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The Cherokee ' Choreic** County's B*st Buy' Scout and Clay County Progress Voluw 77-lto^ I tkHfkf,Wtrth C?II? 11. HM 14 P?9?? Tl>i? Wwk SSSSZSSESSl Coaiaiissioaers Soy Taxes Will Not lacreaso If Boad Issue Is Approved The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners do not an tlcipete ? tax Increase if the bond issue for the Cherokee County Airport is approved on August : 7. The Comm issioners took this stand in s statement released by the Chairman, Dr. W.A. Hoover. The Commissioners re stated their belief that the air port here "offers the best po tential for development of any .. airport in southwestern North Carolina. "Acquisition of the airport by the county", they said, " is Shitlds Rtsigis H.S. Faulty Randal Shields has res igned as a teacher at Murphy High School to accept a pos ition as Corpman assistant supervisor at Oconaluftee Job Corp Center in Cherokee. He had taught at the high school for seven years. ' After graduating from Mur- 1 phy High School in 1953, Sh- ! lelds entered Western Car olina College. He er. . .-ed the i military in 1954 and was sent i to Korea. He received Ms . bachelor of science degree in education in 1959. a Tri-County Center OK'd For 61 Bill The Tri-County industrial , Education 'Center has been < approved by the Veterans Ad ministration for veterans to receive educational benefits under the new <3 Bill while j enrolled there. The approval , Is retroactive to June L. Director Holland McSwaln , said further Information can be obtained by calling the Center at 837-3810 or writing i to Box 40, Murphy, N.C. He said veterans can also contact the local veterans office for , more details. , The Center is presently | accepting applications for , daytime classes which will | begin September 6. The courses offered are: complete secretarial, cosmetology, ] carpentry and cabinetmaklng, block and brick masooary, , basic mathematics, blueprint reading, drafting, reading im- j provement and human relations. < These classes will meet ] five or six hours daily, five days a week. Applications are c being taken at the Center at t Peach tree from 9 to 4, Moo- * day through Friday. n Clog Team Comes * Home Second With I Girls As Boys < The Carolina Sweethearts of Murphy brought home the J runner-up trophy for clog teams from the 39th annual Mountain Folk Festival at c Ashevllle last weekend and $ they did it with two girls |j dancing as boys s Two boys from the local j team could not participate ? and their places were filled t by Mary McKeon and Suz anne Ivie. They danced as ^ boys throughout the compel- < ltion oo Friday and Saturday a plght without being dis- n covered. At the end of Sat- e urday's dancing, the audience was told, "these boys are a b They will compete tonight in the Square Dance Festival , at Highlands. ti a progressive step for county betterment and a healthiei industrial climate." Competent alport engineer: have estimated costs ofthe ac quisition and development . $344,500. The county has app lied to the Federal Avlatlot Agency for a 501k grant aw to the Appalachla Rwional Co mmission for a 301k grant. II these grants are approved, Cherokee County would havt to pay only 201k of the co As reported in last week'] paper, The Scout has learnet that these requests have rec eived a favorable reaction at the state level. However, the bonds must be approved by the voters before the grants would be made. The Commissioners, In their statement, said they felt $150,000 In bonds should be authorized although they do not believe it will be nece ssary to sell the full amount. They said they would sell only the portion of bonds nec essary to pay the county's share. "Should we receive grants from the F ederal A viation Ag ency and Appalachla totality >275,000 it will only require pproximately $75,000 of mat ibout $75,000 of bonds will be iold and the remainder can celled," the statement said. Ex Msrphy Girl la Ttxas Yvonee Johnson, a nativ< and former resident of Mur phy, was accidentally shot u death by her brother at hei home in Big Springs, Tex. on August 3. The 13-year-old Yvonne was leaving the bathroom of her home as her brother, Jimmy, rr., age nine, was playing with a 22 caliber rifle out side the room. The gun dis sharged, sending a slug inu ler right breast. Yvonne was lead when an ambulance arr ived. After the accident, Jimmy ran and hid in a vacant lot -ie and his mother were tak m to a hospital where they were treated for shock. A justice of the peace ruled he shooting was accidental. Yvonne was born in Murphy >n June 25,1953. The family eft here in 1956. Survivors in this area In clude die maternal grand mother, Mrs. Jim