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The Cherokee Cm Scout ?a.-k.. Count's B?st Buy* f Clay Volume 77-Number 33 Murphy, No rib Caroline March 9, 1967 10 Pages This Week caroljna Funeral Homes To Discontinue Ambulance Service Commissioners OK New Deputy; Harry Bishop Named Tax Collector The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners voted Mon day to authorize Sheriff Claude Anderson to hire a part-time deputy to work the lower end of the county. They set the deputy's sal ary at $100 per month. He will be hired on a trail basis until June 30. Jack Simonds said the need for more law enforcement in that section of the county was {reat. He pointed out that since nonstable fees were elim inated under the new Dis trict Court plan, there was virtually no law enforcement in the area. Chariman W.T. Moore said "I've heard a lot of comp laints from down there" and proposed the trial, part-time plan. Moore, Simonds, Luther Dockery and Carlyle Mathe son voted for the proposal. Ray Sims and Andrew Bar ton abstained. Anderson named Virgil Ho used of the Wolf Creek section for the new position. The Commissioners accep ted the resignation of Clarence Rev. Ellis Church Venture Starts Sunday The FirstMethodistChurch )f Murphy will join with the >ther Methodist Churches in ?ur area in the Venture in Faith. March 12-15. The Rev. L. Donald Ellis, Minister of Membership, West Market Street Methodist -hurch, Greensboro, N.C., will be the Guest Minister. I Services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. nightly Morning services will be held Monday-Wednesday, 7:30 3:00 a.m. Rev. Ellis was born in rampa, Fla., and lived most >f his early life in Georgia, le is a graduate of Western Carolina College and theCan iler School of Theology, Em >ry University. He is an ex trmy Sergeant Major and has terved churches inLawrence rille, Ga.; Webster, Canton ?nd Old Fort, N.C. Cherokee County citizens ?rill remember him as Per sonnel Manager and Assistant Plant Superintendent of Vart Jaalte Company, Inc. He is married to the for ner Clara Taylor, of Pe ichtree and they have five children. Hendrix as county accountant and tax collector. They named Harry Bishop to replace Hendrix. Moore, Sims, Barton and Matheson voted for Bishop. Simonds and Dockery ab stained. Sims noted that roads on which repairs had been re quested last month were not taken care of. He suggested that theBoard call this to the attention of the State High way Commission. Several requests were rec eived for work on church and cemetery roads. They include Friendship, Shoal Creek,Bear Paw, Bell Hill, Bellview and Ledford. The commissioners agreed to recommend to the SHC spending up to$500for repairs requested on the bridge and road leading to the Vengance Creek Cemetery. The normal policy is to allot up to $500 for the use of any one church and cemetery road. Work on these roads is bel ieved delayed due to the bad weather and the heavy work load of the highway crews at this time of the year. The commissioners pointed out that they simply recommend the repairs and it Town Clean-Up Scheduled >.u all out effort to "rlean up" Murphy has been planned by local civic clubs for the week of March 20-25. Clubs participating are Rotary, Civitan, Lions, Bus iness and Professional Women, American Legion Auxiliary, Rescue Squad and Rescue Squad Auxiliary, Jay cees, American Legion, Ch erokee Rose Garden Club, Murphy Garden Club, the Ch amber of Commerce, Texanna Willing Worker's Circle, and Texanna Community De velopment Club. Both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will help with the drive. The town has been divided into five sections, with a ch airman appointed for each, street to contact residents and act as supervisor. On Wednesday, March 22, the anti-litter campaign will reach its peak when the town siren will blow at 1 p.m. to summon all volunteer workers to meet and begin a special clean-up march. Town trucks and privately owned vehicles will be on hand to haul litter to garbage dumps. Arrangements have been made with Bill Hughes, elem entary school principal, to let all school children out for one hour that afternoon to clean Utter from the school and fair grounds. A litterbug poster contest is being conducted at the school as a forerunner to the campaign. The civic clubs behind the drive urge each citizen to look about at the clutter, litter and junk in Murphy and as a matter of civic pride to plan to actively participate in this program. is up to the SH( to determine when the work is done. The SHC will also be asked to check on repairs needed on Pack Mountain Road. The Commissioners rec eived a letter from the County Welfare Board requesting their help on the problem of fathers that desert their fam ilies. Sims called the Board's attention to the need for roof repairs at Hiwassee Dam and Ranger Schools. School Sup erintendent Lloyd Hendrix was questioned about the matter. Hendrix was directed to in vestigate the need for repairs at both schools and to receive bids on the work. The Commissioners have designated Easter Monday, March 27, as a holiday. The courthouse will be closed. They also accepted the con tract with John T albert and Associates, Inc. for engineer services during the expansion of the Andrews airport. A jury list was drawn for the Superior Court session which opens March 28. 