? George Washington's Birthday Sale To Offer Values, $175 Cash Prizes
S George Washington were
alive, he'd be 236 years
next Wednesday but that
it Important thing
i rmwmher about Wash
n's Birthday.
you'll want to
Is that Murphy
i will be celebrating
i birthday of our first Prea
Idem with a big WasMi?ton's
Birthday Sal* and aa mah* It
?van mora exciting (or the
customer*, the Chamber of *
Commerc* will be giving away
$116 In caah Tuesday and Wed
nesday.
You are Invited to register
for the two drawings at any of
the local merchants who are
members of the Chamber of
The Washington's Birthday
Sale will be held all day Tue
sday and Wednesday. Check
the Inside pages of The Scout
for special values that are
being offered.
The first drawing, for |7S
will be held at S p.m. Tue
?day on the square.
The drawing lor a grand
prise of |100 will be held at
11:30 a.m. Wednesday on the
square.
The Washington's Birth
day sale Is one of several
that the Murphy Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor this
year.
President Max Blakeroore
appointed committee chairmen
for the year at a recent meet
ing of the Chamber's Board of
Directors.
Those appointed are:Traffle
and Highway Committee. Dave
Townson, chairman, and
Merle Davis, vice-chairman;
Iburist Committee, A.G.
Quim and Ben Palmer, co
chairmen: Merchants Comm
ittee, Tommy Gentry: Finance
and Membership Committee,
Bud Alexander: Public Rel
ations and Advertising Co
mmittee, PJ. Hem; Indus
trial Relations Committee,
Ed Schulte; Agriculture Co
mmittee, Wayne Holland: Hou
sing Committee, Bud Alver
son; Education Committee,
Holland McSwaln and Health
Committee, Pete McKeon.
An executive committee
consisting of Jack Owens,
Gentry, Davis, John Gill and
Alverson was also named.
The directors discussed
the need for more local hous
log and medical facilities.
McSwiln presented inform
ation on the long-sought Mur
phy-Tellico Plains road.
The need for this road will
be emphasised again this year
with the 10th anniversary wa
gon train between the
two towns on the Fourth of
July *
The Cherokee Mm Scout
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Volume 77- Number 30 Murphy, North Carolina February 16, 1967 12 Pages This Week
Editor Invited To
lioin CAD Movement
Dave Bruce, Managing Ed
of the Cherokee Scout
I CUyCounty Progress,has
Invited to join the rec
y-formed Congress For
Appalachian Development.
The Invitation to partici
In the organization was
1 to Bruce by Pres
Harry M. Caudlll of
g. Ky.
Caudlll is an attorney and
who received wide
I recognition for his
t-selling book "Night
i To The Cumber lands."
want you to join our
for Appalachian
evelopment because people
your interest and back
are Indispensable to
success of this
Caudlll told
iruce.
He asked Bruce to "cont
Iribute your experience and
I advice.
The Congress was formed
| last fall at Charleston, W. Va.
land Caudlll was recently el
[ected president at a meeting
| in Abingdon, Va.
Caudlll has offered apian to'
I build what he calls "a new
| Switzerland" in Appalachia.
He has proposed a rebuild
ing of the face of the Cumber
land Plateau from Cnattanooga
I to Huntingdon, W. Va. with a
| string of mountain!op cities.
ra.utni "most of tte
I area is in a state of servile
'bondage to absentee industrial
and financial interests" andhe
has called for a "lawful and
, Just acquisition by the Appa
lachian people" of the area's
resources to be held in public
ownership and used for the
general welfare of the people.
"There is no doubt this rich
region has to be rescued from
absenteeism if it is to have
anything but a poor future,"
Caudill said.
Bruce has endorsed
Caudill's plan and accepted
the Invitation to join Ae Con
gress .
"Bold and Imaginative
ideas. Indeed radical ideas,
are needed to right the wrongs
of the past century," Bruce
said.
'1 accept Mr. CaudtlTs in
vitation and will work hand-ln
hand with him and with anyone
else who is willing to contri
bute to bringing our
Appalachian people into the
mainstream of American
life," the editor continued.
Bruce, who has been active
in the Upper Hiwassee Water
shed Development Association
and is presently an alternate
trustee of that group and
chairman of the Association's
Tourism and Recreation Work
Group, pointed out that prior
to coming to Murphy, he lived
in upper east Tennessee for
several years and his wife is
a native of eastern Kentucky.
