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Volume 77- Number 35 Murphy, North Corolino March 23, 1967 1? Pages This Week at murphy, north Carolina
Stores To Stay Open
Until 9 On Fridays
Businesses present at a
Chamber of Commerce meet
ing last Friday voted to remain
open until 9 p.m. every Fri
day beginning this week.
Those present and voting for
the plan were Lois & Nancy's
Dress Shop, Cato's, The
Childrens Shop, Collins
Crain, Darnell's, Lay's 5& 10,
Cherokee Shopping Center,
Trudy's, Davis Jewelers,
Graves Furniture, Moore
Jewelers, Jabaley's, and
Lena's.
Several other businesses
not present at the meeting are
believed certain to join in the
Friday night openings.
The proposal originally in
cluded the Friday night open
ing and closing all day Wed
nesday.
The group decided to leave
Wednesday hours as they pre
sently are and determine
a permanent plan for that day
at a later meeting.
The feeling of the merchants
Is that the Friday night shop
ping hours are needed to give
industrial workers more
shopping time.
lire Scout proposed that
Murphy merchants remain
open on Friday nights in an
editorial published last Nov
ember 10.
Litter Poster
Winners Named
Winning posters in the Ele
mentary School Litterbug pos
ter contest are now being dis
played in business houses in
Murphy.
The contest was held preli
minary to "Clean-Up Week",
being conducted during the
week as a joint effort of Mur
phy and Texanna Civic Clubs.
The grand prize for the best
poster went to Randy Dockery
of Miss Emily Sword's fifth
grade.
Other winners were: First
rade. first prize, Donna
isey; and second prize,
usan Ridenhour; Second gr
ade, first prize, Sherry
Moore and second prize,Greg
|Mickey; Third grade, first
Tlze, Peggy Sanders: Fourth
grade, first prize, Penny And
erson and second prize, Janice
Wells.
, Fifth grade, first prize.
Randy Dockery and second
nprlze, Caterine Hawkins:
| Sixth grade, first prize, Ann
Braswell and second prize,
Roger Dockery; Seventh grade
first prize, Pam Anderson and
second prize, Karen Watson;
eigth grade, first prize. To
mmy Alexander and second
prize, Terry Puett and Mike
Reece; Special Education first
prize, Wanda Robertson
and Ray Smith.
Judges for the contest were
Mrs. Jimmy Hilton, Mrs. Ed
Harshaw, and Mrs. Bud Brown,
Churches Plan
Easter Services
Churches throughout the
area have special services
planned during the Easter
weekend.
An inter-denominational
service will be conducted at
noon Friday at the Murphy
F irst Methodist Church. Rev.
Thornton Hawkins will be the
speaker. Members of all faiths
are invited to attend this ser
vice.
Jehovah's Witnesses will
hold a special Easter Service
Saturday night at 7 at the King
dom Hall in Peachtree. On
Sunday, April 2, a special
Bible lecture, "Mankind's Mi
llenium Under God's
Kingdom" will be presented
at 10 a.m.
An Easter Sunrise service
will be held at 6:30 - a.m.
Sunday at the Valleytown Ce
metery. Rev. Paul Miller,
pastor of St. Andrews Luther
an Church, will be the devot
ional speaker.
The Choir of the Murphy
First Baptist Church will pre
sent an Easter Canuta, "Hall
elujah, What a Saviour" by
John W. Peterson, at the
11 a.m. service Sunday.
Another program, "Christ
the Lord is Risen Today,"
will be presented by theYouth
and Junior Choirs Sunday eve
ning at 7:30 at the First Bap
tist Church. Jerry Howard will
be the narrator. The pianists
will be Miss Janet Hamilton
and Mrs. R.D. Bruce. Mrs.
Don Ramsey and Mrs. Mar
tin Douglas will be the direc
tors.
TVA Plans Rate Increase;
Cost Expected To Be Small
For Local Power Customers
Higher interest, fuel, ana
tbor costs necessitate an in
rease in TVA electric rates,
le Tennessee Valley A uthor
y announced last Wednesday,
n additional $25 to $30 mil
on a year in net power re
enue is needed by TVA to
ffset increases in power sys
!m costs which have taken
lace in recent years.
This will require changes
t all retail rates charged by
lectric systems distributing
VA power to ultimate con
umers.
