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Scout Choreic- County', Bo.t Buy' ChV PTOgmS Volume 77. Number 31 Murphy, North Carolina Februory 23, 1967 10 Pago, This Week McKelvey Named IWestco Manager Gory McKelvey Gary M. McKelvey, 26, has been named District Manager of the Murphy office of Westco [Telephone Co. He replaces Lj. Phillips, who resigned |ast week. McKelvey has served as General Commercial Manager for both Westco and Western Carolina Telephone Co. In Weaverville since September, 1963. He received a Bachelor of Science degree inEngineer lng and Economics from North Carolina State in 1963. McKelvey is a native of Ala bama but had made his home in Franklin since he was four years old. "We have a tremendous program of expansion which is going on at a peak rate" in Cherokee, Clay and Graham counties, he noted. "1 will make every effort to keep pace with the industrial and residential demands for ser vice in the area," McKelvey said. He is married to the former Miss Jean Burrell of Franklin. The McKelveys have two dau ghters, Leslie, age two, and Beth, four months. Mrs. McKelvey and the couple's daughters are in Weaverville but they hope to complete their move to Mur phy in the near future Leaders Complain About Telephones A group of Cherokee and Clay County Industrial and business leaders met with Vern W. Chase, telephone engineer with the North Car olina Public Unitlities Comm ission, Wednesday at O'Dell's Cafeteria to determine what could be done to Improve tele phone service offered by Westco Telephone Company. ' Tom Day of Hayes ville pre sided at the luncheon meeting. I Day told die group "we insist on better local and long [distance service." Chase said he anticipates that changes presently under way at the toll center in Sylva will improve long distance service out of the area this summer. "Barring unforseen delays, you can expect relief in toll service this summer, " he said. Chase said he believes that the daytime peak loads, which industry is concerned about, will be taken care of. He does not expect that the night peaks FCC Sets FM Hearing A hearing scheduled for March 22 in Washington will determine whether Murphy or Blue Ridge, Ga. will receivea new FM radio station. Max M. Blakemore, doing business as Cherokee Broad casting Co., and Robert P. Schwab, doing business as Fannin County Broadcasting Co., are seeking a cons truction permit Both companies have app lied for permission to operate on Channel 280 or 103.9 me gacycles. Blakemore is the owner of Radio Station WCVP in Mur phy and Schwab is the owner of Radio Station WLSB in Co pperhill, Tenn. reached during the tourist season will be relieved ent irely. Day pointed out that in ad dition to the long distance co mplaints, local service is un reliable between Murphy, Andrews and Hayesville. Chase said Westco officials "have conceded that service isn't what it should be at Hay esville." He has been told, he said, that the company has had diff iculty in getting necessary equipment and the personnel to install it. Chase said he will recomm end to the Utilities Commission that Westco not push ahead with expansion in isolated rural areas until loc al service problems are cor rected. Waldroup Named Bank Director John Max Waldroup, a prominent Clay County dairy farmer, has recently been appointed to the Board of Dir ectors of the Federal Land Bank Association of Asheville. Waldroup, along with the other directors, Mack Rogers and R.A. Crowell of Buncombe County; Mallie Brown, Madison County; S. R. Cathey, Henderson County, and Edward C. Sumner, Ma nager, recently attended a Management Development In stitute in Columbia, S.C. This institute was conducted by die officers of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia and Gus Campell, Management Con sultant of New York. The Federal Land Bank Association of Asheville makes and services long term farm loans for the Federal Land Bank of Columbia. Wildlife Lecture At Courthouse Tuesday Or. Frank A. Hayes, D.O. M., Director of the South eastern Cooperative Disease Study will give a lecture sp onsored by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission at die Clay County Courthouse next Tuesday at 7:3C \m. Other lectures in the series are scheduled at Canton Mon day evening and In Franklin on Wednesday of next week. Dr. Hayes Is a native of North Carolina. He directs a cooperative venture spon sored by the Wildlife Depart ments of 13 southeastern States, organised to deter mine the nature and Import Local Board Drafts Five Five men were sent for In duction Into the Armed Forces by the local draft board last They are David Floyd Stew art, James Harold Moore, Ernest Harold Boring. Stephen Leon Ledford and Howard Francis Wiggins. ance of Wildlife diseases in relation to wild animal popu lation and their impact on other human interest. Among the more important studies Is the incidence of rabies inbats and foxes as a source of infe station in dogs and other do mestic animals. Other studies Include the determination of normal parasite loads of most game animals and the relation ship between parasitism and nutrition. In addition to these special studies, centered at the Coops laboratory on the Campus of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia, each of the partici pating states sends in side, wild animals for diagnostic service to determine whether it represents a potentially dangerous diseases outbreak. In his talk, Or. Hayes will present movies and slides il lustrating the work of his staff. Including in the series will be the result of work done on specimens from North Carolina. All