? o ' v??V .,& ^ The Cherokee mm Scout ' Cherokee County's Bost Buy* W" dnd C/dLf Countlj Pt"Ogr?SS Volumo 77-Number 45 "?vWi North Corolino June 1,1967 8 Pages litis Week atmurpmy, nomthcamouma Btate Funds Sought For Center Building RALEIGH?Sen. Mary Faye irumby of Murphy Introduced i bill in the General Assembly est week which would apprec iate $7,500 from the Sute's ;eneral fund to help finance he cost of a new building planned for the Tri-County adustrial Education Center at >eachtree. Under the Brumby proposal, he money would be appropriated to the Cherokee bounty board of Education. Holland McSwaln, Director of the Center, told The Scout "every effort is being made by Mrs. Brumby and (Rep.) Wiley McGlamery" of Hayes ville to pass this measure. McSwain informed the County \ Commissioners on May l\ that low bids on the building touted about $12,000 more than original estimates. After several changes were made to lower the cost, at least $5,000 in additional money would be needed, ac cording to McSwaln. The Commissioners took no action toward supplying the additional funds at the May meeting and the funds are now being sought through the Brumby bill. The Center is operated for the residents of Cherokee, Clay and Graham Counties and the property is owned by the Cherokee County Board of Education. ?Summer Jobs Sought For Area Youths The State Employment Office in Murphy issued an appeal to all local employers to participate In President Johnson's "Youth Oppor tunity Campaign" this summer, explaining that half of the nation's unemployed this month will be among youth. ESC manager Charles Er win said that It's expected that over 2,000,000 young people between 16 and 21 years old will not be able to find work this summer without help. "This youth opportunity cam paign hopes to provide work and training for approximately 500,000 of these young job seekers. To get die program underway the President has asked the cooperation of all levels of government, pri vate firms and organizations, colleges and high schools," Student Urges Better School Miss Mary Jane Helton, president of the eighth grade graduating class at Ranger School, issued a challenge for school officials to provide a program "which will insure die rightful four-fold develop ment of all children" in the future. In her address at last week's commencement program, Miss Helton said "we do feel loyal to our school, but we know that our school did not give us everything we needed during our years of school here. She issued a challenge to her classmates, too. Entering high school will be a tough job, she said, but "It is better to have tried and failed than to never have tried." Miss Helton noted that there is a strong emphasis on basketball and softball at Ran ger and suggested a better balanced recreation and phy sical education program. "The personnel of any school should be so organized as to use every special strength," she said. "Wehope and pray that this school will change and that it will become a standardized school." Everett R. White, eighth grade teacher at Ranger, told The Scout Miss Helton's Speech "needs to be studied intensly by both teachers and parents....because of its pertinent educational con tent." said Erwin. He pointed out that the pro blem of youth unemployment is one which increases each summer and unemployment from the 16 to 21-year-old age group who are out of school is about four times higher than the national rate. "Each summer we are un able to find jobs for all the youngsters who come into our office seeking work and the President's program brings national emphasis to a situa tion which is more serious than ever before." Asserting that employers' participation in the program is vital, Erwin said that about 900,000 major companies across the United States had been requested by the White House to provide new jobs or training possibilities for young people. "The youth opportunity campaign is not necessarily supposed to fill existing jobs with young people or to re place workers. It will be successful, according to Er win "only if it means extra work-training opportunities over and above those which would normally be offered." The ESC manager said he has no problem finding young job seekers but he does have a scarcity of job orders which might be filled by youth. He asked employers who would consider making new jobs or training youngsters to contact his office immediately. Phone Hearing Set For July