Swans on of durphy; the paternal grand mother, Mrs. Addle Johnson f Mineral Bluff, Ga.; and se er al aunts and uncles, inc jding Mr. and Mrs. Emerson alley of Mineral Bluff, Ga. ho went to Texas for the ineral. Suspect Nabbed U Police Station Cbeif of Police BlaineStal up arrested a suspect in a unday morning break-in when ie man walked past the police tation Monday morning, immy Ashe, 19, of Hanging log was charged with breaking nd entering. The police had been seeking .she since Patrolman Carl >'Hara fired three shots at man he caught breaking into lie rear of the Hetm Theatre arlv Sunday morning. O Hara confiscated a car t die scene that reportedly elonged to Ashe after the uspect fled on foot Theatre owner PJ. Hem aid nothing was taken at the beatre. Murphy Merchants Going All Out This Week To Give Local Shoppers "Values Galore' J' Quality merchandise, at prices that will amaze you are being offered by the Murphy merchants this week in_i spec lai inouie co local snappers. The merchants are alert to your needs and are det ermined to give you "Values Galore" for every dollar you spend with them this woeh. You will be amased at the ? values offered on the "Vslues Galore" page in this edition of The Cherokee Scout. You will And s big welcome this weak at the merchants dlsplahlng the "Value Galore" posters. Be on the look out for big bargains at the following merchants. Graves Chrysler-Plymouth, Davis jewelers, Mauney Drug, ' * JMurph) Tire 4 Lea 4 Nancy Sportswear 4 Dress Outlet, Appliance, Lena's, Murphy Supply, Murphy Florist,' Cherokee Shopping Center, Western Auto, Cltisens Bank 4 Trust Company,. Graves Furniture, O'Dall's Cafeteria 4 Restaurant, CoQlns Craln, Moore Jowelers, Trudy's, Candors, and! vie Furniture. A UJ5. AIR FORCE EXHIBIT, featuring the T-38 Talon jet trainer, will be displayed at the Cherokee County Fair which opene September 5. Flown primarily by the Air Training Command, the Talor is used for training in supersonic techniques, muitijet handling, aero batics, night and Instrument flying and corss-country navigation. Its speed Is approximately 800 miles per hour. The static display model is from the Orientation Groigj. USAF, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. Murphy All-Stars Lead Andrews; Ranger Ties Hiwassee Dam For Second, Play off Set Friday The Murphy All-Stars took a one game lead In their two out-of-three series with the Andrews All-Stars when they walloped Andrews, 21-8, last Saturday night at Murphy. The second game in the series was scheduled for Tuesday night but was rained out. It will be played at An drews tonight at 8 p.m. The winner of this series will represent Ch? okee Co unty In the Four-Square All Star Tournament. In official league play. Ran ger pulled into a tie for second place with HI was see Dam and a play-off will be necessary to determine which team will play in the tournament which stars next Monday. The play-off will be h -Id Friday night and following ..at game, the champion Independents W'l play die Murphy-All Stars in an exhibition game. Ranger gained the tie for second by defeating Murphy High School, 17-2, in their final game while Hiwassee Dam bowed to Peachtree, 14-10 in their finale. The winner of die Ranger Hiwassee Dam game will meet the number two team in the Clay County Softball Assoc iation Monday night at 7:30 at Andrews and die number two teams from Andrews and Bryson City will play in die nightcap. Tuesday night there will be four games. The Bryson City champions will play the Ro bbinsville runner-up, the Ro bbinsville champions will play the winner of the Monday night game between the Murphy and Clay County second place teams, the Andrews champ Ions will play the winner of the Monday night game bet ween the Andrews and Bry son City second place teams, and the Independents will meet the Clay County champ ions. Last Saturday a women's all-star team was selected. This team will play the wo men's division champs, ABC, and plans to schedule games with out of town all star teams. Mrs. Don Ramsey of First Baptist will manage the women's all-stars and Mrs. Max Blakemore of Peach tree will serve as co-manager. The players selected are: Susie Jackson and Anna Ruth Payne, pitchers; Sally Led ford and Linda Stalcup, cat chers; Mary Ann Thompson and Carmelita Smith, first baseman; Loretta Owens and Rachel Taylor, second base men; Judy Woody and Pat Stalcup, third basemen; Mil dred Dockery and Rhen Hughes shortstops; Phyllis Hughes and Linda Nelson, center fielders; Betty Cillenwater and Cathy Paterson, short fielders; Faye King and Betty Kate Lovingood, right field ers; Joyce Bates and Betty Carroll, left fielders. four from Murphy Unhurt At