persons int erested in the management of wildlife in Western North Car olina arc invited and should attend. GIRL SCOUTS in our area are conducting their annual sale of Girl Scout Cookies through March 1. Many Girl Scout projects and activities are financed by the cookie sales. UHWDA Asked To Look At Five County Medical Needs YOUNG HARRIS?The need for more and better medical facilities in the five-county area dominated a called meet ing of the officers and dir ectors of the Upper Hiawassee Watershed Development Association Tuesday ni^it. John Gill of Murphy pointed out that plans for medical ex pansion in western North Car olina seemed oriented toward Sylva and in North Georgia, medical expansion is concent rated in the Gainesville area. He noted that this leaves most residents of the five-county area 75 or more miles from an up-to-date facility. Oliver Derriberry of the Georgia Mountains Planning and Development Commission explained some of the current legislation and its effect on more local medical expan sion. When the question of rec ruiting new doctors was men tioned, Derriberry said "re cruiting doctors requires the same community effort as securing new industry." Gill expressed the view that the five-county area is handi capped by the state line which divides the area and called on the UHWDA to look intothe possibility of closer co operation between the North Carolina and Georgia Counties Grants Approved For "Enriched Living" RALEIGH, N.C."Grants of $63,387 were approved for ??enriched living" for North Carolina Citizens over 65 years old. The grants, voted by the governor s - Coordinating council on Aging, will sev^ Older Americans Act funds into eight counties?Durham, Jackson, Haywood, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham and Swain. A grant of $29,862 was app roved for Cherokee, Clay, Graham and Swain counties. To this the counties will add $11,250 of their own, for a tot al fund of $41,112. The four counties united in making their application for a ''Four-Square Project , which will take mental and physical fitness programs into small communities. Music Mrs. Berry Named Scout Reporter Mrs. Roy H. Berry has been named Andrews area correspondent for The Cher okee Scout, Publisher Jack Owens ann ounced her appointment this week. Andrews area residents are invited to phone their news items to Mrs. Berry at 321-4204 or 321-6424. McGlamery Named Rep. Wiley A. McGlamery, who was named chairman of the House committee on Pub lic Buildings and Grounds last week, said the 1967 General Assembly is "pretty well or ganized and it looks like we will have a long and busy session." In an interview with the Scout-Progress, McGlamery said he believes "legalizing brown-bagging, which 1 oppose, and the question of university status for East Carolina College will be the two biggest issues" in the session. In addition to the chairman ship, McGlamery will serve as vice-chairman of the committees on roads and el ections and election laws- He will also be a member of the appropriations, higher eA? cation, welfare and narks and barking committees. crafts, dramatics, games and art will be included in the pro gram. The project will be sponsored by Four-Square Community Action, Inc., un der the direction of Jack H. Frauson, executive director. Headquarters are in Andrews. The Durham grant, for 110,580, will be for a "Coord inating and Development Pro ject" to strengthen and expand services for older adults in Durham County. Durham will add $3,545 to the council grant for a total project cost of $14,125. Application for the Durham grant was made by the Durham Golden Age Society, of which Mrs. Gertrude M. whjte of Durham is board presi dent. The society, a leading spokesman for older people in IXirham since the early 1950's, will direct the pro ject. Jackson and Haywood Co unties united in the application for their grant, which was for $15,000. They will add $5,000 to this for a total project cost of $20,000. The project will be called Outreach". It will hire older people to make house-to house surveys of the problems end needs of the agirg, then put the aging in touch with community resources that can help them. Mountain Pro ject*, Inc., of Sylva, A Co mmunity Action Agency, will sponsor the project under the supervision of its execu tive director, Jeffrey M. Mc* Arthur. Offices will be in the courthouse in Sylva and Way hesvtlle J The grant to Buncombe was fof $7,945, to which the county will add $8,432. The money will go for a "Cul tural, Educational, Recrea tional Project", including craft facilities, which will center at two community centers in Asheville, Hilltop ?nd Kenilworth. Sponsors of the Buncombe project will be the Asheville Park and Recreation Depart ment, of which Miss Agitata Barbette is director, and the Buncombe County Committee on Aging. Former State Senator Roy Bowe, chairman for the Co uncil oo Agiqg, said the Mon day grants were the first ap proved by the group. Others, covering ?U parts of the State end involving thousands of dol ors, era expected to be made during the year. on medical problems. Derriberry "strongly urged" the group to "look at medical needs in the five county area." President Bobby Jones of Blairsville reported that the current membership drive is proceeding well. He said 22 business memberships and 28 individual memberships have been received since the drive began. The membership drive is being conducted to set up a revolving fund to finance UHWDA projects. Jones asked Dave Bruce, chairman of the tourism and recreation work group, to re port on the progress of the placental