"For eleven years, I have
been a resident of Appalachia
and the record is clear on this
point: I am totally committed
to full development of Appa
lachia for the benefit of the
people wholivelnthesehills,"
Bruce said.
'Governor Asks
! Stale Tax Cut
RALEIGH? Gov. Dan K.
Moore proposed a $23.3
million tax cut for die next
bieonium Monday night.
The Governor asked the
General Assembly to increase
the state income tax exempt
ions in order to assist low
Income families, families with
children in school and college,
military personnel in Vietnam
and older citizens.
"We can give tax relief
without reducing any vital ser
vice," Moore told the law
makers.
He proposed that die
dependency exemption on state
income tax be raised from
$300 to $600 per year.
An additional $600
exemption would be allowed
for each dependent enrolled in
full-time study in any Insti
tution of higher learning.
Persons 65 and older would
be allowed an additional $1,000
exemption.
[,-> All service pay for enlisted
personnel and $500 per month
for commissioned officers
would be exempt while the in
dividual was serving in a com
bat i
Thread Co. Buys
Weavemlle Tract
American Thread Co. hu
purchased a tract of land near
WaavervUle for possible use
as the site of a proposed tech
nology center.
The announcement was
made last Thursday by E.B.
Shaw, president of the co
mpany, through the Industry
and Business Department of
the Asheville Chamber of
a Commerce.
The center, if it is cons
tructed, would be the fourth
American Thread facility In
western North Carolina.
The company has plants
in operation near Rosman
and Sevier fnd ts presently
constructing a new plant at
Marble.
Topton Native
Killed In War
Lt. Miles Henry Nelson, a
native of Topton, was killed
Saturday in Vietnam.
He was the son of Mrs.
Laura Postell Nelson of And
rews and the late Jack Nelson.
Other survivors.'the widow,
Mrs. Claudlne Nelson and two
children, Terry and JoAmeof
Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. Ann
Rogers of Robbinsvilleand
Mrs. Faith Carpenter of Top
ton; two brothers, Sidney V. of
die U.S. Army, Portland, Md.
and Kenneth Nelson of the U.
S. Army, Vietnam; and the
maternal grandfather, Tom
Postell of Topton. *
The body will be returned to
Topton for services and
burial.
NORTH CAROLINA JAYCEE PRESIDENT IRVIN ALDR1DGE (1) presents the Charter for
the Dare County Jaycees to President Clifton P. Wright (r) while Merritt Hooper, president
of the Elizabeth City Jaycees and Jack Owens, president of the Murphy Jaycees, look on.
Charter Night was the climax of a long effort by the Murphy club to complete the Murphy-to
Manteo extension, the longest Jaycee extension in North Carolina and believed to be the longest
in the United States.
Murphy Jaycees Complete
Mountain-To-Sea Extension
Almost a year's effort by
the Murphy Jaycees came to
a successful climax last Sat
urday night when the local
club s extension resulted In
die chartering of the Dare
County Jaycees In Manteo.
Twelve Murphy Jaycees
and six of their wives left
here last Friday morning for
the trip across North Carolina
to the small coastal town 600
miles away.
The Piedmont and coastal
areas of the state had been
battered by a heavy snow
storm die day before, but the
Murphy group determined to
push on toward fulfilling the
"Mountain To The Sea ex
tension.
The 18 Murphy residents
travelled in four cars. The
local distributors for Esso,
Pure, Phillips 66, and Sin
clair provided the gasoline
for the vehicles.
They had lunch with a group
of Ashevtlle Jaycees enroute.
The local group arrived in
Manteo late Friday night and
spent Saturday touring points
of historical interest in the
area, including the famed Kill
Devel Hills site where the
Wright Brothers began the
air era in American history
and the Last Colony, the se
ttlement of Sir Walter Raleigh
Saturday night, about 110
persons gathered at the John
Yancey Motor Lodge for the
Charter Night Banquet.
Irvin Aldridge, President of
the North Carolina Jaycees
presented the charter for the
Dare County Club to Pres
ident Clifton P. Wright.
Joe Roberson, National
Jaycee Director from Ply
mouth, installed the officers
of the new club.
The officers are, in addi
tion to Wright, Phillip H.
Quidley and Budgie Sadler,
vice-presidents; Henry Bar
bour, secretary; Charles Gri
fin, treasurer; and Lindell
Ward, Stanford Sawyer and
James Eskridge, directors.
Quidley recognized special
guest. present for die
event and Roberson presented
the president's pin.
