'Cherokee County's Beit 5ujr' ' tUld ClaLf CoUntlf PfO^TSD
Volume 77 Number 13 Murphy, North Carolina October 20, 1966 '2 Pages This ^ee*
ages lh. steer.
James W. Franklin, Ex
Mayor Of Murphy, Dies
Jwiicb Waiter Franklin,
a former Mayor uf Murphy,
died last Wedneday morning
(October 12) in a Franklin
hospital following a heart
attack three days before.
Franklin served a one year
Mats OK d, Sales
Plans To Be Made
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga.-- The
tourism and recreation work
group oi the Upper Hiwassee
Watershed Development Ass
ociation gave final approval to
the design ol a placemat
showing tourist attractions
in the five county area last
Thursday night.
"1 believe this multi-color
placemat will become an
effective tool for tourist pro
motion in the Upper Hiwassee
Valley", said Chairman Dave
Bruce. "I am pleased with
the constructive comments
and thoughts expressed by
everyone who had a hand in
designing it and especially
appreciate the splendid assi
stance rendered by TVA."
Secretary Ed Swartz also
thanked TVA representatives
Tom Wiloughby and Marvis
Cunningham for the agency's
work on the project.
The mats will be sold to
restaurants In the five county
UHWDA area and plans will
be made at the group's next
meeting to have them printed
and a sales campaign or
ganized. Bruce said the
next meeting is scheduled for
next Thursday at the Blue
Ridge Mountain EMC Office
In Young Harris .
Toastmasters
Meet Saturday
The Murphy "Ridge
Runners" Toastmaster Club
will hold a meeting for organ
izational purposes Saturday
morning at 7:30 at O'Dell's
Restaurant.
The group which plans to
organize Toastmaster clubs
in Andrews and HayesvUle,
too, will meet every second
Saturday morning at die same
time.
Ed Hogben urges all who are
Interested in better listening,
thinking and speaking to att
end the Saturday morning
meeting.
term as M yor from May,
1943 to Ma> x&44. He defeated
Robert Weaver by 10 votes
til that race, 403-393. He was
a member of the Town Board
for a year prior to his el
ection as Mayor and from
1948 through 1950.
He was active in the aff
airs of the First Methodist
Church in Murphy for 40
years prior to moving to
Franklin five years ago when
he joined the Franklin Meth
odist Church.
Franklin was also a past
president of the Murphy Ch
amber of Commerce, past co
mmander of the American
Legion Post arid a member of
the Lions Club.
A veteran of World War 1
he was a retired automobile
dealer.
He was a native of Avery
County and the son of the
late Columbus and Elizabeth
Hines Franklin.
Franklin was mamedtothe
former Miss Jessie Howell of
Cherokee County on Dec. 25,
1920.
Surviving in addition to the
widow are two daughters,Mrs.
J oe R. Fulmer of Tuckaseegee
and Mrs. W.D. Simpson, Jr.
of Franklin; two sisters,Mrs.
Birdie Lee Buchanan and Mrs.
Ruby Culberson both of Cross
nore; a brother, S.A. Franklin
of Newland, nine grand
children and five great
grandchildren.
Services were held Fri
day at the Franklin Methodist
Church and Ivie Funeral Home
in Murphy with burial in Sun
set Cemetery in Murphy.
Rev. Thornton Hawkins and
Rev. A1 Smith officated at the
services here and the pall
bearers were Dr Harry
Dickey, Jack and John Dickey
Robert White, Dr. George
Dyer and Doyle Burch, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers were:
Jim Hughes, Bud Alverson,
Frank Forsyth, Ray Moore,
Cloe Moore, Dr. W.A. Hoover,
Ed Hyde, Allen Coward, W.A.
Singleton, John Thompson, Al
den Lovingood, James Parker,
Frank Ellis, Doyle Burch, Sr.,
Newt Bolen, Bob Minor, Alvin
Buchanan, W.P. Odom, Waller
Puetl, Quay Ketner, Steve
Dockery, James Evans,Hayes
Dockery, Joe Ray and Will
T aylor
Ivie Funeral Home of Mur
phy and Bryant Funeral Home
of Franklin were in charge of
arrangements.
Elvia Blakemore Named
B&PW Woman Of The Year
Mrs. Elvia Blakemore has
been elected Woman of the
Year by the Murphy Business
and Professional Women's
Club. The award is made ann
ually durtrg National Business
Women's Week which is being
observed this week.
