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PARADE OPENS CHRISTMAS SEASON FRIDAY
HERMAN NELSON, Rt. 1, Andrews, was critically Injured when his car crashed into a tree
six miles east of Andrews last Friday. Nelson was pinned in die wreckage for about an hour.
This photo was taken after he was rescued and the car was pulled back from the tree.
Morrow, 3rd Last
Week, Wins First
Joe Morrow, lest week's
third place winner, took first
place in The Scout's Football
Contest this week and gained
the second spot in the point
standings for the grand prize.
Morrow has 14 points and San
dra Mintz leads the pack with
20.
Morrow took first place this
week with 16 correct pre
dlcitions.
Our second and third place
winners each had 15 right and
we had to use our tie breaker
again. The tie breaker was the
big Notre Dame-Michigan
Holiday Closings
In Area Listed
The Cherokee County Draft
Board is closed all of this
week and will reopen Mon
day.
The Murphy Carnegie Lib
rary will be closed both
Thursday and Friday for Th
anksgiving and regular hours
will be resumed on Saturday.
Banks and post offices in
Jie area, will be closed on
Thanksgiving Day.
34 Receive
SDT Certificates
Thirty-four persons have
completed Phases I and II of
I the Supervisory Development
\* Training Program offered by
J. the Tri-County Industrial Ed
ucation Center. They received
certificates noting completion
(of this work last Thursday
night.
The SDT classes are arr
|' anged and scheduled in acc
K ordance with the needs of in
dustry in the three county
I, area. Employers select the
supervisors and potential
j. supervisors to attend the
classes which meet two nights
per week.
Those receiving certifica
tes last completed Fundamen
. tals of Sipervislon and Rela
tionships on the job.
j. Phases that will be taughi
between J anuary and J une in
,? dude Communications , How
. To Train Workers, Per
I' formance and Job Evaluation,
Job Management, Work Im
provement, Human Relations I
,, and Art of Motivating People.
The Center provides quali
, fled instructors for this pro
gram at no charge to the em
. Dlovers.
State game that ended up In a
tie itself, 10-10.
Vlcki Wood, Rt. 1-Box 62A
Murphy, won second place mo
ney of six dollars and gets six
points in the standings. She
picked Notre Dame to win,
21-14.
Raymond Hogsed, Box 443,
Andrews, said the Irish would
win, 32-14. That was good
enough for third place which
pays four dollars and gives
die winner four points in the
standings.
There are only a few weeks
left to win the money we offer
and try for the big prize-that
weekend in Atlanta to see the
Falcons take on the Steelers.
Bulldogs To Be
Honored Monday
The Murphy Quarterback
Club will honor the football
players, cheerleaders, and
coaches at their annual ban
quet Monday night at 7:00 at
the Milton Inn in Blairsville.
The awards for the most
valuable lineman and most
valuable back will be pre
sented at the banquet. The
winners are selected in a sec
ret ballot by their teammates
and members of the Quarter
back Club and the names of
the winners will not be re
vealed until Monday night.
Dr. Jim Hamilton of West
ern Carolina College will be
die featured speaker at the
banquet.
The Murphy Bulldogs com
pleted one of their most suc
cessful seasons in recent
years with nine wins against
only one loss to lylva-Web
ster, the Smoky Mountain Con
ference champion.
Five members of the Mur
phy team were named to the
All-Conference Team select
ed recently by'the coaches.
Eric Weber, end; HoytRob
erson, tackle; Frank Dickey,
center, and Jackie Wayman,
t quarterback were named to tne
offensive team and John
Shields, end, was named to the
defensive team.
Tackles Glenn Alexander
and Tommy Stiles, guards
David Cole and Raymond
Trantham and backs Dan Stiles
and Hubert Wells received
honorable mention.
Nelson Hurt
Critically
Herman Nelson, 42, of Rt. 1
Andrews, was injured cri
tically Friday morning wher
the car he was driving ran
down an embankment and cra
shed into a tree on US 19-129
six miles east of Andrews.
