The Cherokee mm Scout
'(Mh B..I fe,' ' anrf Clay County Progress
Voluw 77- Number 43 Moiphr. North CwIIm Moy 18, 1967 8 Poyi TMt W?fc
rWO KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH
Town Orders New Garbage
Unit; Containers To Be
Bought ByBusiness Places
The Murphy Town Board,
In a special meeting last
Wednesday, voted to accept
the bid of Truck Equipment
Corp. of Richmond, Va. for
a new garbage unit with
a container loading mech
anism.
The 18 cubic yard Truxmore
Packer container loader will
be installed on the town's truck
chassis and delivered here.
The cost of the unit will be
17.670.
During the period in which
bids were received on the gar
bage unit, a study of garbage
and refuse collection in Mur
phy was conducted.
The Board deteremined that
the container loading
mechanism will best suit the
town's needs.
The containers will be
mounted on wheels for maneu
verabllty and are enclosed
with a hinged lid.
Each container is expected
to replace six or more 55
gallon oil drums which are now
in common use. The con
tainers can be hydraullcally
emptied into the truck and re
placed in approximately three
minutes.
Town Clerk C.E. Johnson
mailed letters during the past
week advising each business
place of the recommended
number of containers for each
site.
The containers, where
needed, will be owned by the
property owners.
The special Town Board
meeting scheduled for Mon
day ni^it was not held due to
the death of Mayor Cloe
Moore's mother, according
to Johnson. He indicated a
special meeting will be held
sometime this week to dis
pose of business that was not
transacted at the regular
monthly meeting on May 8.
Time Is Running Out
On Big Opportunity
By Dave Bruce
The need for a more direct
paved road from Murphy to
Tellico Plains Is well known
and the citizens of this area
will again demonstrate their
desire for such a road with the
10th Anniversary Wagon Train
on the Fourth of July week
end.
I have pointed out several
times that a better route be
tween Murphy and Knoxville Is
both necessary and desirable.
It Is ridiculous to be satisfied
with the plans for better roads
from here to Asheville,
Atlanta and Chattanooga and
ignore the fact that we need
better connections with the
thriving Knoxville area.
Last summer, 1 expressed
the viewpoint that in addition
to the benefits of better access
to the East Tennessee area,
such a road would bring more
tourist traffic into the Murphy
area and Murphy could be
included in a circle route In
connection with the scenic
road now under construction
between Tellico Plains and
Robbinsville.
This viewpoint was
strengthened last Saturday
when I travelled, in a driving
rain, over the new portion of
the Foothills Parkway from
US 129 to near Townsend,
Tenn. The road was opened
last summer.
The new roads built on the
fringes of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park in
Tennessee over the past sev
eral years are a strong point
for that side of the mountains.
Our side is still burdened with
the same limited access that
has existed for years.
The Smokies are the most
visited of all National Park
areas and the volume of
visitors increases each year.
Existing roads are used to the
saturation point during the
peak months of the tourist
season.
Existing roads in Tennessee
and plannned future
construction will continue to
make that side of the Park
more attractive. In addition,
the Intei state network around
Knoxville is well underway.
That city is the junction point
for three Interstate highways.
It is plain that with these
Interstate routes meeting in
Knoxville, the Tennessee side
will be more attractive
because of the Mse with which
it can be reached.
It is already more attract
ive because of such improve
ments as the new segment
of the Foothills Parkway.
The potential for the Murphy
area sharing in the increased
volume of tourist dollars that
will flow in the Smokies is
great. But that potential will
not be realized until Murphy
shares in better access and
more alternative routes for
prospective vactioners to
drive on.
A wagon train from here to
Telllco Plains will bring us
favorable publicity but what
we really need is a loud, en
thusiastic expression of our
desire for a paved road be
tween the two towns. That
expression must be directed
to Raleigh.
Tennessee already has built
an improved road up the
Telllco River to the state line.
The few miles on road on our
side of the mountain are the
big roadblock.
Time is running out on our
chances to remove that road
block and turn it into an
opportunity.
Still SaoklM
THE MURPHY SPORTS CENTER on the Jo* Brown Highway was destroyed by fire early
Tuesday morning. The alarm was sounded shortly after 1 a.m.. The ruins were still smouldering
late Tuesday afternoon. .*?
MR. AND MRS. GEORG BIDSTRUP participate in one of the Friday night dances at the John C.
Campbell Folk School shortly before his retirement as Director of the school last Saturday.