She was active in B&PW
work prior moving to Mur
phy in 1968. [hiring 1957 and
1958 she served as treasurer
of the BAPW Club in Erwin,
Term.
Since coming here. Mrs.
Blakemore has been active
in the local club and other civic
affairs. She is presently rice
president of the organization
nd served a term as president
in 1962. At other times, she
has been recording secretary
and has served on severalco
mmittees.
In addition to B&PVv work,
she has served with the PTA,
Heart Fund, Girl Scouts, Bo;
Scouts and other civic pro
jects.
Mrs. Blakemore is a mem
ber of the First Methodist
Church and has served on the
Official Board as an elective
steward, chairman of Circle
No. 1, steward of Hospitals
and Homes and a choir mem
ber.
The Woman of the Year is
the mother of two children,
Jane, age 8, and Allen, age 7.
She is employed as book
keeper and secretary of Radio
Station WCVP and Blake
Realty, which are owned by her
husband. Max Blakemore, and
she operates the Western
Union office in Murphy.
FROM THE YOUNGEST TO THE OLDEST, all Hiwassee Dam School is makine preparations
or the hall Carnival on October 22. Lictured above are the Kinw and c.iee;. e h ".ate- *: t. (
:he first grade and the senior class. The first graders are Cin-h s. aster! ml 1? r r ?. Morrow
and the seniors are Judy Kav Blackwetlani 1 arrv 1 hawtai c.
Some Who Never Worked Under
Social Security May Qualify
Monthly social security be
nefits are now payable to some
people 72 years of age and over
who have never worked under
social security. According to
D.H. Butler, social security
field representative for
Cherokee County. The special
benefit is designed primarily
to help older people meet in
creased living costs.
If you receive a cash
public assistance payment
monthly you will not also be
eligible for the special social
security payment, Butler
states. A monthly payment
by the welfare office to your
husband or wife may also dis
qualify you.
If you receive a pension
from a government agency
(federal, state, or local) you
may qualify--or you may rec
eive a reduced social security
benefit. However, workmen's
Murphy Postal
Workers Cited
The employees of the Mur
phy Post Office have received
the Treasury Annual Citation
which is presented to postal
installations which have five
to 24 employees and have ach
ieved lOPft participation in
the Savings Bond Program.
Regional Director C.B. Gl
adden told Postmaster Joe
Ray "please convey to the men
and women of your staff my
heartiest congratulations up
on this oustanding record of
support of a vital program of
our Nation. It is a credit
both to your leadership and the
prudence and patriotism of
your personnel."
The award comes in the
form of an artistic certifi
cate suitable for framing.
Four Square To
Be In TV Series
compensation payments from
the Veterans Administration
will not disqualify you.
The special social security
benefit is 535.00 a month, with
another $17.50 per month
payable to your wife is she
is age 72 or over and also
qualifies.
Butler stresses that it is
important to remember that
the special benefit is not based
on need, and that non-govern
ment sources of income will
not disqualify a person who
is otherwise qualified.
Since benefits under this
new law begin in Cctober, b-jt
no back benefits will be paid
to a person who files after
October, Butler sugge>ts that
those who think they may qua
lify contact the Asheville so
cial security office, or the
representative who vis it
Cherokee County, periodu aliv
immediately. And if yo.i are
m doubt as ro whether r r i t
you qualify, ask about it
don't put it off, BJtler advis
es.
This new benefit is n.n pay
able to people already
receiving a Social Sec .rity
benefit.
The next visit of the Sot lal
Security representative is
scheduled tor November i a:.d
2 at the courthouse.
Inspection Of 64
To Start Today
The State Highway Cotr.iu
ission will begin making j
plan inspection of the first
section of Appalachian Dev
elopment Highway in Cherokee
County today (Thursday).
The inspection, conducted
to prepare plans for securing
right-of-way, will be conduct
ed from the Tennessee state
line on US 64 east for a dis
tance of six miles.
Division Engineer A.J.
Hughes is expected to conduct
the inspection along with rep
resentatives of the right-of
way department and the U.S.
Bureau of Public Roads.
Four-Square Community
Action, lnc, has been select
ed by the Office of Economic
Opportunity in Washington as
one of theEconomic Oppor
tunity Agencies to be in
cluded in a television doc
umentary series.
Tom Day, President of
Four-Square, announced that
at least two of ten half-hour
shows to be presented on
WBIR-TV, Knoxville. will
deal with Four-Square pro
grams. The programs to be
presented have not been dec
ided as yet.
