'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 ftjllc 1 !?? t ??'" n.-t 'iu-ulc : r c .car Jj aii^, V letnai i c-:. 1 ' ti : i r .1 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 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 ( ? .TV ... tii s ;x. . f ? ? :* ? f V : t. lx I. i ? r.it i ... \vr:r (.ar ol ?i . ? ! ru '.it-r : t .re (J iTvf. V , _ aj.d. ' ?' :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 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.