inei/i &.?k? county's b... B?,' claV Counlt/ Pngna Scout Volum? 77-Numb?f 17 Mwrphy, North Corolino Novmbtr 17, 1966 18 Pog?? Ttiii W??k y"^KY^wo!m to 7 o'clock. The occasion Is to show Its tew bank building and give the >eople of Andrews and vlc nlty an opportunity to meet he officials and directors of he bank. Officials of the Citizens 3ank * Trust Company are rery pleased and happy over he bank's new quarters. Inad litlon to being serviceable and i pa clous, one of the officials if the bank said that, In his ipinlon, the bank's quarters #ere outstanding In architec tural and Interior decorations. The bank officers have made in outstanding contribution to Indrews in the small park in root of the building with a IHWDA Mettiags iatTUiWaak The Tourism and Recrea lon Work group of the Upper ii was see Watershed Devel op nent AssocUtion meets to light (Thursday) at 7 at die Slue Ridge Mountain EMC Office in Young Harfls, Ga. Chairman Dave Bruce said ie expects to get reports from ill five counties on the irogress of the placemat sales it die meeting. He also asked iommittee members to note he early starting time and laid this time will be In effect hroughoutthe winter months. Officers and directors of JHWDA are to meet at Young 1 arris on Tuesday night at 7. [hey are scheduled to make liana for the Association's innual meeting which will be leld early In 1967. fillips Elected [o Angus Group Wilson H. Phillips of lurphy has been elected to i ember ship in the American ngus Association at St. Jos ph, Missouri, according to len Bratcher, secretary. There were 467 member - lips issued to breeders of sglstered Aberdeen-Angus i die United States during ie past month. banquet To tart Crusade The First Methodist Church Murphy will launch a $100, 10 Crusade with a Forward ep Banquet Monday evening 6:30 In the Fellowship Hall, ie money is to be raised to lance a new educational tildlng. The new structure will be a ree storyannex to the exist g church building, connected die church with covered ilk. The church office, library, class rooms, an auditorium d kitchen faculties wUl be ntalned In the 9,000 square X building. It will be of mas ary construction and will be a ted by an oU fired hot water iler. Architect for the project is mes L. Padgett, A.LA. of ihevlUe The theme of the Crusade Is live To Build-Build To W. fountain, walks and shrubbery. AH in all, several dtixens of Andrews have suted the whole bank set-up was outstanding and a great contribution to the community. At the open house party, or chids will be given the ladles and favors for the men. Door prises will be ? Magna vox Te levision set and a boy's and girl's bicycle. A treasure chest will be on display filled with silver awaiting the winner who can select the special key that will open the lock. Refreshments will be ser ved to everyone. Bank officials stated that everyone is welcome, and although invitations could not be sent to everyone, that a sincere and personal invit ation is given and is meant for all residents and friends in Western North Carolina. Paper Early Next Week! The Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress will be published one day early next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The paper will go to press Tuesday afternoon and will reach local subscribers on Wednesday. Republicans Take 4 Constable Races Final returns show that four Republicans and two De mocrats were elected const ables in Cherokee County in last week's election. The closest race occured in Mur phy Township where Republican Ralph J. Rayfleld edged Democrat Will Rogers by 32 votes. Rayfield rec eived 1,400 votes and Rogers tallied 1,368. Posey Garrett polled 251 votes to defeat Democratjess W. Hamby in Shoal Creek Township. Hamby had 184 votes. Two Republicans were el ected unopposed. Lessard Ra dford received 145 votes in Beaver dam Township and V irgil Hogsed got 257 votes in Hot House Township. Democrat Gary P. Kilpat rick defeated Republican Ra ymond Tanner in Notla Town ship, 338-228. Harold Parker won in Valley town Township with 1,019 votes to 768 for his Republican cha llenger, N.L. Adams. 13 Basketball Teams To Compete In Murphy The Murphy Basketball Association will hold a meet ing Monday night at 7:30 at the Power Board Building and will draw up a schedule at that time. Thus far, seven mens teams and six worn ens teams have Indicated they will play this season. Jerry Kephart was elected president of the association at a recent meeting and Wea ver Carrlnger was elected secretary. The mens teams that are expected to play are the Jay cees. White Church, Hiwassee Dam, Texanna, the Ind endenls, First Baptist and If ton Precision. Worn ens teams are expect to represent Brumby Tex t, Texanna, White Church, fton Precision, the Ind sndents and ABC. rhe deadline for new teams enter is Monday night. 