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The Cherokee mm Scout &.?!.? County's B... Bu,' *7C/?V ^"'V Volume 77- Number 15 Murphy, North Corolino November 3t 1966 16 Pages This Week v*nc*t><Tca?ou ha coutlets Byi Jock Owsna Anderson, Stolcup Meet With Murphy Jaytees -J Even though Ihavetwoblack eyes, I had not "rather fight than switch". In fact, I'll smoke about anything and won't even give an argument as to what brand you smoke. I really wouldn't tell you if she did, but my wife doesn't ! and 11 beat me and I haven't run into any doors lately. My acci dent did serve some useful purpose - 1 found out that my head wasn't near as hard as a steering wheel. Anyone for a slightly bent '62 Falcon. -J The Jaycee-Murphy Cham ber Christmas Parade plan: are well underway. Several businesses and industries have entered floats, but we still need more. So if you're working for a company that has made no mention of partici pation in this year's parade, go in and see that grouchy old boss (we suggest after his coffee break) and tell him to grab his hammer and saw and start building a float. There's cash prizes, you know, and no entry fee. If in doubt, call the Scout Office, 831-5122, we'll be happy to put forth all the in formation. -J Just a mere peek at this week's issue will tell you that the local politicians are going into die home stretch for T uesday's election. Last week's headlines mentioned something about the political pot boiling. Well, this week it caught on fire, and a certain lady almost got die blame. Weaver and HughCarrtngerof our composing department had the political ads of both parties stretched out on lay-out tables and were busy setting type when one of the Democrat pages caught fire. Now we don't know how this happened, but just as soon as the fire was put out in walked Murphy's hard fighting GOP lady, Mrs. John "Toots" Dickey. She was really on business, but It took her awhile to convince us that she didn't point a fin ger at the page and say, "burn burn". -J What is the first thing you do if you walk into a shoe shine parlor? That is if you're in a town where you can get a shine while the shoes are still on your feet. I always look at the shoes on the fellow Who': doing the shining to see if he did a good job on his own. Now then, wouldn't you say the same would go for a barber shop? Don't be surprised if you go into the City Barber Shop and find ole L. B. Led ford (he's a barber) standing at the back chair with a face full of hair. When hunting sea son started, L. B. quit shaving until he kills a bear. Knowing how he shoots, he'll probably have a beard to his knees be fore we see him with a clean face again. We'll recommend L. B. for a hair-cut, but skip the shave. -J There's just some people that we're glad that's not pro tecting us. Another one of our local ' 'Great White Hunters." From well-informed sources, we understand that Jim Hen drix from down at Parker Drug Store, almost let a wild hog slap-a-dab run over him the otter day. Jim says he only shot once, but our source allows that Jim sounded like a machine gun and counted about 17 shots. Sorry about that, Jim. -J Thls is a woman's world. No doubt about it. When a man Is born people ask, "How is the mother?" When he marries they exclatn, "What a lovely bridel" And when he dies they ask, "How much did he leave her?" TODAY'S QUOTE. . . . Ar argument Is a question with two sides - and no end. -J Adult Basketball To Be Organized A meeting will be held at the Murphy Power Boarc Building tonight (Thursday) ai 7:30 to organise an adult met and woman's basketball lei ??? Four Square Community Action hopes to organise i similar league In each of du towns in the (our county area It will be operated similar ? the softball leagues which op erated this past summer. Anyone who is out of higl school is eligible to com Cherokee County Sheriff Claude Anderson and his Dem ocratic challenger, William C. (Pete) Stalcup ate supper side by side at the Murphy Jay cees meeting Tuesday night at the Tarheel Restaurant. After the meal, the two can didates responded to questions that were submitted to them by the club in advance. Anderson said that he was F rom The Pii>lisher Effective this week. The Cherokee Scout and Clay Co unty Progress is pleased to present a full editorial page that will be devoted to comm ent and interpretation of the news. The editorial columns which reflect the views of this newspaper have been ex panded. In addition, this page will carry the columns of the regular Scout-Progress writers-Managing Editor Dave Bruce, Cuz Bagley, Cliff Blue and Bud Hartley. The difference in the ph ilosophies of the writers assures that our