The series came into being
when WBIR-TV officials con
tacted OEO officials in Wash
ington and offered air time
to help out in the war on pov
erty. It was felt the public
could be served better if
Economic Opportunity pro
jects could be aired on tel
evision.
After a number of confere
nces between OEO and WBIR
TV, Four-Square was noti
fied and asked to participate.
Filming of the shows will be
gin this Fall.
Due to work involved in
constructing a television ser
ies, the shows will not be
shown until January or Feb
ruary of 1961.
"Four-Square is very pl
eased to have been selected
for coverage in the shows,"
Day said, "tike feel it means
that Washington Is pleased
with what we are doing and
we consider it a vote of con
fidence in our programs."
Burning Permits
Needed Now
The North Carolina Forest
Service reminds landowners
that a burning permit is nec
essary for all burning in or
near woods in the period that
started on October 1 and ends
on June 1.
Burning permits can be ob
tained from the County Forest
Ranger or the District Ofiice
in Sylva.
A report has been issued on
the activities of the N.C.For
est Service in District Nine
during the month of Sept
ember.
Sixteen requests for For
rest Management Assistance
from private land owner? were
serviced. A total of 491 acres
of land was examined and
management recommend
ations presented to the owners
The report rev led that 94
acres of timber in the district
was selectively marked and
estimated to contain 230,000
board feet of sawtimberand
28 cords of plywood which will
be sold in the near future.
An aerial survey was made
in Cherokee, Clay and Macon
counties to determine hark
beetle infest ioas In pine
type forests. Only minor ac
tivity was found and no cause
for alarm was noted during the
survey.
Board Continues
Zoning Debate
I'he Murphy low. board
coutmuec cons.deration of
zoning proposal at a specie'
meeting Monday night.
Most of the time was dev
oted to studying the individual
districts as they are plotted oj
d map that accompanies the
zoning proposal.
It is believed the Board will
mee: with the Mjrphy
Planning Board to determine
why certain decisions were
made u. the proposal. Mm
would take place Del ore linal
action is Taken ci. emc cha
nges that were debated Monday
night.
I he Board ac> cpteC a rid
from Jan e rieltoi. to remove
the c dm : h.o-.se on Central St.
to prepare the site for a park
nig lot. Helton ottered to rei. -
ou' the hou-t in return lor
pn e. ion ot the h Jildmg. I he
contract will require n.i to
po-t a SIOC dopo it toguara: -
to re- k val within 4h Jay .
nid-> will Cc a? i opte-- to
treat the Library Building and
the C'id Rock Gym lor termites
and powder post beetles. A.
|0>pect:o : has revealed that
both building- have n die red
damage from 'he if ec ts.
1 he i own w. ii ^ eh to read
ai agreement with Cherokee
Count), the Cherokee Cojr.t)
Fair A ^ociatio'i and the i.ions
Club on the Cld Rock Gym
work since that huld.rsg is
owned oir.tly.
Herman EdwartG, the li wn
Attorney, informed the Board
that he m going to Atlanta
today v Thursday} to confer
with a Public Housing Offi
cial on housing problems here.
Andrews Marine. Jack E. Janes,
Wounded In Action Near Danang
Marine PI t r \ .
0, ??: Andrew
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n.-t 'iu-ulc : r c .car Jj
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Hi- ; urc. J , Mr - a:.-' NT .
v ilii ai :. A. v' , wcr>
led ol 1m v?. ..
[ram la i i r: ... ? : ; ? r -
lie rcj-roc laf i -c alii
hell. eat iTuJ;.
j one- .-turned
</u>d- ? t'.c id" ' -
eg. Mr cci d.r.< ... - , r? ?'"
iosis wert rc.vricJ z-. . r
.5 being treated a I T".- mm
lospildi . Dai.a
A Igraduate 1 ^ f ? ?->
High School, . ei t n : ;
eyed b) Scars, ib.-cfi. l- :
ho. r. Atlanta r r . r t
oining the Marmc M.m
? i
Me i vinf leted 0a- n :r > -
1.g at Parri island,
i:.d re<. ej v ed jJc:tu : i i tr -
lining at Can ; 1 e c .fic, - (
rrior to he.:.*! sent v ^ r c.i
-: i A ag .1 "Jc.
juries js a brother l Mr .
Way C- IXXncT;, jr. v I N. .r
P'.v.
Deputy Fates
Assault Hearing
Deputy Sherd' Her' cr:
Graham laces a preln: oar.
hearing before j istict ot the
Peace M .gh Brit tain saT .r~
day ?: or.riectio: with Me
wounding ct Glen tiler, Jr.
when Graham attempted m
arrest hnn.
