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Vslum# 76 - Number 51 Murphy, North Corollno July 14, 1966 10 Poqoo This Week aTmot^hV*^no?tt>|Tcaaocina
UHWDA Discusses Tourism-,
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Low Lake Level Explained
YOUNG KARRIS, GA.?The
tourism and SB creation work
group of the Upper Hlwaasee
Watershed Development Ass
ociation met to discuss a co
ordinated effort to Improve the
tourist Industry 1 n the five
county ares covered by the
association last Thursday
night.
An explanation for the low
level of Hlwessee Lake wi
given to the group by Maxwell
Ramsey of the Tennessee
Valley Authority In Knoxvllle.
Ramsey explained that the
level being maintained at the
present time Is necessary due
to the construction going on at
Appalachla Dam. He said It Is
essential that there Is a large
amount of storage space 1 n
Hlwassee Lake to protect the
construction In the event of
sudden heavy rains.
People In the Murphy area
complained about the low level
of Hlwassee while higher
levels are being maintained
on Chatuge and Nottley lakes.
Ramsey pointed out that the
reason is obvious since Hl
wassee Is the next storage
area uprtver from Appalachla.
He stated that TVA is Interest
ed In dolqg all it can to further
recreational use of the lakes
but that they must work within
the framework of existing pol
icies of providing flood
control, power production and
navigation throughout the sys
tem. It was pointed out that
every move made here must
be coordinated with activities
at all other dams throughout
the system.
He said he expects the work
Reuben L. Moore
Moore Joins
McKeever, Edwards
Attorney Reuben L. Moore
a graduate of die School of
Law at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill, has
joined the law firm of Mc
Keever & Edwards.
Moore, the son of Reuben
L. Moore and Frances Jones
Moore of Atkinson, Pender
County, N.C., received his
A.B. degree from UNClnJune
of 1963 and his LL.B. degree
in June, 1966.
He is married totheforiner
Carol Ann Piepenbrlnk of
Crete, DL, who has an A3,
degree from UNC, and is also
a registered nurse.
The couple arrived in Mur
phy on July 6th, and are resid
ing in the Gibbs duplex on
Boulevard Street in Murphy.
For the past twelve months
Moore has been enyloyed as
Law Clerk by Justice Clifton
L. Moore, and Chief Justice
Emry B. Denny of die North
Carolina Supreme Court.
?t Appalachia to beoomplesed
by the end of this year. Whan
that la done, ha said, TV A will
attempt to follow guidelines
announced last February that
would maintain favorable
levels for recreation on Hi
wassee, Chatuge and Nooley
during the summer months. In
the past, Chatuge and Nottely
have been drawn to low levels
during the summer.
The Upper Hlwassee group
had previously committed
Itself to examining the poss
ibilities for further phlle
recreation and home site dev
elopment on Hlwassee Lake.
At last week's meeting, the
group discussed this issue
In detail but it seems unlikely
that much can be done at the
present time. Most of the land
on the shoreline of the lake Is
owned by the Forest Service
and the policies of that or
ganisation do not favor such
development.
HC swam saia more
people who ere willing to put
their hands to the plow" are
needed to further the develop
ment of tourism In the five
county area consisting of
Cherokee and Clay In North
Carolina and Fannin, Union
and Towns in Georgia.
Those attending the meet
ing explored several sugg
ested projects to work orf
and agreed that the best pro
ject to begin with would be
a promotion brochure that
would Include all of the tourist
attractions in the five county
area.
The group was asked to
come up with some definite
Ideas on the brochure to pre
sent at the next meeting on
August 18. A chairman from
each of the counties will be
named at that meeting.
Two other work groups of
die Upper Hlwassee
Watershed Development As
sociation, business and
Industry and water resources,
will hold meetings In Young
Harris next Tuesday at the
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC
Building.
B&PW Club Starts
Community fund
The Murphy Business and
Professional Women's Club
has voted to start a fund to
be used for a worthy comm
unity project that will be
decided upon later.
The club la starting the fund
with approximately 8400 that
was cleared from the beauty
pageant which was held during
the Jaycee Water Festival.
The club plans to add to the
fund during the year and is
hopeful that other organ
izations will start a similar
project.
Plans were made for mem
bers to attend the national
convention of BAPW Clubs
which will be held in Atlanta
July 34-28.
The group also discussed
tenative plans for the club's
Radio Day and will announce
the date later.
Four new members were
welcomed to the Murphy
B&PW Club. They are: Carol
Moore, Mary George Moore
Becky Penland and Jennie Lee
Sneed.
