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Volume 77- Number 7 Murphy, North Corolino September 8, 1966 10 Poges Tbie Week ?"?
Cherokee, Clay Towns To Get
Over $23,000 In Powell Funds
RALEIGH?State Street Aid State Highway Commission
allocations totaling more than Chairman J.M. Hunt. Jr. ann
99-mlllion will go to qualifying ouncedjtoday.
towns and cities in North Ca- Hunt said theat 420 North
olina this year under pro- Carolina towns and cities will
visions of the Powell Bill, receive proportional cash all
FRED M. DAVIS of Marble recently joined the North
Carolina State Highway Patrol. He will serve In the Hickory
area. Davis, who is a former manager of the Scout Studio,
Is married to the former Joyce Hembree of Murphy.
Trantham To Organize
Local Radio Ameteurs
Joey L. Trantham of Rt. 1
Marble has been selected to
set up an organization of area
amateur radio operators pre
pared to-furnish organized
emergency communications in
time of disasters, it was ann
ounced today by Communica
tions Manager F.E. Handy of
the American Radio Relay Le
ague, U.S. and Canadian ass
ociation of radio amateurs.
Trantham's assignment
which carries the tithe of
Emergency Coordinator of the
Amateur Radio Emergency
Corps, is to band together
members of die amateur radio
service in his community to
perfect arrangments for em
ergency radio communication
by hanM in the event of natural
disasters or other emer
gencies. In addition to use of
fixed radio station equipment
working from commercial
power, amateur stations use
self powered radio transmitt
ing and receiving equipment
as needed and can often deploy
portable and mobile units to
accomodate a particular em
ergency requirement. Trant
ham as ARRL Emergency Co
ordinator, will call local
meetings of amateurs, estab
lish common operating pro
cedures, and arrange regular
drill periods when the hams*
personal stations may be mo
bilized under simulated emer
gency conditions. His duties
also include liaison planning
with relief and public welfare
agencies, aa suggested in
working understandings the
ARRL Amateur Radio
Emergency Corps has with the
Red Cross, Civil Defense and
otter agencies. Liaison will be
established also with local
protective services, such as
fire and police departments.
th announcing the appoint
ment. Handy pointed out that
MiIIoim To lo
Horo Wodiosdoy
Tom L. Ma Honor, Assist
ant to Congressman to Roy
A. Taylor, will make a sch
eduled visit to Cherokee and
Clay counties next Wednesday.
He will be at the Town Hall
in Andrews from 9 to 9:30
a jn. City Hall in Murphy
from U ajn. until noon and
at the Clay County Court
house in Ha yes vllls from 3
to 4p.m.
Any persons who have plans
or official
ing to Congressional matters
are invited it dUcusa them
with Malonee during his visit
taittaraa.
radio amateurs have
traditionally had the respon
sibility of being in constant
readiness to offer assistance
In time of need with ham
aoqulred skill, emergency
powered transmitters and a
wealth of community spirit.
"When sleet storms disrupt
telephone and telegraph ser
vice, or floods isolate whole
communities," the League's
Communications Manager
said, "it is amateur radio
that comes to the rescue with
operators and self-powered
equipment, often as the sole
agency abbe to transmit mess
ages calling on the outside
world for aid for the stricken
community."
"To be prepared for this
function required not only a
highly organised program of
preparedness locally. Handy
continued, "but hams outside
the disaster area must be
prepared to act as outlets an|
relay points fot emergency
traffic. Planning and organ
ization are necessary in either
eventuality and that is the
job Trantham is doing for this
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area.
Knigliten Heads
White Cane Drive
Gordon E. Knighten cf Be
aver dam is the Western North
Carolina director of die 1966
White Cane Drive which will
be conducted September 11 to
30 by District 31-A Lions
Clubs.
Knighten has announced that
the statewide goal is $142,000.
District 31-A goal is $15,270
or an average of $10 per mem
ber.
All funds derived will
benefit aid to the blind, vis
ually handicapped and preven
tion of blindness programs on
a statewide basis.
Knighten will direct pro
ject Chairmen of 38 clubs
with 1.527 members lnl2WNC
Counties in soliciting member
ships in the N. C. Association
for the Blind and
selling White Cane lapel pins
in communities.
A key member, he wes vot
ed Beaverdam's Lion of the
Tear in 1954 and I960 and is
Immediate past chairman of
Zone Five, which Includes As
heville, Beaverdam, Bill
more, Black Mountain, Fair
view, Haw Creak, and Valley
Springs.
