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Volume 77-Number 20 Muipky, North Carolina December 8, 1966 12 Pages THis Weak ?cono clam earrAOi raid
AT MURRHY, NORTH CAROLINA
W.T. MOORE ELECTED COMMISSIONER CHAIRMAN
Radcliff Found Shot
To Death In Store
Granville W. Radcllff, 56,
was found shot to death in his
service station and store at
Ranger Tuesday morning. A
coronor's jury ruled he died
from accidental gunshot
wounds.
Radcllff apparently was
cleaning the weapon he was
killed with. There was a cl
eaning kit on the floor and an
old newspaper in his lap.
The victim was a native of
Virginia and had lived in Ch
erokee County lor sev
eral years.
Surviving are the widow
Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes Rad
cllff; one daughter, Mrs. Eliz
abeth Aim Styles of Knoxvllle;
two sons, BUI and Brent, both
of KnoxvlUe; four brothers.
Ray, Forrest, Glenn and El
mer of Asheville and three
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held today (Thursday) at U
a.m. in the TownsonFuneral
Home chapel with the Rev. C.
A. Smith officiating. Burial,
with masonic rites, wiU be
in the Rogers Chapel Ceme
tery.
Townson Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
J. L. Hall, Former
Court Clerk, Dies
J.L. Hall, 73, a longtime
Murphy businessman and pol
itical leader, died late last
Wednesday evening (Novem
ber 30) in a Murphy hospital
following an extended illness.
Hall served as chairman of
the Cherokee County Board of
Education from 1941 to 1942.
He was elected Clerk of Super
ior Court in 1942 and held the
office until 1954 when he was
the Democratic candidate for
sheriff. He was defeated by
Sheriff Claude Anderson who
was then running for his first
term.
Prior to becoming court
clerk, Hall operated service
stations in Murphy and And
rews. He was a 48-year Ma
ster Mason and a veteran of
World War 1.
He was appointed Notary
Public by Gov. Luther Hod
ges in 1955 and Justice of the
Peace by then Judge Dan K.
Moore in 1956.
He was a native of Cherokee
County and the son of the late
Irvin and Vina Burnette Hall.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Oma Tate Hall; two sons
Or. Jerry Hall of Raleigh and
J.L.Hall, Jr. of Ft. Smith,
Ark.; two daughters, Mrs.
Marcllle Palmer of Akron,
Ohio and Mrs. Jack Craw
ford of Murphy; three bro
thers, Clifford of Cleveland
Ohio, Herbert of Akron and
J.B. of Murphy; a sister,
Mrs. Edna Fulmer erf Ch
attanooga; 15 grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Services were heldat2p.m.
Saturday in the F irst Baptist
Church of which he was a
member. The Rev. William J.
Thompson and the Rev. Alfred
Smith officiated. Burial was
in Rogers Chapel Cemetery
with Masonic graveside rites
conducted by Cherokee Lodge
No. 146.
Pallbearers were Walter
Coleman, Lawton McDonald,
James Mabry, Bill Waggoner
Hoyt Boring and George Pos
tell.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Know Your Poke
BLAIN STALCUP has been 1 member of the Murphy Police
Department since January 1056. He was promoted to Chief of
Police in Fabrary, 1964 to succeed the retiring Neil Sneed.
CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT DON W.RAMSEY administers the oath of office to the Cherokee
County BoardofCommissionersMondaymorning in the courtroom. Pictured are: (1 to r) Ramsey
Jack Simonds, Luther Dockery, Carlyie Matheson, W.T. Moore. Ray Sims and Andrew Barton.
Ramsey then swore in theother county officials and drove to Franklin, where Judge T.D. Bryson
administered the oath to him
$352,000 Sought To
Improve County Roads
Police Will
Cite U-Turns
Police Commissioner Wallv
Details have been completed
by the Commissioner staff of
the 14th Highway Division of
the State Highway Commission
to improve 11.5 miles of rural
roads in Cherokee County, at
an estimated cost of {352,
400.
The announcement made
Jaycees Sponsor
Toys For Tots
The Murphy Jaycees are
again this yearsponsoringthe
familiar "Toys for Tots"
drive in order to collect new
and usable toys for under
privileged children in this
area.
Many toys are expected to be
collected and distributed to
little girls and boys who other
wise might be left out at
Christmas time.
Jaycee Chairman Lonnie
Britt announced today that the
club will again sponsor Toys
for Tots this year and has
hopes to brighten Christmas
for even more children than
last year.