editorial page will present the reader with a balanced assortment of views on current issues each week. We believe that our new editorial page format is an other step forward in our effort to provide the fin est newspaper possible for our area. J ack Owens Craij Hands Piblic Waif art Clifton M. Craig, a native of IXrham who lived for much of his early life in Raleigh assumed his duties as State Commissioner of Public Wel fare on Tuesday. He is 48 years old. He has been Assistant Co mmissioner since February 1,1965. He was appointed Commi ssioner by the North Carolina Board of Public Welfare, with the full approval of Governor Dan K. Moore, on August 10, following the resignation of i the incumbent Commissioner R. EugeneBrown.Brown,who has served in the department lor the past 41 years, was named Commissioner in 1963. REV. MERLE DYE, repre senting one of the largest ev angelical mission boards in the world, will be the fea tured speaker at The Family Night Supper of the Hayesville Presbyterian Church Friday night. The public is invited to attend the covered dish supper at 6:30 and hear Rev. Dye with his slides at 7:30. Russ Proposes 3)92,000 For Clay County Roads Highway Commissioner W. Curtis Russ will meet with the State Highway Commission In Raleigh on Friday and will propose $92,000 in secondary roads projects in Clay County. Russ told the Progress the projects to be proposed are: Improve .3S mile of Daily Road, a new addition to the secondary system at a co. t ol $6,000. Drain, grade and sur'ace 1.6 miles of Vineyard Read to , US 64 and .8 mile of Col. Branch Road at a cost of $54,000. Make general improve ments on school bus routes in Clay County at a cost of $32*400. He says he la "optimistic" about approval of die projects. In a related development, Clay County Representative Wiley A. McGlamery, who la "glad to say there have been no fatal accidents" In Cher' okee County this far in 1966. The sheriff said .petty thefts are the "hardest" thing on his department to control. Stalcup said the department needs "adequate deputies" to control the county roads and police petty thefts. He urged that these deputies have radio equipped cars to enable them to do the job. The club voted to explore ihe possibility of providing a loudspeaker system on the Courthouse steps to announce returns on election night. Final plans were made for the Jaycees' clean-up day on Sunday. The Murphy club, al ong with all other clubs in North Carolina, will parti cipate by picking up litter along the streets and high ways of Murphy. The purpose of the drive is to remind everyone to uti lize litter bags and ash trays as they travel in order to keep North Carolina beautiful. Levi Manager's Son Killed In Wreck Teddy Melton, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Melton, was killed last Friday morn ing in Maryville, Tenn. when the car in which he was riding ran off a road and crashed into a telephone pole. His 18-year-old brother, Larry, was driving the car and was seriously injured. The boys' father is the area manager for Levi Strauss. His territory includes the plants in Murphy, Maryville and Blue Ridge.Ga. Funeral services were held Sunday in Maryville. Prices Set For UHWDA Placemat YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. The tourism and recreation work group of the I pper Hi wassee Watershed Develop ment Association met last Th ursday night and ci utinued work on their placemat pro ject. Chairman Dave Bruce ann ounced that a price scale had been set and that mem bers of the work group will soon begin taking orders for the placemat which will show tourist attractions in the five county area. "We have a top quality pro duct to offer", Bruce said. "This place mat, in four col ors, will be printed on a high quality paper and 1 believe it will be a valuable tool in promoting the many things we have to offer in the Upper Hiwassee Valley." The chairman said thegroup has set a goal of selling 100, 000 mats and added from the initial response we've had, I see no reason why this goal can't be reached." Bruce said that in addition to big volume sales to rest aurants and motels, the group wants to encourage small lot ales to individuals and small organizations. "What nicer decoration could a homemaker have for her table than this colorful description of our beautiful Upper Hiwassee Valley?" Bruce asked. Order blanks are being pre pared now and will be in the hands of members of the work group in a few days. now a candidate for the new four-county seat in the Gen eral Assembly, recently con ferred with Mr. vie Go wen of Raleigh, Appalaohia Highway Development official for North Caroli.ia, and Russ. They ass ured