Georg Bidstrup Retires
As Folk School Director
Georg Bidstrup retired last
Saturday as Director of the
John C. Campbell Folk School
at Brasstown. John Ramsay,
Associate Director, was
elected to succeed him.
Bidstrup has been a mem
ber of the staff at the Folk
School since it was founded
in 1925 and has served as
Director since January 1,
1952.
A native of Denmark
Bidstrup brought a thorough
knowledge of that country s
profitable dairy industry to
this country. His theories
were put into practice at the
Brasstown school and are re
garded there as a cornerstone
of the school's success.
Olive Dame Campbell, wi
ll
dow of the man for whom the
school is named and a for
mer Director, said inanearly
school bulletin "the best way
to build up the worn out land
about us is, George Bidstrup
believes, through a type of
agriculture based upon live
stock."
He recognized that the
mountain area could not
compete with the great grain
areas. Pure-bred dairy cattle
pigs and chickens would form
an agricultural triangle with a
broad and firm base, he
believed.
Bidstrup's goal was to
search for the opportunity to
apply his knowledge without
imposing on local traditions.
Helping people live a richer
economic and cultural life be
murpny sottDaii season
Begins Monday Night
The opening of the 1967
Murphy Softball Association
schedule has been delayed
until Monday because thefield
is not yet in playing condition
according to Hoyt Limmer
man of Four-Square Comm
unity Action, Inc. The schedule
originally called for the first
games to be played this week.
Seven women's teams and
12 men's teams are
participating in the league.
Women's games will be
played Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday nights
at 8:05.
Men's games will be played
6:45 a.id 9;15 on weekday
nights and at 6, 7:05, 8:10
and 9:15 Saturday nights.
The women's teams are
Bealtown, Brumby Textile,
Clifton Precision, Levi
Strauss, Martins Creek, Mur
phy B&PW Club and Texanna.
The men's teams are A&P,
Brumby Textile (Tomotla),
Citizens Bank, Clifton Pre
cision, Graves Chryler and
Plymouth (Independents), Hl
wassee, Hicks Gulf (White
Church), Jaycees, Martins
Creek, Peachtree, Ranger and
Rimco.
Citizens Bank will meet the
Jaycees in the opening game
Monday at 6:45. Martins Creek
and Texanna play in the
women's gameat8:05andA&P
meets Hiawassee at 9:15.
On Tuesday, Clifton Pre
cision and Graves Chrysler
and Plymouth meet in the
opener. Bealtown and Levi
Strauss meet in the women's
game and the nightcap will be
between Martins Creek and
Rimco.
Bill Would Set
Up Poultry Lob
RALEIGH?Rep. Wiley A.
McGlamery of Hayes ville in
troduced a bill Monday night
to appropriate funds for the
construction and operation of
a livestock and poultry disease
diagnostic laboratory for
western North Carolina.
The measure calls for a
$50,000 appropriation for the
fiscal year beginning July 1.
This would be used for land
purchase and to build and equip
the laboratory.
A total of $7,000 is sought
for operating expenses for the
next two years. The figure in
cludes salaries.
Ray Urges Mail
Box Improvement
National Mail Box Improve
ment Week is being observed
through Saturday, Postmaster
Joe Ray said today.
Ray said he and all other
local postal workers would
"appreciate very much" if all
postal patrons would paint or
improve their mail boxes in
any way possible.
County Doctors
Named Delegates
Dr. George F. Size of
Murphy and Dr. John Rodda
of Andrews have been designa
ted to represent the Cherokee
County Medical Socletv in the
Hose of Delegates of the Med
ical Society of the Sute of
North Carolina in Plnehurst.
itomnounu viuas
Starts Tuesday
A 30-hour course in Gen
eral Mineral Identification
will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tues
day at the Rockhounder's
Clubhouse in Brasstown*
The class is scheduled to
meet every Tuesday and
Thursday evening from 6:30
to 9:30. A Saturday field trip
is tentatively planned during
the course. This will replace
one or more of the night
classes.
A small fee will be charged
to defray the rental expense
for gem cutting machines .ac
cording to Carl Moore of the
Trl-County Industrial
Education Center.
The 113th annual meeting
of the Medical Society opens
Saturday and continues
through next Wednesday,
according to President Frank
W. Jones, M.D. of Newton
The course is open to the
general public. Anyone IS
years of age and older may
enroll by contacting Herman
Estes, telephone 831-2379,
or by calling the Center at 837
3810.
came a foundation of the Folk
School's programs.