The North Carolina Utilities Commission has scheduled a hearing regarding complaints against Westco Telephone Co. for July 11 in the Alternate Federal Courtroom in Ashe ville, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Westco along with its par ent companies, Western Car olina Telephone Co. and Con tinental Telephone Corp., are alleged to have failed to provide adequate service in the area, according to the complaintants. The Company's rate structure is also to be dis cussed in the hearing. The hearing was originally scheduled to be held at Raleigh but was transferred toAshe ville" at the request of the At torney General, according to Mary Laurens Richardson, chief clerk of the Utilities Commission. Raceway Under Construction THE TRI COUNTY RACEWAY is under construction one mile east of Brasstown between US 64 and a rural county road. Owner Jack Wimpey said he expects to hold opening night on Saturday J une 10, providing construction is not delayed by bad weather. It will be the only clay banked quarter mile track in western North Carolina. "Race fans are invited to come out and see how a modern track is born," Wimpey said. Stolen Car Returned; Gas Theft Suspects Arrested The Murphy Police Depart ment is Investigating the theft of a car from theA&P parking lot last Friday. Chief Pete Stalcup said the car, owned by David Hendrix was taken about 1:30p.m. Fri day. The car was found abandoned Saturday about 14 miles west of Murphy op old US 64 near the Ranger School. Stalcup said the car, which suffered minor damage, was picked up by police after they were notified of its location by a near-by resident. It was returned to Hendrix after fingerprints were taken, Stalcup said. Stalcup said the police jailed two suspects and are looking for two other persons in connection with the attempted theft of gasfrom car owned by Woodrow nan bree Sunday night. Bobby Thrasher and Sue Cornwell were arrested at the scene and warrants have been issued for the arrest of Billy Cornwell and Jimmy J ohnson. The car was parked in a garage at Hembree's home. Stalcup said Mrs. Hem bree notifed the police that someone was in their garage about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Assistant Chief Dale Ear* wood and Patrolman Lawrence Beal went to the scene to investigate. The three boys attempted the flee on foot and only Thrasher was caught. The Cornwell woman was asleep in the car .Stalcup said. House Passes Taylor Wood Hauler Bill RALEIGH?Rep. Charles Taylor of Brevard has succeeded in getting the House to pass the first of three bills he says are designed to help Planning Loan For Housing OKd WASHINGTON ? Secretary Robert C. Weaver of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last week announced approval of a $6,000 preliminary loan for new low rent public housing for Murphy. The funds will enable the Murphy Housing Authority to begin preliminary planning for 40 low-rent homes. Ten of the homes are to be designed for the elderly. Following completion of preliminary planning, the local authority wiH prepare and submit to HUD a program with descriptions of the pro posed housing site, sketch plans, and an estimate of the total cost of the proposed housing development. The housing authority has been seeking land to purchase for the project. The low-rent public housing program was authorized by the am mended Housing Act of 1937. wood haulers in North Car olina. The bill would allow wood haulers whose license tags cost more than $200 to pay for the tags in two payments provided they apply for partial payments no later than Feb ruary 1 each year. "This would be one step in the direction of bringing re lief to a group of people who supply raw materials for one of western North Carolina's major industries," Taylor said. "The fact that these small haulers must now pay for their tags in the winter, at a time when they can least afford it, has proved to be an extreme burden on the small hauler," the Brevard Republican added. Taylor's bill was passed 36-20 by the House Finance Committee and was approved on the floor without objection. The two other bills on the subject would provide a pen alty free tolerance of 1,500 pounds above tag weight for wood haulers and would revise weight standards as they apply to haulers of unprocessed for est products, Taylor said. JUNE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11121314151617 18192021 222324 2526 2728 29 30 MISS JUNE Mill Carolyn