project. fhc work grouj? nas designed a placemat which will be sold to area restaurants. It shows points of tourist interest in the five counties. "I anticipate that the mats will be on sale by late spring. We expect to place the printing order in a few weeks," Bruce said. He told the group "these placemats will be a great asset to our area. They will encourage people passing through to stay and visit with us for a while. ' Jones asked Bruce for a more detailed report on the tourism and recreation work group's plans when its place mat project is completed. Getting the placemat project off the ground is my primary concern now," Bruce said. "When we finish this, I expect to begin work on a brochure which will re quire extensive planning and research," he continued. Derriberry reported on a study to determine the feas ibility of a light and heavy fowl pocessing plant in North Georgia. While the study related only to Georgia counties,Derri berry said the study "has app lication in North Carolina." He said a market outlet is needed for these fowl and said some Georgia birds are beiiw transported as far away as New Jersey for processing. Carlos C. Russell of Towns County, chairman of the agri culture work group, said his committee plans to continue concentrating on the pro motion of vine-ripened tomatoes and promotion of a livestock and feeder calf sale. Rev. George Dalton of Hay esviUe reported on the sani tation study which was rec ently completed in the five counties and suggested that TV A aid in interpretiiw the findings of the study to local groups." Dalton, who Is chairman of the resources work group, said the study showed a lack of facilities for disposal of junk in the five county area. Merle Davis, chairman of the business and Industry work group, said his committee Is working on a fact sheet for industrial development which would be for Individual communities rather than the whole area. Davis said when this work U completed, the group will proceed with a date sheet for each community. Jones, who was elected to head UHWDA in December, expressed pleasure at the Urge turnout for Tuesday's meeting and was pleased with the progress of the Individual workgroups. Democrats Seek Uniform School Board Elections RALEIGH--Sen. Ashley B. Futrell of Wilmington has Int roduced a bill in the General Assembly which would create a uniform system for the nomination and election of school board members in all counties of North Carolina. The measure was co sponsored by Sens. Robert Morgan, Worth Gentry, Al I bert Ellis, Monk Harrington, Adrian Shuford, John Boger, Jay Vinson Bridgers, Hector McGachy, Lindsay Warren, Jr., and George Wood. Senate Democrats rushed the bill to the floor last Fri day amid rumors that the Rep ublicans were preparing * similar bill. Present law allows the Gen Brumby Bill Seeks Vacancy Change Sen. Mary Faye Brumby has introduced a bill in the General Assembly which would change the present method of filling vacancies on the Cherokee County Board of Comm issioners. Under the existing law, the Clerk of Superior Court is designated as the person responsible for appointing members to the Board in the event of a vacancy. Sen. Brumby's bill, SB-16 states that vacancies in the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners shall be filled by appointment for the un expired term by the county executive committee of the political party to whicl? the commissioner causing the vacancy belongs. This would perpetuate each party's numerical strength on the Board throughout a term regardless of any vacancies. It would prevent the Rep ublicans from gaining a 4-2 margin should a Democratic seat become vacant. The pre sent party line-up is 3-3 with the Democrats holding control under the provision of a sp ecial local bill. Presumably, if a Dem ocratic seat became vacant under the present law. Clerk of Court Don Ramsey would appoint a Republican and that party would take control of the Board. This would not be allowed under Sen. Brumby's bill. The Clerk of Superior Court holds the power to fill vac ancies in 62 of the 100 counties in the state at the present time. Sen. Brumby's bill, which was introduced on February 13, has been sent to the Sen ate Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns. 60P Seeks To fcholish Fgiieetic Restriction Republican representatives have introduced a bill in the House which would abolish the requirement for Persons sub ject to epileptic attacks to sub mit to sterilization before being allowed to marry. G-S 51-12 presently calls for Eug enic sterilization for Persons adjudged to be subject to epi leptic attacks. The bill was introduced by Representatives David Jordan from the 45th district of McDowell and Buncombe Co unties and Representative Charles Taylor from the 48th District of Jackson, Swain and Transylvania Counties. Taylor stated that he felt that laws regarding Epilepsy should be revised for several reasons. ?'p:?? >1 causes. Most Epileptics are intelligent human beings who have made and can continue to make valuable contributions to society. They do not deserve to be singled out as something queer or oddly diseased. "There are many types of maladies which are here ditary and yet do not carry the legal or social penalties placed on the Epileptic." Taylor said that, "Changing the social attitude toward Ep iliptics must be brought about through education and understanding. It may take a long time. Correcting the archaic discriminatory law concerning the subject can be accomplished at once by this General Assembly." r ?3i uicjr die nciuicr being enforced nor followed. It is more a senseless