Scout and Clay County Progress vv i ~T~f k.i l ~i~j lx Lk.iL/~ i , . in/1 , ^ SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID Volume // Number 5/ Murphy, North Corolino April 6, IV6/ 11 Poges Thi % Week at murphy north Carolina Survey Recommends One School Unit For Entire County DOGS WERE BLAMED for two accidents involving four cars about 7:20 Monday morning in front of the studios of Radio Station WKRK three miles east of Murphy. No one was seriously injured in the pile-up. Blame It On The Dogs! Three wrecks oecured with in five minutes of each other on US 19-129 between Murphy and A ndrews Monday morning. No one was seriously injured. - Two of the accidents happ ^ned in front of the studios of Radio Station WKRK, about three miles east of Murphy. They were caused by dogs in the road. Mrs. Maude Radford of Murphy stopped when two dogs crossed the road in front of her. Rev. William David Hud son, S6, of Ft. Payne, Ala., stopped behind Mrs. Radford. When the dogs were out of the way, M rs. Radford drove on without being involved in the chain of events that followed. Mrs. Mary Stewart Ureg ory, SO, ot Kt. 2, t ulberson came over the crest of the hill and began breaking to avoid Hudson's car. A third dog ran between the cars, and Mrs. Gregory applied the brakes harder and cut to the left to avoid the dog. She slid into WKRK's driveway and cut to the right, back on to the road, and struck Hudson's car on the left side. The road was blocked by the Hudson and Gregory vehicles when Vtayne Paul Gentry, 19, of Rt. 3, Murphy, came over the hill and stopped safely. Bobby Lee Thrasher, 20, of Rt. 5, Murphy, saw the stopped cars too late and struck the rear of the Gentry car. The front of the Thrasher car ended up in the righthand ditch. Fishing Bill Becomes Law RALEIGH--A Senate sub stitute bill for a fishing mea sure sponsored by three mountain lawmakers was re ported favorably out of comm ittee Thursday morning and rushed to the House for a vote. The rules were suspended and the House passed the measure. Rep. Ernest B. Messer of Canton, who along with Reps. Liston B. Ramsey of Mar shall and Wiley A. McGlam erv of Hayesville introduced the bill to eliminate trout >|V.shing requirements for youngsters, sounded the ur gency of the action at the sp ecial meeting of the Wildlife Committee. The trout fishing season op ened Saturday, and exemption of youngsters under 16 from the special license require ment is the aim of the bilW Messer expaiined. The bill as originally intro duced was passed by the House, but had to be return ed because it underwent ex tensive changes in the senate. It now also exempts land holders and their dependents under 21 years of age from the license requirements, so long as they fish streams on land they own or lease. Land can't be leased just for fishing purposes, Robert B. Hazel, chief of the law enforcement division of the Wildlife Commission said of the measure. The new law requires that such leased land be used pri marily for farming. No one was injured in this series of accidents. Thrasher was charged with improper registration. Hudson tolu Patrolman Pat Miller that he was enroute to Charlotte to hold a revival. He said when he left his home in Alabama, his wife was cry ing and predicted the whole side of his car would he smas hed by the end of the day. The wrecks at WKRK be gan around 7:20 a..m. About 7:1 S# Ruth Allen Murphy, 28, of Rt. 4, Mur phy, crashed into a tele phone pole about two miles west of Andrews near the air port. She told Miller she reached into her pocketbook for a stick of gum and when she couldn't find it, took her eyes off the road. When she looked up, she was headed toward the pole. She cut her wheels to the left and hit the pole with the right front end of her car. The car was a total loss. The driver received a check up at District Memorial Hos pital and was released. No charges were filed. Monday afternoon, two Rt. 3, Murphy residents were involved in a wreck on the Hanging Dog Road four miles north of Murphy. Mrs. Grace Kephart Jame? 41, told Miller she stopper to let a passenger out of her car when she was struckfrorr the rear by a car driven b A b Radford, 19. Mrs. James said she hac given a right-hand signal be fore stopping. Radford slid 3( feet before hitting the othei car. There were no injuries am damage was minor. Miller charged Radfon failing to slow sufficiently u avoid an accident MISS APRIL Mm KotHy R??t?l. dought#r of Mr Ron R*?t?l, B'Oiitown N.c. Long-Range Plan Calls For Increased