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Governor Recommends Tax
Cut For North Carolinians
RALEIGH?Gov. Don K.
Moore announced last Friday
that he will recommend "a
general and broad tax
reduction" to the 1967 General
Assembly.
The Governor's remarks
were contained in a statement
in which he revealed that the
Advisory Budget Commission
had completed work on what
he termed "a toward looking
and constructive budget" to be
presented to the new General
Assembly.
Moore did not give the exact
form of tax recuction he will
propose, saying it would
be contained in his message
to the General Assembly.
"In view of our strong tax
revenue estimates , I Intend
to recommend to the 1967
General Assembly that our
taxpayers be permitted to
share in the substantial credit
balance by way of a general
and broad tax reduction", the
Governor said.
"The average taxpayer Is
already heavily burdened and
deserves more consideration
than he has received. We are
all aware that the federal
government is considering a
new tax increase next year,"
he noted.
Moore said his new budget
will be "forward looking and
constructive" and no new
"taxes will be necessary."
A recent prediction from
State Treasurer Edwin Gill
stated that North Carolina will
begin the next biennium with a
credit balance of )150 million
in the general fund.
Moore's attitude toward ux
reductions is a complete tu
rnabout from his bitter oppo
sition two years ago when the
house passed a bill increasing
state income ux exemptions.
Administration forces bottled
the bill up when it moved to the
Senate and final action was
never taken.
"Life" Reports Heroic
Acts Of Murphy Sailor
The heroic role of a Murphy
sailor during the dlsastorous
fire aboard the U.S.S. Or
Iskany off the coast of Viet
nam is described In the Nov
ember 25 Issue of "Life"
magazine.
The Scout reported Mate
Third Class Jerry Robinson
was safe in the Philliplnes a
Sports Page Now
Regular Feature
Publisher Jack Owens has
announced that effective this
week The Scout-Progress will
have a sports page as a regular
feature of the paper.
"We believe it is Important
to provide total coverage of
the sports events occuring in
Cherokee and Clay Counties
and we feel that devoting an
entire page to sports will
enable us to fulfill our des
ire to do this", Owens said.
Managing Editor Dave
Bruce, noting that the Scout
Progress began devoting a full
page to editoral comment just
a month ago, said "this (the
sports page)is another step
forward in our continuing 4n
ort to provide the broadest
coverage of events In
Cherokee and Clay Counties
and to provide our readers
with the finest newspaper po
ssible."
few days after the tragedy
that took 43 lives. Information
made available to us at that
time did not indicate the im
portant role Robinson played
in rescuing trapped men dur
ing the fire
The "Life" story by Don
Moser goes into details on
the role Robinson and another
enlisted man played and it
tells of them being trapped
for a period and Robinson's
companion saying "I think
we're going to die down here"
Robinson replied 'T'fn going
to fight it out till the last
minute."
"Life" says that during tills
time, Robinson- "thinks about
Murphy, North Carolina, his
little home town back in the
Smoky Mountains" and hunting
season and his journey on
the Tellico Plains to Murphy
Wagon Train.
Robinson is now stationed
at San Francisco where the
Ortskany is in dock for rep
airs. He expects to be home
sometime this month for a
30-day leave.
He is die grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Robinson of
Murphy and is engaged to
Miss Judy Patterson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Patterson, Rt. 3, Hayesville.
A LARGE QUANTITY OF FUEL OIL WAS SPILLED when this truck owned by Elmer
KUgore and driven by David White overturned on a dirt road near Brasstown last Wednesday
afternoon. The Murphy volunteer firemen were called to the scene as a precautionary meas
ure.
Four Square Programs Called
More Successful Than Expected
"Programs more success
ful than we had expected
sometimes even beyond our
wildest dreams." This is the
way the activities of Four
square Community Action,
Inc., were described at the
organization's annual meeting
in Andrews last week. Tom
Day of Hayesville presided.