Special "Toys for Tots"
boxes will be placed in var
ious -Murphy businesses and
industries for your conven
ience. Or you may call any
J aycee and they will be happy
to pick up the toys.
"Remember, that there are
many children inthis area that
could be made happy at Christ
mas with the toys or donations
you contribute .Jaycee Britt
stated.
CD Films To Bo
Sliowa Next Week
Two Civil Defense Training
Films will be shown on Monday
night at 7 p.m. at the Andrews
City Hall and on Tuesday night
at 7 p.m. at the Murphy Power
Board Building. The public is
invited to see these films and
rescue squad members,
policemen, members of the
volunteer fire departments,
city and county offcials, and
Civil Defense members should
attend?
In both of these films the
efforts of government, mili
tary and voluntary, relief ag
encies to warn and evacuate
those in danger, to carry out
emergency actions in the
midst of natural disasters, ar.d
to conduct recovery oper
ations afterwards will be
shown.
One of these films, "Though
The Earth Be Moved" tells
the dramatic story of the Good
Friday, earthquake of 1964
which struck Alaska with a
force equal to 10 million at
omic bombs of the size that
leveled Hiroshima. It took
115 lives, cost more than
half a billion in damages,
left whole cities helpless and
thousands homeless in the
wake of a shock and fire and
seismic sea wave.
The other film, "A Hurr
icane Called Betsy" shows
the most devastating, unpredi
ctable hurricane of the decade.
It swept out of the Caribbean
on a 3,000 mile trip, leaving
a trail of destruction through
the Bahamas, Miami, the
Florida Keys, along die Gulf of
of Mexico to New Orleans and
Baton Rouge.
through A.J. Hughes, Division
Engineer, said the proposal
was presented to the 14-mem
ber Highway Commission in
Raleigh last Friday. Formal
approval will mean work can
be scheduled for the projects
after necessary right of way
has been obtained. The state
rural road program calls for
a 60-foot right of way deeded
to the state before work can
be started.
It was explained that on
roads where the right of way
is not obtained, theCommiss
ioner and staff engineers set
the next roads in priority for
the money, and the rejected
project is put on the inactive
list for two years.
The $362,400 allocated to
Cherokee County in this
program remains in the county
and only for improvement of
secondary or rural roads.
The following roads are to
be paved: SR 1316, Oak Park
Rd.; SR 1350, Carter Rd.;
SR 1585 Glen Stalcup Rd.;
SR 1558 Chringallie Rd.; SR
1158 .Liberty Rd.; SR 1576,
Crisp R.; SR 1340, Owl Creek
Rd.
The following are to be im
proved at intervals: SR 1135,
Joe Golden Rd.; SR 1110, Mar
res Top Rd.; SR 1303,Panther
Top Rd.; SR 1525, Harve King
Rd.
Three Win On
Tie Breaker
The tie breaker determined
the winners in this week's
Scout Football Contest.
Nancy Sanders, Box 293,
Murphy, is our first place
winner with 10 correct pre
dictions and the closest guess
on the tie breaker. She missed
by only >ne point by saying
Dallas would beat St. Louis
30-17, while the actual score
was 31-17. She wins $10 and
ten points in the standings for
our grand prize.
Roger Stiles, Hickory St.,
Murphy, won second place by
coming within four points in
the tie breaker. He said Dallas
would win, 31-13.
Jackie Wayman, Rt. 4, Mur
phy, is the third place winner
with a 28-20 call in favor of St.
Louis.
Wayman is a former first
place winner and now has 14
points which ties him withjoe
Morrow for second place in the
standings for the grand prize
a weekend in Atlanta to see the
Falcons play the Pittsburgh
Stealers.
Sandra Mintz leads the point
standings with 20 points.
The contest in this week's
paper is the final one.
Honk Kills Stlf
la Law Offica
FRANKLIN? Former Sup
erior Court Judge Guy L.
Houk, 69, was found shot to
death in his law office last
Friday afternoon. It was ruled
suicide by Coroner E.W.
Fisher.
Houk resigned his judgeship
in September, citing ill health
as the reason. He had been
appointed by Gov. Dan K.
Moore when Judge George Pa
tton resigned in 1966.
Houk was defeated in bid
for reelection in the May
Democratic Primary.
Williams has directed Murphy
policemen to issue citations to
motorists who made U-turns
in the business district and
those who park on the wrong
side of the street.
