning were .vn >. Walter Mauney andMrs. Duke Whitley, great-granddau ghters of the founder. Citizens BankandTrustl'o mpany bought the property on May 1st. The building was to be demolished in the near future and a drive-in bank is to be erected on the site. Scott Townson Marble Boy Picked For Gifted Student School At W.C.C. Scott lownson of Marble has been chosen to atteiK classes for gifted childrer at Western Carolina College this summer He is the 11-year old sol of Mr. and Mrs.C.H. Townsoi and a fifth grader at Andrew: Elementary School. Hi: teacher is Mrs. Betr P. Harris. Scott is the firs pupil from the Andrews Schoo to be selected for thesumme classes. The class is part of th regular Summer Dem onstratiou School. Its purpos is enrichment rather tha acceleration. Student selected to attend must b advanced at least two year educationally. CO jtnunc iew facilities. This will in lude skilled machine ?perators for machines not low common to production fork in this area such as athes, and punch presses. These skills are being icqulred by employees at the ires em temporary facilities n the Education Center. During the business session irior to Mr. Schulte's pre tentation, a report on the itate Civitan convention for lorth Carolina District West teld last week in Winston Salem was given by Jim Sprung. The new district {overnor, Rev. Milton B. Faust of Saliskury, North Carolina was insulled at the convention. Civitan Governor Faust will install the new officers for the Murphy Civitan Club during the ladies night meeting to be held June 10. fhite Church Group It Winnepesaukah Chattanooga, Tenn. - A ;roup of students from White Church School visited Lake Winnepesaukah Friday, May 13. Paul J. Vaught, Jr. was in charge of the group and other chaperones were Miss Elizabeth Margin, Mrs. Cur tis Hewett, Neal Marcus, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McRae Mrs. Horace Kent and Mrs. Wayne Abernathy. Those students making the annual trip and enjoying the many rides and other act ivities included: Vernon Hartness, Leon Lovingood, Robert Lovingood, Brenda Ke nt, Barry Slackery, Ronnie Slackery, Mike Slackery, Gl enda Roberson, Linda Mc Rae, Linda Kephart, Lomie Mintz, Ray Seabolt, Larry Slackery, Mary Bryson.Oneu Roberts, Ricky Hass, Larry Mintz, Leonard Gaddis, Vir ginia Lovirtg, Sonja Kephart, Alice Graves and Sleena Da vis. County Demos Nominate Slate; Party Favors County Primary The Cherokee County Democratic Party held its convention at the Courthouse Saturday afternoon. A slate of candidates for the Novem ber general election was nominated. Pete Stalcup was nominated as the party's candidate for sheriff in a close race with Ray Sims. The Murphy police man bested Sims by five votes, 43-38. Another contender for sheriff, Ernest Crowe, received four votes. A five vote margin decided the race for register of deeds candidate also. Jack Carter defeated Henry Truett, 45 40. A lively discussion on eligibility was raised when Mrs. Hugh Hensley was nominated as a candidate for register of deeds. A delegate questioned her elgibility since Mrs. Hensley had not been living in the county for some time. While the statutes on this were being checked, the delegate who nominated Mrs. Hensley withdrew her name. Hugh Rayburn of Andrews was nominated for the clerk of court post. He defeated Murphy restaurant owner J immy Howse, 51-34. Lewis King and Robert Stiles were nominated for the Cherokee County school board. King received 83 votes and Stiles got 69. A third contender, James Chapman got 17 votes. Hubert Walker was unopp osed lor the coroner's nomination. The candidates for the recently expanded board of county commissioners were nominated without Forsyth Declines Party Chairmanship W. Frank Forsyth, State Senator of the 36th District was elected Chairman of the Cherokee County Democratic Party at Saturday's conventio party at Saturday's convention bur declined the position Mon day. Forsyth told the Scout Tue sday that he appreciated the people's vote of confidence stating, "1 just don't have the time to do a creditable job of Cherokee County Democratic Party Chair man." Having previously served as party chairman, Forsyth said he realized how much time the position would require. Forsyth was recently elec ted president of Citizens Bank and Trust Company's consol idated banks and now spends much of his time traveling throughout the company's offices in Western North Carolina. >ylva Man To Talk h Bolivia Work Dr. David Daniel, a Sylva pediatrician will speak Sunday night at 1:30 at the First Methodist Church of Murphy. His topic will be the Methodist Mission to Bolivia, the story of a seven doctor team that worked in the early part of February in that South American country. The seven Methodist physicians and dentists gave up more than two weeks of their local practices to helf save lives at four scattered mission clinics and outposts. The members , of the grouj: paid their own expenses and delivered $6,000. worth of vaccines, drugs, andsupplies. "We helped give life tc dying children and our rewarc was the gratitude on the people's faces", Daniel said He sat up during a night wid an infant who was brought ii gasping and feverish wit! pneumonia. Dena Newman New Murphy PTA Prexj The Murphy Parent Teachers Association met i the high school lunchroot Monday night for th installation of new officer Delia Newman was installs as president of the grou| succeeding Ben Palmer. The new vice-president I John Gill. Ruby Craig wt elected treasurer, and Ira Mills was installed as secretary. Superintendent