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Volume76 ? Number 47 Murphy, North Carolina June 16, 19M 10 Pages This Week ^murphcarouna
Murphy Chamber Of Commerce Week, June 20 - 26
Murphy Town Budget OK'd;
Tax Rate Stays At $2
The Murphy Town Board
met Monday evening, adopted
the budget for 1966 and voted
to keep the tax rate at the
present level of $2.
The budget shows estimated
expenditures of *230,113 and
estimated revenues of
9216,496. The 913,617 differ
ence will be made up by draw
ing on funds already deposited
in the town's accoi^tT
In voting to keep the tax
rate at |2 the Board also
decided to allocate 60% of
the revenue for the general
fund and 40% debt Service
again.
The Board unanimously
passed a resolution exp
ressing appreciation to the
Murphy Jaycees for their
project which brought the tel
evision translatorsitetoMur
phy. The jaycee' effort has
resulted in area residents
being able to receive an ex
cellent signal from WRCB-tv
and WDEF-TV of Chattanooga,
a copy of die resolution was
presented to the club's pres
ident, Jack Owens.
The payroll of the town's
employees are adjusted in
order to keep their salaries
in line with those being paid
by local industries.
The Board voted to continue
the policy of routing the pur
chase of gas, oil and grease
Rev. Hawkins Named
To First Methodist
Rev. w. Thornton Hawkins
nas been appointed pastor of
Ae Murphy First Methodist
Church. He succeeds Rev.
Clark W. Benson who will be
transferred to Tryon
Columbus. The changes were
announced at the Western
North Carolina Methodist Con
ference which closed Sunday
at Lake Junaluska.
Hawkins has been serving
as pastor at the First Meth
odist Church of Reidsvllle,
N.C. for the past two years.
He is a native of Canton
and attended Pfeiffer and
Guildford colleges before re
ceiving his bachelor of div
inity degree at Duke Univer
sity Divinity School in 1954.
He has been a member of the
Western North Carolina Con
ference for 13 years.
The 36-year-old Hawkins is
married to the former Miss
Evelyn Diggs of Rockingham,
N.C. They have two daughters,
Patrice, 12 and Catherine, 10.
Remodeling Started
On New Employment
Commission Office
The North Carolina Emp
loyment Security Commission
is expected to move into new
quarters in Murphy around
July L The office will be loc
ated in the old Cherokee
Scout Building at 102 Hickory
St.
Charles Erwin, manager of
the local employment office
said extensive remodeling of
the building is underway now
and he is hopeful that the work
can be completed close to the
July 1 target date.
Erwin said die new
office will provide adequate
testing facilities and room for
counseling services. He told
the Scout that the new location
will enable the Murphy office
to provide better services for
those seeking employment in
this area.
Approval of the new office
came from the Governor's
office in Raleigh several days
?go.
The office site is being
leased by the state from
Merle Davis.
Mallonee To Visit
Area Wednesday
Tom L. Mallonee, assistant
to Congressman Roy A. Tay
lor, is now making scheduled
visits to the counties in the
11th Congressional District.
He will be in Cherokee and
Clay Counties next Wed
nesday. Mallonee will be at
the Andrews Town Hall from 9
to 9i30 ami., City Hall in
Murphy from 11 to 12 noon, and
the Clay County courthouse in
Hayaevllle from S to 4 p.m.
imong the service stations in
Murphy and to continue the fin
inclal support of the summer
recreation program. Add
itional lighting at the fair
grounds was also approved. A
resolution was passed to re
turn Regal Street to the State
Highway Department for im
provements and maintenance.
Traffic problems in Murphy
were discussed. The Board
was particularly concerned
with tieups that occur at the
Square and in the area of the
i&P. They talked about the
possibility of installing a left
turn green arrow at the stop
light on the Square and chang -
lng the location of the stoplight
at Hilton Street and Valley
River Avenue. It is considered
possible that a crosswalk sig
nal may be installed there too.
The Board is requesting die
State Highway Commission to
study these traffic problems
and make recommendations.