This is the second in a ser
ies of orders is sued by the Co
mmissioner since he assumed
his duties last week. In the
first order, Williams directed
the police force to enforce a
ban on center street parking
and to cite motorists who
park in no-parking zones.
He pointed out that a cit
ation will cost the motorist
more than an ordinary parking
ticket and urged all residents
to cooperate with the police
men in creating a more
orderly traffic situation in
Murphy. It is especially imp
ortant that regulations be
observed this month due to
the heavy volume of traffic
created by Christmas
shoppers.
District Court
Opens Tuesday
The new court system
authorized by the 1965 Gen
eral Assembly came into eff
ect Monday in the seven
counties of the 30th Judicial
District and under the new
system, District Court will be
held in Cherokee County es.-h
Tuesricy at 9:30 a.m. a--.
Clay County on Wedrv\ ?y.
Justices of the Peace will
no longer officiate and magis
trate courts will fulfill the
function of JPs. L.L. Love and
Hugh Brittain will serve as
magistrates in Cherokee Co
unty. Fees will be uniform in
all counties.
This district is one of six
in the state that adopted the
new system. The counties of
the district are Cherokee,
Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain
J ackson and Haywood.
All oases remaining on Re
corder's Court dockets will be
heard in the District Court.
Cherokee County Court
Clerk Don Ramsey attended
a school for clerks coming un
der the new system on Nove
mber 22 and 23 which was sp
onsored by the Administrative
Office of the Courts and the
Institute of Government at
Chapel Hill.
Group For Retarded
Children Organizes
Forty-five persons itt
ended a meeting at the Murphy
Power Board Building Monday
night to organize the Cherokee
County Association for Ret
arded Children.
The group heard Harry
Ramsey and Dr. Stanley Nile
of the Developmental Evalua
tion Center at Western Car
olina College. They gave an
outline of the methods of or
ganizing a local chapter and
the responsibilities of such
as association.
Jack Ear ley was elected
temporary chairman and he
appointed Mrs. L.L. Love,
Mrs. Harry Moore, Mrs. Ja
mes Bryson and Mrs. Jack
Earley as a nominating co
mmittee to select office, s for
the association.
The association will meet
again on Mooday, January 2.
County Patronage Pie Sliced,
Democrats Get All The Pieces
Cherokee County's new six
member Board of Comm
issioners was sworn in Mon
day morning and held its first
meeting minutes later. The
Democratic majority, prov
ided by a special legislative
act which gives two votes to the
chairman, wasted no time in
asserting its power as it dis
pensed patronage jobs to the
party faithful.
It was a foregone conclusion
that a Democrat would be ele
cted chairman because of the
procedure set up by the special
act passed by the last General
Assembly and the three Repub
licans made no effort to
contest this.
W.T. Moore, the only hold
over from the last Board, was
nominated for the office of
chairman by Ray Sims.
Carlyle Matheson then made a
motion that Moore be elected
unanimously. Matheson*s mo
tion was accepted. Matheson
had attempted to nominate
Moore but Sims got the floor
first.
Sims was elected vice
chairman on a motion by And
rew Barton that was seconded
by Matheson in another ges
ture of bi-partisanship by the
Republicans
The Republicans made no
effort to oppose the election of
L.L.Mason as the new county
attorney. Mason was nomina
ted by Barton and his election
was unanimous.
When other offices came up
for consideration, the min
ority made an effort to elect
persons of their choice.
The Democrats nominated
Mack Gibson to serve as jan
itor, painter and plumber for
the Courthouse and County Jail
and the Republicans nominated
Ben Beavers. A three-three
tie resulted and Moore, as
chairman, cast an extra vote
to elect Gibson.
Under the new law, the
, chairman casts an extra vote
Crawford Fined $750,
Sentence Suspended
BRYSON CITY--Jack D.
Crawford, 41, of Murphy rec
eived a two-year suspended
sentence and was fined $750
in U.S. District Court last
week for embezzlement
of funds from the Murphy Post
Office He was put on proba
Christmas Stamp
0a Sola Here
Every envelope bearing the
1966 Christmas posage stamp
will be a masterpiece, Post
master Joe Ray said today.
The special holiday stamp
is a replica of a painting by
Hans Memling, Felmish ma
ster of the Renaissance Era,
now hanging in the National
Gallery of Art in Washington,
D.C.