Financial Support A survey commute ot the N.C. Department of Public In struction has recommended the adoption of a long-range plan for establishing one school system under the con trol of a single board of ed ucation and one administration for all the children of Cher okee County. This would rep lace the present three units - - Cherokee County, Andrew City and Murphy City. This proposal is the pri mary suggestion offered in a report entitled " Cherokee County School Survey". Ifie committee's conclusion were reached after examining data from the superintendent's oil ices oi die three anils and the records of the Department oi Public Instructions and visiting each school in die count). I"he field visits were made last November. A significant increase in financial support for the schools was another major recommendation. Other recommendations in clude: Consolidation of elementary schools of less than one tea cher per grade. Discontinuance of Martin's Creek Elementary School. More elementary class rooms in the Murphy area. Improvement of all facilit ies to be retained under a long range plan. Hie committee emphasized that statement made in the survey are only recommen dations and it will be up to the local school units to determine if they will be followed. Members of the three school boards have been studying the survey and discussing the pro posals. rhe County Board of Commissioners will also take an active part in determining whether to accept the reco mmendations. Murphy Superintendent John Jordan told The Scout he fav ors holding public meetings to determine what action is favored bv the taxpayers. "Their tax dollars support the schools and I feel they should have a voice in how the money is spent," Jordan said. He pointed out that any changes made will be part of a long range program which can only be made effective in well planned steps over a period of several years. The survey committee members made these findings in their inspection of schools in the county: Hlwassee Dam--Special secondary facilities are lacking, but it is a fair plant for the elementary program. Martin's Creek-The 1921 building is in poor condition and should be phased out. The 1957 building should be used long range if feasible. Peachtree-- Shouidbe pro perly maintained, up-graded and used long range. Unaka--Is in fair conditio! and needs to be properly main tained. The committee feels, however, that its location may limit its long range use. ^hne Church-Shoulube up graded, properly maintainec and used long range. Marble-Could be expandec as needed. Andrews High-Should bt expanded as needed. Andrews Elementary--The 1925 classroom building with the 1947 addition should not be used long range. Murphy Elementary--A good facility but the 1910build ing should be replaced. Addi tional land should be acquiret forexpansion. Murphy High--Could be ex panded. The survey determineo tha the secondary program in the county is "oriented toward th< college bound students although the majority...do no continue on to college." Roads in the county v. ? said to be "generally . factory enough to accomodati the transportation of pupil: in almost any desired direc tion." An effort is expected to t> made to agree upon a Ion, range program in the nextfev months so that any legislatio needed to make changes eff ective can be requested fror the 1967 General Assembl which is presently in session WNC Baseball Fans To Honor Bristol On May 7 Cincinnati Reds Manager Dave Bristol will be honored by western North Carolina baseball tans on Sunday, May 7, at A tlanta Stadium. Several hundred fans from this area paid tribute to the Andrews resident last Aug ust and about 500 are expect ed to make the forthcoming trip. This will be the only Sun day appearance for Cincinnati in Atlanta this season. W. Frank Forsyth said 300 ground level seats behind the Reds dugout have been reser ved. The Smoky Mountain Shrine Club has purchased some of these seats and will sit as a group at the game. The remaining seats are available at $3.SO each. Flans are being made now to arrange bus transportation. Forsyth said he believes bus tickets will be about each. Bristol's Reds have stirred speculation during spring training about a strong come back after last year's second division finish. His decision to move Fete Rose, the All-Star second baseman, to left field appears to be paying off. This shift allows Deron Johnson to re turn to his best spot-third base. Registers Of Deeds Attend Workshops During the last two weeks the North (Carolina Registers of Deeds have been engaged in a Statewide series of Reg ional Workshops on the t'ni form Commercial Code. These regional meetings, held in Greenville, Goldsboro, C. raham, Statesvtlle and A she ville, were sponsored jointly by the Sec retary of State, N.C. Registers of Deeds Asso ciation and the Institute of Government. The 1 r.iform Commercial Code simplifies and consoli dates the law of secured transactions as it relates to personal property. The Sec retary of State and the Reg isters of Deeds have been designated as filing officers Towns Count> Sheriff Shot H1AWASSEE, Ga. ?