MRS. ARRETTIA ARROWOOD was Injured when the car she was driving ran off the road
and crashed Into an embankment on U?. 64 one mile east of Murphy last Thursday.
Power Failure. Two
Wrecks During Storm
The skies to the west of
Murphy begin darkening
around 5:30 last Thursday af
ternoon and by nightfall the
area experienced a violent
thunderstorm, hard rains,
strong winds, some hail and a
power failure. Two traffic
accidents in Cherokee County
occured during the storm. Six
tenths of an inch of rain was
recorded by TVA at Hi
wassee Dam.
The power failure lasted
about an hour in Murpty but
some places in the area wait
several hours without elect
ricity. Repair crews of Blue
Ridge Mountain EMC worked
all night to restore service.
The Suit area of Cherokee
County was one of the hardest
hit in the Blue Ridge Mountain
EMC service area. The power
co-op reported heavy damage
to its equipment due to light
ning and trees that were blown
over by the wind.
Mrs. Arrettla Nix Arrowood
38, of Rt. 1, Murphy suffered
a back Injury, lacerations and
bruises when she lost control
of her csr o ne mile east
of Murphy on U.S. 64. The
vehicle, heading east, ran off
the roadway on the left side,
struck the enbankment and
overturned, landing upright
and pointed west In die middle
of the highway.
A passing motorist took
Mrs. Arrowood to Providence
Hospital.
The car was listed as a
total loss.
A short time later, a car
driven by Hubert Cantrell of
Brasstown ran of U.S. 64near
West Awarded
Idaho Coatract
Herman H. West and Co.
of Murphy has been awarded
an Army coatract for clearing
approximately four thousand
a crews at die site of the
Dworshak Dam on the north
ford of the Clearwater River
near Oroflno, Idaho. The con
tract totals, $1,274, 797.
Work will be started as
soon as equipment can be
loaded and shipped to the site
in die Walla Walla Engineer
ing District from Murphy.
This is expected to be around
July 28.
Twelve to fifteen men from
this area are expected to go
to Idaho to work on this pro
ject.
the Tycora plant. There were
no Injuries but property dam
age was extensive. About 100
feet of wire fence was torn
down and d amage to the car
was listed at MOO. Trooper
Don Reavis said no charges
were filed.
The storm began early in
the afternoon in the middle
Tennessee area and mw ed
southeast. Asheville, Nash
ville, Chattanooga and Knox
ville all reported power fail
ures and damage similar to
that which occur ed in theMur
phy area.
Airport Bond Vote
Set For August 27
Cherokee County voters will
go to the polls on Saturday,
August 27, to vote on a
proposed $150,000 bond issue
for Improvements at the
Cherokee County Airport. A
simple majority will be re
quired for approval of the bond
issue and the polls will be
open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30
P#Rle
Qualified persons who are
not now registered to vote will
be given an opportunity to do
so beginning July 30. The re
gistration books will be open
in each precinct. from then
until August 13.
The county commissioners
held a public hearing on
whether the bond Issues should
be brought to a vote m July 5.
No one appeared at thehearlng
to protest the calling cf the
election. Following the
ricaring, uic unitimssivuw^
formally adopted an order
authorizing die Issuance of
the bonds.
A spokesman close to the
commissioners told TheScout
that die tax rate of $1.72
which was adopted In June will
not be affected by approval
of the bonds.This rate is a
five cent reduction from last
year's rate.
It is also believed that a
further reduction may be
possible next year and this
source emphasized that al
though a provision is madein
the bond order for the levy
of taxes to pay for the bonds,
this is purely a precautionary
measure and that there is no
reason to believe that thebond
issue would cause a tax
increase.
Bloodmobile
Here Today
The Red Crose
Bloodmobile will visit
Murphy this afternoon.
The Bloodmobile will
be at the Murphy
Power Board Building
from 1 to 5:30.
You can help make
this visit of the Blood
mobile a success by
donating a pint of blood
this afternoon.
Boys Loavo For
Camp Soaday
Fifteen boys from Cherokee
end Clay Counties will leave
Sunday morning for a two
week stay at Camp Ney-A -T1
near Guntersvllle, Ala. The
trip Is sponsored by The
Cherokee Scout and Clay Co
unty Progress.
The boys are asked to re
port to The Scout Office no
later than 7:30 a.m. Depart
ure time will be 8 a.m.
The group will return to
Murphy on July 31.
