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Volume 77-Manber 14 Kwrpky, NorlK Carolino October V, 1966 12 Paget This Week carouma
40 HOUSING UNITS OK'D FOR MURPHY
A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE WIRING ? Citiaens Bank and Trust Company Monday morning
and members of the Murphy Volunteer Fire Department had to break through ceiling of the newlv
remodeled office to fight the blaze. y
Chamber, Jaycees Plan Christmas Parade
The Murphy dumber of
Commerce and the Murphy
Jaycees announced this week
that the two organizations will
jointly sponsor a Christmas
parade in Murphy.
It is scheduled for 7 p.m.
November 25, the day after
Thanksgiving and will be the
first Christmas Parade to be
held in Murphy since 1963.
Ed Manchester of thejay
cees has been appointed chair
man of the parade and has app
ointed a working committee
"Homecoming Queens from
six area schools and four
bands are being Invited to par
ticipate", he said.
Industries, retail stores,
' churches and civic clubs from
Cherokee and Clay Counties
are invited to enter floats.
There will be no entry
charges.
Floats will be judged In two
categories. Religion and
Commercial, with $180
in prize money going to the
best six floats. $50 will be
awarded to the first place
float in each category, $25 to
the second place floats and $15
for third place.
Religion and civic clubs will
make up the Religion Category
while retail merchants and in
dustry will make up the
Commercial category.
Plans are being made for
Murphy's retail stores to be
open until 9 p.m. each Friday
night between the parade and
Christinas.
The 7 p.m. parade time will
allow working people time to
go home and return to town
for the parade and shopping.
The Chamber ot Commerce
will top off the event by giving
away $100 to a lucky ticket
holder immediately following
the parade. Tickets will be av
ailable from local merchants
who are members of the Cha
mber of Commerce starting
November 10.
There will be two drawings
prior to the parade. $25 will
be awarded on November 12
and $50 on November 19 at 4
p.m. on the square.
Peachtree Named Top
Community At Banquet
Peach tree Community Dev
elopment Club was named the
top community in Cherokee
County at the Annual Awards
Banquet held Saturday at
O'Dell's Cafeteria.
Peach tree received the $65.
first prize In the county con
test and will represent die
county In the farm division
of the area contest to be jud
1 ged the week of November 14?
, "?
Tomotla Community Deve
? lopment Club placed second
in County competition and was
selected as the top community
. in tpe non-farm division. They
received an award of $55 and
' will enter district competition
t in the 17 county Western North
' Carolina Area to be judged
. November 14?17.
The Unaka Community won
' $45 for third place and Tex
. ana won fourth place for a
$25 award.
Tomotla also won first pl
ace In the youth division and
' an additional $25 award for
. their outstanding youth acti
vities. They will also be jud
' ged In area competition Nov
, ember 7?9 on the basis of
their youth program.
? Area winners in the farm,
non-farm, and youth division
' will be announced on Decem
. ber 3, at the Western Norti
Carolina awards banquet in
*Ashevllle.
Morris L. McGough, Exe
' cutive Vice President of the
Asheville Agricultural Deve
Council, was guest
speaker a* die county awards
presentation. He congratu
lated die organized communi
ties in Cherokee County for
their determination, enthu
siasm and involvement of peo
ple in carrying out goals which
have made the county a better
place to live.
Mrs. Mary Faye Brumby
also recognized the winning
communities for their acc
omplishments. Mrs. Brumby
presented the cash awards
and plaques to the communi
ties in behalf of the following
local sponsors: Brumby Tex
tile Mills, Inc., Citizens Bank
and Trust Company, Clifton
Precision, Bob Goforth,
Graves Chrysler Plymouth,
Margaret Studios, Inc.,
Murphy Florist, Murphy Civ
itan Club, Murphy Junior
Chamber ofCommerce. Mur
phy Lions Club, Murphy Rot
ary Club, Rimco Manufactur
ing Corp., Textured Yarn Co
mpany, Inc., and Western Auto
Associate Store.
The Peach tree Community
Development Club will
sponsor a Grand OleOpry
show next Wednesday at 8 p.m.
at die Peach tree School. It will
feature Lester Flan, Earl
>1 Scruggs and the Foggy Mount
ain Boys.