-Towns County Sheriff EdBarnard was reported In fair condition after he was shot while attempting to make an arrest Sunday. Von Nicholson, 34, has been charged with assault with in tent to murder in connection with the shooting. Barnard was shot in the chest with a .22 caliber rifle at Nicholson's house, accord ing to Towns County authorities. APRIL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B 9 1011 12131415 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 V. 24 25 26 27 28 29 WARY CARTER PAINTS WHERE YOU GET )UALITY & VALUE We can recommend n eltable painter. See us for ill your painting and elect "leal supplies and maintei ince. HUGHES ELECTRIC CO. ?nn. Street Murphy, N.C. Phone 83? 2240 nr.lier the Code. After mid night June 20, 1967, the eff ective date of the Code, the filing of FinancineStatements will replace the previous practice of recording chattel mortgages, conditional sales contracts and similar instru ments. As a result of the regional workshops and careful study of the volume of expected filings, the Secretary of State and the Registers of Deeds have agreed upon a pre-filmg period beginning June I. All filings received in the offices of the Secretary of State and the Registers of Deeds with the appropriate fee will be accepted after May 31 for pro cessing, and will be filed as of the opening of business foll owing the effective date of the j code. All filings receive: prior to midnight May 31,196" will be returned to the sender, filings received during this pre-filing period do noi perfect security interests ari - sing out of transactions entered into before the eff ective date of the Code. Prior to the effective date, security interests can be perfected onl> in accordance with the es tablished law in effect prior to J uly 1, 1967. New filing statements ma\ be prepared and filed during the pre-fillng period for an\ transactions which will been' tered into after the close ol business June 30,1967. Filing! must be accompanied by the statutory filing fee. The Code or retained counsel should be consulted for the exact fee R imco Opens Picnic Area Rimco has annoured the opening of a new recreatioi area behind their plant. It consists of a softbal field, picnic area and othei recreational facilities. Bids Sought For Building The Cherokee County Boar of Education Is accepting bid for the construction of a build ing at the Tri-Count Industrial Education Cente at Peachtree. The bids will be opened I the courtroom on April 5 at 2:30 p.m. Specifications call for building to house a vocatlor shop with three small clas: rooms and library. The spa< is to be 5,500 square fee Taylor Bills Pass Assemble Two bills introduced by Re| resenlative Charles Taylor < Brevard revising the law concerning epilepsy were pa ssed by the General Assembl last week. The bills abolishe the requirement that an.epi leptic submit to sterilizatic before marriage. Taylc stated that these were the fir: in a series of bills designe to revise discriminatory lav? concerning epilepsy. "Most of these laws wer formed at a time when litt was understood of the syndrc me," Taylor said. "Today < epileptic through skill* treatment can live a perfec ly normal and useful life. v. feel that by revising the ut realistic laws concerning ep lepsy public understands and attitude toward the ep leptic can be improved." Presently there is a thil bill in committee revising tl Workmen's Compensation li as it relates to the epllepti Taylor said that after sever weeks of work he has a four and final bill which will revi. the motor vehicles Laws coi cerning the epileptic. Tayl said that in preparing the b he has worked with Represe tatlve David Jordan and tl Department of Neurology the Medical School at Chap Hill. Reward Offered MA > OK CLOP MOORK oas announced that the Towr of M .rf . ??t' r. c l * ' r -war: v.r information lea ling to the arrest and convicuon of The [er^ r