Harry Bishop and John Gill
were reappointed to die Mur
phy Carnegie Library Board.
A low bid of SITS for a paint
job on the Rimco Water Tank
was accepted. The work will
be done by Thomason steeple
Jack Service of LaGrange, Ga.
The Board approved a con
tract with Weaver and Shaver
of Asheville to audit the town" s
books fbr the year ending June
30.
The Board again approved
the removal of the sidewalk on
the south side of Willow Street
in the block between
Tennessee a nd Church
Streets. The sidewalk removal
will enable the widening of die
roadway in that block.
Mayor Cloe Moore app
ointed a committee consist
ing of Wally Williams, Ken
Godfrey and W.A. Singleton
to study die town's civil de
fense preparedness. The
group will explore mea sures
needed to assure continuity
of government and proper
shelter in the event of disastei
here.
Murphy Geaeral
Hospital OK'd
For Medicare
Murphy General Hospital
has been approved to par
ticipate in the Medicare pro
gram which becomes effective
July 1.
Approval for Murphy Gen
eral means that both Murphy
hospitals will be able to acc
ept patients covered by Med
icare. Providence Hospital
announced its acceptance by
the program last week.
The Andrews District Mem
orial Hospital has also been
approved.
Seven Sent
For Induction
Seven area men were for
warded to Knoxville for in
duction into the Armed
Forces on Monday by the loc
al draft board.
Those forwarded were:
Lloyd Bay less Lunsford, Jr.,
Jimmy Ashe, Jr., Kenneth
Zane Hickey, James Burton
Hall, Lee Ross Carter, Mit
chell Swanson and Edward Lee
Ledford.
Adams, Breedlove
Make Dean,s List
Two Cherokee County stu
dents have earned a place on
the Dean's list for high sch
olastic achievement at North
Carolina Sute University dur
ing the spring semester.
They are Thomas D. Adams
and Gary M. Breedlove,
Adams a sophomore in ele
ctrical engineering, is the son
of Mrs. Anna L. Adams of RL
1, Murphy.
Breedlove, a freshman in
liberal arts, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Breedlove, Jr.
of RU, Andrews.
4-H Talaat Show
Sat For Friday
A 4-H Talent Show will be
held at 7t30 p.m. Friday in the
Murphy school auditorium.
All talented 4-Her's are in
vited to participate and die
public is Invited to an and.
There will be no acknlssior
charge.
NEWLY INSTALLED OFFICERS of the Murphy Civlttn Club ere shown here. Front row
0 to r) Lonzo Shields, Bud Alexander, Roy Chandler and John Donley, immediate past pres
ident. Back row: Jim Sprung, Lillard Walker, Howard Martin and Bill Taylor.
Civitans Install Sprung, Name Scholarship
Winners And Three For Conference
Jim Sprung was installed
as President of the Murphy
Clvitan Club for 1966-67 last
Friday during the club's ann
ual Ladies Night at the Milton
Inn in Blairsville.
District Governor Milton B.
Faust of Salisbury, N.C. also
installed Charles Castor as
president -elect for 1967-68
Llllard Walker, first vice
president; Bud Alexander,
second vice-president; Roy
Chandler, secretary. Bill
Taylor, treasurer; Lonzo
Sheilds, sergeant-at arms;
and Howard Martin, chaplain.
Chandler is serving his fifth
term as secretary and Taylor
is in the treasurer's office
for a third term.
John Donley, out going pre
sident was honored as Civitan
of the Year.
Faust, in his charge to the
new officers, stressed thegui
r ding principles of the Civitans
as summed up in the civitan
Creed:"Whatsoever ye would
that men should do unto you,
do ye even so to them.**
Civitans pledge themselves to
practice this Golden Rule and
to build upon it a better and
nobler citizenship.
Donely presided at die
meeting attended by 90 mem
bers and guests.
In another Civinui activity,
three rising-seniors at
Murphy High School will be
attending the Civitan Youth
Conference beginning Sunday.
They are Larry Hunsucker,
Barbara Thompson and Naomi
Sprung.