Atlanta Four Murphy residents es caped Injury when the car In which they were riding rammed the rear end of another car Sunday afternoon as they were leaving the Dixie 400 at Atlanta. The car was driven by Da vid Hendrlx and the other occ upants were Edwin Hendrix, L.D. Schuyler and Chris Sch uyler. Murphy Schools Open August 24; Faculty To Meet August 22 Superintendent John Jordan has announced die Murphy schools will open on Wednesday, August 24. He said students will report for a half day to pay fees, receive textbooks and get class assignments. Classes will begin Thursday, August 25, with the lunchrooms in operation. Teachers will report for work on Mooday, August 22, at 9 a.m. There will be a gen eral faculty meeting in the elementary school lunchroom. The faculty list for the 1966 67 school term includes the following: Murphy Elementary School William N. Hughes, principal! Mrs. Christine Ingle, Mrs. Dalr Shields, Miss Eunice Sh ields, Mrs. Lena Thompson, Miss Sara Long, Miss Clara McCombs, Mrs. Martha Hat chett, Mrs. Annie Brandon, Mrs. Bertha Chambers, Mrs. Beulah Sales, Mrs. Willie Lou Shields, Mrs. Mattie Lou Penland, Mrs. Annie Lou Rogers, Miss Emily Sword, Mrs. Brenda Hendrix, Mrs. Marie Hendrix, Mrs. Olive William, Mrs. Pearl Wood ard, Mrs. Jane Reynolds,Mi vln Payne, Marvin Hampton, Mrs. Ruth Wilson, Mrs. Mar garet Bruce, Miss Leila Hayes, Ed Reynolds, Mrs. Ruth Forsyth, supervisor; Miss Ella Faye Byers, Nat ional Teacher Corps team leader. Members of the National Teacher Corps team are: John Walsh, Lexington, Va.; Bob Folsom, Greensboro, N.C.; and Miss Paulette Gaudreau, St. Petersburg, Fla. Murphy HighSchool-johnA. Thompson, principal; Mrs. Pauline Bault, Mrs. Ethel M. Benson, Mrs. Velma v. Burch, Mrs. Dorothy Carl berg, Charles L. Forrister, Miss Jewell Garrett, Lyle B. Carringer, Mrs. Lucille D. Gault, Mrs. Patsy J. Hendrix, Mrs. Inez Kahn, James W. McCombs, Mrs. Barbara Mc Connel, Ralph McConnell, Mrs. Geraldine Meadows, Mrs. Emma L. Minor, Felix Palmer, James T. Postell, Mrs. Mozelle M. Puett, Mrs. Frances A. Ray, Wilbur L. Roberts, Cecil Mashburn and Hubert Winston Craig. How To Fail Without Trying By Dive Bruce Human nature dictates that ./hen someone Is asked to support something, they say, either verbally or silently, "what's In It for me?" The voters In Cherokee County will be asking that same que stion between now and Aug ust 27, when they will decide on the|150,000 bond Issue for the Cherokee County Airport. I don't own a plane and 1 don't fly one but I believe there Is something In thl for mp and for everyone else who likes In Cherokee County. That something Is a boost to the economy at our area and everybody who lives here and pays taxes here benefits from that. The present airport Is not for the ecooomic of this arse. It .die needs at like to use It. It Is a roadblock la die way of further Indus trail ex peosten. In the put several days, I have had the opportunity to examine letters from firms that are presently operating here and two points stick out like a sore thumb. First, I can assure you that most of them would never have located here In the first place if air facilities were not available. Secondly, while they did set up shop here, they are not satis fled with die present airport and are anxious to see It Im proved so that they can use heavier aircraft, consistent with the needs of their operations. 1 am not at liberty to name namee, but I can also tall you that a Urge firm that now has a plant In southwestern North Carolina has said fUtly that it will build another pant In this area If the airport la improved so suit Its needs. Industry today U turning more and mere to the air. Win planes to rush supplies to Its widely dispersed brandies and to speed company officials to each place of operation. The head of a nationwide firm would think nothing of flying into Cherokee County in a few hours buthe would surely frown on the Idea of flying Into Atlanta or Asheville then, spend more time driving to Cherokee County than he did in the air. We've said it so often before, but I must say it again. Industrial expansion means more jobs, it means keeping our young people at home, it means more dollar s to spend by more people, ad infinitum. Further industrial ex pansion in the area hinges on the the approval of the airport bond issue by you on August 27. It has bean established diet small airports are eco nomically uirfeastble on a pri vate sntarpiae basis. That Is why Cherokee County must take seet fee operation of the airport and must improve it. We have the best location for an airport anywhere west of Asheville. But if we're not willing to improve ours, somebody else might do something