Jack Owens, president of
the Murphy Club, and Merritt
Hooper, president of the Eliz
abeth City Jaycees, made
remarks on behalf of the ex
tending club, the co-extending
clubs and their communities.
The main address at the
meeting was made by Cabell
Ramsey, immediate past pre
sident of the North Carolina
J aycees.
There are 29 members in
the new Dare County organ
ization. Members reside in
Manteo, Nags Head, Kill Devil
Hills and Wanchese.
On the return trip, the group
was welcomed to Plymouth by
Roberson and members of the
Plymouth Jaycees who served
coffee to the Murphy group.
The caravan stopped in Ral
eigh briefly for a visit to the
state capitol building.
Those making the trip from
Murphy included President,
Jack Owens, Vice-President,
Curtiss Hewlett, immediate
past president Tommy Gen
try, state director James Hel
ton and Mrs. Helton, director
Don Decker, Lonnie Britt,
Larry McNabb, Mr. and Mrs.
Weaver Carringer, Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Carringer, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Frauson, Mr. and
Mrs. James Hughes and Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Manchester.
frii VacciM
Available Hart
Free measles vaccine is av
ailable each Tuesday at the
Public Health Office in Mur
phy while the present supply
lasts.
Any pre-school child or any
child in the elementary grades
who has not had "red
measles" nor the measles va
ccine is urged to get the
vaccine. It is an effective and
safe immunisation.
Measles can be a severe
disease and is of particular
concern because of frequent
complications including
boncho-pneumonia, middle
ear infection and encephalitis.
The encephalitis which foll
ows measles approximately
once per 1,000 cases results
in permanent brain damage
and subsequent mental retard
ation.
An average of one measles
death occurs in every 10,000
cases.
Friday To Be
Coffee Day
"Coffee Dey", ? pen of the
locel Heart Fund Drive, will
be held on Friday according
to Jack Thompson, "Coffee
Day" chairman.
Proceeds from all coffee
sold on that day In the Cher
okee. O'Dell'i, Tar Heel and
Blsry Burger, restaurants
will be donated to the Heart
Fund.
The "Heart-Deys-for-Bus
Iness" Drive, headed by
Tommy Palmer, began on
Monday and will continue th
roughout die week.
Tnts drive is a canvass of
local commercial and pro
fessional offices which gives
businessmen an opportunity to
contribute to the annual Heart
Fundi
Phillips Resigns As
Westco Manager
LJ. (Jay) Phillips resigned
Wednesday as district mana
ger of Westco Telephone Co.
Phillips said he is leaving
to accept "a better opportu
nity" as a consluting engineer
with J.B. McCrary Engineer
ing Corp. in Atlanta. He will
assume his new duties Mon
day.
Phillips has worked in the
Murphy office since Novem
ber, 1962. He came here prior
to the change from Southern
Bell to Westco which took
place on January, 1963.
The company was in a con
stant period of expansion dur
ing his stay here. Phillips
pointed out that when he came,
there were 822 phones in
the Murphy exchange. Today,
the district office which
serves Cherokee, Clay and
Graham counties has over
6,000 phones.
He noted that when he be
gan his stay here, there was
just one maintenance man In
Murphy. Today, Westco has 13
employees in the district and
there are 16 contract em
ployees working here. .
I don't know of a better
plant in the United Sates,"
Phillips said aa he dUcussed
the improvements that have
taken place here.
"Westco is striving to give
better service to this area,"
he said. The company, he ch
eer ved, has net bean able to
expand Its service fast en
ough due to the tremendous
growth of the area.
Phillips has served a total
of 26 years in the tolephona
industry. He was with Southern
Bell and Contlnential Tele
i Co. before joining Was
tco.
Westco Is now controlled by
Continenul which is the third
largest telephone company in
the world.
"I enjoyed my work while in
Murphy and appreciate the fine
cooperation of the people in
this area," Phillips con
cluded.
Wwtco has not yet named
a replacement for Phillips.
Girl Slashes
Self In Jail
A 13-year-old Andrews girl
who was being held In the
Cherokee County Jail for
transportation to the mental
facility at Morganton slashed
herself with a razor.
Over 100 stitches were re
quired to close the wounds.
*
Sheriff Claude Anderson
said the girl was taken to Mor
geiMc on Monday.
