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Volume 77-Number 10 Murphy, North Carolina Sq>tember 29, 1966 16 Pages This Week /^murph carina
UHWDA Group OKs Basic
Design Of Place Mats
YOUNG HARRIS, GA.?The
tourism and recreation work
group of the Upper tfwassee
Watershed Development
Association met last Thurs
day night to examine a pro
posed place mat showing tour
ist attractions in the five co
unty area.
Chairman Dave Bruce said
the group was pleased with die
basic outline of the mats des
igned by Tennessee Valley
Authority. "On behalf of the
entire work group, 1 want to
express our appreciation for
the efforts made by TVA to get
this project off the ground",
he told Tom Willoughby and
Marvis Cunningham of TVA.
Members of the work group
made several reco
mmendations for items to be
added or deleted from the mat
design. Most of the suggested
changes related to roads that
Funds Raised For
Truett Monument
A total of $441.03 has been
collected in the drive to raise
funds for a monument honor
ing the late Rev. Thomas V.
Truett.
were not Shown on the original
sketch.
TVA titled the mat "Moun
uin Lake Vacation Land" and
the group unanimously endor
sed the proposed title as an
excellent description of the
two main attractions In the
five county area-the mount
ains and the lakes.
Wllloughby told Bruce he
believed the TVA office in
Knoxville could have the
changes made on the design in
a few days. The changes will
be examined at a meeting sch
eduled for October 13.
When the final design is
accepted by the group, the
mats will be printed and sold
to restaurants in the area.
Basin Horse Show
To Be Sunday
The Copper Basin Riding
Club will hold its Western
Horse Show Sunday at 2 p.m.
at Ferg Long's place on Hi
ghway 68 near Turtletown,
Tenn.
Cash prizes and ribbons will
be awarded in 12 different cla
sses.
A club spokesman said dir
ection signs will be posted in
the area and in the event of
rain on Sunday, the show will
be held on the following Sun
day, October 9.
Kcv. lrucu naa neia ser
vices on Christmas Day at the
Hopewell Baptist Church for
thirty years and a special
memorial service was held
there last Christmas. At the
service, it was decided to
raise funds for the monument.
Randall Mundy, Hopewell
Church; Nellie Rich Curtis,
Shady Grove Church and Frank
Colwell, Antioch Church were
appointed to a committee to
raise the funds. Everett White
of Ranger School served as
treasurer.
Ranger, Clay Granges
To Get State Awards
GREENSBORO, N.C..
Awards for community ser
vice projects will be present
ed to 99 local Granges from
every section of North Car
olina, including the Ranger
Grange in Cherokee County
and the Clay County Grange,
at the 38th Annual State
Grange Convention on October
14 in Winston-Salem.
North Carolina National
Bank will award a total of
82,475 to the Granges for
their outstanding work in im
proving their communities
during 1966.
Granges which will each
receive a $25. community
service award wey-e named
today in a joint announcement
by Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell,
State Grange Master; and
President Addison H. Reese of
North Carolina National Bank.
This is the ninth year in
which the bank has sponsored
the program. Including this
year's awards, NCNB has pro
vided some 821,500 as die
incentive for Granges to pur
sue active efforts to improve
rural communities.
"Agriculture remains a fo
undation stone for our state's
economy," Reese declared.
"We of NCNB have the firm
conviction that improving
rural communities means im
proving the state as a whole.
We are happy to have a part
in encouraging the very worth
while community service act
ivities^ the Grange.
Mrs. Caldwell expressed
appreciation for the bank's
continuing sponsorship of the
From Tilt Mayor:
Stay la School
WHEREAS the future of
this city and of the nation
lies in the hands of the youth
today, and
WHEREAS these youth are
best prepared for res
ponsible citizenship and for
careers by means of a con
clentious and continued for
mal education, and
WHEREAS, a full under
standing of the need to stay
in school is essential to ach
ieve this purpose, and
WHEREAS many boys and
girls who might not
otherwise not return to
school in the fall, or continue
in their classes after enroll
ment, NEED help and
encouragement, and
WHEREAS many public
and private organizations in
this city can contribute time
and effort in encouraging and
promoting continued ed
ucation, now
THEREFORE, I, Mayor
Cloe Moore of the city of
Murphy, do hereby name and
declare the week of October
1 through 7 as Stay in
School Week, and call upon
all citizens of the city of
Murphy to join in die Youth
Opportunity Stay-in-School
Campaign, and actively par
ticipate in measures to acc
omplish the highest possible
enrollment of students in
school this Fall.