Advance tickets for the show
are on sale now by members
of the Peach tree 4-H Club
and students of grades 5,6,7
and 8 at Paachtree.
Tie Breaker Used
Again In Contest
The list of winners in The
Scout's Football Contest con
tinues to grow since there
were no repeaters again this
week. The tie breaker deter
mined this week's winners.
Four entries had 16 correct
predictions and Michigan St
ate's 41-20 win over Purdue
had to be used.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Shope, Rt.
3. Murphy, gets 10 dollars
and 10 points for coming the
closest. She predicted a score
of 27-14.
Our second place winner is
Fran Crawford of Murphy.
Her 18-7 prediction won her
six dollars and six points.
Fran's father, Jack Craw
ford, finished third with a 17
7 guess on the tie breaker.
Third place pays four doll
ars and four points.
The points will be used to
determine the winner of our
grand prize-a weekend in At
lanta for two to see the Fal
cons play the Pittsburgh St
eelers.
The Contest has run five
weeks and here is the way
our standings shape up now:
Sandra Mintz. 10
Jackie Wayman. 10
Mary Jane Mathis 10
Hattie James 10
Mary Ellen Shope. 10
Jackie Ledford...............6
Robert Lewis Killlan.......6
Juanita G. Killlan. 6
Curtis Hewlett................6
Fran Crawford 6
Karen Watson 4
Margaret Rldenhour 4
Frank Sudderth 4
Jack Crawford. 4
Mrs. Nora Ford. 2
Edtlie Hughes 2
There are seven weeks to go
in the contest and you have
another chance to join the win
ners by turning xo the football
page in this week's Scout.
4 MOMS L. MCGOUCH, Eaccutlve Vic* PmMm of the AafcerUI* Agricultural I
Cornell. congratulate* the winner* at the Award* Banquet Saturday night. Pictured are: (U ?R)
tMcOewghi Prank Suddenh. Texan*; Helen Macon, Uneka; MarcaUa Smith, Peechtrac and Burtey
LOCAL POLITICS HEAT UP
GOP Makes
Complaint
With the General Elec
tion less than two weeks away
the local political pot is begin
ning to bolL This became
evident at a stormv meeting
of the CheroKee County Board
of Elections Monday morning.
The Board has been holding
routine meetings twice a week
to approve applications for ab
sentee ballots but " the
practices of some registrars
came up Monday when several
Republican candidates app
eared to clarify procedures.
Mrs. Connie Almond, a reg
istrar in Andrews, had been
asked to make a copy of the
registration books in her po
ssession by a member of the
Republican party and she dec
lined. Clerk of Superior Court
Don Ramsey pointed out that
this was a misdemeanor. Mrs.
Almond said at the time she
was asked, it was not conven
ient for her to copy the books
but she would do so at her
convenience.
The election laws provide
that the registrar shall either
show the books or make true
copies of them for the chair
man or candidate of any pol
itical party upon request.
Ramsey also said some
confusion exists over persons
who move from one precinct
to another within the county.
The law provides that such
persons shall appear before
the registrar in their new pre
cinct and sign a transfer which
is then sent to their former
precinct so that their names
can be removedfrom the books
there.
Ramsey stated that last Sat
urday at least two persons in
Murphyand one in Shoal Creek
were told they had to go to
their old precinct and secure
the transfers first. He said
this is in violation of the law
and it is both confusing and
inconvenient to the voter.
Board of Elections Chair
man Hayes Leatherwood ad
mined he had two inquiries
about the proper method of
transferring Saturday and said
he gave the people the cor
rect information.
Leatherwood accused Ram
sey of meddling in his job
and said "registering people
is my job." Ramsey told
Leatherwood he was only in
terested in seeing that the
laws are obeyed and that the
people are able to register
in the convenient way prov
ided by the election laws of the
state.
Saturday will be the final day
to register for the November
8 election.
Over 150 persons have ap
plied for absentee ballots thus
far in Cherokee County.
