'CbmkM County's bm? Buy' ^ ^ c,alt County Progress
Vol wo 77- Number 46 Merphy, North Ceielioe June 8, 1967 '0 Pages Tkis Week at mm***"NOtmt'cJSouIIa
The Cherokee Cm Scout
Recreation
389 Potential
Members Sign
The membership drive for
the recreation complex
planned by the Cherokee
County Rural Renewal Auth
ority has exceeded its goal of
300 potential members.
At last report, there were
389 applicants.
Last week, 200 had been
secured by Wednesday and
another 100 were needed
Thursday in order to file the
application for a Farmers
Home Atfcnlnistratlon loan.
The loan was applied for Fri
day.
The Scout assisted in the
drive by accepting
applications at the newspaper
office and picking up appli
cations from interested per
sons who could not bring the
forms and deposits in person.
The first 200 applicants
were listed last week. The 189
additional signers are:
Donald W. Reavis, Terry
Postell, Donald R. Decker,
Vincent H. Stiles, D.M. Reese,
Burley C. Deweese, Cecil W.
Mashburn, Edward B. Dickey,
F.O. Christopher, Charles N.
Erwin, Jr., Hans Beer kens,
W.A. Hoover, Dr. B.W.
Whitfield, Walter R. Puett,
J.M. Hughes.
William Webb, L.D.
Schuyler, Lloyd W. Hendrix,
John Jordan, William T.Oare,
Jeanne B. Oare, Billy E.
Mills, Wade Gibson, Hugh
Brlttaln, Maurice E. West,
Marlin B. West.
Herman H. West, Charlene
Thomas, C.E. Fraley, Horace
M. Kent, Hayes r>ockery,
Claude Anderson, Jim Edd
Hughes, Andrew J. Rose,
David C. Rose, Willard M.
Greene, Harry F. Campbell,
Ray C. Sims, Boyd A. Rogers,
A J. Hedrlck, J.J. Plnson,
William E. Hall. Calvin H.
Stiles II.
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Dennis Donahue
Clifton Names
ControlManager
Dennis Donahue has been
appointed Production Control
Manager at Clifton Pre
cision's Murphy plant.
The appointment was
announced Wednesday by Plant
Manager Ed Schulte.
Prior to joining Clifton,
Donahue was General Super
visor of Production Planning
and Control for SKF Industries
in Philadelphia.
Donahue, his wife Bea and
their three children will be
moving to Murphy. The chil
dren are Dennis, age 7; Karon
age 6; and Claire, age 3.
The Donahues have been
active in die Catholic Church
and in civic affairs inWilling
boro, N J.
Donahue is a graduate of
Villanova University. His wife
attended Marymount Junior
College.
Warehouse
To Be Open
The Cherokee County Com
modity Warehouse willbe open
next Wednesday and Thursday,
June 14 and 16. The hours will
be 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Photos Here
Scout Studio Manager
Weaver t Carrlnger has ann
ounced that all pictures of the
prom and graduation at Mur
phy High School are now
available.
He said those who ordered
pictures may pick tham up at
any time during regular office
hours.
R.C. Harris. Jack Lovtn
good, Ben E. Warner, Jr..
Jack Roberson, Truman
McNabb, Harold E. Shook,
E.L. Shields, Harry Lovtn
good, Samuel W. Duncan, Lee
Adams, A.H. Sharp, Larry
Alexander, Felix E. Palmer,
Jennings A. Plemmons.
Carlton Conner, James A.
Hughes, Bruce Mauney, A.Q.
Ketner, Jimmy Sherrlll, Jack
Lance, Mary Sue Reynolds,
BUI Hughes, Kenneth L.
Graham, Joe Jones, Edward
J. McKee, David Hyatt,
Mattle Lou Penland, Charles
White, Herman West, Lyle
Carrlnger, K.G. Keen urn.
William C. Stalcup, Ida
Craig, James B. Evans, Ker
mlt Graves, Martin V.
Douglas, Elfreida P. Henson,
David M. Gribble, Harry M.
Mauney, W.M. Mauney, W.C.
Kinney, Sr., Marvin Raper,
Zeb Chastaln, SJ. Gernert,
Mark E. Palmer, William C.