Nelson was traveling east
when he ran off the road, came
back into the road and then
crashed into the tree. He was
pinned in the wreckage for
about an hour before being
released by members of
the Andrews Rescue Squad.
He was taken to District
Memorial hospital suffering
from lacerations of the head,
a broken left arm and sev
eral cracked ribs. He was
later transferred to an Ashe
vllle hospital.
Patrolman Pstt Miller said
Nelson left skid marks for 189
feet in the roadway.
The driver was alone in the
car.
Lions Club
Offers $100
The Murphy Lions Club will
award $100 in prize money to
local entrants in the Lions
International's Peace Essay
Contest, according to Presi
dent Robert D, Bruce.
H*rman Edwards, Robert
W. Easley, Jr. and Mrs. Felix
E. Palmer will judge the local
entries to determine theMur
phy entry in the International
Contest.
The contest is open to all
young people in the area who
will be between 14 and 22 as
of January 15. 1967. it was
initiated to generate an aware
ness and understanding of
peace among tomorrow's
leaders.
Ten prizes will be awarded
by the Murphy Lions Club The
first place winner will receive
$25, second place will pay $20,
third place is worth $15 and
fourth place will pay $io. Six
honorable mention entries will
receive $5 each.
T - International Contest
will make a total of $50,000
in awards, including $25,000
for the grand prize. It will
in the form of an educa
tional or career assistance
grant to the world winner.
Local entries must be sub
mitted by December 10 to a
r,"I!beSiof the Murphy Lions
Uub The rules and further
details are available from any
Member; of the club.
f SUPERVISORY DEVELOPMENT TRAINING CERTIFICATES were awarded laat weak to par
sooa auccassfuly completing two phaaas of training offered at Trl-County Induatrial Education
Center. Pictured are (1 to r) First row-Cartton Conner, Jack doer, Harry Wolf, Jennings
?Plemmons, Eunice Ledford, Claude Crisp and Instructor Hoyt E. Crane) Second row- Howard
McClure, Charles Wellao, Lawson Raxtar, John Helton, Bruce Zimmerman, Robert W. Coffey
"and William Johnson) Not pictured-Larry Alexander, Horace Hambroe, Richard r
Swinson Murphy and Eealyn Stalcup.
Santa Claus To Arrive,
Tree On Square Lighted
Santa Claus is coming to
town Friday night and hund
reds of children and adults
from throughout die area are
expected to welcome him to
Murphy as he makes his first
appearance of the season in
the Christmas parade which
will begin at 7 p.m.
The parade, sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce
and the Jaycees, is the first
held here to open the holiday
season since 1963.
Ed Manchester, parade ch
airman, said three area high
school bands will march in
the parade. They are Murphy,
Swain and Robblnsville. Sev
eral area Boy Scout Troops
are expected and they will
provide the color guard.
The sponsoring organiza
tions are offering$180in prize
money for floats which will be
judged in twocategories, Reli
gion and Commercial. First
place prize in each division
will be $50 while $25 and $15
will be awarded to the second
and third place winners.
At least five winners of
beauty contests will be in the
parade. Area Homecoming
1,000 Attend
Bank Opening
More than 1,000 people
passed through the Citizens
Bank & Trust Company's new
bank building in Andrews dur
ing the hours from 3 to 7 p.m.
Saturday at the open house
dedicating the new building,
and the 40th anniversaryof the
bank under its present mana
gement.
The bank, a handsome two
story building of beige colored
brick, houses two officers off
ices walnut paneled and one
Chestnut paneled downstairs
with two officers offices up
stairs, plastered and a large
directors room with a table
to seat twenty two directors.
The main floor is carpeted
throughout, and on the second
floor the offices and director's
room are carpeted. The fixt
ures consists of eight teller's
windows made of walnut, brass
and marble. The marble is
native Regal Blue marble ob
tained from a marble plant
about four miles from the
bank, the only marble plant
in North Carolina.
