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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
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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