Henson, Harold D. Prewett.
James H. Gibson, James H.
Morgan, H.T. Laney, Richard
H. Haney, Hubert Tanner, Jack
M. Rogers, Daniel G. Lamb,
James A. Deal, Jerry H.
Hicks, Charles Coleman,
Clyde Gladson, Bert Hogan,
Jr., Vinson DeHart, J.C.
Welch David C. HUton, Hayes
Dockery, Jr., Patt J. Mipler
Wendell Hedden, Robert
Hughes, James E. Worley,
Everett English, Max Ladd,
Arnold Reichman, Joseph
Parker, Bruce L. Snyder, F .E.
Blalock, MD, Frank Ledford,
W Hugh HamUton, John E.
Boring, Joseph C. Morrow,
Harold Gregory, Mr. and Mrs.
Norman M. Hartman, W.D.
Whitaker, William J. Carter,
Charles F. Delaney.
Jo M. Fuller. William T.
Henson, W.L. Swanson, Grady
A. Garrett, J.A. Wood, W.
Todd ReeceJJoris P. Teas,
Jack PhlUips, John C. Shoe
maker, John McKeUy, Jack
Ledford, James E. Baker,
William P. Walker1.
Ray Mathis, Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Bristol, Robert C. Win
frey, Dan C.- Hawk, Mrs.
Doyle Barker, Gladys R. Day,
Capt. Frank W. Swan, Howard
W. Moody, Joseph Sursavage,
Harry Reeves, Jeff Brooks.
Clara I. Barker, Olen L.
Statton, Ty W. Burnette, John
W. Harris, C.O. Van Gorder,
Blaine W. Blevins, Jr., Neal
Matheson, James H. Jones,
Butch Cummins, D.H. De
Hart, T.C. Susac, Dennis
James, Gordon Jones, Bur ley
Deweese, Noah Hembree, Ro
bert P. Akin.
Dallas Stalcup, Bass U.
( Hyatt, Jr., Charles A.
MaUonee, Magna vox Corp.,
Andrews 10 memberships for
out of town visiting officials,
$100 paid, Ralph Rayfield, John
Young.
WUlard Allen, M. Harry
Ingram, Johnny Summerous,
Paul L. Nave, Sr., Mrs.
Beatrice Bush, W.H. Fuller,
Mrs. Joan Kealy, Martha B.
Wolz, Lt Col. Betty R. Fraser,
J. F err ell Keaton, James F.
Corn, Robert L. Bennett,
James L. Petit, William A.
Wild, Jack Roll
Stalcup Homer
Clinches Lead
Graves Chrysler-Plymouth
took undisputed possession of
first place In the Murphy Soft
ball Association Tuesday night
by edging Clifton-Precisioa
8-1.
Blain Stalcup blasted an
elghth-imipg home run to
clinch the victory.
The two teams each had 2-0
marks prior to the game.
Graves' record of 3-0 puts
diem a full game ahead of
Martins Crew who has won
its only game to date.
Clifton-Precision and
Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
are tied for third with 2-1
records
STANDINGS
TEAM W L
Graves C-P 3 0
Mjrtlns Creek 1 0
Clifton Prec. 2 1
Citizens Bank 2 1
Rim co 1 1
A4P 1 2
Ranger 0 1
Peach tree 0 0
White Church 0 0
Tomotla 0 0
Jaycees 0 2
Hlwassee Dam 0 2
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Membership Drive Goes Over Top
The Winner!
HENRY LYONS (center) a local minister, won enough paint to paint the exterior of a one
family resident last Saturday inadrawingatNelson's Lumber & Supply Co. in Murphy. Pictured
with Lyons are James Parker (left), a Glidden Paint Salesman, and Joe Ladd (right), manager
of Nelson's Lumber & Supply Co.
Local Leaders Meet
With Highway Officials
Representatives of the Town
of Murphy, Cherokee County
officials and other local
leaders met with members of
the State Highway Commission
in Waynesvllle last Thursday
and Friday to discuss future
road building in the area.
Mayor Cloe Moore, Town
Board member Kenneth God
frey and Town Clerk C.E.
Johnson met with western
North Carolina highway
officials Thursday to discuss
street level intersections on
the proposed Murphy By
Pass.