The front of the bank is the
area that was formerly occ
upied by the old bank
building, which was removed
after the new building reached
the stage of construction that
it could be used. This area now
has been landscaped, has a
pool with a multicolored foun
tain, walkways, planted in sh
rubbery with white pines alopg
the west border of the prop
erty.
At the open house the large
bookkeeping space on the sec
ond floor was used as a re
reception room." Refreshments
were served to the guests by
Miss Meredith Whitaker and
some of her high school pu
pils. Those visiting the bank
had an opportunity to register
for a chance on a 24" Mag
navox TV set, a boy's bic
ycle and a girl's bicycle. The
winner of the Magna vox TV
set was Mrs. Grady Clark, the
winner of the girl's bicycle
was Marsha El Khourl and
the winner of the boy's bic
ycle was Tony Gibson all of
Andrews.
Guests from Atlanta, Cha
ttanooga, Asheville and Ch-*
arlotte, as well as towns be
tween, honored the bank with
their presence.
Queens expectedlncludeSandi
Davis of Hayesville, MaryLou
Bradley of Andrews, Kathy
Ann Jenkins of Robbinsville
and Annie Lovingood of Mur
phy. Miss Hiwassee Lake
Carol McRae, will also be pre
sent.
The employees of Rlmco
Mfg. Corp. elected a Miss
Rlmco, Donna Garland. She
will ride In the parade wear
ing a floor length dress made
entirely of lace made by Rlm
co. The dress will be made by
Eugene Ledford of Marble.
A motorcycle escort will
lead the parade and several
area riding clubs have indi
cated they will participate.
Manchester said the parade
will assemble in the area of
the Fairgrounds and march
Heart Attack
Claims Barnes
BJ3. Barnes, chief engineer
at WRCB-TV in Chttanooga,
died of an apparent heart att
ack while waiting for treat
ment at a Chattanooga hospital
Saturday afternoon. He was
49.
Barnes played a leading role
in the locating of a TV tran
slator in Murphy. He had
talked to local residents about
the possibility of improving
TV reception here as long as
10 years ago. The translator,
built by the Murphy Jaycees,
became a reality last spring.
Among the survivors is
Mrs. C.E. Wood of Murphy
who is a sister of Barnes' wi
dow.
Funeral services were held
in Chattanooga, Tuesday.
Wildcats Win
Class A Title
The second half belonged to
Andrews and the Wildcats
nailed down the Region 3Class
A Championship with a 20-7
win over Glen Alpine Saturday
night at Enka.
Jim Sursavage gave And
rews a 6-0 lead with a four
yard plunge in the second per
iod, but Glen Alpine came
back with a TD by Greg Mc
Gee and an extra point by
Jim Benfield to maintain a
advantage at the half.
Sursavage stole a Glen Al
pine pass at the Andrews 46
in the third period and raced
55 yards to put Andrews ahead
to stay.
Lynn Mashburn Intercepted
another Green Wave p?
in the fourth quarter ar- an
20 yards for a touchdown.
Ronnie Bradley scored both
extra points
Andrews camewithin a-yard
of a half-time lead. The Wild
cats went from their own 33
to the Glen Alpine one but Sur
savage failed to breakthrough
in three tries.
Christmas Clab
Boosts Ecoaomy
Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
mailed checks totaling
$148,280 to approximately 750
Christmas Club members in
Cherokee County last week.
President W.Frank Forsyth
congratulated club members
and said the bank is "pleased
to mail these checks out at
this time to those who
wisely save for their Christ
mas gift buying."
Forsyth reminded club
members that the 1967 Chr
istmas Club payments will
be due starting next week.
into town on Valley River Ave.
The line of march will turn
right onto Church St. to Wil
low St. where another right
turn will be made onto Ten
nessee St. It will proceed
to the Courthouse and make a
left turn onto Central St. and
go back to the assembly points.
The parade route will be about
a mile and a half in length.
A reviewing stand will be
erected on the Square and the
judges will make their decis
ions on the float winners as
they pass the stand. The prize
winners will receive their
awards immediately after the
parade on the Square.