His wife, the former Mar
guerite Butler, has also been
associated with the Folk
School since its founding. She
has served as an adminis
trator and teacher.
Mrs. Bidstrup served in
mountain schools in Kentucky
for several years and spent
over a year with Mrs. Camp
bell studying folk school
movement in Denmark and the
adult education movements in
England and Ireland in the
period after World War I.
The Bidstrups will continue
to reside in Brasstown.
Ramsay, 31, has been at the
i oik School for one year. He
came to the school after
receiving his doctorate in ani
mal breeding from Iowa State
University.
He was a member of the
faculty at Warren Wilson
College in Swananoa for
three years and taught in
in public schools at Swannan
oa and Micaville, N.C. for
four years.
A native of Bethlehem, Pa.,
Ramsay is married to the
former Winona Lotz of Illi
nois. They have two sons,
Martin, 11, and Loren, 9.
Seat Belts Save
Murphy Couple
Mr. and Mrs. PJ. Ho
of Murphy were saved m
serious injuries by seat belts
last week in Ft. Myers, Fla.,
according to Trooper Phil
Bailie.
Bailie said their car
collided with a cement truck
at a north Fort Myers inter
section.
Mr. and Mrs. Henn comp
lained of whiplash injuries but
were released from a hos
pital after having X-rays
taken. The truck driver was
not hurt.
Bailie said Henn was
charged with failing to yield
the right of way after failing
to stop at the intersection and
skidding 40 feet into the right
side of the truck. The impact
caused the Henn car to spin
around 33 feet before coming
to a stop.
Damage to the Henn car was
estimated at $900.00
_LI I
NEAR ANDREWS
County Death Toll Soars
fo Six In Less Than Month
Two persons died, one
instantly. In a head-on colli
sion Saturday afternoon at 2:45
p.m. three miles east of
Andrews on US 19-129.
The dead were Mrs. Mil
dred C. Denton, 54, of Rt. 2
Robbinsvllle and Miss Clem
entine Douglas, 74, of
Asheville.
Mrs. Denton's husband and
daughter, Walter Blane Den
ton, 57, and Melissa Denton,
15, were seriously injured.
The accident occurred in a
blinding rain seven tenths of
a mile east of the place where
four persons were killed on
April 14, according to Highway
Patrolman Don Reavis.
Reavis said Mr. Denton
was travelling east on a curve
when his car was struck head
on by Miss Douglas' car.
Miss Douglas, alone in her
car, was driving west on the
wrong side of the road,
according to Reavis.
Mrs. Denton was killed,
instantly. Miss Douglas
died at 5:30 p.m.
Cherokee County had
recorded 473 days without a
traffic fatality prior to the
April wreck. 1966 was the first
year since records began
in which the county had no
traffic deaths. Now, there have
been six fatalities in less than
a month.
Mrs. Denton taught in
Graham County schools for
35 years. She was a native of
Fort Smith, Ark.
In addition to her husband
and daughter, she is survived
by another daughter, Clara
Vee Denton of Leakesville;
a son, Walter of Robbins
ville; a sister, Mrs.Naomi
(250,000 Loan Sought For
County Recreation Complex
The Cherokee County Rural
Development Authority will
apply to the Farmers Home
Administration for a $250,000
loan to build a recreation com
plex just outside of Murphy.
Rural Renewal Leader Mack
Ray told The Scout 51 persons
attended an "enthusiastic
meeting" Tuesday night at the
Murphy Power Board Building
and voted unanimously to
undertake the project.
The Authority has a 400
acre tract of the J.B. Mulkey
property under option to pur
chase, Ray said. The site is
on the south bank of the Hi
wassee River, three miles
east of Murphy.
An 18-hole 0Mf course is
planned at the site and a small
Andrews Water,
Sewer Grant Made
WASHINGTON ? The
Economic Development
Administration has approved
a grant of $483,000 and a loan
of $207,000 for the expansion
of the water and sewer sys
tem in Andrews.
Rep. Roy A. Taylor made
the announcement last Thurs
day.
Man Lost In
Woods Overnight
Beecher Coleman, 38, spent
last Wednesday night lost in
the woods near his home in the
Hiwassee Dam area.
Sheriff Claude Anderson
was the first person in a
search party of over 60 men
to spot Coleman when he came
onto the road four miles from
his home.
Coleman was scratched
and rainsoaked.
He said he lost his way while
hunting spring lizards to sell
for fish bait.