Present plans call for street
level Intersections with no
signal limits at the western
end of the by-pass where it will
connect with the present US 19
129-64 near the western city
limits and at the junction with
US 64 near the southern city
limits in the vicinity of the
Water Treatment Plant.
The Murphy officials re
commended thai the crossings
be made either under-passes
or over-passes.
They were informed that
"considerable study had been
made by highway engineers
and that the by-pass and
crossings had been designed
to meet the area's traffic
needs until 1990," according to
Johnson.
He added that the group was
told "Traffic would not
warrant the construction of an
over-pass type intersection,
and that the crossings as des
igned were less hazardous
than those with signal lights."
On Friday, County Commi
ssioners Ray Sims and Luther
Dockery, Rep. Wiley A. Mc
Glamery, Holland McSwain,
W. Merle Davis, Jack Owens,
and Max Blakemore met with
all members of the State
Highway Commission in Way
nesville.
McSwain told the Co
mmission of the need for an
all-weather road between
Murphy and Tellico Plains,
Tenn. He was speaking on be
half of the Murphy Chamber
of Commerce.
McSwain said he has been
involved in promoting the
road since he served as co
chairman of the Wagon Train
Committee in 19S9.
He pointed out that Tenn
essee has an improved road
running to the state line and
that only about 10 or 12 miles
of improvement is needed in
North Carolina. McSwain said
the traffic count on the road
from Tellico Plains to the
state line ran to 4,000 cars
one day. "They came to the
North Carolina line and
turned back. We want them
to come to Cherokee County
and spread out to other wes
tern North Carolina
counties," he said.
McGlamery told the
Commission that with the
Robbinsville-Tellico Plains
road now under construction
the road from Murphy toTell
ico Plains could create a
scenic loop.
McGlamery also stressed
the importance of orovid i ?
a route some 20 to 30 m
shorter between Murph
Knoxville.
Sims, commenting on the
loop proposal, pointed out
that the Franklin area bene
fitted from "development and
tourist trade" when a loop was
completed between Franklin
and Glenville.
He said many new summer
homes were built in the area
when access was made easier.
State Highway Com
missioner Joe Hunt told the
Cherokee County delegation
the Murphy-Tellico Plains
road "will get every con
sideration."
WNC Methodists
Hold Meeting
LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C.?
The annual meeting of the
Western North Carolina Meth
odist Conference began here
Wednesday and extends
through noon Sunday.
When the expected 1,400
delegates return home they
will have passed judgement
upon many new legislative
offerings affecting their own
local churches and the future
of national Methodism.
About 200 of the more than
800 clergymen who are mem
bers of the Conference will
being packing to move to new
congregational assignments.
Bishop Earl G. Hum, Jr.,
spiritual leader for the
Charlotte Methodist Area, is
presiding over all sessions of
the Conference, and on Sunday
will read the appointments
(assignments) of clergymen to
churches, college and univer
sity positions, athninistratlve
posts, the missions field and
other special tasks.
Several speakers are
scheduled to give addresses,
devotionals or sermons
during the period.
Tri-County Speedway
To Open Saturday
By: Red Si
The Tri-County Speedway
will stage its opening race
Saturday night, June 10th,
weather permitting.
Jack Wimpey, local con
tractor and owner of the
Speedway said that with a good
break in the weather and no un
expected problems, die first
closed banked 1/4 mile clay
track In Western North Car
olina will open to the public.
With thousands of dollars of
heavy duty equipment at work,
the speedway has been under
construction about ten days
moving dirt and installing
drainage pipes.
About fifteen cars and dri
vers are expected to be on hand
to take a shot at the $230.00
prize money to be divided as
follows:
The fastest qualifier will be
awarded $10.00. The winner of
the first 15 lap heat will take
home $25.00 and the winner of
the second ten lap heat will re
ceive $20.00. First {dace in
the 65 lap feature will pay
$100.00, second place will pay
$50.00 and third place will pay
$20.00.
Practice and warmups will
take place up until 7:45
at which time a drivers
chuyler
meeting will be held.
Qualifying will start at 8:00
and the first of two 15 lap
heats will take place. The
feature event of 65 laps will
follow the two heats.