Bob Goforth, Four-Square
Executive Director, in his an
nual report, told some fifty
members of the Board of Dir
ectors of the organization that
all programs undertaken this
year had produced more
results than anyone had anti
cipated. Four-Square is the
official Economic Opportunity
Agency for Cherokee, Clay,
Graham and Swain Counties.
Goforth cited as an ex
ample the Physical and Men
tal Fitness program which has
affected more than 4600 per
sons, not including spectators
at sports events. He said the
total estimated spectator
count goes over 150,000.
These figures are at least
fouy times larger than the hi
ghest anticipated partici
Only 20 Mailing Days
Left Until Christmas
Postmaster Joe Ray remin
ded Cherokee County res
idents today that there are only
20 mailing days before Ch
ristmas.
"While that may seem like
a long time to most people, it
is frighteningly short to those
of us in the Postal Service,"
he said. "Postmaster General
Lawrence F. O'Brien has
predicted that well over eight
billion pieces of mail must be
delivered between now and
Christmas Eve, a new record.
"We are asking everyone to
start thinking about their
Christmas shopping and mail
ing now. If all the holiday mail
were to hit the postal sys
tem at one time, it is obvious
that we'd have difficulty del
ivering every piece on time."
Mailing early and spreading
the mail flow out along the
entire pre-Christmas season
is the key to better mail ser
vice at this time of the year.
Last year the public cooper
ation was "tremenduous"
according to Ray. Virtually
every piece of holiday mail
was delivered before Christ
mas Day. This year with in
creased volume because of the
continuing strength of the
economy we are hoping to see
that fine cooperative spirit
again.
Postmaster Ray offered
these mailing tips.
?Use ZIP Codes on all mail.
"If there are some ZIP Codes
that you still need for your
mailing list come to the Post
Office and look them up in our
ZIP Code directory or give us
a call. ZIP Codes are more
important than ever this year.
?Prepare your gift list
right away. The earlier you do
your shopping, the bettei
chance you have to get exactly
what you want while the stores
are still full of Merchandise.
That way, you can mail earlier
too.
?Be sure to have enough
boxes, tape, string and wrap
ping paper on hand.
United States Postal Sav
ings certificates totaling app
roximately $50,000 which
are on deposit at the Murphy
Post Office are now earning
little or no interest for all
local depositors. Postmaster
Joe Ray revealed today.
Nationwide, the Post Office
Department is holding more
than $147 million in the now
obsolete program which was
discontinued by Congress on
March 28,1966.
As of April 27, 1966, Postal
Savings were discontinued,
and no deposits wereaccepted
by the Post Office Department.
Certificates whos anniver
sary dates have been reached
since last April26 have earned
their final interest payment.
Those whose anniversary
dates fall between now and
next April 26 will receive int
erest until their next anniver
sary dates, but they can be
cashed at any time and a pro
portionate amount of interest
will be paid. After April 26,
1967, no interest will be
earned by any Postal Savings
accounts, Ray said.
Kay suggests that all Pos- ?
tal Savings depositors close
out tneir accounts as soon as
convenient so they can put
their funds to more productive
use. He also reminded
depositors that U.S. Savings
Bonds paying a current rate
of 4.15^ Interest, if held to
maturity, are an excellent in
? vestment for both safety and
income.
pation.
Other activities conduct
ed since Four-Square's be
ginning In December 1965 were
described. Included In these
were: a project connected
with Medicare, Neighborhood
Youth Corps, a project con
cerning the production and
marketing of trellis tomatoes
and Head Start.
Goforth pointed out that
many individuals have rec
eived assistance in employ
ment, health, housing and ed
ucation problems. Four
square staff members have
worked closely with local in
dustry, schools and others in
achieving their accomplish
ments.
Goforth praised many agen
cies, local governments, or
ganizations and individuals for
the parts they have played in
program > c inducted during
1965. [ \
By Dfingirg au tnese res
ources together in the struggle
to build a better community,
we have accomplished true
community action," he said.
Other business on the
agenda was the naming of
a number of new Directors
from each of thefour counties.