In a meeting concluded Wed
esday at Bowling Green, Ken
icky, the TVA Board and the
oard of Directors of the
ennessee Valley Public
ower Association agreed to
svelop rate changes that will
leet this purpose. TVPPA
?presents municipal and co
iterative systems distri
uting TVA power.
"The TVPPA rate commit
? and the TVA staff will work
igether on these rate chan
ts," TVA Chairman Aubrey
, Wagner said. "We hope
> have this work completed
i time for the change to be
Elective July 1.
"Whatever changes are
lopted, the rates of TVA
id the distributors will con
nue to be near the same
Meral low levels which now
dst," he said. "The aver
se residential rate among
11 homes served by TVA
iwer distributors will still
! less than half the present
ttlonal average.
"Effects of the proposed
langes on consumers' elec
ic bills will be announced
ter specific rates are agreed
on," Wagner said, "Agree
snts reached between the
Itributton system and TVA
11 be reflected in revision
contractual arrangements.
"For the past 15 years TVA
is been able to offset steadi
rlslng cost trends with var
us improvements in effi
eocy and economy, without
creasing its wholesale pow
' rate," he said. "How
's r, a thorough review of all
-St factors now makes it
ear that greater revenues
ust be obtained to assure
power supplies for the
region's needs and financial
soundness for Che TV A
System.
"One major factor in
the need now for greater power
revenue is the recent trend of
increasing prices on coal,
which is the largest single
TVA power expense item at
about $100 million a year,"
Wagner said. "A nother is the
rising interest rates of recent
years, affecting both Interest
expense on TVA bonds and
notes ind the return which
TVA pays to the U. S. Treas
ury."
John Marlln, Manager of
Blue Ridge Mountain Electric
Membership Corporation at
Young Harris, said that the
rate increase just announced
by TVA had been anticipated
for quite some time, and con
sequently came as no sur
prise.
Fuel costs to TVA and the
costs of material, labor,taxes,
etc., to both TVA and the Co
operative have continually In
creased over the past twenty
fiver years, so that it has been
possible to postpone this in
crease only by increasing
sales and efficiency. "How
ever we will not be in a posi
tion to assess the effect of
this rate increase upon our
Cooperative until the details
are worked out and made
known to us," he said.
Marlln went on to say there
Is no doubt that Blue Ridge
Mountain E. M. C. will have
to make some increase in their
rates to offset the increased
cost of their power sigiply.
"But," he said, "it Is not
expected that the increase will
be significant in the individual
consumers' bUl."
Buster Bayless, manager of
Murphy Power Board, said it
is "evident that if there is an
increase, and there probably
will be, we will have to pass
a portion of it along to our
customers. I believe, how
ever, that the increase will be
so small that it will be In
significant." He said he
doubted that the Increase
would amount to more than a
few cents a month for any one
customer.
The revenue increase of $25
to $30 million would equal
7 to 9 percent of TVA's elect
ric revenues of $341 million
in 1966. However, Wagner said
this does not necessarily in
dicate the level of rate
increases for the individual
consumer because varying
costs and other factors will be
taken into accoiait in develop
ing new rates.
TVA is required, under the
TVA Act, to charge electric
rates sufficient to cover all of
its power program costs in
cluding power system oper
ating costs, payments in lieu
of taxes to states and count
ies, debt service on bonds
and notes, payments to the
U. S. Treasury (currently
more than $60 million a year)
and to provide an adequate
margin.
TVA sells power to 159
municipal, cooperative, and
private distribution systems
and to about 40 Industrial and
Government Installations with
large power requirements.
The last significant in
crease in the region's power
rates was made In 1952, and
that change affected only in
dustrial power rates,Wagner
pointed out. It was designed
to reflect the added costs of
power from steam-electric
generating plants, as the reg
ion's power demands outgrew
the supply available from
dams. Retail rates to local
consumers in the TVA area
have shown a steady down
ward trend through the years.
This will be the first time
residential rates have had to
be increased.
"Since 1952 we have been
able to absorb rising costs
with system improvements
such as larger and more effi
cient generating imlts,
seasonal interchange arr
angements with neighboring
utilities, extra-high-voltage
transmission, and reduction in
coal costs, transportation,and
handling," he said. "How
ever, still further increases
in cost now require this act
ion to secure Increased re
venues and assure the con
tinued financial stability of the
TVA power system."