of Schoo John Jordan presided at d installation ceremony. apposition. They are: District One, R.M. Patten and William T. Moore; District Two: Dr. Paul Hill and Harry Bishop; and District Three, Johnny Ray Jones and Charles Mc Gill. Candidates for constable were nominated in three town ships. They are Murphy Township, Will _ Rogers; Valleytown Township, Harold Parker; and Nottley Township Garrett Kilpatrick. Hothouse Shoal Creek and Beaverdam Townships did not nominate candidates for constable. Throughout the balloting, a block vote from the eastern end of the county was evident. The Topton, Andrews North, Andrews South, and Marble precints cast solid votes in every race. The only race in which the block was sucessful, however, was Hugh Rayburn's victory for the clerk of court nomination. The convention passed a resolution urging the next session of the General Assembly to enact alawprov iding for a county primary to replace the present convention system. The delegates favored a primary with no runoff. The high man would win a multi-candidate race even if he failed to attain a majority. F ollowing the convention, the executive committee elec ted W. Frank Forsyth as the county Democratic chaiman. Mrs. Helen Dickey of Murphy was elected first vice chairman. Second vice chairman will be Mrs.G.W. Cover of Andrews and the third vice chairman will be Harest King of Hiawassee Dam. L.L. Mason, Jr. of Murphy will continue to serve as secretary. Dave Bruce Named As Scout Managing Editor MURPHY- DaveBruce, a nat ive of Allentown, Pennsylvania and a former news director for Radio Station WCVP, was named this week by Publisher Jack Owens as Managing Editor of The Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress. Mr. Bruce assumed the duties of his new post Monday and he will be in charge of the news direction of the paper. He is a graduate of Emmaus, Pennsylvania High School,att ended East Tennessee State College, and graduated from the Army Information School at Ft. Slocum, New York majoring in journalism, broadcasting and photography. His previous experience in cludes, WEMB radio, Erwin, Tennesse, Armed Forces Radio, San Juan Puerto Rico, and News Director at Radio Sta tion WCVP, Murphy. Mr. Bruce is 28 and married to the former Miss Mavis Ruth Collins of Ulvah, Kentucky. They have one child, David age 3. He served with the U.S. Army from 1960 to 1963. Murphy Man Suffers Broken Collarbone Ben Scott, 43, of Murphy suffered a broken collarbone and facial lacerations in a one car wreck on Franklin Mountain Monday afternoon, about 1:30. He was listed in satisfactory condition at Providence Hospital. Scott was driving toward Murphy on U.S. 64. The car ran off the road and over turned several time, pinning him in the wreckage. The vehicle was a new 1966 F ord Station wagon which Scott had just purchased last Friday. It was totally demo lished. Dave Bruce Managing Editor Yonce Joins WKRK; Slade At Big Six Murphy's radio stations announced the hiring of new personnel this week Bill Yonce of Peachtree joined the staff of Radio Sta tion WKRK on Monday. He replaces Richard Casey who enlisted in the U.S.Air Force. Yonce, an Air Force veteran himself, had previously been employed as sales manager at Radio Station WCVP. Last week, Radio Station WCVP announced the arrival of Tom Slade. Slade, a native of Marion, N.C., is a graduate of an Atlanta broadcasting school. He replaces Dave Bruce. Bruce resigned as pro gram director at the station last Saturday, May 14, to accept the position as Managing Editor of the Cherokee Scout. Plans Made For District Hospital Fund Push; Ferebee Heads Drive Plans for raising the local portion of funds necessary for the million-dollar expansion program of District Memorial Hospital were ad vanced at the annual meeting of the board of trustees last week. Percy B. Fere bee was re elected chairman of the board. Also re-elected to the executive committee were W J3. W hi taker, R.E. Heaton, J?. Howell, and T?. Day. A slate of members was elected to the board of trustees from Graham County.They are JJ5. Howell,Mrs. Leonard l.w. wllson, Ed Ingram, and Doyle R. Brock, The Graham group Is now completely organized and has adopted a pace-setting goal of $50,000 in contributions toward the $200,000 minimum for local participation. Trustees from Clay County include Tf.Day.Don Weaver, Mrs. Velma Moore, Wallace Cr; wford, Mrs.HA.Gilstrom and Boyd Scroggs. The Cherokee County group includes P3. Fere bee. Giles Bryson, WJJ. Whitaker, C.O, Frazler, L.B. Nichols, R3. Heaton, JJi. Christy, F.W. Swan and Houston Ledford. Mrs. RA. Dower of Andrews was elected honorary member of the board of truetMS. This Is in recognition of her long end faithful service to the hos pital and to the board. The board unanimously approved a proposal to set $500 as the minimum con tribution toward a memorial established in honor of, or tn memory of, an individual. Capt. F.W. Swan will be in charge of the memorial drive. AH memorials will be engraved on a bronze plaque and erected in an appropriate manner in the hospital. A motion was approved to give similiar recognition to the honorees of founding con tributions made in 19S6. Martin New Manager For Power Co - Op John Di. Marlin has named manager of Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Mem bership Corporation of Young Hrrls, Georgia. The announcement, made by the board of directors, said Marlin will assume his dudes on June 1. Marlin is coming la this position from Athens, Ala bama. He was manager of City of Athens, Alabama dec I fif IS yurs.