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Scout CW? County'sB... Bur' ^ C/aV ^"'V PK??0 Volume 76 ? Number 52 Murphy, North Carolina July 21, 1966 12 Poki Tills Wnk a^mjw*w^north camolina Shallcross Brings Senate Campaign Here 19 John S. Shallcross of John ston County brought his cam paign for the U.S. Senate to the far west last weekend and stayed In the mountain area until the middle of this week. He is the Rapdilican challen ger who will meet Sen. B. Everett Jordan In the Nov ember 8 election. Shallcross, during a visit to The Scout office Monday,' said he plans a "vigorous state-wide campaign" and will be visiting all 100 counties in North Carolina between now and November. He said he is working to build an effective two-party system in North Carolina. The candidate was accompanied by Cherokee Co unty Republican Vlce cnairuiau, Mrs. Boyce Stiles on his visit to The Scout Office. He visited Franklin and Hayesville Saturday before arriving in Murphy to spend the weekend. After visiting several Cherokee County precincts, Shallcross moved on to Graham, Swain and Jackson counties Monday afternoon. He spent Tuesday in the Buncombe-Henderson County area before going to the counties northeast of Ash evtlle on Wednesday. This is his first bid for public office. He said he hated to leave his business in John ston County but "1 can't go along with some things happ ening in Washington. They say not to sit on the sidelines and complain when you don't like the way something is being done in government do your part and try to change it, so this is really why I am doing tills." Shallcross calls himself progressive. "I don't consider myself liberal or con servative, but I do believe in individual responsibility and Walker Takes Jeb la Waynesville Hubert G. Walker, Morticiai for the Ivie Funeral Homes, has accepted a position wll the Crawford Funeral Homed Waynesville, N.C. A veteran of the Koreai war, he is a 1953 graduate of Murphy High School. Hi graduated from die Dallas Institute Gupton Jones Col lege of Embalming, Dallas, Tex. in 1961 with a Dean's Award. While in college h served as Secretary for hi class, chairman of the socii committee and reporter fo the college newspaper. While in Murphy he wi a member of the Murpt Lions Club and the Murpl J.C. He is a Deacon of ti First Baptist Church of Andrews, a member of ti Church choir and secretai of the Board of Deacons, ah secretary of the Brotherhoo reedom", he said. He said he doesn't intend 0 make Sen. Jordan's role in he Bobby Baker hearings his irlmary issue but believes the (uestlon will come up. "I hlnk he (Jordan) has beon 1 rubber stamp for the John ion administration and there ore (has) not served the best interests of the people of North Carolina", Siallcross said. The candidate said Jordan "Did a real good job of white trashing." Shall cross is a former reg istered Democrat who became active in GOP affairs during Jim Garner's campaign for Congress in 1964. The 46-year-old indust rialist has been active in civic affairs in Smlthfield where he has resided with his family since 1958. John S. Shollcross Ctittr To Offffor ? DoytiaoCoorsos Registration will begin i Monday for new daytime courses to be offered by the Tri-County Indus trail Ed ucation Center at Peach tree beginning September 6. One-year courses in com plete secretarial study, cos metology, carpentry and cabinetmaking, and block and brick masonry will be off ered along with related sub , jects such as basic mathe matics, blueprint reading, j, drafting, reading improve ment and human realtions. Director Holland MeSwain 1 said the classes will meet ^ five or six hours per day, * five days a week. He said the tuition will be 910 per month, the reg istration fee will be |2 per year an insurance will be 92.50 per year. The cost of . text books will vary depend r ing on die course. s Registration will be from y 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday th y rough Friday, e Further Information on thi e courses can be obtained b; y writing to Box 40, Murph; 0 or calling the Center at 83T L 3810. Dove Bristol Appointed Cincinnati Rods Managei Dave Bristol of Andrews be came die first western North Carolina man to manage a major league baseball team when he was named manager of the Cincinnati Reds last Wednesday night. The 33-year-old Bristol succeeds Don Hefner who was In his first season as manager of the Reds. He becomes the youngest manager in the major leagues at this time. The Reds were rated as die favorites to win die National League pennant at the start of the season but the team got off to a bad start and has never been in die race. They struggled to reach the .500 level but then went on an 11 game loosing streak. At the time of Bristol's appointment, Cincinnati was In eighth place. Many Red fans feel the trading of Frank Robinson to Baltimore last winter led to the collapse of the club. While the Rods have beer lingering deep In the second division, Robinson has been one of the main factors that enabled Baltimore to open if a big lead in the American League. Bristol became a manage) that his present appointment came at 33 andsald, "I