The conference, held at the
LD. Blumenthal estate "Wild
acres" near Little
Switzerland, N.C., is one of
three held each June for ris
ing seniors from high schools
throughout North Carolina, It
is dedicated to the dev
elopment of youth leadership,
citizenship and human
relationship skills.
The Murphy students, in
company with others attendiig
the conference, will consider
factors effecting good human
relationships, along with
leadership requirements and
approaches best suited for
resolving human conflicts.
Inter-group relations will be
considered through the
exchange of a variety of points
of view.
The Murphy Cltitans have
announced the awarding of two
$300 scholarships to recent
graduates of Murphy High
School. The winners were
Carol Janell McRae and
Ronald Carl Dockery.
Carol, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs . Harvey McRae of
the Owl Creek community
plans to begin her studies
at Western Carolina College
during the summer quarter.
Ronald, the son of Mr. and
Mrs R.V. Dockery of Murphy
has been accepted at Berea
College for the fall quarter.
Since me scholars hip pro
ject began, the Civitans have
awarded over $6,000 to grad
uates of Murphy High SchooL
In the past, a single $260.
scholarship was granted, how
ever, beginning with the pre
sent awards, the clublsgtvlig
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two $300 scholarships each
year. Nearly an the funds for
the scholarships are raised
through the clih's fruitcake
sales at Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
CAROL McRAE AND RONALD DOCKERY were the winn
ers of two $300 scholarships awarded to graduates of Murphy
Ugh School by the Civitan Club.
Scout-Progress Plans
Boys Baseball Clinic
By Red Schuyler
With the slow pitch league
in full swing giving all those
16 years of age or older a
chance to participate in a sum
mer recreational program it
appears that those under that
age are left out.
It is our opinion that these,
too, should be given some con
sideration and some means to
be taken to insure that these
young people participate in
some sport during the summer
months.
In the past we have had
Little League and Babe Ruth
League going but just after
getting them off the ground and
going, everything went poof.
We have two fine baseball
parks in Murphy and it seems
a shame that with these parks
the kids between 10 and 15
do not have some kind of base
ball program going for them.
There are towns smaller than
Murphy that don't even "have
one such playing field, but
year in and year out they come
up with Little League base
ball teams.
Is It that we just don't care,
or that we just haven't taken
time to think about it, or we
say let someone else do it?
1 prefer to think that it is
just that we haven't taken time
to think about it.
Each year the Cherokee Sc
out and Clay County Progress
sends 15 boys to a camp in Ala.
for two weeks at no expense to
the boy. We don't like to toot
our own horn and would prefer
someone else doing it, but we
can say that we knowcf no
other organisation, group,
club or firm that does ills in
our area. We believe that our
youth of today areour cltiiens
of tomorrow. You are fairi liar
with the saying "as the twig
Is bent so shall the llnb
grow." We further believe that
participation in sports during
the early years plays an im
portant part in later life.
In order to be of more ser
vice to our young people, the
Scout and Progress will hold
a baseball clinic starting Sat
urday. Any boy between the
ages of 12 and IS that would
like to attend is asked to
report to the Fairgrounds ball
park at 3 p.m. If you have a
ball, bat or anything that can
be used, bring that too.
We don't guarantee to make
major league players out of
you but we believe we cat
teach you the fundamentals and
rules of die game.
Any adult interested inhelp
ing with this clicnic is
also asked to be present.
Ranger Rolls la
Softball Action
Ranger posted its second
straight win in the Murphy
Softball Association Monday
night by beating Rimco, 27
9.
A 14-run fifth inn
ing clinched the victory for
Ranger. Wayne Watson, Ro
ger Sneed and Robert Smith
belted home runs for the . \
winners and catcher Chuck
Johnson had a perfect night
at the plate with five hits
in five trips.
On Friday night, the In
dependents rolled over To
raotla 36-15.
Scout Managing Editor,
Dave Bruce has asked scoters
of all teams to submit the
scores to die Scout office on
the morning following each
game. Results this week are
incomplete due to the fact that
several games were not re
ported.