MHS Distributive Education
Program Called Great Asset
Superintendent John Jordan
and Principal John Thompson
state that the Distributive Edu
cation Program at Murphy
High School is doing well. This
program, tneiirstoi its kind in
Cherokee County, is expected
to be a great as set to the school
and community.
The Distributive Education
'"The Granges Of North
Carolina have a proud
tradition of self-help and co
mmunity service,"she said.
"The scope of projects broad
ens each year. We feel that the
Grange is in position to give
greater serivce than every be
fore in a changing rural-ur
ban economy.
Mrs. Caldwell reported a
wide variety in the community
service projects undertaken
this year. Some are related
to increasing farm income
through seeking new sources
of revenue; others are rel
ated to community beati
tification, improvement of
schools, support of volunteer
fire departments and public
libraries. Many Granges held
special meetings forthe pur
pose of acquainting the pub
lic with Medicare. In a num
ber of Ganges, older people
entitled to Medicare benefits
were urged to make
application.
In one instance, a Grange
sponsored a program to wel
come newcomers to a fast
growing industrial area. Farm
safety-received attention, in
cluding projects with special
emphasis on precautions ar
ound farm ponds. Gifts
for service men in Viet Nam
were collected under some
projects, while others bene
fitted Korean orphans. Support
for industrial education, pro
motion of Scout troops and
other youth activities,andhelp
for school and hospital bond
campaigns were among other
projects.
curriculm is a combination '
preparatory and co-operative
vocational program which
combines classroom instruct
ion with on-the-job training.
The aim of Distributive Edu
cation is to prepare young men
and women for careers
in some field of distribu
tion. Twenty-two students are
participating in the project
this year. Students in the co
operative program are divid
ing their time between school
and work experience. The
preparatory student work is
concentrated in the classroom
with some limited work ex
perience provided.
Students have been accepted
from the junior and senior
classes on the basis of inter
est, aptitude and vocational
objective. They will receive
high school credit both from
their classroom study and
work experience.
Business organizations in the
community are participating
in this program are: A&P
Murphy Florist, King's Auto
Supply, Providence Hospital,
Collins-Crain, Hilton Bus
iness Equipment, Rimco.Pea
chtree Farm and Home Supply,
Fambro's, Dickey Supply, Cit
izens Bank & Trust Company. <
Cams', Kayes Auto Supply, ,
and ESSO Service Station.
Cecil Mashburn, the tea
cher-co-ordinator, received
his degree in Business Acfcn
inistration from Western Car
olina College and his profess
ional training in Distributive 1
Education at the University 1
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. He invites those interest
ed in finding out more about
die opportunities of Distri
butive Education, both for stu
dents and employers to contact 1
him at Murphy High School.
County GOP
Sets Bar-B-Q
The Cherokee County Rep
ublicans will hold a barbeque
at the Fairgrounds in Muriihy
Saturday evening beginning at
6:30
JUNIOR GIRL SCOUT TROOP 211 0 the flr?t Girl Som Itoop to meet rerlerly (a MorjRiy.
Hit 48 glrle mttt entry Monday. Their leader la Mra. Harman Bdwarda and the aaaiitam
U Mr*. Stent Dockery.
WCC TRIO KILLED IN CRASH
Victims Include Two
Residents Of County
Three Western Carolina
College students, including
two from Cherokee County,
were killed instantly last Wed
nesday night when their speed
ing car failed to make a curve
just inside the Sylva town
limits.