Photo Contost
Winners Named
John T. Gill. Vice President
and Manager of the Murphy
Office, Citizens Bank & Trust
Company, announced today the
winners of the old railroading
and logging operation pic
tures.
Mr. and Mrs. Abel Palmer
were awarded first and sec
ond prizes for pictures of old
time logging and lumbering 1 n
Western North Carolina. The
third prize was awarded T.E.
Maxey, RL 1, Marble, N.C.
Jack Veach, President of the
Graham County Railroad, and
sponsor of the Bear Creek
Junction Railroad project,
joined with the bank in thank
ing all die people who part
icipated in this project. The
most interesting pictures
were displayed in the back
and Veach is having several
reproduced for his museum
Presbytery
OK's Crumpler
Robert P. Crumpler will
be Installed as pastor of the
Murphy Presbyterian Church
on July 31. He was one of
three men approved for ch
urches In western North Car
oline by the Ashevllle Pre
sbytery on Tuesday.
If By-pass Isn't Built, Murphy Will Be By-passed
By Dave Bruce
There is * six-letter word
that ? few uninformed people
would like to banish from our
thoughts. That word is by
pass.
The hearings which the State
Highway Commission will hold
next week Include a chance for
the public to express their
views on the proposed by
passes around Murphy, Mar
ble and Andrews.
The average person seems
to be aware of the benefits to
be derived from construction
of these by-pas see. But
awareness is not enottgh. It
is Important that every person
who believes In the need for
these by-passes turn out for
the public hearing at 10 a.m.
July 21 at the Cherokee County
Courthouse.
I find It difficult to find any
logic hi the arguments offered
by those who oppose the con
struction of these by posses
but this obstructionist crowd
always svotds logic like the
" i
Their opposition to building
by-passes is built an the ex
cum that this will drive bus
iness away. Nothing could be
further from the truth. Take
the through traffic off the
streets downtown and the
people who do go downtown
find It much more pleasant to
do so.
I know of many small towns
that have by-passes that ate
absolute necessities today.
Tbese by-passes have taken
the through traffic off the
streets of these towns but due
to die expanding local auto
motive population, their
streets are still clogged with
local traffic. Whenever I visit
one of these places. 1 can't
help but wonder how thsy would
ever manage If the through
traffic waa still being routed
through town.
1 am qualified to make a
on thehMtwaysys
ln the AppelacMa ares of
four statMi Kentucky, North
Carotin, Tennessee and Vir
ginia.
Over the past tan veers I
have watched the development
of hlshways in Virginia with
much latereat. That Common
wealth has had a continuing
program of Improvement In
their highway system through
their Appalachla region and
the construction of by-passes
has been a major factor In
making it a pleasure.to drive
across Virginia.
When I first began travelling
between Pennsylvania ana
Tennessee a decade ago, there
were by-passes around only
three cities: Roanoke, Lex
ington and Staunton. There
were at least 12 towns or cities
from the sise of Murphy on up
that had to be driven through.
Almost every time fd make
that tripe newby-paea would
be added. Today there la'not
a single town cfany alas from
the Tennessee line on the south
to the Wast Virginia line on the
north that a through motorist
must oontend with along U.S. Q
and Interstate 8L
There are restaurants, gas
stations and motels that my
family end I have patronised
regularly along this route.
Mom of them are now off the
main tdgbway but we sootlnue
to seek an ?dt and gat off to
patronize our favorite places.
By-passes haven't hurt and
they certainly have helped
making motoring In Virginia a
pleasure for me. The
by-passes along with the long
stretches of Interstate
highway have cut the driving
time across the stateby at
least two hours from that it
was in 1966.
Tennessee got a later start
in improving their highways
in the mountain area and while
the change there is not as
spectacular as Virginia, the
Volunteer State is moving in
the right direction.
North Carolina and Ken
tucky lag far behind and the
problem is much more acute
here because the Appalachia
ares of Kentucky does not
attract the large number of
visitors that we have in Wes
tern North Carolina.
The only important project
completed in tht trot vttt of
Ashe villa is (he 30 mfle
stretch of Intersute 40 that
ends at Clyde.
la available
development highways In
Cherokee and Clay Counties.
When the routes are approved,
work can begin.
The location of a four lane
highway from theTennessee
line to a mile west of Murphy
has been settled. Next Thur
sday's hearing will provide
a forum to agree on theroue
for four lanes from west of
Murphy to Topcon with the
by-passes around Murphy,
Marble and Andrews.