Two other events are
scheduled for the conclusior
of the parade. Thefinal draw
ing for $100 sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce will be
held on the Square. Tickets
for the drawing are available
now at all participating stores.
The other big event of the
evening will be the lighting of
the community Christmas tree
on the Square. The Jaycees
secured the tree from the
Odum lot where the town is
preparing to build a parking
area.
Beginning Friday night,
most Murphy merchants are
expected to remain open until
9:00 each Friday through
Christmas to accommodate
Christmas shoppers. Santa
Claus will be in the downtown
area to greet the children each
Friday night from 7:00 to 9:00.
The merchants are also ex
pected to continue their prior
practice of remaining open on
Wednesday afternoons be
tween Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
In the event of rain, the par
ade will be held Saturday
4:00.
Mrs. Wendell Barlow of
Andrews won $50 last Satur
day in the series of three
drawings for cash.
50Tvrk?ys Won
In Rimco Shoot
Fifty turkeys were awarded
last Saturday at the second
annual Rimco Turkey Shoot
conducted at the plant.
About 105 Rimco employ
ees participated including ab
out 45 women and 60 men.
The women used shotguns
and the men used rifles.
Report On School
Bus Routes Sought
Citizens of Cherokee Coun
ty were being urged today to
become safety minded and re
port in behalf erf safety along
school bus routes.
The Highway Commission
is anxious to know of any dan
ger spots where school bus
ses travel. With the coming
of winter, and heavy rains,
danger spots can develop
quickly, and the Commission
is anxious to know about them
in order that crewman can
correct them.
Cherokee citizens should
call Dillie G. Raxter, who is
County Foreman. He can be
reached by calling 831-2742.
Through the efforts of the
State Highway Commission,
this area was allocated extra
funds for school bus routes.
The Commission is making
every effort to keep the roads
and highways as safe as hum
anly possible, and the cooper
ation of citizens reporting
danger spots will be of import
ance to the execution of the
program.
Goforth Completes
Directors'Course
In graduation ceremonies in
Chapel Hill last week. Bob
Goforth, Executive Director of
Four-Square Community Act
ion, Inc., received a
certificate for completing an
eighty hour course for comm
unity action Directors.
John Sanders, Director of
the Institute of Government
of the University of North
Carolina awarded certificates
to 35 CAP Directors from
across the state.
The course, which covered
subjects such as public ad
ministration, personnel
management, accounting,
leadership practices, and gen
eral ackninlstratlon was con
ducted by the MulU-Purpose
Training Center of UJ4.C., of
which Goforth is a member
of the Advisory Committee.
Warm Springs Foundation
To Honor Charles McClure
Charles McClure of Mari
etta, Georgia, who has sev
eral relatives in the Murphy
area, will be honored Friday
as the "Alumnus of the Year '
by the Georgia Warm Sprites
Foundation.
McClure, now 23, received
a broken neck in an automo
bile accident six years ago and
is almost completely paraly
sed, but he works a full eight
hours a day as purchasing
agent and inventory controller
at the Mar Vend Company in
Marietta.
"Any handicapped person
can find a normal life If he's
Just got the guts". McClure
said. "There are good Jobs
for the handicapped If they
will just get out and And them
and not stay at home and feel
sorry for themselves."
He returned to high school
to graduate In 1903 and stud
ied business athniidstratlon
and economics at the Univer
sity of Georgia for two years.
He spent four months at Warm
Springs and has been with
MarVend since early 1965.
McClure drives a car with
special manual controls and
goes bowling and swimming
and has even camped out.
He says he's too busy work
ing, smiling and living to give
more then an occasional
thought to Ms troubles.
THE MURPHY JAYCEES will light the community Christ
mas tree on the Square Friday night following the Christmas
Parade. The tree was put in place last week by Town emp
loyees.
Andrews Hospital Gets
$50,000 Reynolds Grant
A mood of elation prevailed
among the trustees and friends
of District Memorial Hospital
this week upon the announce
ment that the Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation has
granted $50,000 toward the
cost of the proposed one mil
lion dollar hospital expan
sion program.