Water Festival
Plaas Aaaoaaced
Jaycee President Jack
Owens announced plans today
for the Fourth annual Jaycee
Lake Hiawassee Water
Festival to be held on July
1-4. Overall chairman for the
four-day event will be Imm
ediate PastPresident.Tommy
Gentry.
President Owens stated that
this year's Festival will be
bigger and better than ever.
The Murphy Jaycees plan to
co-ordinate their tour-day
Festival with die 10th anni
versary Telllco to Murphy
Wagon Train.
This year's Water Festival
will include a Miss Lake Hia
wassee Beauty Show, a boat
race on Lake Hiawassee, two
square dances, a fishing
contest, a fireworks display
and a be srd contest.
Beard contest chairman,
J ames Helton, Stated that the
contest gets under way on the
16th of February, 1967 and
runs until the Judging on July
4th at the Murphy Fair
grounds.
Rules for entry areslmple
you must be clean shaven and
sign an official entry blank
after the 16th of February,
Entry blanks can be secured
at most businesses la the
I N-State area.
I
No Opposition To Zoning,
Minor Changes Requested
About sixty persons
attended a hearing on the pro
posed zoning ordinance for the
Town of Murphy Monday night
at the Power Board Building.
No opposition to the ord
inance was voiced, but several
property owners requested
changes which they felt would
be consistent with the uses of
their property.
Dr. Richard Year wood of
Asheville, representing the
Western North Carolina
Regional Planning Comm
ission, expressed "concern
about the Highway-Business
corridors" along Hiwassee St.
in the Bealtown section and
along US 64 East.
These Highway-Business
designations had been made by
the Town Board and were not
in the original proposal.
Several Bealtown residents
had indicated they would
prefer Hiawassee St. zoned
Highway-Business Instead of
the original residential cl
assification.
The Board indicated some
time ago that there was no
reason for preventing
business development along
US 64 East although it is con
sidered highly unlikely that
any development will take
place there due to the topo
graphical features of the
area.
Jack Owens, chairman of
the Citizens Advisory Comm
ittee, told the hearing the
zoning ordinance "will be
fair to each and every one of
us."
Herman Edwards served as
moderator for the hearing and
after recognizing special
guests, he called for state
ments from those present
Spokesmen for Hiwassee
Land Co. and the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad re
quested an adjustment in the
zones proposed around the
land company's lumber yard
and the railroad's Y-track.
The present proposal calls
for a portion of that property
to be in a Residential-Two
area and the spokesmen re
quested that the boundary be
tween R-2 and Industrial
Heavy Commercial be desig
nated at Cherokee St.
O.R. Bragg, speaking for
the railroad, said the present
proposal "prevents future
development" In the area.
While the ordinance will not
affect present operations, it is
believed a new rail siding,
for instance, could not be built
in a R-2 area. Bragg pointed
out that Hiwassee Land Co.
might wish to expand their
operation in the future and add
another track there.
S.C. Patton and Cliff Rad
ford asked that a portion of
the Hilltop area in east Mur
phy be changed from Residen
tial One to R-2.
Patton expressed possible
interest in using some of his
property to develop a mobile
home park and this could not
be done in a R-l area.
Patton and Radford also said
they understood some of the
area was being considered as
a possible site for a new
housing project and die R-l
designation would ban the
multi-family units a project
contains.
J.E. Hughes, owner of the
building recently vacated by
Clifton Precision at Hiwassee
and Church Sts., asked that
his property be designated
Industrial Heavy Commercial
instead of the proposed High
way-Business.
Hughes said the HB desig
nation would prevent him from
leasing die building to another
industrial concern.
Bunch Nugent, speaking for
the U.S. Forest Service, noted
that the Forest Service
property in Bealtwon is now
considered R-2 and he ques
tioned whether this would pre
vent future expansion of the
agency here.
Lewis King, owner of the
cattle barn in Bealtown, ag
reed with the overall R-2 des
ignation for the area where the
barn is located but asked
that the land the barn is on be
considered General Business.
L.L. Mason, Jr. told the
hearing he favors reserving
East Hill St. (US 19-129 East)
for residential development.
He specifically referred to
the area from Valley River
Avenue east to the top of die
hill, a distance of two blocks.
Several other persons asked
for clarifications on various
aspects of the ordinance.
The Town Board will review
the comments and requests
made at Monday's hearing be
fore enacting the ordinance.
At the regular monthly
meeting, following the
hearing, the Board agreed to
run a one-and-one-half inch
water line to serve a mobile
home owned by Marvin Cur
tis. The mobile home is on
Deweese St.