3ames will be played in Old Rock Gym and plans ! being made now to make tuitable for use. rhe floors must be re shed, goals Installed and heating and lighting must improved before the sea i can open. ' Democrats Assured Of Commissioner Control By Dave Bruce While the voters of Cherokee County selected three Republicans and three Democ rats for County Commissioner in last week's elections, in effect, a 4-3 Democratic majority was elected. This seems to be the almost certain result because of S.B. 313, a law that gained final passage in the General Assembly on June 10,1965 and a bill that applies only to Cherokee County. S.B. 513 is the bill that provides for expanding the Board of Commissioners to six members and lists the three districts in the county which shall elect two members apiece. After last week's results were known, people began wondering how a chairman would be determined with three seats going to each party. Section four of the bill states that the Commissioners shall elect a chairman at their first meeting after the election and "in the event of a tie votefor chairman, then each commissioner shall cast for chairman a number of votes equal in number to the total votes cast for all candidates for comm issioner in his district in the general election." This means that in the event of a tie, W.T. Moore and Carlyle Matheson will each cast 3,658 votes, Andrew Barton and Ray Sims will each cast 5,963 votes and Luther Dockery and Jack Simonds will each cast 3,211 according to the unofficial returns. Democrats Moore, Barton and Sims will cast a total of 15 ,584 votes and Republicans Matheson, Dockery and Simonds will cast a total of 10,080 votes. Thus, if party lines are followed, a Democrat is certain to be elected chairman. Section five assured control by the party of the chairman by giving him two votes in case of a tie. It says that in the event of a tie vote on any matter before the Commissioners, "the chairman shall cast an extra vote to resolve the deadlock." Another section of the bill states that any laws in conflict-with it are not applicable to Cherokee County. This means that this county is removed from the one-man, one-vote ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court. Other North Carolina counties either had to elect their commissioners at large or in districts of equal population. The three districts are not equal here. District Two contains almost twice as many voters as District One or District three. Four County Residents Sentenced In Tax Cases Four North Carolina resi dents employed by Tennessee Copper Co. at Copperhill, Term, were tried last Thurs day in Raleigh Municipal Court for violaions of state income tax laws. Nathan Mason, Marion Mor gan, Herman Murphy and Lloyd Rose, all residents of Cherokee County, were found guilty of failing to file State Income Tax Returns for 1964 and 1965 and for failure to pay taxes for earlier years. Graham Enters Guilty Plea In Rkh Death James Harold Graham en tered a plea of guilty to man slaughter in Cherokee County Superior Court in connection with the death of JesseReuben Rich last April. The State had charged Gra Civitans Hope To Sell Ton The Murphy Civitan Club lopes to sell one ton of Clax on fruit cakes between now nd Christmas. Club mem ers are now selling the cakes t a dollar per pound. Proceeds from the fruit ake sale are used to provide cholarships for local high chool students. Each year, te Civitans award two $300 cholarships to Murphy High chool seniors. ham with murder in the case. Rich died of a skull fracture after he was beaten over the head with a rifle barrel. The incident took place at Gra ham's home. Graham received a five to eight year sentence in State's Prison. The sentence was sus pended and he was fined $300. Velda Helton Johnson charged with running a disor derly house, received a 90 day suspended jail sentence when she pleaded guilty to being publicly disorderly. TheState dropped a robbery charge against Gerald Jones. The case of Arthur Gar Jor dan, charged with drunken driving and speeding, was re manded to Recorder's Court. A charge of drunk driving against Giles Joseph Griggs was dropped. Ronald Ray Green plead guilty to larceny of an auto belonging to Frank Murphy. A 14 to 18 month jail sentence was suspended. Charges of reckless driving and no op erator's license against Green was dropped. He was arrested after a high speed chase in which he wrecked the car and fled. Phillips Jenkins pleadguilty to breaking and entering and larceny. A 14 to 18 month jail sentence was suspended. johrry Cable received a 12 month suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting breaking and ent ering. He had been charged with felonious breaking and entering and larceny. Billy Holloway received the same sentence after a similiar plea to the same charges. A chargeof assault with a deadly weapon against Leon ard Clontx was dropped. The case or Jerry Louder milk. charged with assault with a deadly weapon, was remanded to the Justice of the Peace. Mark WUlard Kirkland plead not guilty to driving while his license was revoked and was found not guilty. Wlllard Whitener received a six month suspended jaU sentence after pleading guilty to breaking end entering. Cecil J Anson, charged with felonious assault, plead guilty to assault with a deadly wea pon and wad sentenced to six Booths In JalL Taff Laney plead not guilty to breaking end emerlng and larceny. He was found guilty , and fined $300. A 14 to 34 jaU senNnee was sus t t Judge Pretlow Winborne fined each of the defendants $100 plis r^ty'Tt rosfs and gave them suspended sentences of 90 days each. Conditions of the suspended sentences were that they file returns for 1964 and 1965 with in 30 days, pay all taxes due the state within six months