01 en St ration Stratton Joins 25 Year Club FRANKLIN?Olen Lee Stratton of Andrews, com pleted 25 years of service with Nantahala Power and Light Company last week to become the 48th member of the Company's 25 Year Club. A native of Cherokee Co unty, Stratton was employed by Nantahala March 1, 1942 as an apprentice Power House Operator. After a short apprenticeship at the Company's Mission Plant,-he was promoted to Power House 3perator at the Thorpe Plant Jntil August 30, 1942 when le was transfer red to the Nan :ahala Plant. On June 1, 1949 he was promoted to Shift Foreman at the Nantahala Plant, his current posiion. FO Accepting Applications All first and second class post offices in North Carolina are now accepting applications for substitute clerks and sifc stitute carriers. The starting salary is $2.64 per hour. Applications will be acc epted until further notice. s?.mt svuttiu JAY HAWKINS (center) receive* * certificate for completion of the tbmato grower* course hich ended last week at thejohnC.Campbell Folk School. John Ramsay, instructor, make- the resentation while another Instructor, Bert Smith, look} on. There were 4C graduate* in the ourse conducted by Aahcville-Funcombe Technical Institute with funds from the ' anpnx.T raining and Development Art. , Mayor Proclaims Girl Scout Week The Honorable Cloe Moore today proclaimed March 12 to 18 as Girl Scout Week. The proclamation pays tribute to Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. on its 25th anniversary, and highlights the organization's new triennium theme: "Values To Hold?World To Explore.' It reads in part: "Within this theme Girl Scouts have a twofold purpose: to strive to apply the verities of character, conduct, patrio tism and service in an age in which these verities can so easily be lost; and to more vigorously explore the worlds about them?the worlds of home, community, nation and other lands?thereby bringing further understanding to their own lives and the lives of others." Mayor Moore calls upon all citizens of Murphy to give Girl Scouting "their continued interest, cooperation, and support so that increasing numbers of girls ages seven through 1' may benefit and, in their turn, bring greater benefit to rte lives their lives touch. Girl Sceuts of the U.S.A. was founded by Juliette Gorion Low in Savannah, Georgia, on March 12,1912. From 12 gt.-ls in the original troop, the organization has grown in membi r ship to more than three million girls and two-third million adults. The Girl Scout Week proclamation was signed by the Mayor in the presence of Carolyn Graves local Public Relations Representative for die Girl Scouts. Man Killed In Truck Wreck ^OBBINSVILLE?A Gra ham county man was killed in a truck accident on N.C. 28 about 23 miles east of Fon tana Dam near Johnson's Gap on Sunday. Hurshel Henry Holder, 48, Rt. 2, Robbinsville, was pronounced dead on arrival at a Bryson City hospital. Highway Patrolman W.R. Boyles said the half-ton truck driven by Holder ran off the road and plunged down an embankment onto a rock bed. Holder was taken to the hospital by the Stecoah Res rne Squad. Bank Wiring Catches Fire The Murphy Volunteer F iremen were called to fight a fire in the wiring at Citi zen's Bank and Trust Company last Friday morning. The blaze was in almost the same spot as one which broke out last October 24. It was believed that the fire was caused by over heating of ballast in the flou rescent fixtures. The bank was plunged into darkness and the lobby was filled with smoke. Business was suspended to clean the mess left by the fire. Benny Dockery Dockery Named Store Manager Benny Dockery, 28, of Murphy, has been named manager of the loral Ihrif tee Discount Store. He succeed; Bobby Phillips who has been assigned as manager of the Thrif-tee store in Hendersonville. Ph illips has served as manager here since the Murphy store opened in March, 1966. Dockery, a native of Ch erokee County is married to the former Miss Judy Fisher of Murphy. They have three children, Benny Jr., 6; Michael, 5; and April, 2. District 18 School Boards To Meet The annual meeting of the District Eighteen School 3oards Association will be leld at Swain County High School, Bryson City on March 16, with registration begin ning at 4:15 p.m. The theme for this year's gathering of school board members dis trict committeemen and school administrators is "The Challenge of Change in 1967" School units included in the district are Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties, and Andrews and Murphy City Units. Following registration, the afternoon program will consist of discussion groups on "The Legislative Program", "Community col leges", and "The New Math"* Prominent lay and profess ional educators from the dis trict will lead these discuss ions. Dr. Fred Bentley, Presi dent of Mars Hill College will be the princ.^tl speaker for the evening session. His add ess will follow a banquet to be leld in the s*?"