MISS CAROLYN GRAVES displays the certificate and check presented to her as the Outstanding
Young Educator in Cherokee County. President JackOwens (left) of the Murphy Jaycees made the
presentation Tuesday night. Dr. Cecil Cosper (center) of Western Carolina College addressed
the banquet honoring Miss Graves.
Carolyn Craves JNamed
Outstanding Educator
Miss Carolyn Graves was
Ramed the Outstanding Young
Educator in Cherokee County
at a banquet presented by the
Murphy Jaycees Tuesday night
at the Tarheel Restaurant.
She received a $100 scholar
shipto help cover the expenses
of a summer course and a cer
tificate commemorating the
event.
Miss Graves is a graduate
of Murphy High School and
Western Carolina College and
is presently teaching at Mur
phy High. She will participate
in the statewide Jaycee Out
standing Young Educator con
test which will be held in April
at Salisbury. The state winner
will compete in the national
contest at Baltimore in June.
Dr. Cecil Cosper, Profess
or in the Department of Edu
cation at WCC, addressed the
banquet.
He called the OYE program
"very exciting" and said its
purpose is the recognition
of all the educators in the
area.
Teachers, he said, "make
us the best educated nation
in the world."
"Sound and effective educa
tion is the most urgent need
of society," Cosper said. "We
are in a struggle for our very
own existencV' and "in this
struggle, the teacher is the
key person."
Cosper told the audience
"We live in a time of change
and the pace is rapid and rad
ical...choices just are not easy
anymore
He warned that "election of
a leader must not be a popu
larity contest." The teacher,
Cosper said, ".licst noii be a
people-pleaser, but should be
a future-fashioner."
Miss Graves was announced
as the winner of the local OYE
contest at the close of
Cosper's address.
Several persons eligible for
the prize attended as guests
of the Jaycees. No one, except
a fewjaycee officers .knew the
identity of the winner until it
was announced.
Lyle Carringer, last year's
OYE winner, served as chair
man of the project.
The Jaycees reached their
goal in the membership
contest Tuesday night when
new members increased the
club's strength to 51
members. This entitles the
Murphy group to four votes at
the next state convention.
The club had been do
into two groups for tk at
test. The teams were headed
by Bud Penland and Curtiss
Hewlett.
Penland's team secured the
most new members and Hew
lett's losers must treat the
winners to a steak dinner. The
losers must wear dresses
to the dinner.
Bemis Band Mill
Destroyed By Fire
ROBBINSVILLE - The 40
year-old band mill of Bemis
Hardwood Lumber Company
was destroyed by fire Satur
day morning.
The blaze, which began be
tween 9 and 10 a.m. did slight
damage to adjoining buildings,
including the machine shop,
boiler house and fuel storage
vault.
Damages were estimated
between $300,000 and $400,000
by Bemis president, John B.
Veach, Jr.
Firemen from Andrews,
Bryson City, Murphy and Rob
binsville and the Robbinsville
Rescue Squad joined Bemis
employees in the fire ban
ling. They brought the blaze
under control late Saturday
afternoon. Bemis employees
kept watch at the scene over
the weekend.
Veach praised the efforts
of all the groups that res
ponded to the blaze. He said
their efforts held down the
damage.
The Andrews jumper,which
was the second on the scene,
was credited by Veach with
saving the machine shop.
The famous antique Shay
locomotives used at Bear
Creek Junction and for regu
lar operations on the Gra
ham County Railroad were
housed in a nearby building.
They were taken to safety
by Ted Cape. He moved them
with a log loader.
Cape, a Bemis employee,
also took a loaded chip car
to safety. It was destined
for Champion Papers, Inc.
at Canton.
No injuries were report
ed in the fire.
Consideration is being given
to putting up a temporary
band mill at Robbinsville,acc
ording to John Veach, Sr.,
a member of the Bemis board
of directors.
Otherwise, he said, logging
crews from Robbinsville will
be sent to other locations un
til the mill is rebuilt. Bemis
is associated with an opera
tion in Alcoa, Tenn. and has
a plant in West Union, S.C,
"It is hoped at die present
time no employee will miss
a single day of work and that
they feel that they are for
tunate in having other plants
in this area in which to con
tinue working," the elder
Veach noted.
No figures were available
on the number of employees
who will be affected by the
fire.
Zoning Act
Explained
The Zoning Ordinance re
cently enacted by the Town of
Murphy is explained in detail
on the Inside pages of this
week's Scout.