The victims were Bill Ed
gar Helton, 21, of the Wolf
Creek section of Cherokee
County; Tommy M. Roberts,
23, Rt. 1, Murphy and Robert
Gilmore Koontz, 22, of Buff
alo, N.Y.
The accident happened on
Koontz* birthday.
Sylva Police Chief Clif
ford C. Seago said the car
hit a power pole on US 19
23A at the intersection of
old Asheville highway and
carried the pole with it into
a gully 30 feet deep. It left
Bill Helton
Tommy Roberts
Robert Koontz
Stream Bursts
t
Into Flames
Monday will be remembered
as the day the water caught
Fire in Murphy.
Snider Jones was burning
trash behind his grocery store
and service station just west
of die Murphy City Limits on
US 64 when a small branch
running behind thestoresudd
enly flashed Into flames.
The Murphy Volunteer Fire
Department was called and
quickly extinguished the trash
fire.
The flash fire was started
when a spark from the burn
ing trash ignited gasoline that
had leaked into the stream
from the underground storage
tanks at the service station.
No one was injured and there
was no damage but it was nec
essary to repair the leak in
the tanks.
500 feet of tire marks on the
pavement.
It was not determined who
was driving the 1962 Chev
rolet owned by Helton. All
three were thrown out in the
crash.
One body was found under
the broken pole with the over
turned car on top of it. The
other two were found some
distance from the wreckage.
The car had just entered the
eastern town limits from the
direction of Waynesville, acc
ording to State Highway Pat
rolman H.M. Morrow. He in
vestigated the accident along
with Sylva City Patrolman Guy
Jones.
Roberts and Koontz were
seniors at WCC and Helton
was a junior who had with
drawn from school two days
before.
Roberts was a native of
Cherokee County and the son
of Mrs. Bertha McClure Ro- '
berts and the late Thomas
Jackson Roberts. He was a
1961 graduate of Murphy High
School.
In addition to the mother,
he is survived by three sis
ters, Miss Kathleen Roberts,
of Asheville, Mrs. Mary Lee
Smith ofClarkesville.Ga.,and
Mrs. Sue Spears of Canton.
Funeral services were held
at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Mur
phy First Baptist Church of
which he was a member.
The Rev. William J. Thomp
son, the Rev. Marvin Hampton,
and the Rev. Ernest Sanders
officiated and burial was in the
Tomotla Cemetery. Pall
bearers were Mike Smith, Sam
Duncan, David Alverson. Billy
Forsyth, Gary Mooney, Jerry
Bryson, David Thompson and
Bill Harper.
Townson Funeral Home was
in charge.
Helton was the son of Mrs.
Helen Standridge Helton and
the late Edgar Helton, Rt. 1,
Copperhill, Tenn. He was a
graduate of Hiwassee Dam
High School.
In addition to his mother,
Helton is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Betty McKeon Hel
ton; two brothers, Don of At
lanta and David of Rt. 1, Co
pperhill; one sister, Miss Pat
ricia Helton of Rt. 1, Copper
hill and his Grandmothers,
Mrs. Bert Standridge of
Isabella, Tenn. and Mrs. B.
H. Helton of Culberson.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 2 p.m. from the
Macedonia Baptist Church
with the Rev. Cecil Pelfrey
and the Rev. Robert Bell offi
ciating. Music was by the
church choir and burial fol
lowed in the Sweet Gum Cem
etery.
Pallbearers were Lowell
Williamson, Eddie Spiva,
David Alverson, Bill Forsyth,
Garry Bryson and Sammy
Duncan.
Chastain-Pack ' Funeral
Home was in charge.
Koontz' body was returned
to Buffalo, N.Y. for burial.
Kiddy Load Day
NarseryTo Open
The Kiddy Land Day
Nursery will begin operations
Monday at Tennessee and De
pot Streets in Murphy.
The nursery will be open
from 6:30 ami. until after
working hours Monday through
Friday and children attend
ing will receive one hot meal
and two snacks daily.