Fourteen new members were
elected from Graham County,
twenty-one from Cherokee
sixteen from Clay and thir
teen from Swain.
Seventeen persons were re
elected to serve on the Exe
cutive Committee. They are:
Tom Day, Alvin Penland.Rev.
G.W. Dalton, L.B. Nichols, Jr
Robert D. Bruce, Frank Sudd
erth, J.W. O* Dell, James Huff
man, Mrs. Patsy Ingram, V..
B. Wiggins, Jesse Crov
Mrs. Blaine Carver. TomC
omwell, Rev. John Bowt.,
Mrs. Mary Powell, BobBree
dlove and Leroy English.
There were seven new
members elected to the Exe
cutive Committee. They are:
Ever en Herbert, Harold Mc
Cray, Odell Shook, Mrs.
Edgar Wood, John Jordan. Ev
erett Brock and Jack Blevins.
UHWDA Annual
Meeting Set
YOUNG HARRIS, GA.?The
annual meeting of the Upper
H iawassee Watershed Deve
lopment Association will be
held at the Fine Arts Center
on die Young Harris College
Campus on December 30 at
7 p.m.
Rep. Phil Landrum (D-Ga.)
will be the main speaker at
the meeting. The general pub
lic is urged to attend.
Lamb To Head New American
Thread Plant At Marble
The American Thread Co
mpany has appointed Dan
Lamb to manage its newest
plant, the Cherokee Plant, in
Marble, North Carolina acc
ording to an announcement
made this week by C.S.
Johnson, General Manager of
the firm's Southern Plants.
Lamb joined American
Thread in 1963 as Assistant
Manager of the company's
Clover, South Carolina Plant.
He brought with him years
of textile experience gained
In management positions at
Textiles, Inc., Mexia Tex
tile Mills, Goodyear Lubber
Company, and Dixie Mercer
izing Company. After spending
a year and a half at Clover,
Lamb moved on as Assistant
Manager of American
Thread's Sevier Flnishirg
Plant in Rosman, North Car
olina.
Lamb, who is a graduate of
the University of Tennessee,
and his wife, the former Eva
dine Turner, have recently
moved into a home in the
Peach tree Community near
Murphy.
Second in charge at the Ch
erokee Plant will be Amos Mc
Guire, an American Thread
employee since 1964. Acc
ording to Lamb, McGulre has
displayed such skill in the pos
ition of General Foreman at
the firm's Tallapoosa,
Georgia Plant that he was the
logical selection for the
Assistant Manager's job at
Cherokee. Prior to joining
American Thread, McGuire
had been Assistant Overseer
at Crown Mill. He attended
Georgia Tech. He, his wife,
Kathryn, and their two chil
dren, Gregory, age 8, and
Steven, age 5 have recently
moved to Murphy.
Appointed to the post of
Industrial Relations Manager
of the Cherokee Plant is W.O.
Bracken, Jr. who joined Am
erican Thread in January,
1966. Prior to that, he served
five years with the North
Carolina Employment Sec
urity Commission. Four of
those years were spent in the
Murphy office. During those
four years at Murphy, Brack
en was active in the Lions
Club and the Jaycees. As a
Jaycee, he was chairman of
the first Hiwassee Lake Fes
tival. Since joining American
Thread, Bracken has worked
at both the Sevier and Sylvan
Plants.
A graduate of Lehigh Un
iversity, Bracken and his
wife, who is the former Ch
arlene Davidson, a native of
Murphy, and their year old
son, Scon, have already sen
led in Marble.
Dan Lamb
Amos McGuir*
Williams Warns Parking
Laws Will Be Enforced
Police Commissioner Wally
Williams begins his new duties
designed to "put the police de
partment on a more business
like basis" today (Thursday).
He will be responsible for
putting into effect the new 10
point plan adopted by the Town
Board at its November meet
ing.
Williams said he Is direct
ing the police force to enforce
all parking regulations. This
includes the ban on center
street parking which has nev
er been seriously enforced.