about theirs. I, for one, am not willing to see Cherokee County turn Its back on the last half of the twentieth century. The present expansionplans call for improvements that Will make It possible for planes as large as the DC-9 to land in Cherokee County. This will satisfy the foresee able needs ?f the Industries that have placed their conf idence in this area by coming here and It will be an open invitation to others to Join Of course, if you're against all these tilings, you'll want to vote no so August 81 and iH be happy to taU you what's In that for you and your county, a way to fall without svsntry lng. Carolina, Georgia Patrols & Sheriffs' Departments Crack Down On Drag Racers ine Hignway Patrols of North Carolina and Georgia and the Sheriff*s Departments of Cherokee County and Fannin County, Georgia combined Saturday night to halt drag racing on N.C. 60 in the Cul berson area. Four persons have been arrested on charges of pre arranged racing on the high ways and nine have been char ged with aiding and abrning racing. They were released under <1,000 bond ea. h and the cases are to be heard in Cher okee County Recorder's Court next Monday. The law officers confiscated 13 cars at the scene and four of these, which were observed being used for racing have been impounded and and will be sold at sheriffs auction if the defendants are found guilty. The other nine cars have been released to their owners. Saturday night's raid had been planned for several days Mansfield Cleared On Murder Charge A Cherokee County jury re turned a verdict of not guilty last week in the case of Ed ward Mansfield of Topton who was charged with the fatal shooting of Stanley Clark of Robbinsville on June 23. Mansfield had entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of second degree murder or manslaughter, as the evidence may indicate, in Cherokee Superior Court. Clark was shot in front of the Topton Drive-In, which is owned and operated by Mans field. 1 Testimony indicated Clark caused a disturbance at the drive-in and was asked to leave by Mansfield's wife. When he refused, Mansfield came to the scene and told him to leave. Clark, according to testimony, was chargirg to ward Mansfield when he was shot. He died shortly after arrival at the emergency room of the Andrews District Mem orial Hospital. Free Train Ride Next Week For County Residents Cherokee County Days will be celebrated at Bear Creek Junction next Wednesday and Thursday. Bonafide residents of Cher okee County may obtain free family passes to take the sc enic train ride from Bear Creek Junction to the rim of the Nantahala Gorge near Topton for either of these days. The junction is located four miles from Topton on U.S. 129. Cherokee County residents are invited to come and spend the day. They can eat in the snack bar or the Bear Creek J unction Diner or bring a picnic lunch. Passes can be obtained at branch offices of Citizens Bank and Trust Co., The Cherokee Scout office in Mur phy or at the depot at Bear Creek Junction. after the North Carolina Patrol had received com plaints from residents of the area. Patrolmen from throughout the western area were on hand to assist in the operation. Officers began arriving on the scene shortly after 9 p.m. Satrday night and hid at sev eral places in the area. Roads were covered that lead out of the area. The cooperation of the Georgia officers was nec esssary because Culberson is situated on the state line. The actual racing took place in NorthCarolina. The officers had to wait over two and a half hours for the racing to begin. It began shortly after midnight. A spokesman for the High way Patrol told The Scout that a large number of spec tators were lined up on both sides of the road for the ra ces which were begun with a starter's nag. William Samuel Davis,22, and Thomas Edwin Nichols, 19, of Mineral Bluff, Ga. and Bobby Garland, 23, and Larry Cruse, 19, of Atlanta were charged with pre-arranged racing. Davis, Nichols and Garland were arrested at the scene. Cruse fled from officers and was arrested when he came to the county jail Sunday to claim a car that had been impounded. Those charged with aiding and abetting racing are: flay Andrew Nichols, 26, Culber son; Howard Garland, 19, Rt. 4, Murphy; Alvin Erlth Har per, Jr., 29 and Johnny Luke Litt, 18, both of Re 1 Cul berson; Kenneth Joe Glad son, 21, Thomas Howard Al lison, 28, Randall Dentonjr,, 18, Fledia Louise Gregory, 23 and Joseph T. Hawkins 21, all of Rt. 2, Culberson. On The Beatles BY BACLEY Indeed I am On the Beatles. I am onTC them, and so are millions of oth ers. I hav.