> County High School Cafeteria at 6US p.m. These area conferences of the North Carolina State Boards Association annually attract over 4,000 school Board members, committee men, educators, and other int erested persons. An at tendance of about 200 is anti ttlpated for the District Eigh teen meeting. James 1. Price of the Clay County School Board U cur rently serving tr- District : rc-ident mkI Superb* nJcnt Hugh S. Beal is District Sec retary. The State Association was organized in 1937 and through its history has been dedicated to seeking improvements in North Carolina Public Educ ation. From its offices in Chapel Hill the Association works with school board members and school commit teemen at the local evel. Pro fessor Guy B. Phillips of Greensboro, the principal or ganizer of the Association, cu rrently serves as its Con sultant. Dr. Raleigh E. Gingman of Chapel Hill is the Association's Executive Sec retary. Plaques Ordered For CC Members Members of the Murphy Chr.mber of Commerce which was reorganized last year, will soon receive chamber membership plaques for 1966. When dues for 1967 are paid, the members will also receive an additional plaque with 1967 inscribed on it. At a meeting Monday night, the chamber voted to donate up to $200 to the Murphy Jaycees for advance work the Jaycees will do on the Tell ico Plains-Murphy Wagon 1 rain. Ihe Wagon train julll make its acror.<-the-mountains trip on the Fourth of July week end. Ihe w.'gou train activities will be tied in with the Jay cees' Water Festival. Clay, Graham Solve Problem; Meeting In Murphy Set For Friday fvie and Townson F uneral H?mes have announced rhat >.iey will cease ambulance service in this area effective March 31. Peyton lvie and J.C.lown son appeared before the Cher okee County Board of Comm issioners to inform them of their decision Monday. "It was a very hard decision to make", Ivie said, but he and Townson both pointed out that it was impossible for the funeral homes to continue off ering die service. Both men blamed the new minimum wage law for the decision. "That's it, there's no question about it," Town son told The Scout. It was pointed out that am bulance service has always been a loosing proposition but the new wage requirements made it impossible to sustain additional losses. Ivie and Townson indicated their willingness to work to ward a satisfactory solution for the three counties they serve, Cherokee, Clay and Graham. Both also said they would be willing to give their ambulances to responsible groups taking over the ser vice. Ivie said he would give the ambulances to a responsible operator "as a matter of my responsibility to the public." The Cherokee Comm issioners have scheduled a special meeting at the Court house for 7 p.m. Friday to seek a solution to the prob lem. Hospital officials and rescue squad officers have been invited to attend. It is believed an arrangement with the Andrews Rescue Squad will be made. At press time, there was no Indication of how the service in Murphy would be handled. Ivie met later in the day with the Clay County Board of Commissioners and a solution was reached for ambulance service there. Howard Wlmpey, Tom Wtmpey and Ed Ledford agreed to form die Clay Ambulance Service. They will be assisted by the Clay Co mmissioners. A meeting was held Mon day night in Graham County to determine steps to be made there. Townson said plans are >eing made for die county and the Rescue Squad to work to gether on a new service. He said Townson Funeral forne would loan an ambulance o the Graham group until hey get the vehicle they de tire. Clay Lions Back UHWDA, Scouts Ed Swartz, secretary-trea surer of the Upper Hiawassee Watershed Development Assoration; Dave Bruce, rha mian of UHWDA'S tour isn< and recreation work grou, and Marvis Cun ningham, Tributary Area Development representative for TVA, addressed the Clay County Lions Club last Thur sday at the Hinton Rural Life Center. The trio explained UH WDA's place-mat project to the club and a ked support for it. The multi-color place mat showing major points of tourist interest in the five county UHWDA area, is ex pected to be put on sale prior to the start of this year' tou rist season. Explaining UHWDA's fun ction, Swartz said "develop ment is a slow process and we are just now beginning to crawl" 'n five-county area, 'but we have begun". He urged the Lions Club members to support UHWDA by purchasing indivdual mem berships and encouraging bus inesses to join, too. Bruce told the Lions, "we have as much to offer the tourist as any other area in the mountains. In many ways, we have more. But we must let the tourist know what we have and this place-mat will let them know." "Too many people are pa ss ing through our area on their way to somewhere else," Bruce noted. "Our place-mat will encourage them to stay with us a while." The club members indicated their willingness to support the place-mat project. Dan Angel of Murphy also addressed the club. He presented a charter for the Lions to continue sponsor ing Boy Scout activities in Clay County. Angel said he met with 22 boys earlier in tne day who are interested in scouting and he hoped sufficient adult lea dership could be found to keep the scout program going in the county. LionPresident Phillip Ho well urged the members to work for a successful blood mobile visit in Hayesville to day (Thursday,. Target 