3 New Winners
In Contest
Mrs. Walter Ensley leads
a parade of three new winners
in The Scout's Football Con
test this week.
Mrs. Ensley, of Rt. 1, And
rews, takes first place money
of $10 and gets 10 points in the
standings for the grand prize
by selecting the winners in 1"
?f the '0 games lis no.
The x-ond oUce winner
week is Wayi.e w'atson,
-t. 1, Murphy. He wins six
dollars and six points by
making 16 correct calls.
Third place goes to Jack
Thompson of Murphy who
made 16 winning selections
too, but wasn't close enough
on the tie breaker.
Retarded Children
Group To Organize
An organizational meeting
to explore the possibility of
forming a local association for
reurded children will be held
Monday evening at 7:30 at the
Murphy Power Board Build
ing.
All persons in the area int
erested in the problems of
rcurded children and esp
ecially those who have ret
arded children are urged to
attend the meeting.
Harry Ramsey of the Dev
elopmental Evaluation Center
at Western Carolina College is
expected to be present
The commissioner said all
vehicles except those that are
loading or unloading will be
cited for illegal parking in the
center of the street.
Williams also noted that
motorists ignore the yellow
marks on the curbs which des
ignate areas as no-parking
zones. He said persons park
ing along the yellow marks
will be subject to citation.
One area where the yellow
marks have been ignored is
on Central St. beside the
Courthouse.
The commissioner stated
that all no-parking signs
should be observed also.
Center Accepting
New Registration
The Trl-County Industrial
Education Center is now ac
cepting registration for cla
sses in Carpentry and
Cablnetmaking Block and
Brick Masonry and Secre
tarial. Those wishing to enroll
should register no latter than
Friday.
The Center has completed
its second Supervisory Deve
lopment Training Workshop
and a total of 15 persons are
now qualified as instructors.
Qualifying instructors wil be
used in planning the school's
Supervisory Development
Training Program.
Those receiving certifica
tes during this workshop were:
Cecil Mashburn, Murphy High
School; Alvin Russell, And
rews High School; Clifford
A. Huls and Lester Stalnecker
Berkshire International; Dav
id Gribble, Levi Strauss; Gra
ham Denton, Fontana Mills;
Walter Denton, Mountain View
High Schoo; Arthur C. Murray
Lidseen of North Carolina and
Charles E. Battle, Tri County
Industrial Education Center.
Two of die qualified instr
uctors from the school's first
SDT Workshop, SJ. Gernert
and Hoyt Crane have taught
two classes with a total of
34 persons completing re
quirements for certificates.
W. D. Brocket!, Jr.
Large Crowd
Sees Parade
Servers! hundred persons
lined the streets of Murphy to
witness the Christmas Parade
Friday night and officially
open the holiday season.
The parade, sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce and
the Jaycees, got underway on
time and die only hitch was a
change in the route. The ori
ginal plans called for the line
of march to proceed to Church
St. and make a right turn but
last minute changes called for
a right turn into Tennessee
St. at the Square.
Tycora took first place ho
nors for floats in die Comm
ercial division with a float
showing a church and Christ
mas carolers. Second place
was awarded to Hilton Bus
iness Equipment and third
place went to Clifton Prec
ision.
Cherokee County 4-Hers
won first place in the non
commercial division and sec
ond place went to the Tomotla
Community Club while Girl
Scout Troop 214 won third
place with a float constructed
by the Murphy Clvitans.
Santa Claus came to town in
a sleigh situated on the Mur
phy Jaycee float.
At a drawing held after the
parade, Doris Byers of Brass
town won $100 in the last of
three drawings sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce.
A total of $175 was awarded
in the drawings held over the
past three weeks.
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SANTA CLAUS CAME TO TOWN in last Friday's Christmas
Farads. Hs was riding the Jaycee Float (left photo). The Ch
?rokee County 4-H dut> took top honors lntho non-commercial
division with their float (center photo). First place in the
commercial dtvUloa want to d? Tycofi Float (right