-i been sick at my stomach many times in my life, and, especially here lately, what with all the mass slayings: Speck and the eight Student nurses. Whitman at the University of Texas, and all those poeple he slau ghtered and wounded, the beheading of our service men in Viet Nam, the riots and lawlessness all over our nation, and the Ku Klux Klan. But never in all my life have I been so sickened as 1 am about the latest Beatle claim that they are " more popular than Jesus." Oh, I know you have al ready heard about this ridiculous, repulsive st atement. It has been covered by all the news media in this country. However, this newspaper also wants to be on rec ord, in unmistakable terras, with its own dis approval of such a claim. One of the cornerstone principles upon which this nation was founded was that of Freedom of Rel igion. In essence: the right to worship God as we see fit, or, conversly, not to worship Him at all. Or, to go a step further? we havetheright,orfree dom, to disbelieve in Him. But for this bunch of slovenly, mop-headed greaseballs, or anyone else, to make such sacrilegious remarks as these about Jesus Christ is more than I can bear. It insults every shred of decency I can lay claim to. It should insult every human on earth who bel ieves in a Supreme Being whether he isjewish,Ca tholic, Protestant, Budd hist, or what have you. I have personally de tested this group from the beginning because I felt that they added nothing to the cultural progress of our young people. Rather, I considered them to be detrimental to it. However, my spirit of tolerance, which, in cidentally, has come in for an agonizing reappra isal, more or less compelled me not to con demn them. When I learn ed that they were all atheists I actually felt sorry for them as I do for all who believe there is no God. And for those who believe God is dead. I am one who KNOWS GOD IS ALIVE. The manager of this group of nuts is now bulsly trying to persuade every body that John Lemon, the spokesman for the group claiming to be "more popular than Jesus, " did not mean It THAT way. The Associated Press and United Press Int ernational both say, "Lemon, when question ed WeftMsdaj in London ?bout the magazine story, bad 'No Comment.'" * the) didn't mean it THAT wej, then 1 wonder which wey it was meant. And when questioned ?bout It, it seems to me. he then should have clar ified the statement for us. I wonder why he didn't. He said, instead, "No comment." Why, indeed, there was no comment simply because none was needed. His statement was very clear. It needed no amplification, no clarification. Now we read and hear that many radio stations across these United St ates have banned the play ing of all Beatle records on their stations. We say, "More Power ToTheml" I have even read of Bea tle Bonfires being planned in many places. The fuel, of course, for these fires is to be Beatle records, pictures, books, wigs, etc. I am in-this news paper is in, complete acc ord with the spirit and intent of these fires. And when they are held I think they should be set in every city's dump. However, there is a question in my mind whether we should grant these creeps the dignity of allowing the ashes of their rubbish to mingle with our good clean garbage. In case you haven't heard, the owners and managers of our two local radio stations had this to say about the Beatle matter: W.K.RK.? Paul V. Ridenhour: "I feel that anyone who makes such sacrilegious statements should not be given con tinuous publicity and ex posure on our radio sta tion. And, definitely, should not be presented as "Stars and Heroes" to our young people. Af ter this story was confir med by United Press International, of which we are a subscriber, we immediately stated on the air that our future policy would be to dis associate ourselves with this group entirely." W.C.V.P.?Max Blake more: "We have discon tinued playing Beatle rec ords on our radio station and have no further comment on the matter." I wonder if there aren't many youngsters in our area who feel just as my own twelve year old dau ghter, Sharon, did when she heard the story. Her face got firey red an she stormed into her room and began plucking the Beatles' pictures from her bedroom walls. In about two more mln-1 utes she walked into the kitchen with a big sack full of beatle trash and said, "I'm not waiting for any big bonfire. Ill have one of my own," whereupon she trotted out to the in cinerator and promptly cremated die Beadea. Leonnon's exact state ment, as quoted by both wire services, wee, "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. 1 needn't argue about that] I'm right and will be proved right. We're (the Beatles) more popular Jeeut now] I rock *n' roll or Christ Unity. Jesus was all right but HU disciples were