i (cGiamery that the App alachia program is making p. ogress in the four county area. McGlamery said they told him engineers are being put to work on US 64 between Franklin and Hayesville and property will be checked soon on the part that is to be en gineered. Approval of right-of-way has been secured for 6. miles of the Appalschla hi ghway in Cherokee county and McGlamery was told that it Is hoped right of way purchases of this stretch can be under way before January 1. VOTERS SELECT LEGISLATORS, COUNTY OFFICIALS TUESDAY New Law Governs Voter Assistance In Cherokee By Dave Bruce A little known law that was passed by the last session of the General Assembly will be in effect in Cherokee Co unty in next week's General Election. This law, HJB. 620, says in part: "Any person who, on account of blindness or other obvious physical disability, is unable to enter the voting booth without assistance or who is unable to mark the ballot because of such physical dis ability may...be assisted by the registrar in any...election held in Cherokee County." The election laws of North Carolina provide for the app ointment of markers from every party that is participating in an election and the law provides that any person needing assistance can select the marker of his choice to assist him. The same laws apply to persons who are illiterate. There is a further provision in the state laws that permit a disabled or illiterate voter to have a member of his own family assist him in lieu of any of the appointed markers. The effect of H.B. 620 is that m Cherokee County, the state laws on this matter do not apply and only the registrar will be able to assist those who need help. The voter will have no choice of assistant. Cherokee County voters go to the polls Tuesday to elect a U.S. Senator and Congressman a State Senator and House member, a District Solicitor and a slate of county officials. The most exciting races are those for the local offices and in a major change voted by the last General Assembly, Cherokee County will elect six County Commissioners. Two commissioners will be selected in each of three dls tricts in the county. District 1 consists of the Andrews wards. Marble and Topton. District 2 is composed ot the Murphy waids, Peachtree, Brasstown, Walker School House and Burnt Meeting House. District 3 comprises Hanging Dog, Unaka, Ogreeta, Shoal Creek, Hot House, Cul berson and Grape Creek. In the only statewide race, U.S. Senator B. Everett Jor dan, Democrat, is opposed by Republican John Shallcross. Shallcross has conducted a vigorous campaign across the Russ To Ask For $260,450 For County Secondary Roads Highway Commissioner W. Curtis Russ will appear before the State Highway Commission in Raleigh Friday to ask for appropriations of $260,450for secondary roads in Cherokee County. Russ told l'he Scout he is "optomistic" about approval oi the new projects and said he will impress upon the Comm ission the "urgent need" for the work he will propose. He said if approval is secured on Fri&ay, work can begin as soon as the right-of way is secured and he warned that failure to secure the right-of-way for any project will mean that it will automa tically be shelved for two years and the money desig nated for that project will be used on another road in the county. The projects Russ pro poses for Cherokee County are: Grade and put down stone base on Wilson Road (.6 mile) and Marble Church Road (.2 mile) at a cost of $16,000. These roads are new additions to the secondary sy stem Grade, drain and put paved surfjce on one mile of thejoe Brown Road from the end of the pavement to secondary road 1396. .8 mile of Regal Road from secondary road 1368 to US 19, .5 mile of Beaver creek Road from the end of pavement and 1.7 miles of Pack Gap Road at a cost of $203,000. Grade, drain and put base on 3.1 miles of Barnett Road, 1 mile on Bluff Road, .7 mile of Newman Road, 1.1 miles of Panthertop Road, 2.1 miles of Tomotla Toad and .2 mile of old Tomotla Road at a cost of $39,700. Improve four cemetery roads ( Hanging Dog.Ogreeta, Unaka and Mount Carmel) at a cost of $1,750. Approximately $1,237,000 has been appropriated with the majority of it already spent on road improvements, mainten ance, and contracts now in force in Cherokee County dur ing the last 15 months acc ording to records just compiled by the Staff of the Fourteenth Division of the Slate Highway Commission. Within a few months, sev eral millions of dollars will probably be added to this figure as engineers are pushing on links of Appa lachian road west of Murphy to the Tennessee line. The field work on these links have been completed and right of way personnel are scheduled to start work right away to acquire rights of way for the new tour-lane road which will link Murphy with Chattanooga as well as a number of roads running to the east. Russ and A.J. Hughes, Div ision Engineer, state that work is going forward in com piling a ... : iitional rural roads under the Priority Sy.