Levlngood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Lovingood, Murphy, N.C. It all depends on the floor plon of your home 00 d the size of your family. You just name the place, and Westce will install convenient ex tension phones in the busy Spots in your home. Exten sion phones make wonderful fifts too. WESTCO TELEPHONE COMPANY Murphy Business Office Dial 837-2101 Tim Ramsey Gifted Student * Program Offered To Murphy Boy Tim Ramsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Ramsey of Murphy, has been Invited to attend the seventh grade pro gram on creativity in the Sup erior and Gifted Student Pro gram at Western Carolina College in Cullowhee. This program, which is of fered to 30 students each year, will be conducted from June 12 through July 14. Tim has completed the sixth grade at Murphy Elementary School. He is 12 years old. Youth Critical After Accident A nine-year-old Cherokee County boy suffered critical injuries Tuesday morning when he either fell or jumped from a feed mill being pulled by a tractor on the Emory Anderson Poultry Farm, Rt. 2, Culberson. It is beleived the vehicle passed over the youth. Dennis Burrell was riding on the empty feed mill with two of his brothers when the accident happened, according to Mrs. Emory Anderson. She said her son, Gary, was dri ving the tractor. "I don't know exactly how it happened," Mrs. Anderson told The Scout She said her husband and the boy's father, Tom Burrell, rushed Dennis to Murphy Gen eral hospital in a truck. Dr. George F. Size ordered the boy transfe: .'ed to Atlanta for treatment by a brain specialist Wednesday morning. Size told The Scout Dennis suffered brain damage and skull damage. He said large abrasions on the boy's body would seem to indicate the vehicle ran over him. A spokesman at Murphy General Hospital said Dennis "rested very well last (Tuesday) night." Rimco Plans Expansion Rimco Manufacturing Corp. is making plans to enlarge the working space in its Murphy plant, according to Peter J. McKeon, plant manager. An 8,400 square feet a id." tion to the plant is expected he said. McKeon said the expansion has been approved by the firm's New York office and further details must be worked out with a contractor before construction can begin. He said a definite starting date will not be announced until these details are settled. "This expansion will give us better working conditions and modernize our operations," McKeon said. "Our plans call for better layout of certain working areas and a newer and more modern warping operation," he added. New office space is also to be provided under the expan sion program. Rimco recently opened a recreation and picnic area for the use of employees and their families. The area is located near the plant. b Area i-irms Win Awards Six Cherokee and Clay County businesses were among 161 industrial es tablishments in 16 western North Carolina counties that received safety awards at a dinner in the Hellenic Center in Asheville last Thursday. State Labor Commissioner Frank Crane presented the awards. The local recipients included The Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress, American Components, Inc. of Hayesville, Brumby Tex tile Mills, Inc., Clifton Pre cision Products Co., Deb Manufacturing Co. of Hay esville and Hayesville Manu facturing Co., Inc. The it.C. Department of Labor and Western Carolina Industries, Inc. were the sponsors of the dinner. Recreation Group Tees Off On Final Membership Fling 100 Signers Needed Today; Scout Picking Up Forms By Dave Bruce It Is one minutebefore mid night for those who are Interested in seeing a new rec reation complex built near Murphy with the help of a $250,000 low-interest loan from the Farmers Home Ad ministration. The deadline for filing an application for funds in this fiscal year, which ends June 30, is Friday. The Cherokee County Rural Renewal Authority needs the backing of at least 300 poten tial members in order to submit the application A membership committee headed by W. Frank Forsyth has received $10. initial payment fees from 200 per sons and is conducting a last minute drive to secure 100 more potential members by 5 p.m. today (Thursday). The Scout, which has edi torially endorsed the project, is offering its assistance to the group as the deadline nears. The form potential users should sign is re produced at the bottom of this page. Interested persons can fill it out and bring it to The Scout