A full page map shows the
classification assigned to each
area in the town.
The restrictions this
classification contains is ex
plained in the information pre
sented on the page beside the
map. '
Raxter Promoted
To Foreman
James Chadwlck. Secre
tary-Treasurer anda member
of the Board of Directors of
Columbia Marble Company at
Marble, announces the pro
motion of W. 8. Raxter to the
position of General Foreman
in charge of production at the
plant, quarry and crusher.
Raxter has been employed
by Columbia Marble Company
for several year*.
Unknown Photo
At Jail
Sheriff Claude Anderson has
a picture of an unidentified wo
man found dead in McMlnn
County, Tenn. recently,
Tennessee authorities have
made the picture available to
Anderson to determine if
anyone in Cherokee County
can identify the victim.
Several thousand persons
viewed the body at Athens for
several days before it was
buried on Sunday. No one was
able to identify it.
The woman s body, partially
burned, was found in a trunk.
She was four feet, nine indies
tall and weighed 96 pounds.
Anyone wishing to examine
the picture may see it at die
county jail.
Softball Group
Seeks Funds For
New Lighting
The Murphy Softball A saoc
tatlon has started a drive for
funds to install a new light
ing system at the local soft
bail field.
All dube, local Industries
and the town and county have
been solicited for support in
the project.
Individuals wishing to
donate to the fund ere invit
ed to tend checks payable to
the Murphy Softball Associa
tion to either J eck Thompson
or Homer Ricks.
Homesite Applications
Now Being Accepted For
Maltby And Hayesville
Applications are now being
accepted for homes inder con
struction at the Maltby Home
sites in Cherokee County and
the Hayesvllle Homesites in
Clay County, according to
Mack B. Ray, Rural Renewal
Program leader for Cherokee,
Clay and Graham Counties.
The applications are avail
able at theFarmersHomeAd
mlnistration offices in Murphy
and Hayesville. Members of
the Rural Renewal Authorities
in the two counties will ren
der assistance in filling out
the applications.
Rural Renewal members
will review each application
to determine eligibility.
The homes will be sold to
low and medium income fami
lies and will be financed over
a 30-year period by FHA at
five percent Interest. A
reasonable down payment will
be required.
Three types of homes are
being built and will probably
range in price from $10,000
to $15,000. Each home will be
on a lot of approximately 1.5
acres.
The Maltby Project, which
includes 15 homes in the ini
tial phase, has been delayed
due to lack of necessary roads.
This problem is expected to
be solved soon.
Ray said the Hayesville
Project, with 10 homes, is
proceeding on schedule. All
10 units are now under con
struction.
A loan for $185,000 for Hay
esville was closed in Decem
ber and a $200,000 loan for
Maltby was closed in Feb
ruary.
John Gill is chairman of the
Rural Renewal Authority in
Cherokee County. Other
members are Joe El Khouri,
Merle Davis, J, W. S. Davis
md H. E. Dickey.
Tom Day is chairman ot the
-lay County group and other
members are Jim L.Arms
trong, J. W. Stanley .Wallace
Crawford and W.G.Mingus.
Deputy Sheriff Arrests
Four On Liquor Charges
Deputy Sheriff Glen Hollo
way arrested four persons on
whisky charges in the past
week.
David Phillips was arrested
Friday in his car near And
rews and charged with
possession of tax-paid whisky
for sale.
Holloway had observed Phi
llips making trips to Asheville
twice a week for over two
months. He stopped Phillips
several times and always
found eight pints of tax-paid
whisky in the car. This is
the legal limit under present
state law.
On Friday, the deputy sear
ched Phillips and a passenger
in his car, Garland Frankum,
and found a Trailwaysbustic
ket and baggage checks. He
[hen claimed the baggage when
[he bus arrived at Topton and
got two suitcases filled with
liquor.
Frankum was not charged
Friday, but Holloway arrested
him Monday night in Murphy on
a charge of possession of tax*
paid liquor for sale.
Merle and Maude Slagle of
the Factorytown section were
charged with possession of
non-tax paid liquor for sale
Monday. Holloway found two
gallons of liquor in their home
which is Inside the Murphy
city limits.
Frankum is being held in jail
on a $200 bond. Phillips and the
Slagles are free on bond.
Four Square
Receives Grant
A grant of $16,341 to Four
Square Community Action
Inc. has been announced by
Rep. Roy A. Taylor. The grant
was made by the Office of Eco
nomic Opportunity.