- - tern to be presented totheCc uuty Commissioners of 1.1 > okee County in the ver i ?' future. Hughes said le did not know exactly how much would be involved in the list of additional roads that are coming up some of which will call for paving but added "it will be a considerable am ount". Hughes was deeply appre ciative of the Cooperation given the State Highway Commission by the County Commissioners of Cherokee County, Officials of Murphy and Andrews, and th citizens 3 New Winners Named % In Scout Football Contest Would you believe that after s 1 x weeks, no one has been able to score more than 10 points in the Scout's Football Contest? We are adding three new names to the list of winners who are competing for our grand prize. First place this week goes to Dan Colvard, 2009 Dabney Drive, Chattanooga. Dan wins ten dollars and ten points for making IScorrectpredictions. Our second and third place winners each made 14 correct calls and we had to resort to our tie-breaker to determine the winners. The tiebreaker was the Murphy-Andrews game which the Bulldogs won 28-8. Peggy Payne, Rt. 1., And rews gets second place money, six dollars, and six points, Third place goes to E.C. Wood of Murphy. He wins four dollars and four points. Remember, die points awarded are used to determine our grand prise which is a weekend for two In Atlanta when the Falcons meet the Pittsburgh Stealers. With no one having a commanding point lead at the halfway point in our contest. It is still a wide open affair and your chancels as gooo as anybody's. After -ix weeks, tlu point standings look like this: Sandra Mintz, Jackie Way - man, Mary Jane Mathis, Ha ttie James, Mary Ellen Shope and Dan Colvard-10 points each. Jackie Ledford, Robert Le wis Killian, Juanita G. Killian, Curtiss Hewlett, Fran Craw ford and Peggy Paynr-6 points each. Karen Watson, Margaret Rldenhour, Frank Sudderth, J ack Crawford and E.C. Wood 4 points each. Mrs. Nora Ford and Ed die Hughes- 2 points each. Turn to the football page in this week's Scout and see if you can join the winners. ' Girl Scout Drive In Progress Now The annual Girl Scout fund raising drive for the Plsgah Girl Scout Council is in pro gress in Murphy through Sat urday. Mrs. Bud Brown is director of the rffort being undertaken by the seven troops in the Mur phy area. ISO girls are active in scouting here. in general for working for the program which has meant such a large expenditure of funds for general road im provements throughout the county. Officials of the Fourteenth Division said that consider ation is now being given to a slightly modified plan of acq uiring right of way for Secon dary roads which will mean a saving in both time and money for the Highway Commission. It is being considered that when a rural road project is set up that a meeting will be held for all property owners before any engineering is done to determine whether or not the property owners would want their road modernized and in many instances paved. If sentiment does not favor improving the road, and pro perty owners providing the necessary 60 foot right of way, then the project will go no further but will be put on the inactive list for 2 years. Hughes pointed out that in many instances engineers have surveyed rural roads while right of way personnel have spent countless hour seeking the required right ol way from property owners only to have one or two refuse the request which means all of the project must go on the inactive list for 2 years. Hu ghes said under the new plan that the engineering and time of the right of way personnel will be saved and spent only on projects where the prop erty owners are cooperativi and readily provide the nec rosary rigm of way for mo deriu '"5 the rural road. It is i ported at the Staff Meeting that there is a feel ing in some quarters thattax es paid on property goes to the road program. Hughes poimea out mat ine only mo ney the Highway Commission has to spend on roads is that derived from the tax on gas oline and sale of license tags. state but Jordan is expected to retain his Senate Seat. Eleventh District Corw ressman Roy A. Taylor is opposed by W. Scott Harvey, Republican. The Black Mo untain Democrat has been running scared but is believed almost certain to win a fourth term in the house. Democrat Marcellus Buch anan is unopposed for 20th District Solicitor. Mrs. Mary