Sheriit Cla .de A: der ?
? id i-r.it j wj Jr.\?
? :rd M .rph; ei. Miphwa , h ?:
with Three children n the ?r
when Filer atte.;.pted m r
him Out ol the road. Grab -I.
the:, atte:. pted to :rr : tiler/
who Was driving a ? ar W t!
three other pa e.^r ,
charge ol dr .ok driving.
Accord illy! TO the shcrnl,
tiler ;? a:::e toward the d f T
with a knife a.'.d Graham hot
hnn. Eller was ho pi tali zed
but has oiK'1 bee:, released.
Ander-o: a.-- the Knile t- at
wa reported!; used .
pos-es ion.
filer Wdr charged with
a. ault with dead! ? weapo:
arid resisting arrc t. He
waived a preliminary hearing
a.ad bond wa set ar $i,M0C.
tiler then had Crahai arr
ested e . tr.e a s i .It ?: \..rgc
which will be hear .
Saturday.
i he dep..t. was ?.et .
foriiI at the time. Arcer on
said he dm not n ? w d ? >r.
ham had any ether derm -
cation with hi: at the t.me
of the no ;di
Andrews Community
Center Now Open
The Andrews Community
Center is now opes and i.
under the supervision of Four
square Conim ir.itv Action,
ZIP Card
I).
c r e u
Beginning today , letter
carriers throughout the
Murphy, N.( . area will del 1 ver
two card? to every residence.
Postmaster Joe Ray reported.
Each card will ha /e spaces
for addresses the householder
wishes ZIPPED. (lobe added
ir. multi-coded cities: one for
local addresses, the other for
out-of-town) After placing
their uncodedaddresses on the
cards, preferably printed
legibly, they may be dropped
into any letter box or return
ed to their letter carrier, ihe
Murphy Post Office will ad.:
the appropriate ZIP Codes and
return the cards to the mail
er.
"No postage is needed,"
Ray said.
The pro;ect is part ol Post
master General i iwrenee F.
O'Brien's program to make
ZIP Codes more acces iHeto
themailing public .
In addition to the cards for
addresses, a special notice
advising each resident of his
ZIP Code number will be del
ivered.
The cards will carr) a me
ssage from Postmaster Gen
eral O'Brien advising that ZIP
coded mall helps provide bet
ter service.
In completing the cards,
only the street address and
city and state are required.
inc.
At the request o; Mayor P.
I*. Ferebec ai d :he Anurew
1 own Board, Fo ur-Sq'.ars. 1 r
eued the center several weik
ago. John Beavers, 1 c..r
Square' Assistant Phy cul
and Mental Fit ties- Dirtctor?
i5 ir. charge ol the center ' d
its activities.
A '? ruber or at trv.iK .re
a Ire ad) bemg c d ? tec. And"
rews wester:, square
dance rJ ih, The Pro ;ei.ador ,
lias bee:. using trie facility
reg.darly for so > time. he
Andrews leer, ( lab has r.ac
several dances 3:.d the Rotary
Club has used it Irr meet
ings. In addition, several other
organizations have used the
b.Hiding's meeting room*.
The building, which i "row:
as the P.P. Fe rebec
Community Center,. - one of
the " ost modern of kii.dn
the state. It has a large roo ~
with a capacity of around -iOf
persons and a small room
which will at con modateaboit
6C. In additior , there is - t
chen and an ofticc.
Some eq upmost has Ore?
purchased and plans a re being
made to purchase more, ihree
hundred chairs are in the
building as weii a:- a three
compartment stainless steel
sink and a large electrk stove.
< ther equipment, such as ban
quet tables, silverware, china
and cooking utensils are to be
secured in the future.
The center is available to
any organization's use for
meetings, concerts, recitals,
dances or any other activities.
The telephone number is 321
5117.
The people of the area will
have an opportunity to view the
facility soon. Dedication cer
emonies are scheduled in the
very near future.
Taylor Sees "Bright
Future" For County
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:v:\ ? ?? i : i: tor
<\ .fx. r ? ? t Cutties/'
. le t:.rt e-terc rcprc e:.
t.:i vc fointtc O'.t that the
co ...x: fiiac; 1,74-; inC'.stri.il
J iO r Cc J ? er , " I a5
r .. .? ?' ? i-.v ti expect
ed to : ,* ; a year 1 ror:
low. 1 :> ? , - "ji ii crease
? r 1-.0], iwe ar.d a
? .-.I; aur", \> - aid. "Show
i e 6-x v > r ??. .t; r.
f. -re'.!- . r a:.) other
-tale vv'.Ki, has do::e more
c r :.t the i i t three sears."