Not within the memory of
the board of trustees has so
generous a gift been made to a
charitable Institution in this
extreme southwestern sec
tion of North Carolina. The
grant was double the amount
of the largest gift previously
made in the fund-raising cam
paign.
News of the grant was trans
mitted to Percy B. Ferebee,
chairman of the hospital board
by Mrs. Nancy Reynolds Ver
ney, president, from the Sap
elo Island, Ga., office of the
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
indicating that the decision
was reached at the October 21
meeting of the Trustees of the
Foundation at Sapelo Island.
"This is a tremendous
boost, and I almost read the
amount incorrectly," Mr.
Ferebee admitted. "For the
first time we can see our goal
in sight, and the Reynolds
grant puts us two-thirds of the
way toward our goal of $200,
000. This will renew our de
termination and efforts."
The proposed expansion of
District Memorial Hospital
involves doubling the size of
the present 31-bed facility at
an estimated cost of one mil
lion dollars, twenty per cent
or $200,000 of which must be
raised by local contributions.
Hospital occupancy has been
running considerably past
capacity for months, leading
a sense of urgency to fund
raising efforts. The camp
aign thermometer" on east
Main Street now stands at app
roximately $131,000
The Z. Smith Reynolds Fo
undation was founded in 1936
donors being Nancy Reynolds
Bagley, Mary Reynolds Bab
cock, Richard J. Reynolds and
W.N. Reynolds, with (the pur
pose of general charitable giv
ing within the State of North
Carolina.
Recent grants from the Fo
undation, which is funded at
about $50,000,000 have tota
lled about one million dollars
a year, and have been chief
ly for higher education, hos
pitals, public health, and parks
and playgrounds.
Murphy To Manteo May
Become Meaningful
"Murphy To Manteo" is a
slogan that has often been used
emphasize the distance that
separates the northeast coast
and the southwest mountains.
Last weekend, a giant step was
taken toward making the slo
gan a symbol of the closeness
of North Carolinians.
President Jack Owens of the
Murphy Jaycees andtheclub's
second vice-president, Curt
iss Hewlett left the Murphy
Andrews Airport Friday mor
ning in a plane piloted by Bill
Bowman of Chattanooga to es
tablish a closer relationship
between the two most sep
arated towns in the state. They
stopped at Hickory to pick up
Blake L. Watts.
Watts has held every local
office in the Hickory Jaycees
and is a past state vlce-pre
Gossett Picked
For "400" Clob
Dr. William R. Gossett of
Murphy was selected for the
400 Club in connection with the
44th annual Southeastern Ed
ucational Congress of Opto
metry, February 2-5,1967 at
the Marriott Motor Hotel in
Atlanta.
In announcing the local
professional man's selection.
Dr. W.A. Owensby, Commerce
Georgia, Congress General
chairman, aaid that be has ag
reed to "lend his name and
Influence to advancing the Co
ngress as an educational med
ium to further upgrade opto
metric
in the South".
sident and national director.
He is presently a Jaycee Int
ernational Senator and holds
the only lifetime membership
in the Hickory club.
The purpose of the trip was
for the Murphy club to extend
its assistance to the young men
of Manteo in organizing their
own Jaycee did). So far as
is known, there has never been
an extension covering such a
long distance.
Owens, Hewlett and Watts
met with several young men at
a dinner meeting Friday night
that was also attended by May
or Wallace Harvey of Manteo.
The group voted to organize
and elect temporary officers.
They will hold another ogan
izational meeting on Dec
ember 2.
Harvey told Owens the ex
tension by die Murphy club not
only will help the Jaycees but
"it cando muchfor Murphy and
Manteo". The Mayor said he
has been to Murphy and he
feels the two towns are simi
liar in many ways.
The flying trio went toWln
ston-Salem Saturday morning
and reported to the Mid-year
Jaycee Convention on meir
visit to Manteo.
Sate President Ervin Ald
ridge pledged that state organ
ization's support to make the
extension to Matron a reality.
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