Drive dkector is a charter
member of the Beaverdam
Lions dab, organised in Mar
ch , 1958, has maintained par
and has served as director
six years.
otments amounting to
$9,332,714.20. Checks wUl be
mailed from Raleigh the latter
part of September In order that
they will reach the municipa
lities by October L
Murphy will receive
$11,680.96, Andrews is to get
$9,041.79 and Hayesville's
share is $2,606.94.
The funds equal to die
amount produced by one-half
cent of the regular six-cents
per gallon motor fuel tax lev
led by the State are returned
annually to participating mun
icipalities in proportional
shares based on the relative
non-state street mileage and
the relative populations of
each of die municipalities
Towns and cides qualify for
participation under the Powell
Bill by submitting to the High
way Commission each year
data concerning ad valorem
taxes, other sources of rev
enue, budget ordinances and
municipal elections.. There
are some legally incorporated
towns and cities which do not
participate since they do not
perform municipal functions
necessary to qualify under the
law.
Hunt noted that the
$9,322,714.20 returned to the
420 municipalities this year
is nearly twice the amount
returned to 386 participating
towns and cities at the begin
ning of the program in 1951.
During the 16 years the
Powell Bill has been in eff
ect, a total of $108,299,284.
64 has been returned to the
municipalities for use on loc
al streets.
Finds Assured
For Sceaic Road
WASHINGTON - Funds to
keep construction moving on
the Bobbins ville-Tellico
Plains Road were assured
according to 11th District Con
gressman Roy A. Taylor.
Construction is well un
der way on both ends of the 41
mile scenic highway. Expen
ditures and commitments to
date total about $5,150,000.
Construction money has
been derived from a special
part of the annual Federal Aid
Highway Act called "Public
Lands Highways." Histor
ically, the annual national al
location for these roads has
been about $1 million.
However, die House Wed
nesday raised the allocation
to $14 million for Fiscal Year
1968 and to $16 million for
Fiscal Year 1969. The Robb
insville-Tellico Plains Road
was listed in an accompany
ing committee report among
roads on which the money
should be spent.
"This means that work on
the road can continue without
any threat of interruption,"
Congressman Taylor said.
The Congressman appeared
last May before the Senate
Public Works Committee in
support of larger approp
riations.'Senators on the co
mmittee include B. Everett
Jordan of North Carolina, who
also worked for the increase.
The committee report
stated that the authorization
had been enlarged "to meet the
increasing need for recreat
ional and scenic highways on
federal lands."
The report gave die Robb
insville-Tellico Plains Road
as an example of a project
which would justify die In
vestment. The road will con
4 tribute $33,880,000 annually
to die local economy when die
highway is completed. Such
returns compare favorably to
the estimated total cost of
completion of the project of
$12,600,000.
Potentate H. Ed Austin of Charlotte N.C. will lead over 300
members of the uniform units of Oasis Shrine Temple in a
series of parade-visitations to Murphy, Andrews and Bryson
City Saturday.
Shriners Parade In
Murphy And Andrews
Uniformed units of Oasis
Temple of the Shrine will par
ade in Murphy Saturday morn
ing beginning at 10:30.
James Helton, chairman of
the Murphy phase of the Shrine
excursion through western
North Carolina, said the
parade will begin at the Power
Board Building and proceed to
the square where it will turn
left on Hiwassee St. to Church
St. where the march will con
tinue one block to Willow St.
and turn right to Tennessee
St. The parade will continue
up Tennessee St. to the square
where a left turn will be made
and the group' will proceed on
Valley River Ave. to the A&P
parking lot.
Bands, trick vehicles,
clowns and a large group of
uniformed Nobles of the My
stic Shrine will be participat
ing in the parade.
Following the Murphy par
ade, the Shriners will march
in Andrews at noon and at
3:30 in Bryson City. They
have a unit jamboree schedu
led at 4:46 in Cherokee and the
Indians will present a stick
ball game at 5:15.
Helton said the Shriners
want to bring their "fun with
a purpose" to Murphy so
the people can become more
familiar with the work of the
Shrine which supports 19 hos
pitals for underpriveleged cr
ippled children and three ins
titutes for severely burned
children.
One of the Shriners major
activites to support this work
is the Shrine Bowl Football
game each fall in Charlotte
featuring all-star high school
squads from the Carolines.
Potentate Austin, the Oasis
Divan, Major G. Cliff Wingate
of Charlotte and the uniformed
units will lead the caravan of
Oasis Divan, Major G. Cliff
Wingate of Charlotte and die
uniformed units will lead the
caravan of Oasis Nobles in
Saturday's visit.