office with the $10 fee until 5 p.m. today. In the event that you can not come to the office, call 837-5122 and your form and money will be picked up. Forsyth told The Scout last week he believed the loan would be approved "if we can get 300 potential members signed up." The $10 collected from each potential user is being put into an escrow account until the loan is closed. The recreation complex will include an 18-hole golf course and a small lake. A children's recreation area, hiking and riding trails, and a tennis court are included in the plans. The proposed site for the complex is a 400-acre tract of the J.B. Mulkey property three miles east of Murphy. Rural Renewal Leader Mack Ray has emphasized several times that FHA approval of the loan application "will de pend on the acceptance and attitude ofthe local people." It has long been my conten tion that the Cherokee County area has not come close to realizing the potential it has in recreational facilities. The present plans for this complex represent a splendid oppor tunity to move closer to the goal. Opportunity is knocking now. It may not be the last time, but if the additional support is not forthcoming today, the next knock may be a long time coming. The 200 potential signers to date include: W.M. Davis, J.N. Boling, H.E. Dickey, Dr. W.R. Gossett, John T. Gill, Peter J. McKeon, Max M. Blake more, Herman Edwards, Ben D. Palmer, George Worley. R.W. Hendrix, Ed Schulte, Harry C. Bagley, Dr. F.L. Abernathy, Jr., Ken Ladd, Summer Head Start For 4 Counties OKd Four-Square Community Action, Inc., the local anti poverty program serving Cherokee, Graham, Clay and Swain Counties, announced that the 1967 Summer Head Start Program was approved by the Office of Economic Op portunity in Washington, D.C. according to Alvin Penland, president of Four-Square Co mmunity Action, Inc. According to Jack Frauson, Executive Director of Four square Community Action, Inc., approximately 555 pre school children will attend a six-weeks course in child development which is designed to give them an early start in their education. The program will be con ducted by the six school dis tricts within the four county area. Thirty-five local teachers and eighty-five local residents will be in charge of the children during the course. There will also be thirty-five volunteer Teacher Aides in the program. The program is arranged to teach children group discipline, how to express themselves, how to understand others feelings and to generally become familiar with school. Another im portant feature of the school is that each child will be given a physical and dental exam ination. The program is financed with $107,557 in office of eco nomic Opportunity funds. Non Federal share of the Head Start Program is $20,789. Gibson Celebrates Grand Opening Gibson's 1UA Foodliner in Andrews began a grand opening celebration Wednes day. It will continue through Saturday. The new supermarket has been opened for business for several weeks. Owner Floyd Gibson said door prizes will begcvenaway each day during the cele bration. This program is part of the war on poverty and is aimed primarily at economically de prived children. All classes are conducted on a non-dis criminatory basis. James Nelson of Hayesville has been employed by Four square to serve as overall Director of the project and he will be assisted by local dir ectors in each school district. The children will be trans ported to classes by school buses and car pools. Classes are to begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 1:00 p.m. During that time they will be served a mid-morning snack and a hot lunch. "This is one of the most worthwhile services offered to our area, " Frauson said, "and Four-Square Comm unity Action, Inc., is proud to have an opportunity to parti cipate." Lovingood Wins Special Award A special award was pre sented last Wednesday to Jack Lovingood, operator of Western Carolina Truck Stop near Murphy. The award, a plaque bearing two uncirculated silver dollars, two Kennedy half dollars, and a specially minted commemorative coin set in an automotive engine design, was presented for exceptional cus tomer service by a repre. ?n tative of The Gates Rubber Company. The Denver-based rubber company sponsors a nation wide contest (now in its 35th year) to reward service sta tion personnel who provide ex ceptional customer service. A fleet of "Gates Mystery Cars" regularly travels across the