13 Local Turtles
Entered In Derby
Thirteen Cherokee County
turtles will be at the starting
line Friday night for the
running of die fifth annual
Ruritan Turtle Derby at the
Copper Basin High School
Gym.
The races, sponsored by the
Turtletown Rultan Club, get
underway at 7:30 p.m.
The Cherokee County
turtles will compete in "The
Pacers" race.
The local entries and their
sponsors are:
Hotrod -Verner Brothers,
Granite-Dock ery Monument
Co., Super Sonic-Graves Tire
Co., Hilton-Hilton Business
Equipment, White Silk-Dickey
Grain, Pro- Hughes Supply,
Kanuga-Fam and Resort Co.,
Morgan-Cherokee Scout,
Emco Palley-Easlcy Manu
facturing Co., Security
Wayne's Feed Store, Bud is
Fire Ball-Browns Deluxe
atcning tggs, lnunaerDiro*
Friendship Valley Feed Mill
and Rosco-Coble Dairy.
lake is expected to be built.
There will be a children's
recreation area and hiking and
riding trails. A tennis court
is also planned, Ray said.
He said additional land will
be held for future recreational
purposes.
Frank Forsyth is chairman
of a membership committee
that is now actively seeking at
least 300 potential users. The
user fee will be $10 per month
or $120 per year.
Ray said the fee will cover
all members of the user's
immediate family. He pointed
out that thlsfee is considerably
less than is charged in many
areas and he said the'Towfee
will make it possible for more
people to use the recreation
complex."
He said the membership
committee is accepting a $10
initial fee from potential users
and putting the money into an
escrow account until the loan
is closed.
"Approval (of the loan) will
depend on the acceptance and
attitude of the local people,"
Ray said.
The Authority is seeking the
loan at 3.225 percent interest
for a 3 year period.
John Gill is chairman of the
Authority. Joe El Khouri is
vice-chairman and Merle
Davis is secretary-treasurer.
The other members are Had
ley Dickery and J.W.S. Davis.
Barnes ot Morehead City;
and a brother Grady Crisp
of EUijay, Ga.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at
the First Baptist Church in
Robbinsville.
The Rev. Earl Payne and
the Rev. Edward Altland
officiated and burial was in
Old Mother Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Tom
Carpenter, Lowell Garland,
R.L. Crisp, <Otis Waldroup,
George Millsaps and O.K.
Hooper, Jr.
The faculty of Robbinsville
school served as honorary
pallbearers.
Towns on F uneralHome was
in charge of the arrangements.
Miss Etouglas, an inter
nationally known handicraft
expert, was enroute to the
retirement ceremony of Mr.
and Mrs. Georg Bidstrup at
the John C. Campbell Folk
School in Brasstown.
She made her home in Bun
combe County since 1925 and
operated The Spinning Wheel,
a handicraft business, from
1925 until her retirement in
1950.
During World War II. Miss
Douglas served as handicraft
director for the Societe
Haitien-American in Haiti
for the Department of Agri
culture.
She also volunteered as a
Gray lady at Moore General
Hospital and Oteen VA Hos
pital during the war.
After her retirement, the;
Territorial Government of
Hawaii asked Miss Douglas
to make a handicraft survey
of the islands.
She was a charter and
honorarv lif? n?,lnber 0f
Soutnern Highland Handi
craft Guild, a member of AH
Souls Episcopal Church, the
Childre's Welfare League, the
League of Women Voters, the
Asheville Civic Arts Council,
the North Carolina
Association for Retarded chil
dren, the French Broad River
Garden Club Foundation and a
member of the board of dir
ectors of Penland Scho.l of
Handicraft.
Miss Douglas is survived
3y a niece Mrs. Clementine
Gregory of Asheville; one
sister,, Mrs. Helen Wininger
of Mont Clair, N.J.; one bro
ther, Damon Douglas of
Mewark, N.J. and several
other nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
>t 3 p.m. Monday in the All
Souls Episcopal Church.
3urial will be held at a later
date in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
93 Ntxt Week
MRS. EME LINE WEST KILPATR1CK will celebrate her 93rd
birthday next Wednesday. She was born May 24, 1874 at Wehutty
and Is a lifelong resident of Cherokee County. Her husband, the
late Patten Ktlpatrlck, was postmaster at Patrick, N.C where
be ran a general store for SI years. During this time she
lerved as assistant postmaster. Seven of her eight children
ire still living. Mrs. Kilpatrick has 41 grandchildren, 84
J reat-grandchildren and 33 great-great-grandchildren.