ASCS Announces Tree,
Feed Grain Programs
Don Taylor of the Cherokee
County ASC Committee has
announced that die Committee
is making available a tree
practice to all farmers for
1966. It Includes 500 white
pine trees that are provided
free to farmers.
The trees are to be used for
beautlflcation and future in
come. The farmers will rec
eive from $8.75 to $14.35 for
labor for setting them out. The
maximum payment is made to
those who have made no other
request of the ASCS office this
year.
The trees will be delivered
in Murphy before December 15
and they must be planted by
December 31. ASCS will check
to see if they have been set.
The local ASCS office also
announced that the 1967 Feed
Grain Program is similar to
the 1966 program.
To qualify for price support,
die fanner must still divert
at least 20? of his feed grain
base. There will be no diver
sion payments except on small
farms. Farms with bases in
der 25 acres still can divert
and receive payments for the
entire base.
Diversion payments for
smell farms will be higher thi
year. Price support will be in
creased from $1 to $LQ6 nat
' Theie^rfatill funds left in
the IMS ACP allocation. Cards
will besenttoeligiblefarmers
this week advising them to
make requests for more lime
and fertilizer. Approvals for
five acres of fertilizer and
six acres of lime are being
made to those farmers that
are eligible.
Duck Davis
Shot To Death
BLUE RIDGE, GA.? The
body of Herman S. "Duck"
Davis was found off a co
untry road near Blue Ridge
Lake Tuesday night. He had
been shot to death.
Davis, a well known auto
mobile dealer in Blue Ridge,
had been missing since
Tuesday morning.
A spokesman at the Fannin
County Sheriffs office told
The Scout the Investigation
was not complete and fur
ther details on the shooting
were not available at press
time.
Keenum To Attend
poultry Conference
ur. k-o. Kennum of 9m
Murphy Poultry Laboratory
will attend the Poultry Patho
joglat Conference at Princeton
SAMPLE BALLOT
FOR SOLICITOR, STATE SENATOR RU ^StNTATIVE
AND COUNTY OFFICERS
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER
To vote a straight party ticket, make a cross [x] mark in the circle of
the party you desire to vote for.
To vote a split ticket, or in other words for candidates of different par
ties, omit making a cross mark (x) in the party circle at the top of the
ballot and mark in the voting square opposite the name of each candi
date on the ballot for whom you wish to vote.
If you should mark in the party circle at the top of the ballot and also
mark opposite the name of any candidate of any party, such ba.Iot shall
be counted as a straight party vote for all of the candidates of the party
whose name the cross ipark @ is placed in the party circle.
DEMOCRATIC
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Far Solicitor
Mill Solicitarisl District
? Marcollus Buchanan
For Slstr Snutw
Ur4 Ssustsrisl District
Q Mrs. Mary Fay* Brumby
Far State Haass of Representative
t9th. Dist.
n Wiloy A McOlam*ry
Far Sbariff
? W. C. (P*t*) Stale up
Far Clark ef So parlor Coart
? Hugh Rayburn
Far BefUter of Deafa
Q Jock Cart*r
Far Caraner
D Charl*s O. Van Gordor
Far County Surveyor
For County Commissioner
District Number ??
? Andrew J. Barton
For County Commissioner
District Number S2
?] Ray Simms
REPUBLICAN
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Wayno G. West
Far Shariff
G Claud* M. Anderson
Far Cttrk at Sfartac Caart
? Donald W. Ramsey
Far Raftatar at Daada
G J- E. Graves
F?r Careaar
G J- C. Townton
Far Coaalj Samrar
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Far Count7 Cv.i>n
Diatrict Nur.ber ?2
G W.A. Hoover
For Countr Coiamlaaioner
Diatrict Number ??
G John Dickey
THIS IS THE BALLOT that will be used for state and county offices in the November 8th
General Election. Notice that two candidates for county commissioner in District Two are list
ed. Each of the three districts in the county will elect two commissioners in this election. The
Board of Commissioners was expanded to six members by the last General Assemhly.
Youth Corps For Four Counties Approved
The 1966-67 Neighborhood
Youth Corps (NYC) project for
Cherokee, Clay, Graham and
Swain counties has received
official approval.