country stopping at service stations. Each "Mystery Car" has a worn fan belt. Award plaques are presented to sta tion personnel who notice the defective belt and offer to replace it. H.W. Alexander, Sam L. Davidson, Loren C. Davis, Peyton G. Ivie, R.W. Easley, Jr., L.W. Dillard, Gary M. McKelvey. C.E. Hyde, William D. Bracket! Jr., Jack T. Owens, W. Frank Forsyth, Nat Kinney, R.E. Heatsa, Frank Mauney, Hoyt E. Crane, Jr., James Lambert, Robert E. Gold, B.L. Scott, Jack H. Frauson, James A. Parker. Curtiss Hewlett, Henry P. Gatnes. Don Ramsey, Harold N. Wells, Carlyle Matheson, Holland McSwain. Robert Weaver, James C. Hilton, Ralph McConnell, H.E. Bis hop, James T. Gentry, Jim Goodwin. H.A. Mattox, R.R. Rumple, Walter Coleman, W.L. Christy, J.N. Hill, Jr., Ed ward J. Reynolds, Paul E. Hill, H.L. McKeever, Ronald Ressel, Cline Hicks, Don L. Amos, Hoyt F. Zimmerman, Richard Howell, Albert Graves, James Kenneth Godfrey. Zane E. Metcalf, Robert F. Downs, Sr., Kenneth Davis, Paul Ridenhour, Robert E. Rogers, Mary H. Hatchett, William J. Wells, Charles West, Ed Townson, Elmer Taylor, Steve Dockery, Tho mas C. King, Helen Wells Smith, Leonard Ramsey. F.C. Bourne, Jr., W. Douglas Carlson, Elmer Kilgore, Ruth L. Wilson, Mary Barnard Jones, Emily Sword, Margaret Gibbs, Robert L. Anderson, Chales E. Johnson, Nichlos Aloi, Walter King, W.G. Darnell. Hoyt palmer, p.N.Hensley, Joseph R. Little, James Franklin Smith, M.D. JoeE. Ray, W.T. Brown, Jr. C.W. Barrett, Max Gibson, Roy H. Berry, James H. McCombs, Alden Coward, Arden Davis, Boyd H. Davis.J. Wiley Davis, Jack E. Earley, Marion E. Ennis, Thomas L. Fawcett. Frank Ferguson, Louis L. Foster, Charles S.Freel.J.E. Graves, Ralph Graves, A.Ed gar Harshaw, Jerry Hatchett, Joe El Khouri, James Cavin, Jim Hendrix, HaroldL.Hicks, W.W. Holland, James C. Howse, Don Hughes, Clay Ivester, Arthur Jones, Gary Kilpatrick, Mrs. FredB. Liles jr.. GlenMatheson, W.Thorn ton Hawkins, Jewell Miller, David H. Moody. Lee B. Nichols, Virgil O'Dell, Sara Patton, George Postell. A.G. Quinn.W.H. Rush.Wil son Radford. R.W.H. Ramsey. W.A. Singleton, Dickie Simmons, Clyde Sneed, Jim Sprung. Lawrence P. Stephens, Jr., Norman V. Walls .Howard West. George Westmoreland, R.M. White, John A. Davidson. Gene Farmer. Hap Jeffries.CharlesHyatt. D.H. Sword, C.C. Williams, j0yCe Nunnelley. F.D. Phillips. Jr., James C. Helton, Bud Penland. r.G. Alexander, Jr. L.r. Lochaby. Mrs. E.H. Brum by, Percy B. Ferebee, Samuel W. Duncan. John H. Duncan, John Car - ringer, L.L. Mason, Jr.. Mickey Birchfield, L.W. Shields. M.C. Thompson, John Henry Bayless, Ray E. Weber, Jack L. Watson, Harest E. King. Boyce V. Stiles. . P.J. Henn, RobertE. Minor, Robert Boyle. Bruce Young, Jr., Weaver Carringer, John R. Waddell.M.L.Gee.J. Doyle Burch, C.L. Alverson. F.J. Teague, J.H. Duncan, Claude Jones, Virginia W. Mills, Dennis Donahue, B.L. Larisy, Franklin Lee ..icSwain, Harry Dickey, DD6 Doyle C. (Buddy) Burch, Ro bert L. Killian. Beryl Fulton, Joseph C. Fowler, Franklin Barnett, George L. Dyer, E.H. Brum by, E.R. Hunt, Blain Stalcup, Vaughn Ricks, J, Robert Penland. Elisha Kincaid and J.C. Townson. * I, the undersigned, understand that the Cherokee County Rural Development Authority has organized under the Laws of North Carolina for the purpose of acquiring certain lands in Cherokee County and building thereon an eighteen (18) hole Golf Course and Recreation Complex, a\)d that a useage fee will be established at the rate of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($120.00) per year, payable in monthly installments of TEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS for persons desiring to use said recreational complex. I am very Interested and in favor of such project and as an inducement to The Authority to develop the facility and, in consideration of the benefits to be derived therefrom, I hereby pledge that I will use the facility and will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($120,000 per year at the rate of TEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10.00) per month for said useage, and I am now paying the first month's useage fee of TEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10.00) to John GUI, Trustee. IT IS UNDERSTOOD that in the event my financial condition should change appreciably that 1 have the privilege of withdrawing and not being further obligated there with. This the day of

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