hope I'm not 43 before I win my first pennant." nis record as a minor league manager has been iir pressive. In 1964, he pilotec the San Diego Padres to i pennant in the Pacific Coasi League. He managed many a the present Reds players then and at Macon in the old Soud Atlantic League. He became; coach on the Reds' staff thl season. Bristol said his first goa is to get the team back to th .600 level and he feels that I this can be done quickly, Cin clnnati can still get into th thick of the National Leagi pennant chase even though th Reds were lSgames out at fUi place when he took over. Phil Seghl, assistant get eral manager of the Red announced Bristol's appoin mem and said he would be i interim manager. He said " is our plan to seek a permanc manager as soon as feasible Bristol was at his home Andrews during the All-St break whan he was inform of his promotion. He flew Cincinnati last Thursd THIS OFFICE TRAILER owned by Ret Construction Co. was destroyed by a strong wind c riday afternoon at the site of American ThreadCo. at Marble. It was located beside the trailer D rhlch remains upright in the background. 41 - . . ' hi Area Hit By Three Storms In Three Days; Trailer Wrecked By Winds, Home Burns Down b( at A three-day siege of violent weather in Cherokee County was climaxed by a strong wind that destroyed an Office trailer on the site of American Thread Co. at Marble Friday afternoon. Eugene Keaton, resident en gineer with Charles T. Main Co. of Charlotte said it was "just a hard, straight wind with no rain." It struck short ly before 4 pan. when Murphy was being pelted by its third heavy rain in as many days. The trailer was described ?s a total loss by Sam Bailey, engineer witn Kea Con strati on Co. of Charlotte which owned it. He said the damage was in excess of 15,000. An other trailer located beside the destroyed office was not damaged. R.W. Chapman, an employee of Re a, was heading toward the office trailer and was about Road Hearings Set For Today The State Highway Co mmission will hold public hearings in Murphy and Hay es ville today on the proposed location of Appalachian Dev elopment Highways in Cher okee and Clay Counties. The hearing at die Cherokee County courthouse at 10 this morning will concern the pro posed location of a four-land highway from a point one mile west of Murphy to Topton. Present plans call for the highway to bypass Murphy to the south and generally follow the corridor of US 19 and 129 to Topton. This afternoon at 2, a hear ing in the Clay County court ' house will be on die proposed f location of the development [ highway from the Georgia state line in Clay County to a point near Franklin in Macon County. This road is expected to follow N.C. 69 from the line to a point south of Hayes ville and the general , corridor of US 64 to SR 1145 I in Macon County. Highway Commissioner W. Curtis Russ of Waynesville, Assistant Chief Engineer R.W. McGowan and Public Relations Officer Keith Hundley Of Ral eigh will be in charge of the 1 hearings. r All interested citizens wil I be given an opportunity to tx i heard today, t f ; Dr. Keenum Joins ! Diagnostic Lab X e Or. K.G. Keenum, a na If tive of western Nort r Carolina a ssumed his ne e duties at the Diagnostic La ie in Murphy on Monday. He cam ie here after six years of ger it eral practice in Vermillion SO). i- Alter graduating froi s, Waynesville High School I t- 1952, Dr. Keenum went I in North Carolina Sute whet 'it he received a Bachelor < nt Sccence degree in Animal Industry and he graduati in from Oklahoma Univei ar sity aa a Doctor of Veterniaj ed Medicine in 1960. to The doctor and his wif toy Clara, are die parents of !00 feet from it when the wind struck. He said the wind was slowing straw so hard you :ouldn t see. The straw was placed on newly seeded grass. Just as Chapman saw the trailer being wrecked, the wind picked him up and threw him off a bank and into a field. He was unhurt but said, "I don't believe I*veeverbeen so scared in my life. I'm sure glad I didn't make it to the Following Fire Treck Baened Mayor Cloe Moore told The Scout that he has ipstru cted the police department to enforce an ordinance which forbids persons from following the fire truck when it is answering a call. He said several citations were issued Sunday night when motorists followed the fire truck as answered a call in Factory town. The Mayor said those cited Sunday night were fined five dollars each plus the costs for a total of $16. He pointed out that those who follow the fire truck pre sent a hazard to the firemen by blocking the streets near the fire and making it diff icult for them to run the hoses to water hydrants. The ordinance provides for a minimum fine of five doll ars for the first offense, $10 for the second offense and $50 for the third offense. It also provides a 30-day jail sentence. The only exception to theor dinance is firemen who are driving to the scene of a fire in their own cars. 115 Give Blood Last Thursday Last week's visit of the bloodmobile was termed a success by Mrs. Ed Har shaw, chairman of the Red Cross Bloodmobile Program for the Cherokee Red Cross Chapter. Insplte of one of