Owner Mrs. Jo Taylor said
there will be experienced help
to care for the children and
applications are now being
accepted. For further infor
mation call 837-3080.
iaycees Kick Oil Sale
01 Cushions Friday
The Murphy Jtycees will
kick off their Murphy Bull
dog Cushion sale ?t Friday
night's game when the Bull
dogs meet Franklin.
President Jack Owens
said the cushions are made of
top quality foam rubber with
vinyl covering. There is a
Bulldog emblem on one side
sod ads from local mer
chants on the other. The cus
hions are black and gold, the
colors of Murphy High School.
They will sell for tf.50 each.
Owens said the JayceeswlU
donate all procoudt from the
sale of tbeee cushions to die
ducted by the Murphy Softball
Association.
The Association plans to
install new poles and better
lighting at the local Softball
field before next season's
softball games and Little
League competition. It is
believed the total cost of the
project will be 93,600 and the
Jaycees hope to raise 1780
through the sale of the cush
ions to donate toward the cost.
Members of the Jaycees
? Softball Association
DEATH CAR This is the car in which Bill Helton, Tommy Roberts and Robert Koontz were
riding last Wednesday night when they were killed at Sylva.
25 Arrested During Highway
Patrol Saturation Of County
Eight North Carolina
Highway Patrolmen and
Sheriff Claude Anderson and
his deputies combined efforts
Saturday night for a Satura
tion Patrol in Cherokee Co
unty. A total of 25 persons
were arrested on 28 charges.
The Saturation Patrol is
being conducted by the High
way Patrol on weekends. Sev
eral patrol members from a
district are assigned to work
in one county during this per
iod. The couny selected is not
announced in advance.
Sandra Mintz TaKes iu
In Football Contest
The ladies dominated the
play in the first week of The
Scout's Football Contest that
offers over {400 in prizes.
Sandra K. Mintz.Rt. 1, Mar
ble, picked up $10 in cash and
got 10 points credit toward the
grand prize of a football week
end for two in Atlanta when
she picked 18 winners out of 19
games. Her only wrong sele
ction was the Memphis State
South Carolina Game.
Six dollars and six points
went to Jackie Ledford of
Andrews for 17 correct
selections.
Third place is supposed to
be worth four dollars and four
points but we came up with
an unbreakable tie here. Both
third place winners made the
same prediction on the tie
breaker so we are awarding
two dollars and two points
each to Mrs. Nora Ford of
Murphy and Karen Watson, Rt.
1, Murphy. They each picked
16 winners.
There are 11 weeks left in
this big contest and you have
11 chances to enter the win
ner's circle.
Turn to the Football Con
test Page in this week's Scout
and make your selections.
Read the rules carefully and
join the fun.
18 Attend Supervisory
Development Workshop
Eighteen persons were en
rolled in a Supervisory Dev
lopment Training Program
conducted by J TriSy
Industrial Education Center
which ended last week.
Supervisory Development
1 rairnng is an extension ser
vice that provides an aid to in
dustries in helping train pre
sent supervisors and pro
spective supervisors. It
offers both small and large
organizations a valuablesour
ce of in-service, up-grading
instruction in principles of
supervision.
The program consists of
more than 20 short courses
irom which interested ind
ustries can select and plan an
appropriate training pro
gram to fit their particular
needs. These courses range
from basic principles to more
technical aspects of super
visory duties.
The purpose of the local
Reds Retain
Dave Bristol
kBr'st?l of Andrews
will be back at the helm of
the Cincinnati Reds next year.
a,r.^ent"Gener*1 Manager
Bill DeWitt announced Monday
that Bristol would be the man
ager after serving as interim
manager since July 13.
Bristol took over when Don
st!r?f,He had
M 4 coach
on the Reds staff.
The Reds were in eighth
Place in the National Lea
f!*.r,c? "h?n Bristol took
over and the club payed ex
cellent baseball duriqg July
^Afust ^ then the t?my
September and
will finish the season in the
second divison.