The grant includes $6,727
for administrative purposes,
$1,757 for horticulture and
$8,357 for the Outreach Pro
gram.
National Wildlife
Week Is Observed
The North Carolina Wild
life Federation, Inc. Is join
ing with the National Wild
life Federation and its other
state affiliates in observing
National Wildlife Week this
week. The theme, "This is
Your Land," will continue to
be promoted for the remain
der of the year emphasizing
the need for Americans to
make the wisest use of their
many public lands.
The National Wildlife Fed
eration has promoted a nation
wide Wildlife Week yearly
since 1938. The organization,
headquartered in Washington,
D. C? represents 2.000,000
persons in state conservation
organizations, associate
members, and contributors.
Since its founding in 1936, the
Federation has coordinated
citizen conservation efforts
with educational programs
directed toward sound man
agement of natural resources
soil, water, forests, range
land, and wildlife.
The Federation published
and distributes free the bi
monthly "Conservation
News" the weekly Conser
vation Report, and conservat
ion education booklets for
school use. This privately
financed organization makes
annual fellowship awards to
college students majoring in
conservation. It serves the
Nation's newspapers, radio
and television, by distributing,
information on current con
servation problems.
The observance of National
Wildlife Week is conducted on
the local level by sportsmen
clubs, conservation organi
zations, and other groups
which are members of North
Carolina Wildlife Federation,
Inc. Valuable assistance in
making Wildlife Week a succ
ess is provided by state and
Federal governmental agen
cies.
In the United States there
are approximately 2.3 billion
acres of public land under fed
eral, state* or local govern
ment control. Public access,
recreational development and
wise resource management
should be urged for all of these
lands. During National Wild
life Week. March 19-25. all
A mericans can plan to join in
efforts to make the most of
the public lands which all citi
zens share.
State Chairman, Clyde C.
Harmon, points out that every
citizen should become int
erested and learn about our
public lands not being used
and work to see that they pro
vide for wildlife or recreat
ion, and that they are manag
ed under good conservation
practices.
State lands are public lands
and wherever possible they
should be managed wisely and
developed for recreation.
National Wildlife Week is re
minding all Americans that
"This is Your Land." By
requesting wise public land
use today, there will be the
open spaces needed for tomor
row.
ESC Seeks To Relieve
Medical Job Shortages
Hospitals, doctors, nursing
homes, welfare offices and
local health officials across
the state are being asked to
furnish the Employment
Security Commission inform
ation on job shortages to try
to relieve a growing and crit
ical need for trained medi
cal service and health person
nel in North Carolina.
Meeting with State officials
in Raleigh, health authorities
recently reported that the bulk
of NorthCarolina'smajorfac
llities are understaffed and
serious shortages exist among
qualified health service work
ers.
Manager Charles Erwin of
the State Employment Office
here reports that approximat
ely 800 leading medical faci
lities. including at least 510
major hospitals, nursing and
rest homes, and all county
health and welfare agencies
are being contacted on what
jobs are going unfilled.
Erwin said nearly 800 phy
sicians and dentists in pri
vate practice will also be con
tacted by the State agency.
The survey is being taken
in cooperation with the Oe
partment of Community Col
leges which needs this type
of information to plan train
ing programs.
Results of the survey will
also be used by the Employ
ment Security Commission to
initiate federal-state training
projects and to aid employers
in recruitment and training
programs.
In the survey 47 different
medical occupations will be
studied and the participating
agencies will be asked about
their current job shortages
as well as anticipated needs
by 1970 and 1973.
A severe shortage exists
today among nurses, nurse
aides, laboratory workers,
dental assistants, and medical
technicians of all kinds. Most
major hospitals and various
medical associations promote
and conduct job training. Al
so, a number of projects have
been started with federal funds
to offer health service train
ing in Community Colleges
and technical institutes.
But the need for medical
workers has overrun the sim
ply of qualified personnel,said
Erwin.
THE NOEL EDWARDS FAMILY of Marble t* preparing to go to Mexico ae I
Edwards, pictured with his wife and two children, Patricia and Mark, is the fort
of Home Builders Supply in Andrews. They are working through the Maranatha Baptist I
Inc. in Natchez, Miss. After completing school at Guadalajara, Mexico, the Edwards will he
working in hack-country villages. Prior to their departure, they will be available for i
engagements at local churches.