the hottesi days of the summer, 155 per sons came to donate blood 115 were able to make tfw donation. Word had come earlier the 12 pints of O positive bloot were needed as soon as poss ible for heart surgery at Oteei A messenger from A she villi was on his way with the needei blood less than an hour aftej the bloodmovile opened. Mrs. Harshaw commended Clifton Precision, Rimco an Tycora for the turnout of thel employees. Culberson Woman Buys Mr. Fireman Mrs. Fred Culverson, R 2, Culberson has purchast Mr. Fireman, a red dur< boar, certified meat type, o of the Ohio State Junior Grai Champion of 1955. Mr. Fireman was sired I Fireball, the Ohio StateGra Champion. The barrows we champions at Ohio Stai Michigan State and sevei trailer." On Thursday a hard thunderstorm struck Murphy shortly before 3 p.m. and power was out in some areas for over two hours. The first in the series of storms struck Murphy at 5:45 Wednesday. A heavy wind brought down many tree limbs in the area and a drench ing rain was accompanied by thunder and lightning that caused a power failure. During the Wednesday storm, the Murphy volunteer firemen answered a call at a home in the Tomotla comm unity. The building, located on a rural road about a quarter of a mile of U.S. 19 and 129 was destroyed. No one was home when the fire broke out. It was beleived to have been started by lightning. The house was reportedly occupied by a Kirkland family. Census Shows 725 Farms In Cherokee A total of 725 farms was counted in Cherokee County during the 1964 Census of Agriculture, the U.S. Depart ment of Commerce's Bur eau of the Cenus reports. In the last previous Census of Agriculture (1969), the total counted in the county was 825 farms. The 1964 total is published in a preliminary report on the county just issued. The report also shows that average farm size in the county was 107,4 acres and the average value of die county's farms (land and buildings) in 1964 was $11,569. Other important county sta tistics in the report are: 1. Value of all farm pro ducts sold by farms in the county in 1964 $2,404,782; in 1959, $1,654,661. 2. Value of all crops sold by county farms in 1964, $318,704; in 1959, $266,618. 3. Value of all livestock and livestock products sold by county farms in 1964, $2,085,127; in 1959, $1,388,043. Information obtained for the first time in an agricultural census included the amount of income received by the county's farmers from rec reational services as well as data on the use of pest con trol chemicals in the count) in 1964. Acensus of Agriculture U taken every 5 years in years ending in "4'' and "9" u gather Information on the nation's agricultural res ources and production. Thi data are needed to make dec isions affecting many seg ments of the U.S. economy The 1964 farm census wa the 18th in a series that began in 1840. The preliminary report fo the county contains more tha 500 facts about agriculture i the county. Among additions facts it contains are die num ber of farms by size type, an economic class; the number < farm operators by method < tenure, age, color, off-fan work, and number of schoi years completed; land I farms by use and by land-us practices; data on equlpmei and facilities; farm exper ditures; number of hiri workers; and number of fartr reporting poultry and Hw stock production and dm reporting crop production I acres and quantities as w? Rural Homesites Projects OK'd For Cherokee And Clay; Development Authorities Reveal Other Plans State FHA Director Melvin Hearn of Raleigh has ann nced that the Cherokee Co ty and day County Rural svelopmem Authorities has ceived approval of lnital ans for purchasing land and ivelopment of rural unesltes on a 70 acre tract land in the Maltby immunity near Marble in lerokee County and a 138 :re tract near Hayes ville in lay County. This is a pilot project in arth Carolina and only the fth such project in the United ates. John T. Gill, chairman of the herokee County Rural evelopment Authority, said 3 modern, all electric three sdroom brick dewellings will s constructed on the site at I Maltby over a three year eriod. Construction should be "Values Galore" Kick Off Tonight Murphy merchants kick off their "Values Galore" campaign with a banquet for em ployees of all part icipating firms at O' Dell's Cafeteria to night at 7. Following the ban quet, a sales clinic sponsored by tl Cherokee Scout and conducted by Roy W. Barnett will be held at the Elementary school lunchroom. Iidepeideits Beat Raiger Fir lead The Independents came out on top in the big game of the season Monday night and are now the only undefeated team in the Murphy Softball Ass ociation. They defeated pre viously unbeaten Ranger, 22 15, to rack up their seventh consecutive win. A 27-4 rout of the Jaycees was win number six for the Independents on Friday night. Ranger had beaten Tomotla, 12-9, last Friday and rolled over Forest Service in a make up game Saturday 17-10. The Saturday game was called with one out in the bottom ofth seventh inning because of the rain. Ranger is now tied with Hi wassee Dam a game and a half behind the Independents. Both teams have 5-1 records. nderway by