Murphy Chamber Plans Big Week
SWN'C Development Group
To Hold Meeting Here
The Southwestern North
Carolina Economic Devlop
ment Commission will hold its
regular monthly meeting in
Murphy on Monday- The
Commission will be the guests
of the Murphy Chamber of
Commerce.
The dinner meeting will be
held at 6:30 p.m. in the base
ment of the First Methodist
Church.
The local Chamber has
Invited about 50 local citizens
to meet with the Commission.
The guest list includes the or
dinaries of Towns, Union and
Fannin Counties, Georgia.
The Georgia men have been
invited so that the Commission
can explore ways to work with
North Georgia on projects of
mutual interest to the two
states. It is believed that a
regional medical center for
this area will be discussed.
The six North Carolina
counties represented by the
Commission do not have the
Red Cross To End
Drive With Dance
The Cherokee County Red
Cross Chapter will conclude
its fund raising campaign
Saturday night with a semi
formal dance at the Old Rock
Gym in Murphy.
Music for the dance will be
by the Constellations of Blue
Ridge, 6a. The group, which
has been organized for about
a year and has played for dan
ces throughout the tri-state
area, consists of five musi
cians and a vocalist. Jama
Weaver plays lead guitar;
John Miller, rhythm guitar;
Larry Queen, electric bass;
Randy Queen electric organ;
Larry Caruth, drums. The
vocalist is Don Miller and
the Constelltions are man
aged by Joe Queen.
Admission to the dance will
be $3 per couple and $2 stag.
The festivites get underway
at 8 p.m.
The gym will be decorated
dub-style for the seni
formal affiar.
Fund raising chairmanjack
Owens said the local chapter
is still J600 short of its $2,
400 goal. He said the Red
Cross is hopeful that die
dance on Saturday, featuring
music by this well-known local
group, will put the drive over
the top.
Economic Survey
Planned For 29
N. C. Counties
The North Carolina State
Planning Task Forcelshaving
an economic development
study made in the 29 App
alachla counties of North
Carolina. The study will be
made by Hammer, Green and
Siler Associates of Wash
ington and Atlanta.
Many business firms and in
dividuals in the 29 counties
will be asked to complete
questionnarires to supply the
needed information. Many of
the mailed questionnaires will
be followed up by a personal
interview.
The Southwestern North
Carolina Economic Dev
lopment Commission will co
ordinate the survey in the six
extreme western counties.
population necessary to
qualify for help under the
Appalachia program to build
a medical center. However,
by adding the three Georgia
counties, the population re
quirement could be met
Local citizens are also ex
pected to talk with the Comm
ission about the proposed im
provements at the Cherokee
County Airport. The county
commissioners are plannii^
to hold a referendum on bonds
for this work.
The Commission rep
resents Cherokee, Clay, Gra
ham, Swain, Jackson and Ma
con counties. Thus far it has
received proposed projects
from all of the counties ex
cept Cherokee and Graham
At least three guests from
ou of the area have indicated
they will attend the meeting.
They include a representative
from the Office of Economic
Opportunity in Washington,
John Hampton of Raleigh,
Governor Moore's liason man
with the Commission; and
Hugh Battle, Jr. of Sylva,
field coordinator of the
Commission.
Local leaders nave ex
pressed hope that this meet
ing will bring about a mere
effective working relation
ship between Cherokee County
and the Commission. The six
county group can bring about
faster approval of Appalachia
Superior Court
In Session Monday
Cherokee County Superior
Court will be in session be
ginning Monday. Civil cases
will be heard at this session
with Judge Hugh B. Campbell
presiding.
Jurors serving at this term
will be receiving the new rate
of *7 pay per day. The old rate
was $5. The rate was raised by
the county commissioners
upon the recommendation of
Clerk of Court Don W.
Ramsey.
Ramsey said that the raise
was needed to help compen
sate jurors who loose income
while serving because their
employers do not make up the
difference between jury pay
and their usual wages.