and file and pay all future returns on time. Each defendant was also assessed $25 to cover expen ses of a Tennessee Copper Co. official who was ordered to testify by a Tennessee judge under the Uniform ActToSec ure Out Of State Witnesses. Charges against the four were an outgrowth of an inves tigation some two years a when the Departs ?? discovered that a numb. of North Carolina residents em ployed by Tennessee Copper Co. were not filing North Car olina income tax returns. Since that investigation, which resulted in the collection of substantial back taxes, most of the employees have filed ret urns with the state. Military Mail To Go By Air On Space Available Basis Postmaster Joe Ray erf Mur phy today announced that hen ceforth all first class mall, personal sound recordings (voice letters), and parcels weighing 5 pounds or less and measuring not more than 60 inches In length and girth combined, will be airlifted on a space available basis bet ween the United States and all military post offices over seas. Also under public Law 89 726?The Dulskl Military Mall Act?which was signed by President Johnson on Novem ber 2,1966, second class pub lications such as newspapers and magazines published weekly or more often and fea turing current news of Interest to the military, will be airlifted from San Francisco to the armed forces serving in Viet Nam. Postmaster Ray explained that parcels, wleghlng 5 pounds or less and not exceeding 60 Inches In length and girth combined, paid at surface rates, will be moved by sur face transportation within the United States from the points of msillng totheportof emhar To speed up separation and delivery of these smaller par cels falling within this cat Lawrence P. O'Brien directed ?hat all parcels be clearly marked upon acceptance at the post office with the letters SAM (surface airlift mail). This will eliminate the task reweighing and measuring the parcels at the San Francisco Concentration Center prior to dispatch to Viet Nam or other ( overseas military post off- | ices. Postmaster Ray also reminded mailers that Christ mas parcels weighing 5 pounds I and under, though they are giv en airlift priority from San Francisco to Viet Nam on a | space available basis, should j be mailed no later than Dec- , ember L Airmail, he said, , should be sent no later than , December 10. Scout Circulation 10,000 His Week 1 This week's edition of The ' Scout-Progress is a special edition containing two sections j to kick off pre-Chrlstmas ihopping activity in the Mur phy shopping area. Our cir culation this weak is 10,000 copies. The ears copies will >e distributed throughout Western North Carolina, forth Georgia and East Toon Be sure to check the special ids in this week's paper for natty flna buys In the days Plan Seeks To Put Police Dept. On "More Businesslike Basis" The Murphy Town Board adopted a 10-point program for the Murphy Police Dept. Monday night and, following the recommendation of Mayor Cloe Moore, elected Wally WiUiams as Police Comm issioner. Williams drafted the 10-polnt program following an inves Tri County Education Center Deeded To Cherokee County The Cherokee County Board of Education received the deed last Thursday for the Tri County Industrial Education Center at Peach tree. The pro perty was purchased from the State of North Carolina Prison Department for $18,500. The purchase of the pro perty is part of a $60,000 project that has been approved by the Appalachia Co mmission. 80H of thefundsfor the project are from the Appa lachia Act and the County Is providir$ 201k of the money. The remaining $41,500 Is to be used to construct a new classroom building at the Cen ter. The county Is receiving the present property and the new building for a net cost of only $12,000. Gov. Dan K. Moore broke ground for the new building during his visit to the Center in May and the architects,Foy and Lee of Waynesville, are now preparing plans for the structure. Bids are expected to be received for construct ion in January. When the new building is completed, the Center will have a total of six buildings and over 17,000 square feet of floor space. Director Holland McSvrin Four Square Beard To Meet Monday Tom C. Day of Hayes ville President of Four-Square Community Action, Inc., has announced that the organiza tion's 1966 annual Board of Directors meeting will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Andrews High School. Items on the agenda include a report by Executive Direc tor Bob C. Goforth, a dis cussion of future plans, am endments to'the 3y-laws and election of a number of Dir ectors and Executive Comm ittee members. An exhibition of photographs and newspaper clippings showing some of the year's activities will be on display. Day pointed out that this is Four-Square's most imp ortant meeting of the year and expressed hope that every Board member would attend. said, "we expect to be able to offer at least six or seven full time curriculum at the center beginning next Sept. 1." Cosmetology, general bus iness, practical nursing, auto mechanics and drafting are among the courses that are expect to be offered. The Center is presently off ering three full time courses. Gov. Moore, retiring Sen. W. Frank Forsyth and the three representatives of Cherokee, Clay andGrahar 4. in the last General Assem