Iv'.' *. xi'u: orowtl
' r.. j r hem? ir_ a s-. rr
? 0- ' ? i "i.i.1 : heoj :ac~
l a ties, - d ? ior 5did ll s
klo-.-J n ee problems nf gro
wl: " i! -ie<jd of the problems
?j: e: o .oiiin tagnation.
1 be incumbent pointed to
the record of federal const
r . uoo i:. this district since
he took office. He said tfiere
h3Vj beei. lour new federal
buildings, 32 new post offices
a r ew Veterans hospital, 24
ho_ir weather service tor the
mountain counties and a num
ber ol new, scenic roads in
the area.
a Hj lor introduced all Dem
ocratic candidates for count)
ofiices and said he supports
the entire ticket.
i he turnout at Murphy wras
.' t large and this was att
ributed to the heavy rains.
Monda) night, over .^0
persons turned out to hear the
Congressman at a Clay Count)
rally ri Ha)esvilie.
Three More Join Football
Contest Winner's Circle
A:' r H r wucr -, i.o c.c' a
' :/. ' Ji If '.drl d ? . ? 1. :!: II C ?
; '-A K ,iu :: l he See .t' \ ? -r
rail C.i U. I ar.ti we'r-.- hecm
i a A- wc.dfcT i! we'll 'id ve K'
: i: w ?: wa\ Te i* rtwfc a i*. - wa *
t.e ! r : ;r t pi act whc . the
Hospital Releases
Annual Report
i \ <.? i-card o: i r.stee A
Pr.Md- ice :c pitai held the :r
ai. joI .idling at the hos
pita] lust Friday.
7he Administrator's report
- howeo 4.,035 adtiisssloris, inc ~
l .diity l,032 m.-patienB and
1,003 outpatients. Patients ad
mitted carte from "5 towns In
14 -rates and Murphy account
ed tor 677- ot the total. Patient
da) > are totaled 7,771.
I he treasurer* report
- lowed the hospital operated
e; deficit ol $o3,466.75.
Receipts tea tied $152,152.24
a u expenses were$211,616.39.
i>rs. W.A. Hoover, Bryan
W1.itl ield, Helen Wells Smith,
C..F. Size and Paul Hill were
re-elected to the hospital staff
Dr.-- A.R. Brown, Radiologist,
and I). Frank K'.ullins, Patho
logist, were named to the
coartesv staff.
Homecoming Photos
Available Now
occur Studio Manager Wea
ver (arringer has announced
that the r olor pictures of the
NFirph) High School Home
coming and the parade held
that da) are now available
at The Scout (Miice.
The majorettes, band mem
here, chectleaders and queen
candidates that ordered pic
tures sbwJd pick them up as
sorm a^ possible or call Car
ringer.
? i- u ; euc..
i'.u importance of the tie
t" reaker was demonstrated ag
an. this week in determining
ali three winners.
t ir first place winner is
Hatue James, Rt. 3, Murphy.
She clinched first place by
coming within two points of
the actual score of the tie
breaker. Alabama edged Te
nnessee 11-10 and she said
'Rama would win 13-10. She
made 16 correct selections
and missed only three. That's
worth ten dollars and ten
points in the overall stand
ings.
i urtiss Hewlett of Murphy
also made16 correct predic
tions but he'll have to settle
for six dollars and six points
as our second place winner.
Curtiss made a 17-6 guess on
the tie breaker.
F rank S'.idderth of Murphy
came in third this week and
again the tie breaker was us
ed. Frank made 15 correct
predictions that are good for
four dollars and four points.
Another entry had 15 right
but Frank's tie breaker was
closest. He said it would a
14-10 victory for Alabama.
Our point standings after
four week? look like this:
Sandra Mintz 10
Jackie Wayman 10
Mary Jane Mathis...,??10
Hattie James ?10
Jackie Ledford? -6
Robert Lewis Killian.?6
Juanita G. Killian? 6
Curtiss Hewlett 6
Karen Watson. ??.4
Margaret Ridenhour..?4
Frank Sudderth ??.4
Mrs. Nora Ford??...2
Eddie Hughes..? -2
1 he Scout Is offering over
J400 in cash and prises dur
ing the contest and you can
join the fun by turning to the
Football Contest page In this
week's Issue.