indig nation than binding control. The citizens of our state should and are gradually beg inning to realize that epilepsy Is a fairly common ailment. There are at least 50,000 cases in North Carolina. To day most cases can be effect ively controlled. While Epilepsy can possibly be in herited it is usually rec ognized that the more serious cases of Epilepsy are brought about by non-hereditary Bullet Bouncer! GREENVILLE, S.C.? Charles Castor, former manager of the M&J Finance Corp. office in Murphy, helped foil a hold-up attempt by letting a bullet bounce off his chest. A bandit who demanded <1,000 pulled the trigger and when die bullet hit Castor and bounced to the floor, a woman bystander screamed. The ban dit fled. Castor has a bruise on his chest. Greenville police said the bullet must have contained very old powder. Barry's Attend Paint Meeting Mr. and Mrs. Roy Berry, owners of the Western Auto Associate Store in Andrews, attended a paint projects in formation meeting in Ashe ville Ust Friday. The meeting was conducted by EJ. Lower v. vice-pres ident and technical director of Precision Paint Co., manu facture of Wizard paints. Fifteen dealer stores were repreeented at the meeting. 3BA Representative To Visit Asheville Monthly In an effort to make its pro- < grams accessible and more ( convenient for the small bus- ) iness concerns in this area, the Small Business Adminis tration will have a represen tative in Ashevilleone day each month to counsel small business owners about their financial and management needs. The SBA representative will be at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday of the third full week oi each month. Appointments may be made by Heart March To Be Sunday The Heart Sunday Volunteer Corps will be on the march this Sunday to give every resident of Murphy a persona! oppor tunity to fight the Nation's Number One health enemy? the heart and blood vessel dis eases. Tommy Gentry, Heart Sunday chairman, has ann ounced that the volunteer group will be made i*> of Boys Scouts and their parents. They will visit homes in every sec tion of Murphy to accept con tributions to the 1967 Heart Fund Campaign and to dis tribute literature telling how to recuce the risk of heart attacks and what to do in case of a heart attack. Heart Sunday marks thehtgh point of the local drive. A goal of Sl^OO dollars hes boon set for die Murphy area. :alling the Asheville Chamber >f Commerce, telephone num >er 233-3351, Aheville. SBA loans are madefor bus iness construction, expansion, purchase of machinery, equip ment, inventory and working capital. Maximum maturity is ten years on fixed assets loans. Maturities on working capital loans are usually con fined to six years. Most retail and service businesses are classified as small if their annual sales do not exceed one million dollars; wholesale concerns with annual receipts of five million or less and manufacturing concerns, with some exceptions, if total num ber of employees does not ex ceed 250. SBA can make direct loans up to $100,000; bank participation loans (SBA share $150,000) and SBA guaranteed loans up to $350,000. Under the 3haranty Program, the bank advances the entire funds and SBA can guarantee up to 90 percent of the loan. However SBA cannot make a loan until there is evidence that the funds needed are not available on reasonable terms from banks or other private lending sour ces. Small business owners desiring to discuss their fin ancial needs with die SBA representative should bring with them current financial information. Additional information sral Assembly to determine who will serve on the boards in many counties. Including Cherokee. Under Futrell's proposal, lomination and election of joard members would be sub ject to the primaries and Gen eral Election in 1968. The five members receiving he highest number of voces in the primary would be dec lared the nominees and their tames would appear 01 the ba llot in the General Election. These provisions would ipply to all political parties whose members desire to seek he nominations. The bill also provides for lomination by county con tention in counties like Cher >kee which are exempt from he state primary election law. Over a thousand residents jf Cherokee County have al ready signed a petition re questing that board members n the county and the Murphy init be elected by the voters. More petitions are being :irculated in the county and hese will be forwarded to Sen. Mary Faye Brumby and *ep. Wiley A McGlamery In ifew days. (Editor's Note: Cliff Blue -.omments on the school board ssue in his column on The Icout's editorial page this veekj Teacher Tenure Bill Introduced RALEIGH?Rep. Jeter Haynes (R-Yadkin) has ntroduced legislaUon calling or creation of a state tenure system for public school leachers. All teachers who hold a regular certificate and had seen reappointed for a fourth year in one school district would automatically be given [enure, according to Haynes. Contracts would also go to iny teachers who had taught in the state for five years regardless of time spent in a single district. Any teacher charged with a justifiable dismissal offense inder the tenure law would be guaranteed a public hearing by he school board, the right to rounsel and judicial review by the Superior Court. Among the ra^rr causes for justifiable dismissal cited in he bill are Immorality, mis conduct in teaching service, incompetence, sexual offe ises, drunkenness,publicdis play of whisky and disability. Haynes' measure was ref erred to the House Education Committee.
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