That afternoon at S p.m.
another hearing will be held
at the courthouse in Hayes
vtlle on the Improved road
planned from the Georgia
line almost to Fratddin. It
will replace the d angerous
stretch at U.S. M from Hay
es vllle to Franklin.
The hour is late but if
the people of Cherokee and
Clay will egress their supp
ort we can start moving
On the other hand, if this
anti-by-pass crew is allowed
to carry the day , the last
half of the 30th cmtury nrny
by-pass us.
Sales Clinic Set
Murphy Merchants To Participate
In "Values Galore" Campaign
Murphy merchants are
participating in an eight week
sales campaign appropriately
called "Values Galore".
The campaign, which is sp
onsored by the Cherokee Scout
will be kicked off by a sales
clinic to be conducted at 8
p.m. nextThursdayatO'Dell's
Cafeteria.
Roy Barnett, sales training
executive from McMimvllle,
Tenn., will conduct the sales
training session following *
banquet for the employers and
employees of the participating
stores.
Starting with the July 28
issue, the participating stores
will have special ads in The
Scout to make shopping in
Murphy even more attractive
and appealing.
Barnett is expected to give
pointers on how to get pros
pective customers Into a place
of business and how to sell
them once they are there.
"Local merchants ana
businessmen are doing an ex
cellent job but sometimes we
tend to get Into a rut and need
just a little push to get back
into the real enthusiasm of
merchandising", Barnett
said. "This new enthusiasm Is
what we will try to raise
In the sales clinic on July 2L"
The Murphy Chamber of
Commerce has endorsed the
sales clinic and the "Values
Galore" campaign. Chamber
President Wally Williams
said, "the sales clinic Is a fine
thing and the 'Values Galore'
campaign is something we
need, l^n glad somebody woke
up and got this for Murphy."
Barren became Interested
Town Buys Parking Lot Site;
Bans Center Street Parking
The Town of Murphy has
purchased a lot on Central
Street which will be used for
off-street parking. The prop
erty was bought from W.P.
Odom for $23,000.
Preparations are being
made to begin work at the
site shortly after August 1.
A house on die lot will be
torn down and the lot will
be graded to make it suit
able for parking.
It is believed that the town
will lease spaces on the lot
to downtown merchants on a
monthly basis to provide park
ing for employees of business
places who are presently for
ced to park on the street.
The lot is expected to pro
vide space for 60 cars and
utilisation of the lot will free
the parking spaces on the
streets for use by shoppers.
In another development re
lating to traffic problems in
the downtown area, the Town
Board, at Its meeting Monday
night, directed the police de
partment to issue citations to
persons parking in the center
of the street. The only ex
ception will be vehicles which
are loading or unloading. All
other center-street parking
will be banned.
The survey on traffic being
conducted by the State Highway
Commission is still in
progress and the final results
will not be known for a few
weeks. Board member Ken
Godfrey and Town Clerk
Charlie Johnson met with en
Nine Seat
For ladactioa
Nine men were forwarded to
Knoxville for induction into the
armed forces by the local draft
board on Monday.
Those forwarded were: Ric
hard Hawkins, Harold Charles
Stiles, Donnle Morrow, Roger
Dale Hembree, George Lyle
Martin, Carl Sidney Roper
Merle Dean Griffith, Steve
Howard Helton and Jack Den
ver Crawford, Jr.
Ramsey Attends
Clerk Conference
Cherokee County Clerk ai
Superior Court Don Ramsey
has returned from the 46th
annual Clerks of Superior
Court Conference in Wrights
Yille Beach, N.C.
Judge J. Frank Husklns was
the featured speaker at the
conference. He is the ttfcnln
istrative director of the new
district courts which will go
into effect this fall in 22
counties.
Cherokee County will be In
the first group of counties to
utilise the district court sys
tem which will do tway with
J.P. courts, mayor's courts
end recorder's courts. The
district court will operate
similar to die present rec
order's court.
Under the new system, the
resident Superior Court Judge
will appoint two maglstratae
to hear minor casee in Cher
okee County and all odmr
casee will be tried beginning
at die District Court level
Sixty-five court darks from
across die state attended the
four day i
glneers from the commission
last week and were told that
any chance in traffic lights on
state highways must be made
by the state. The present traff
ic lights in Murphy are on state
highways and any recommen
dations for change would have
to be carried out by the state.
A delegation headed by Mrs.
Jane Reynolds of the Murphy
Garden Club met with the
board and asked that die town
cooperate in a clean up cam
paign. The board agreed to
cooperate in such a campaign
and will make equipment av
ailable for the job.