fall. Gill said. P< 'he project is adjacent to U.S. 9 and 129 and is well suited T or desirable rural homes. A i< uture recreation area of app- c ?oximately four acres Is being n ;et aside adjacent to Valley e liver and will be developed In fi he near future. ii Gill pointed out that with p lew industry moving here, tvallable housing in the area ji s reaching the critical suge / ind said it is hoped the Rural c Lenewal Program can help ( alleviate the housing shortage ( "With the proposed App- ( alachian Highway passing thr- , ough Clay Couity and another , corridor passing through , Cherokee County, things are | beginning to pop and boom in j the tri-county area. Things . dreamed of a few years ago , are now fast becoming a reality", said Tom C. Day, , chairman of the Clay County , Rural Development Authority, j With approval given by the , Farmers Home Admin- j istration for loan assistance i on the 138 acre Rural HomeSite i Tract near Hayesville, Day I announces that construction of 10 modern , all electric three- i bedroom dewellings should be i underway soon. There are 1 plans to construct 20 add itional dewellings during 1967 i and 1968 to meet current ' needs. The recreation area 1 for this poject is well loc- ' ated, overlooking the town of 1 Hayesville, and will be surr- 1 ounded by oak, pine and walnut ' trees that have surrounded the Moore Homesitefor 100years. Tom Carpenter, chairman of the Graham County Rural Development Authority, said he is hopeful that a project including recreation, rural homesites and possibly a for estry demonstration will soon be underway in Graham County. The Rural Development Authorities are now trying to locate some desirable pro Cherokee, Clay Get Extra Aid Funds Cherokee and Clay Count ies are to receive over $4,000 each in extra public welfare funds distributed by the State Department of Public Welfare The State Budget Office app roved distribution of the ex tra funds to aid county wel fare administration. The money is coming from federal funds earned in 1964 65 but not received until 1965 66. Cherokee County is slated to receive $4,228 and the Clay County share is $4,025. The extra money raises the state's share of welfare pay ments in Clay County to 73.36 per cent. The sute pays 47.56 per cent of Cherokee County's payments. irty for sale that can be de tloped into rural homesites. he Rural Renewal Program ; aimed . at eliminating hronic rural underemploy lem, fostering sound rural conomy, strengthening tmily farming and increas Jg the economy of farm eople and other rural people. Some of the immediatepro ects the Rural Development luthorities will promote in lude a complete recreation iomplex Including a golf :ourse, swimming and wa ling areas for children, play grounds and picnic areas, riding trails, hiking and tature trails, hunting and ishing reserves, forestry im Jrovement demonstrations ind other things the public will lemand. If the people of the three :ounties are to capitalize on the immense future tourlsti industry now appearing over the horizon of the area, a de finite must is the fast develop ment of good wholesome rec reation that will attract people to the area and hold them for several days. This must be done on a well planned basis, lot on a haphazard "grab a fast easy'boclt'basis. Planniig specialists should be used and they are available. Services of die Western north Carolina Regional Planning Comm ission should be utilized alora with the Recreation Commission, State College Extension Specialists, TV A and private and professional specialists in the recreation field. The future overnight tourist is still important, but those who will remain in our area for several days, even weeks, are really the keys to our future in tourism. "The people of the trl county area are very hopeful for a brighter tomorrow ??said Mack B. Ray, program leader for the pilot project in North Carolina. "A new day is fast unfolding on the horizon of progress for Cherokee, Clay, and Graham Counties. We In Rural Renewal anticipate many problems and growing pains with progress in chang ing from the old to the new. "With good team work and cooperation, we can move for ward and help North Carolina move forward with Governor Moore's Total Development Program", Ray said. He said he is hopeful that the out migration of young people in the tri-county area can be slowed down. The Rural Development Au thority is also promoting the Cherokee County. Airport bond issue. The group believes this airport offers the best poten tial regional type airport in southwestern North Carolina. It also plans a study on comprehensive water and sewer plan for the tri-county area. ,S AMONG THE TA .. Alabama, some of the 14 I ,e waiting to eater the meet )y the sponsorship of the Cher jl Steve Blalock,BUlCrisp,Gi I.irfv and Lonnie Mintz LL PINES OF CM* NET-A-TI x>yt from Cherokee County begi hell for lunch. The boys ire ipe okee Scout and Clay County h?gr ry Hall, Ricky Him, Larry Hlnsoc . pete Sulcus, Jr., Carlton V ? I "g n playing with ? taathar ball tMU rdir? two weeks it the camp vndar us. Those aaondlng arc Ock and U Andy Janaa, < _ an Horn and Gary and Wcky Want.