*We are not going to tear
the team down becauee we had
* f?ad trip In September"
Bristol said. Nobody can teU
We are
a* any surprise."
workshop was to recruit pro
spective instructors for the
program from the ranks of
industry and public school
personnel. As a result of the
workshop, a pool of certified
instructors is not available
for the program here.
A similar workshop will h?
conducted for prospective in
structors in the near future.
Those enrolled in the work
shop were Ed Patterson, Jr.
Owenby Mfg. Co.; Ronald A.
Res sell and S.J. Gernert,
Textured Yarn Co.. Inc.: Hovt
E. Crane and Edward E.
Schulte, Clifton Precision
Products Co.; Donald P. Smith
and Felix E. Palmer, Cher
okee County Board of Educa
tion; Samuel F. Barnett and
Peter J. McKeon, Rimco Mfg.
Corp.; Walter L. Denton,Gra
ham County Board of Educa
tion; Horace S. Cannon, Levi
Strauss & Co.; Carl S. Moore,
and Charles E. Battle, Tri
County Industrial Education
Center; Lester G. Stalnecker
Berkshire Internationl;GuyA.
Brlttaln, and Carl Dyer, Lid
seen; Eliotte E. Whitson, And
rews City Schools and Arthur
C. Murray, Lldseen of North
Carolina.
St. AadrtwsHas
Evangelism Week
St. Andrews Lutheran
Church of Andrews is ob
serving Evangelism Week this
week with Rev. Frederick M.
Archer as the guest speaker.
Rev. Archer's series of
talks began last night with the
title "Maid to Mistress". He
will speak tonight (Thursday)
on "Brother To Brother".
Friday's topic willbe"Father
To Family" and the series will
conclude Saturday with
"Stranger to Stranger".
The speaker, a graduate of
Catawba College and die Lu
theran Theological
Seminary, has bean Feasor of
jVIIPHi
Conover, N.C. since J una 1964
He Is a)
oft
During the saturation period
which ran from 6:30 Saturday
night until 3:30 Sunday morn
ing, every highway in
Cherokee County was covered
by at least one car.
Seven persons were
arrested for speeding during
the saturation period here.
Five motorists were charged
with having improper equip
ment on their cars. Four were
charged with drunk driving and
three persons were charged
with public drunkeness. There
were two arrests each
for reckless driving, litt
ering and stop sign violations.
One person was charged with
failure to have an inspection
sticker and there was one arr
est each for no insurance
and improper registration.
In additipn to the arrests,
the officers issued 11 warning
tickets.
Spokesmen for the Patrol
have pointed out that there is
confusion among motorists in
regard to the law that governs
lifting of drivers licenses
when insurance lapses.
They said that because of this
confusion, some motorists
have lost their licenses for
30 days while not intending to
violate the law.
If insurance on a car lap
ses and the car's tags are not
turned in. the owner s license
is automatically suspended for
30 days. Patrolmen point out
that they have no alternative
but to take the license even if
the car is not being used on
the highways.
They said if an owner dec
ided to remove a car from
use, he should turn in the
tags before the insurance lap
ses. If this is done, their
driver's license will not be
affected.
Hi-Lltas, Eagle
Win Red Ribboas
The Hi was see Dam Hi-Lites
and Eagle won red ribbons in
their respective categories at
the Montreat-Anderson Jour
nalism Conference last Sat
urday at the conclusion of the
two-day workshop.
The Hi-Lltes entered for the
first time in scholastic com
petition rated second place in
the mimeographed field. The
Eagle, entered foe a second
time, bettered its original pl
acement by one place and came
in second in the category of
yearbooks published by high
schools with no more than 500
pupils.
Luther Thlgpen, Associate
Editor of the Ashevllie Cit
izen acted as judge for the
newspapers and prior to aw
arding of prizes gave a com
plete critique of all compet
ing papers. A similar cri
tique for yearbooks
was given by George Searle
of Asheville.
Friendship Church
Holds Ceiteanial
The Centennial Tear rf
Friendship Baptist Church
on Highway 2M win be cli
maxed with the annual Home
coming on Sunday.