The board appointed Homer
Ricks as chairman of United
Nations Day in Murphy which
will be observed this fall.
Galloway, Hampton
Get Certificates
Frank Galloway, Jr. of
Hayesvllle and Marvin L.
Hampton of Murphy were
awarded a certificate of
Training InSchooi Social Work
by James R. Nelson In cere
monies held in Four-Square
Community Action, Inc. head
quarters in Andrews last Fri
day.
The certificate was Issued
by the Community Services
Division of the North Car
olina State Board of Public
Welfare on satisfactory com
pletion of a thirty hour work
shop in preparation for
summer employment in the
local Head Start Project.
The week long period of
orientation to school social
work practice was conducted
by Charles W. Edwards, Jr.
with the assistance of State
Community Services Con
sultant assigned to the four
county area of Cherokee, Clay,
Graham and Swain Counties
He is a member of die Ac
ademy of Certified Social
Workers.
Addressing the group of
Head Start Social Workers
were Tom Day of Hayes vtlle.
President of Four-Square;
Ben Carpenter, Field Rep- ?
resentatlve of die North Car
olina State Board of Public
Welafe; Leroy English,
Director of Public Welfare of
Swain County; and Robert
Leatherwood, 111, District
Judge nominee. Mr.
Leatherwood spoke on Family
Law.
Also receiving certificates
were: Charles W. stiles of
Robbinsvllle and Marion
Gass of Bryson City.
David M. Hendrix, of Mur
phy, is serving as School
Social Worker with the Cher
okee County Head Start Pro
ject.
Browniag Stat
To Atlaata
William E. Browning, ton
of Mr. and Mr*. E.A. Brown
filng of Muphy , hu bean
transferred to Atlanta as a
spedal ooneultant from com
puter system development to
Coca Cola.
He is employed by Davldaon,
Tajblrd ana McLyin, Inc.,
management consultants, of
Browning, a 1967 graduate of
Muphy High School, received
his B.S. degree in math
ematics from die University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hin.
Roy W. Barnett
in sales while a law student
and was connected with a
national sales and human re
lations firm before going into
the business of sales training
for himself.
He has conducted sales
clinics all over the United
States and Canada.
In I960, he was named
"Salesman of die Year" by
Sales Week magazine, the
publication of the National
Sales Executive Club.
During his brief sales
training Barnett will use facts
and figures to help back up
his statements.
Firemen Urged
To Attend Classes
Fire Chief Bob White has
urged all volunteer firemen
in Murphy to attend the fire
manship training program
which is now in progress.
Classes are being held for
three hours each Wednesday
night at 6:30.
White told The Scout att
endance thus far has been
disappointing and he hopes that
all members of the fire
department will participate
in the remainder of the course
which is being conducted under
the supervision of the Tri
County Industrial Education
Center.
Independents Dump
Hlwnssee Dam
The Independents dumped
Hlwessee Dam from the un
beaten ranks of the Murphy
Softball Association, 14-4
last Friday. The Independents
lead the league with five wins
In as many games. Ranger
remains undefeated in three
games and will meet the In
dependents Monday night.
Hiwassee Dam bounced back
from their loss with a 10-9
win over Forest Service on.
Monday.
In a women's division game.
Government rolled over Tex
23-3.
Mashburn Awarded
Scholarship
Cecil W. Mashburn, a for
mer teacher at Andrews High
School, has been awarded a
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Scholarship to further his stu
dies at the University of North
Carolina.
He was one of four persons
receiving this award out of a
group of about 150 students and
is studying in the field of
Distributive Education this
summer.
Mashburn will be working in
the Murphy City Schools dur
ing the coining school year
Kate Robinson On
WCC Summer Staff
CULOWHEE-Mlss Kate Ro
bins on of Kamapolls ia on the
teaching staff of the Summer
Demonstration School at Wee
tern Carolina College. The
term began on June 13 and will
end on Friday, July 16.
Miss Robinson regularly
teaches In the Towan County
schools, and at WCC is
teaching a sixth and seventh
grade combination.
The Summer Demonstration
School is a vital part of WCCs
special education program,
and provides enrichment fea
tures not ordinarily poesMa
in a regular classroom. Stu
dents are enrolled In grades
one through twelve and
commute daily via school bus
from four
counties. HI0t i
dents may live in
ltories, and may earn alitor
new or mate up credit upan
approval of fcflr principals.
Miss Robinson Is the d*r
ghter of Hugh L. Robinson of
Murphy