Oasis Shrine Temple is one
t< 169 Shrine Tejples located
throughout North America.
The Shrine movement started
in New York shortly after the
Civil War and has grown along
with its Masonic background to
become one of the largest fra
ternal systems in the world.
Each of die more than850,000
Nobles of the Ancient Arabic
Order of Mystic Shrine
in North America is also a
Master Mason and a York
and or Scottish Rite Mason.
Oasis Temple was
chartered by die Imperial Sh
rine of North America in 1985
and at one time was the only
Shrine Temple in the Carol
ines. Since that date there
have been three sister Temp
les chartered, Sudan in New
Bern, N.C. and two South
Carolina Temples, Hejaz in
Greeqyille and Omar in
Charleston. Oasis Temple
presently has a jurisdictional
area covering the western part
of North Carolina and the
current membership num
bers 8667 Nobles.
Captain and Drum Major, Charlie Robinson if Greensboro,
leading the Oriental Band, stationed in Greensboro.
4 Die In Crash Off Plane
On Cherokee-Graham Line
Four members of ? Mich
igan family died in the crash
of a single-engine plane Sun
day at Tatham Gap, about five
miles north of Andrews on the
Graham-Cherokee county
line.
The wreckage was spotted
by a Civil Air Patrol air se
arch party from the AshevUle
squadron about 2 p.m. Monday
and ground parties reached the
scene about &30 .p.m.
The CAP ground parties id
entified the wreckage as that
of a plane enroute from Aug
usta, Ga. to Knoxville which
was reported missing Sunday
NYC Project Starts
In Four Counties
A Neighborhood Youth
Corps (NYC) project for the
1966-67 school year was
started in all the high sch
ools of Cherokee, Clay, Gra
ham and Swain counties this
week. The announcement was
Harvey To Speak
At GOP Meetiag
W infield Scott Harvey, Rep
ublican candidate for Con
gress in the 11th District, will
be the featured speaker at a
county-wide Republican meet
ing at the Cherokee County
Courthouse Tuesday at 7:30
p.m.
All Republican candidates
for county offices will be
present at the meeting.
County Chairman Virgil O'
Dell and 11th District Chair
man Bill Bradley urge all
Republicans to attend this
meeting.
Cherokee, Clay Get
Forestry Dividend
Forest Supervisor Peter
J. H anion has announced that
Cherokee and Clay are among
25 North Carolina counties
that will share a "dividend"
of $239,137.80 as their share
of National Forest receipts
for the past fiscal year.
Cherokee County's share is
$16,440.92 and day County
will get $12,086.99.
Hanlon said federal law
provides that 25 percent of
National Forest receipts be
returned to counties in which
National Forest land is loc
ated. The money is used for
schools and roads.
National Forest receipts in
North Carolina mounted to
$1,124,443 and the amount each
county receives is based upon
this figure. The "dividend"
for North Carolina counties
this yearis$39,48(h85greater
than last year.
While most National Forest
revenue is derived from
Umber cut by private
operators under competitive
bid, Hanlon pointed out that
other forest resources such as
wildlife, recreation, water,
and forage are also managed
and utilized.
made by Four-Square Comm
unity Action, Inc., official
anti-poverty agency for the
four counties, and sponsor
of NYC.
NYC Is conducted by the U.S
Department of Labor through
community action agencies
and schools. It is designed
to provide part-time employ
ment for needy students bet
ween the ages of 16 and 21
to enable them to earn money
needed to continue their
education. The program also
exposes students to the world
of work and teaches them the
responsibilities of an
employee to his employer.
NYC is conducted on a com
pletely non-discriminatory
basis.
This year's project Invol
ves 100 students, distributed
among the high schools on the
basis of school membership.
They will work nine hours per
week as teacher aides, lib
rary aides, maintenance ass
istants, cafeteria aids, and
recreation assistants. Their
wages are to be based on
$ 1.2S per hour.
Mrs. Jayne Ramsey,
Project Director, and Four
square officials pointed out
that the value of NYC showed
up in a similar project con
ducted last year.
Economically deprived stu
dents, by earning money,
were able to purchase
class rings, and other thing*
they could not have other
wise purchased, making them
feel more a part of the school
group. Their attendance im
proved and their grades were
better. Some who would have
dropped out stayed in school
because of NYC. Undoubtedly,
all of them will be better and
more successful employees
when they graduate and begin
their careers.