The stamp, which is now on
sale at the Murphy post office
was designed from the central
portion of Memling's oil,
"Madonna and Child with An
gels" which was painted on
wood about 1460.
Postmaster Ray noted that
use of the stamp for the send
ing of greeting cards assures
first-class handling. That
means the the cards will be
forwarded if the addressee has
moved or will be returned if
there is a return address.
This is the fifth in a series
of holiday sumps and the Pos
tal Service expects it to be
another best seller. The in
til print order was for one
billion, two hundred million
stamps.
The Postmaster estimated
that 30,000 of the stamps will
be sold locally.
The sUmp design was unan
imously recommended to
Postmaster General Law
rence F. O'Brien by the Citi
zens Sump Advisory Comm
ittee which passes on all
sumps.
tion for three years by Judge
WUson Warlick.
Crawford's attorney, De
Vere Lentz, Jr. of Asheville,
withdrew a plea of Innocent
after the first government wit
ness was called.
Testimony revealed that
Crawford made restitution for
a $979 shortage in money or
der and C.O.D. receipts
the day after it was discov
ered last year.
Postmaster Joe Ray testi
fied that he discovered the
shortage on November 22,1965
when he was checking the Post
Office cash book. He said the
shortage occurred during the
period when Crawford was
making the entries in thecash
book.
According to the Post
master's testimony, money
orders were made out for am
ounts such as $100 and $96
and their accompanying stubs
were only$l. He said Crawford
cashed the money orders at a
Murphy bank.
Ray said Crawford appro
ached him while he was inves
tigating the shortage and
showed him some money order
stubs, saying "I guess this is
what you want."
He urged Crawford to bring
the money back and cooperate
with the postal inspectors.
Ray said Crawford's affairs
were in order when he left
the post office on November
26, 1965.
On cross-examination by
Lentz, Ray said he personally
paid out of his own pocket a
$31.45 shortage for stamped
envelopes bought by Murphy
Public Schools and not entered
in the cash book.
in case of a tie. The chair
man seemed confused when
the tie resulted and one of
the Commissioners reminded
him he was to cast an extra
vote. Moore said this is "the
craziest law."
Mrs. Cleve Almond was ele
cted Commodity Warehouse Su
pervisor over Walter Ellis
with Moore again casting an
extra vote. The Republicans
pleaded with the majority to
elect Ellis and Republican
Jack Simonds remarked, "it
looks like you fellows would
let us have some of these
jobs."
Simonds said, "if it's going
to go like this for the next
four years, there's no point
in us (Himself, Matheson
and Luther Dockery) even si
tting here." He went on to ex
press the hope that politics
could be laid aside and the
entire body could work toge
ther for the good of die county.
Clarence Hendrix was
named county accountant and
tax collector by a 3-2 vote.
Matheson was nominated by
the Republicans and he abs
tained in the voting.
Mrs. Jennie Lee Sneed and
Mrs. Barbara Stalcup were
employed as assistants in the
tax office.
L.D Schuyler was re
elected to serve as the county
electrical inspector.
The Commissioners dec
ided to put off naming tax
listers until next Monday
when a special meeting will
be held.
December 24 and 26 were
designated as Christmas hol
idays during which the Court
house will be closed. It will
also be closed January 2 since
New Year Day falls on Sunday.
The regular January meeting
of the Commissioners will
be held on Tuesday, January
3.
Tomato Project
Shows Big Profit
The project potential of
trellis tomatoes in this area
was demonstrated by project
conducted at the John C.
Campbell Folk School this
year. The Folk School netted
$5,276.51 per acre on 1.25
acres of tomatoes raised.
The figures released by the
school show 87,506 pounds of
tomatoes sold for $5,711.44
and the costs totalled $434.93.
A total of 2,533 man hours
were Involved and die school
Indicated about four full-time
workers are needed per acre.
The Folk School expressed
its thanks to Four Square Co
mmunity Action, Inc. for
assistance in the project.
Four Square paid the wages
of youths employed by Nei
ghborhood Youth Corps and the
College Work Study Program
and provided a horticultural
specialist.
Cherokee and Clay youths
working in the program were
Becky Ledford, Lucy Rosier,
Lynn Smith, Caroljean Smith,
Judy Flemming.GwendolaHe
nderson, Jo Ann Hens on, Ber
n ice Bussey, Shirley Ander
son, Calvin Lee Laney, Sp
encer Blount, James Austin
ind Allen McDonald.
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