2" Officially Launched In County The most ambitious Agri culture Extension Program, "7 arget 2" ever undertaken by Cherokee County has been officially launched after a year of planning. Cherokee County has taken "the big step for ward" in unveiling a five-year plan for progress in thefields of agriculture and home eco nomics. Through Target 2, the pro gram that has been launched through county-by-county study which involved some 7,600 key leaders across the state, one goal of the new long range opportunities program is to increase the growth of the North Carolina agriculture economy at the rate of six per cent for the next five years this will be a gross value of $2 billion by 1971. The county-by -county ludy included the executive coinm ittee: Joe Maxwell, president; Mrs. Virginia Townson, sec retary; W.1.3rown, chairman agriculture committe; SJ. Gernert, chairman youth co mmittee; John gill chairman family living committee and many other Cherokee County citizens and the suff of North Carolina State Univer sity's School of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The local program is part of an overall state wide pro gram of the Agricultural Ex tension Service at N.C. State University which was launched by Governor Dan Moore and University officials. We are fortunate in N.C. to be already moving toward a greater uti lization of our agriculture re sources -skilled people, good land and increasing k.tow ledge. The first of these five year programs-1.6 in '66 was successful even though its goals were not realized fully. Local goals during the five year period Include increasing farm income, increasing Home Demonstration Clubs from 10 to IS thus reaching a large percent of families with home-maklnc information and tncreasiig thy number of 4-H Club; from due to nineteen by 1971. till; plan will include more involvement in 4-H and Community Development. Jack E. Earley, Cherokee County Extension Chairman has announced that the new program is already being im plemented and the Extension Staff with the assistance of the Extension Advisory Board, will be measuring progress ar intervals throughout the year and evaluating total progress toward the five-year goals at the end of each of the five years until 1967. He added that the county and state programs have built-in flexibility to allow for adjust ments and shifts of emphasis during the course of the five year development effort. Cheokee County's goals under Target 2 are: A. Increased Livestock Production- (Beef & Swine) $152,850. B. Increased Poultry Pro duction $357,800 C. Increased Soybean Pro duction $25,320 D. Increased Cucumber Production $64,000 E. Increased green pepper (Fresh & Processing) $37,800 F. Increased Forest Pro duction $117,638 G. Increased Trellised To mato Production $71,000 H. Ornamental Production $15,500 I. Home Demonstration Clubs from 10 to 15 J. 4-H Clubs from 9 to 34 K. Reach a larger per cent of families with home making information. L. Increase number of peo ple involved in 4-H and Co mmunity Development work. One of the potential oppor tunities to increase income in Cherokee County is through aeef cattle production, feed lot and cow-calf operations. It was noted by the Advisory Co mmittee that the development ?f the beef enterprise Is res tricted bv the distance to a food market for feeder calves ind the lack of knowledge of the income possibilities ?f producing stocker cattle ar of condiK-'rjg feed-lot or grain on grass operation . Objectives are for beef cattle producers to organize a local cooperative feeder calf and or yearling sale; present and potential feed-lot operators to become efficient in feeding and management practices; and cow-calf operators to be come efficient in forage prod uction, feeding and mana gement practices. Cherokee County, with the southern latitude providing long days at cool temperatures has a favorable situation for intensive crops such as small fruits and ornamentals such as Christmas trees and nursery crops. The production of horticul ture crops, primarily tre Uised tomatoes and bell pe ppers, offers a good oppor tunity to increase farm in come. Objectives call for potential producers to ac quire a favorable attitude to ward tomato and pepper pro duction as a full or part-time income. With the tomato school progressing, 25 new producers are to become skillful in producing tomatoes the first year and seven each year for the next four years. Twenty new producers are expected to produce peppers by 1971. There are 211k of the married women in Cherokee County in the labor force and this takes time from family living and very much energy is put in outside employment. The new five-year plan of work has programs planned to better serve this group.* Of the 3,000 youth in Cher okee County between the ages of 9?19 only seven percent are participating in 4-H Club work, lender the new five year plan, older teenager's will have the opportunity to participate in clubs organ ized for them In Community Resourt e De velopment, the new plan will inform the public j comm unity citizens of t c trength in group action and will stren gthen theCommunlty Dqv jp ment Council In ir progr- of training leader:.
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