Tom Day, Four-Square pre
sident, said that, at the begin
ning. this year's project will
be an extension of the succ
essful summer program just
completed. However, he said
his organisation is expecting
to begin a new program within
two months which will continue
through the school year and
on through next summer.
"We are pleased to be able
to offer this worthwhile pro
gram this year, " Day said,
and we wish to thank the
schools, the students, te
Department of Labor and
others for their fine support
and assistance."
night.
The flight plan filed when
the plane left Augusta Sunday
listed the pilot as Clair E.
Courtade. SO, of Buckley,
Mich. His wife and two teenage
children were also aboard the
plane.
The passengers were iden
tified as Mrs. Roberta Court
ade, 41, Douglas Courtade, 17,
and Constance Courtade, 13.
The family was visiting
another daughter, Mrs. Car
rie Murphy in Augusta.
Courtade's body was to be
sent to Knoxvllle for an au
topsy and the other bodies
were to be sent to Buckley,
Mich, for burial.
Wreckage was scattered
over a wide area and two bo
dies had been thrown from the
plane on impact. A spokesman
for the CAP said the plane had
flown into the side of the
mountain while traveling at
cruising speed, nearly 23
.miles off the direct course
between Augusta and Knox
vllle.
Thunderstorms or marginal
weather was reported in the
area Sunday around the time of
die crash.
Eastern Air Rescue off
icials at Warner Rabbins
Air Force Base in Georgia
said the red and white Moo
ney Mark 21 was rented from
a firm in Traverse City,
Mich, and was supposed to
be returned there by Sunday.
The Knoxvllle stop was sc
heduled for 11 a.m. Sunday and
was believed to be for gas.
When the plane, failed to app
ear there, a search was ini
tiated over the Carolines,
Tennessee and Georgia.
Group IV CAP Headquarters
at Meyer Airport lnHender
sonvllle was base of operat
ions for the search under co
ordinator Lt. Col. Fqy Reese
of Asheville. The advance base
of operations at the Andrews
Murphy Airport was under the
direction of deputy mission
co-ordinator Cape Joseph
Meserve of the Asheville
squadron.
Group headquarters rep
orted a total of 11 planes made
38 flights and recorded 31
hours and S3 minutes in the
air searching for the ill
fated plane.
Adult Classes
Start Monday
Adult classes to be off
ered by Trl-County Indus
trial Education Center will
begin Monday night. The sub
jects to be taught will be pub
lic school math, history, En
glish, social studies and read
ing and writing. They will be
held in the same schools in
Cherokee, Clay and Graham
counties in which they were
held last year. These are
planned for adults who ????*
unable to complete high
school, and for any other ad
ults who desire to further
their public school education.
The classes will meet from
6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on two
nights each week for a period
of ten weeks.
On the same nights and the
same hours, classes will be
held in typing, bookkeeping,
and shorthand. These classes
will meet in the high school
buildings in the three oouot
ies.
Classes will be held In the
following schools: Peachtree
Martins Creek, Ranger, Hiw
assee Oam , Unaka, White
Church, Murphy Elementary,
Murphy High. Andrews, Mar
ble, Hayesville, Shooting Cr
eek,Robbinsville, U""nHip
View and Stecoah.
Mayor Proclaims SbriaarY Day
WHEREAS, the Shriners will parade in the business
district of the Town of Murphy on Saturday, September
10, commencing at 10:30 o'clock, A >4.;
WHEREAS,the parade of a large group of uniformed
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will feature bands, trick
vehicles, and clowns for the purpose of bringing the hos
pital program of the Oasis Temple to its members and
the public;
WHEREAS, the Shriners now support 19 hospitals for
under-privileged crippled children and three Institutes
for severely burned children:
NOW, THEREFORE. 1, Cloe Moore. Mayor of the Town
of Murphy, North Carolina, do hereby proclaim Saturday,
September 10, 1966, to be Shrlner's Day In the Town of
Murphy and do hereby urge the public to be present and
ihow an Interest in this beneficial program.
X
PBACHTREK 4-H CLUB won ft rat plica (or their dlaptly
booth (loft photo) it the Cherokee County Fair. Second place
" n he Ceae Creek 4-H Club (center photo)
tod third plica want to tha Ballvtaw 4-H Club (right photo)
Today la tchool day at tha Pair with fraa tdmioolon to all
ctdldran tttandln( achool la Charohaa County. Judtfnf of
V wOl ba KM at wo o'clock ?*y aai <bo
bono obow will bo hold