Police Commissioner W*Uy
Williams told the Board sore
driving practices which he
ordered stopped apparently
are not covered by state law
or town ordinance at the pre
sent time.
The Board, at Williams re
quest, directed Attorney Her
man Edwards to determine
if laws exist and if there are
omissions, E dwards is to draft
ordinances for the Board to
consider at its next meet
ing.
Williams also proposed that
citations with a minimum of
95 be issued for illegal perk
ing. The citations would re
place the present tickets
and would have to be disposed
of before a magistrate. This
would add a minimum of $15
costs to the citation.
It was determined that there
is an ordinance which forbids
parking In one meter space
for over two hours even If
money is put in the meter.
Williams said he will direct
the police to arrest violators
immediately.
The Board unanimously
accepted the proposal by
Kenneth Godfrey that the
Town buy a membership
in die Upper HiwaseeeWa
shed Development AssocU ?
Godfrey toM the Board I
UHWDA is active 1
Over 1,800 Sign School,
Commissioner Petitions
Over 1,800 signatures have
been gathered on petitions
seeking popular election of
school board members in
Cherokee County and Murphy
and a change to an odd number
of county commissioners
which wouldeiiminate the pre
sent double-vote given to the
chairman.
The petitions, which were
initiated by the Cherokee
County Republican Executive
Committee, were forwarded
to Sen. Mary Faye Brumby
and Rep. Wiley A. McGlamery
last week by registered mail.
Over one thousand signa
tures were on the peitions re
questing that school board
members be elected instead
of appointed.
The petition states that
under the present set-up,
board members are selected
"from one political party ???
with total disregard forquali
fications or ability to serve."
The request for changing
the membership of the County
Board of Commissioners con
tains over 800 signatures.
This petition asks that the
law be changed to "prevent
the inequality that exists and
eliminate the double vote by
the chairman."
Under the present local
law in effect, the Democrats
are able to control the co
mmissioners because,
although each party holds
three seats, Chairman W.T
Moore casts an extra vote to
break ties.
Sen. Brumby told The Scout
Tuesday, "I don't know yet
what action will be taken" on
the petitions.
Regarding the school board
petition, she said "before I
make my decision I would want
to consult with the school peo
ple in Murphy."
She said both petitions will
be considered and a decision
will be made on her part "after
very careful consideration."
On Gov. Moore's tax-cut
proposal. Sen. Brumby indi
cated she wished to study the
measure further before
making a stand.
She said that while everyone
certainly would like a tax-cut
the issue of an adequate raise
in pay for school teachers
would have to be resolved, too.
Moore's tax-cut "may have
to be revised after a complete
going over", she said.
Sen. Brumby is believed to
be the first woman to serve
as chairman of a senate com
mittee in north Carolina. She
was recently appointed to head
the Library Committee by Lt.
Gov. Bob Scott.
Other assignments for the
Murphy legislator include the
vice-chairmanship of the
Committee on Retirement ar.d
Employment Security and a
seat on the Wildlife and Pub
lic Roads Committee.
Area Brothers Meet For
First Time In California
Two natural brothers who
were adopted bydifferent Cher
okee County families met for
the first time at the ages of
36 and 30 recently in Los
Angeles.
They are Elmer G. Blair,
36, the adopted son of Mrs.
Fred Blair and the late Mr.
Blair of Murphy, and BUI
Ledford, 30, the adopted son
of Mrs. Herman Ledford
and the late Rev. Herman
Ledford of Cherokee County.
Elmer had been living in
Freemont, Calif., near San
Francisco, since his dis
charge from the Navy. He
attended school at Fontana
Dam through the ninth grade
while his father was working
on the construction of the
datn.
The Blairs then left this
area until Mrs. Blair ret
urned recently.
Bill is living in Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Blair said she gave her
son Bill's address, which
she secured from his mother.
Elmer then corresponded with
Bill and they talked by tele
phone.
The happy meeting was
planned and Elmer made the
400 mile trip to Bill's home.
Mrs. Blair said she and
her late husband adopted El
mer when he was about two
years old. They later had two
sons of their own.
"I have always considered
Elmer my oldest son", she
said. "There was no diff
erence to me between him and
my real sons. I'm proud of
Elmer, he turned out to be a
fine citizen and never gave me
any ueuble,"
She said she feels any per
son who has no children of
their own bid "has love to give
should open up their home1'!
a child available for
?