Faye Brumby of Murphy has no Republican opposition in her bid for the 33rd Senatorial District seat. The newlv expanded senate district embraces seven co unties-Cherokee, Clay, Gra ham, Macon, Swain, Jackson, and Transylvania. Mrs. Bru mby represented Cherokee County in the House at the last General Assembly. The reapportionment of the Murphy Sailor Unhurt In Fire Third Class Petty Officer James A. Robinson of Mur phy escaped unharmed in the recent fire abord the air craft carrier U.S.S. Oriskany off the coast of North Viet nam. 43 officers and men died in the disaster. Robinson's grandparents, Mr. and Mr . James C. Ro binson of Rt. 2, Murphy, were notified Tuesday that he was safe and sound" in the Phi lippines. He attended Murphy High School prior to enlisting in the Navy in 1963. Publisher Injured In One Car Wreck Jack Owens, publisher of the Cherokee Scout, was inj ured last Wednesday night when his car ran off Rural Road 1320 north of Murphy Owens was driving towart Murphy when the headlights went out just as he entered a curve. The car ran off the right side of the road into a ditch then careened across the road and struck the left embankment. Eight stitches were required to close cuts Owens received on the right eye and nose when his head crashed against the steering wheel. He also received bruises on ^ is right arm and leg. Owens said that due to heavy fog, he was traveling at a slow rate of speed when the acc ident occurred. State Trooper Don Reavis investigated and n.',-d thatthe accident was unavoidable due to mechanical failure. : Democrats Set Dinner, Rally Cherokee County Democ rats will hold a dinner and rally Saturday night at Mur p-'V Elementary School Caf eteria beginning at 7. Resident Superior Court Judge Thad D. Bryson, Jr. will be the principal speaker. General Assembly forces the four southwestern counties to share a single seat In the House Instead of the one seat per county that existed before. The 49th District House seat which covers Cherokee, Clay, Graham and Macon Counties, Is being sought by two Clay Countlans. Democrat Wiley A. McGlamery who represented Clay In the last General Ass embly Is opposed by Rep ublican Wayne G. West. The Republicans will be seeking to retain the offices they hold in the Cherokee County Courthouse against Democratic challengers. Veteran Sheriff Claude M. Anderson Is running against Democrat William C. (Pete) Stalcup. Clerk of Superior Court Do nald " V. Ramsey Is being chall enged by Democrat Hugh Ray burn in his bid for another term. J.E. Graves, Register of Deeds, is running against Democrat Jack Carter. Coroner J.C. Townson Is opposed by Democrat Charles O. Van Gorder. R.M. Patten and incumbent W.T. Moore are the Democratic candidates for Co unty commissioner from Dis trict L They are opposed by Republicans Carlyle Matheson and Maurice West. In District 2, Andrew J. Barton and Ray Sims are on the Democratic ticket in place of the convention's nominees who declined to run. The Republican candidates are W.A. Hoover, the present chairman of the Co mmissioners, and John Dick ey Johnny Ray Jones and Charles McGill are the Dem ocratic contender in District 3 and they face Republicans Jack S'.nmonds and Luther Dockery. The Republican candidates for Constable are Ralph Ray field, Murphy Township; Ray mond Tanner, NottleyTown ship; Lesard Radford, Beav 1 erdam Township; Posey Garr ett. Shoal Creek township, V L. Adams, Valleytown town ship and Virgil Hogsed, Hot house township. The Democrats nominated candidates for Constable in only three townships. They are Will Rogers, Murphy to wnship; Harold Parker, Va lleytown township and Garrett Kilpatrlck, Nottley township. WNCRPC To Moot la Marphy The quarterly meeting of the Western North Carolina Regional Planning Co mmission will be heldinMur phy next Wednesday. It will be held at the Murphy Meth odist Church beginning at 12:30 p.m. Vice Chairman Tom C. Day will be in charge of the pro gram. Four Square and Rural Re newal leaders will brief the commission on the programs now in operation to better the ws;tern most counties that are associated with the co mmission. Ladles of the church are to serve a "Dutch Treat" luncheon which will cost $2 per person. NOVEMBER S M T W T F S .. . 1 i J 4 I 4 7 ? 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 17 IB 19 ~ 21 72 23 24 25 24 24 29 30 * 27 Americans Kovo tho world's btst bargain in talapfcono oorvico. It's good and It's cbeap. Nawfeoro also da peo ple got so mocb service and vice at inch law coat. I MISS NOVEMBER Mite Dot Oliver, daughter of Mrs. Eve Nell Oliver, Rt. 2, MvrpHy, N. C. WE' TELEPHONE COMPANY **?fphy tuilncaa ONin Dial ?.?; 7101 Poor Print