According to Tom Day,pre
sident of Four-Square Comm
unity Action, Inc., sponsoring
agency for NYC, announ
cement of the approval was
made on Monday by Willard
Wirtz, Secretary of Labor and
by Roy A. Taylor, Uth Dis
trict Congressman.
The Neighborhood Youth
Corps which is a part of
Four-Square's Economic
Opportunity program, is des
igned to provide job opportu
nities for economically-dep
rived high school students
over die age of 16. It is fin
anced with Department of La
bor funds. The jobs supply
them with much needed in
come so they may remain in
school and become a part of the
mainstream of high school
life. In addition, the program
teaches them the meaning of
employment and introduces
them to the world of work.
Mrs. Jayne Ramsey of Mur
phy will continue to be NYC
Director.
The newly-approved proj
ect will provide jobs for 100
students throughout the four
county area during the 1966
67 school year. They will be
serving as teacher assistants
library aides, office aides,
cafeteria assistants and main
tenance and beautifiestion
aides. The students will work
up to ten hours per week and
will earn $1.25 per hour.
Also included in the
announcement was approval
for a summer program next
year which will employ
150 students during the vac
ation months. They will work
up to 32 hours per week at a
rate of $1.25 per hour. Many
of these students will be av
ailable for employment in pub
lic and private non-profit or
ganizations. All jobs are off
ered on a non-discriminatory
basis.
Bob Goforth, Four-Square
director, expressed the or
ganization's pleasure on being
able to make the program ava
ilable. He said last year's pro
jects proved the value of NYC
and pointed out that because
more than 65* of the total
funds spent will go directly
to the students, the program
has to be called one of the
best.
Mayor Cloe Moore and C.
L. Alverson, Chairman of the
Murphy Housing Authority,
have announced the approval of
40 low rent housing units in the
Town of Murphy.
The project, expected to
cost about >700,000 will be
financed by Federal funds
made available through the
Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
Ten of the housing units will
be reserved for elderly per
sons and the other 30 will
be made available for the non
elderly.
The location of the new
housing project has not been
determined and approximately
10 acres of land within the
town limits will have to be sec
ured.
Approval by theTownBoard
will be necessary before the
project can proceed but this is
just a formality.
The new project, when
completed will doifcle the
number of public housing units
in Murphy. There are 36 units
in the Bealtown section and
four at Texana.
Jaycees Sponsor
Wrestling And
Jaycee For Hire
The Murphy J ay cees are sp
onsoring two events this week
end to raise money for three
current community develop
ment programs - The
Boy Scouts, the Murphy Ch
ristmas Parade and die Chr
istmas Toys for Tots. The
events are an all-star wrest
ling card Friday night and
"Jaycee For Hire"Saturday.
The two -match wrestling
program begins at 8:15 p.m.
Friday at the Old Rock Gym.
Mrs. Corsica Joe meets
Ann Jeannette in the prelim
inary match. Both women are
highly rated in the governing
National Wrestling Alliance
rankings.
The main event will be a
tag team match between Moose
and Giant Evans ark Tamayo
Soto and Jose Moto.
Ringside and reserved seats
will be $1.50 general admiss
ion is $1. and children under
12 will be admitted for 50
cents.
"Jaycee For Hire" begins
Saturday and will also be held
next Wednesday afternoon.
On these days the Jaycees
will hire out to area residents
for almost any job at rea
sonable rates.
Some of the skills available
are electrician, printer, tax
idermist, forester, land
scapes auto and outboard mo
tor mechanic, T V antenna
rigger, business equipment
serviceman, floor tile mech
anic, house painter, photogra
pher, refrigerator service
man, bookkeeper and land
surveyor.
In addition to these skills,
the Jaycees will be available
to rake leaves, cut grass,
wash windows and dig ditches.
Interested persons are invi
ted to call The Scout from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. at 837-5122 or
call M.G. Decker at 837-3261
or Curtiss Hewlett at 837-3811
after 5 p.m.
President Jack Owens has
asked that people desiring a
Jaycee for work call before
Saturday in order that a pro
per work schedule can be arr
anged.
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