bly, Mary FayeBrumby, Wiley A. McGlamery and the late Will Cooper, are credited with helping the County Commiss ioners secure the property. The deed was signed over to the County by Gov. Moore and Secretary of State Thad Eure and final approval to the sale was made in Raleigh on Oct ober 3. Gary Barnett Hurt Slightly In Wreck Gary Lane Barnett, Rl 1, Murphy, received cuts and bruises in a one-car wreck in the.Peachtree section early Saturday morning Barnett was traveling north on Rural Road 1519 when the right rear tire on the vehicle blew. The car went off the right side of the road and left tire marks for 126 feet. It was raining ,atthe time of the accident. Barnett was treated and re leased at Providence hospital. A passenger in thecar,Jackie Hughes, was not hurt Patrolman Patt Miller in vestiagated the accident and estimated damages to the 64 Corvair Barnett was driving at about $400. Five persons escaped in jury in another accident Sun day afternoon on US 64 west of Murphy. Doug King, driving a car owned by Carl Towns on, began to make a left turn off the highway at Joy Motel when he was struck broadside by a car driven by James Helton. Towns on was a passenger in his car and Helton's wife and daughter were riding with him. It it believed Helton began to pass the Towns on car just as the driver started to turn. Townson said King had turned on the turn signal and "It was flashing after thecrash." Townson s car was damaged extensively and Helton's vehicle suffered slight damage. Patrolman Miller is continuing his investigation. ligation of the local police. He said the program will "put the police department on a more businesslike basis." Williams' plan sets up a chain of command that will eliminate the confusion that has existed in the past. The police commissioner will issue all orders to the chief of police who in turn will issue orders to the men on the force. The plan called for either the Town Clerk. Mayor or a member of the Town Board to be appointed commissioner. A committee consisting of the Mayor and two board mem bers was appointed which will be available for the comm issioner and chief to consult on police problems. In addition to Mayor Moore, Francis Bourne, Jr. and Ken Godfrey will serve on it. The plan includes pay incen tives for all members of the force and gives priority of shift choice to the man with the most seniority. 1 The assistant chief is to be assigned to the night shift on a permanent basis and the chief is to work at least one shift a month with each mem ber of the force. . Standards are set for pat rolling the downtown area on foot and the outlying areas by car atleast once every four hours and a log book will be maintained in which each member of the force will re cord any action taken during his tour of duty. . Williams' proposal calls for" the hiring of a female officer to write parking tickets. Under the new setup, appli cants for employment on die force will contact die chief. If he recommends hiring the individual, the commissioner and the three member comm ittee will consider the appli- ?. cation. The chief is given the auth ority to fire members of the force in die new plan. The co mmissioner has the power to recommend removal of the chief to the Town Board. All members of the force, both those presently employed and new policemen, will be on a three month trial basis when the new 10-polnt program be comes effective December L LR. Martin Wins Chamber Drawing L.R. Martin, Rt. 2, Murphy was the winner of $25 last Sat urday in the first of three drawings to be held this month by die Murphy Chamber of Co mmerce. A total of $175 is to begivenaway in the drawings. This Saturday at 4 p.m. another drawing will be held on the square and the winner will take home $50. The grand prize, $100 will be given away onFriday,Nov ember 25, immediately following the Christmas par ade. Tickets to register for the drawing are available at all stores that are participating in this activity of die Chamber of Commerce. Sandra Mintz Takes Lead For Contest Grand Prize Sandra Mintz, Rt. 1, Mar ble, has taken a commanding lead in die Scout Football Con test point standings for die grand prize by winning first place for die second time. Sandra was the first place winner in die first week of the :ontest and since that time i deadlock developed for first place and it grew until last reek,we had a seven way tie. Her winning entry this weak lives her a total of 30 points n die standings and a 10 point ead over her nearest rivals. Hie person gelling the most Mints at the and ofthecontest till win a free wedtsnd InAt anta for two to see the Fal :ons play the PittsburAS era on December 18. Icout will furnish two 1 o the game and free lodging t either the Holiday Inn or imaricane. had 18 correct pre The dictions In this week's contest and wins another $10 in addi tion to the big lead in the point standings. The tie breaker was ueedto determine our second and third place winners this week. Tony Hembree, Rt. 1 Murphy, wins second place money of six dollars and six points with 15 correct calls and the closest guess on the tie breaker. Memphis Stats bowed to Wake Forest, 21-7, In that game and Uamkeoe nr nteil Wall* P ??, nemoree predicted waiter or* est would win 17-10, Joe Morrow, Sox 956, Andrews, took third place money of four