The jury list for this ses
sion consists of Oliver Doug
las Beal, Mrs. Beryl Witt
Fulton, AJ. Hembree, A.G.
Quinn, S.P. Horowitz, Mrs.
R.S. Bault, Clyde Patton,
Holland McSwaln, Margaret
A. Gibbs and Charlie C. Beal,
all of Murphy; Willie KendeU
Barnett, A J. Barton, George
Grady Allen, F.H. Little, Ja
mes F. Hendrix and Gwin L.
Arrowood, all of Murphy, Rt.
1, Wilson Phillips, Porter
0111 ver, John Frase, Howard
Hall and Ralph Wilcox, all cf
Murphy, Rl 2;Clifton Kephart
and Earl Kephart both of Mur
phy, Rt.3; Walter Douglas
Brown of Andrews; W.L,
Taylor and Clyde William
son, both of Farner, Tenn.
t Lee Coffey of Marble; James
Edgar Newman and Charles F.
Fox, both of Culberson, Rt. 2
and Frank Ashe of Brastown,
RU.
grants to the area.
The Cherokee County menr
bers on the 18 man
Commission are J.H. Duncan
Doyle Burch and Capt. Frai*
W. Swan.
Mayor Cloe Moore has pro
claimed next week Chamber
of Commerce Week in Mur
phy and the local c haiber
has several events scheduled
to stimulate its growfi.
On Tuesday evening at 7,
a testimonial dinner will be
held to honor past president
W.D. Townson for his untiring
efforts in securing industry
here . Townson was instru
mental in securing the local
Levi Strauss plant i n 1963
and he has worked closely with
other industries seeking sites
in the area. The dinner will
be held at Milton Inn in Bl
airsville. Invitations have
been sent to chamber mem
bers and other prominent bus
inessmen and industrialists
from this area.
The membership canpaign'
workers will have a kick-off
breakfast Wednesday at 8
a.m. at O'Dell's cafeteria.
Final plans will be made at
this meeting for the member
ship drive which will be
held on Friday and Saturday.
The local Chamber of
Commerce has become active
again in recent weeks and
seeks to fulfill its purpose by
working full timeatpromocii$
the interests of Murpty and
Cherokee County.
At a meeting of the Cham
ber Tuesday night, Virgil O'
Dell was elected secretary
of the board of directors. He
replaces Larry Black who
recently resigned. Hadley
Dickey was elected a member
of the board.
Forest Workers
Cited For Safety
Twenty three employees
of the Tusquitee Ranger Dis
trict were awarded pins Sat
urday evening for a total of 128
man-years of work without a
lost-time accidents. The
awards were made at a cov
ered dish supper held at the
headquarters in Bealtown.
Peter J. Hani on, Forest
Supervisor from Asheville
made the awards. Hanlon ex
pressed pleasure with both the
safety record and the work
in general done by the Tus
qutee District employees.
Bunch Nugent received a pin
for 31 years without a lost
time accident.
Charlie Allen, who retired
recently was awarded a pin
for 13 years without a lost
time accident.
The others receiving pins
were: Harvey Stiles. 11 years;
Walter Smith, nine years; Jack
Thompson and Hoyt Dockery,
eight years; Janice McCombs
and Bailey Coleman, six
years; Wade Hogsed, Chester
Greene, and Jimmy Walker
five years; Edwin Manchester,
four years; John Waddell,
Marvin Hall. Henry Ch
ambers, Charlie Clonts, Ral
ph Rogers, Marshall Allen.
William Kilpatrick, Gordon
Stiles and Glen Beaver,
three years; Lee McLelland
two years; and Gey Ledford.
one year.
THE FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES prawn to receive their Safaty Awarde Im Sat
urday Included (1 to r): kneallnf, WUllam KUpatrick, Jedk Thompeon aad Charlie Allan;
front row, Ralph Rogara, Forast Supervlaor Pater J. Hanion. Cheater Greene. John Va4Ml
and Jimmy Walker; back row. Wade Hogaad, Hoyt Dockary and Bunch Nu