Rex Ledford of Hayesville
is expected to make a para
chute jump attempting to land
on the top of his car.
The track is located one
quarter mile east of Brass
town between old U. S. 64 East
and Clay County Rural Road
#1134. With two exits from the
track and then traffic flowing
in four directions, there
should be no traffic problems
in leaving the speedway. The
Rescue Squad will handle the
parking in two large parking
areas. Hundreds of people
have visited the speedway
since it has been under con
struction.
The Trl-County Speedway
will give thousands of sports
fans that have never seen a
closed track race an opport
unity to see their first race.
The speeds may not be as
fast as they are at the larger
tracks located around the
country, but the competition
and action will be just as
-fierce as anywhere.
80th Young Hams
Commencement Sunday
Eleven students from Cher
okee and Clay Counties are
among the 152 candidates for
graduation at thfc 80th
Commencement of Young
Harris College Sunday.
The local graduates Include
Marilyn Anderson. Thomas
Frank Brooks, Russell Brian
Caldwell, Connie Joann
Galloway, Melvin Allen Gib
son, Johnny Arthur Hembree,
Jerry Rondel McMahan Dan
iel Wade O'Dell, Linda Gall
Robertson, John Edgar Van
Horn and Larry Ray Davis.
Dr. Thomas A. whiting.
Senior Minister of Peachtree
Road Methodist Church in
Atlanta, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon at 11
a.m. Sunday in the Charles R.
Clegg Fine Arts Auditorium.
Dr. Oscar W. Lever, Vice
President of Palmer College
in Columbia, S.C., will give
die graduation address at
3 p.m. Sunday.
Eddie Johnson has been
selected by the graduating
class to be the student
speaker. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles E. Johnson
of Atlanta.
Commissioners Consider
Budget Requests, Hope To
Hold Tax Rate At $1.72
The Cherokee County Board
of Commissioners devoted
most of the time at its regu
lar June meeting Monday to
consideration of debudget for
the fiscal year thatbegins July
L
All of the Board members
expressed a desire to hold the
tax rate at (1.72 if possible.
They suted they believe it can
be done if increases in county
spending are held to a mini
mum.
Sheriff Claude Anderson
submitted a budget request for
$1,178.52 less than the sher
iffs department was allotted
in the present fiscal year.
Anderson requested $16,475
for the coming year. His de
partment was budgeted at $17,
653.52 in the present year.
A disagreement over sher
iffs deputies erupted before
the sheriffs budget was pre
sented.
Jack Simonds requested that
Virgil Hogsed be retained as
part-time deputy for the lower
end of the county at the present
salary of $100 per month.
Hogsed had been hired on a
trial basis until the end of
this month.
Chairman W. T. Moore and
Ray Sims expressed a desire
to hire a full-time deputy for
the area Hogsed covers. Sims
said he opposed Hogsed be
cause he holds a full-time job
at Tennessee Copper Com
pany. Simonds replied that, in
spite of his job at the copper
firm, Hogsed is available 24
hours a day. He said the com
pany permits Hogsed to leave
his job if he is needed.
When the Sheriff appeared
at the meeting, he praised
Commissioners, County
Attorney Get Pay Hike
Members of the Cherokee
County Board of Commiss
ioners and the County
Attorney will receive a pay
increase effective July 1.
A bill granting the increase
received final approval in the
House last week after passing
the Senate the previous week.
The bill, introduced by Sen.
Mary Faye Brumby, sets the
pay of the Chairman of the
Board at $1,800 per year and
the other Board members will
June Jury
List Drawn
The June session of Civil
Court of Cherokee County will
open on June 26 with Judge B.
T. Falls, Jr. presiding.
Thirty names have beer
drawn as prospective jurors
for the session. They are:
J. Milton Verner, James
Clayton and Juanita Ledford
of Rt. 4, Murphy.
Wayne Abernathy, Walter C.
McDonald, Walter W. Radford,
James Ralph Carter, Bert
Gentry, and Robert Harvey Mc
Rae ofRt. 3, Murphy.
ICC. Pipes of Rt. 1, Mur
phy.
Noah Lovingood, Amos Al
bert Queen, Charlie J. Hughes,
H.E. Dickey and Mrs. Tom
Axley of Murphy.
Hoyt A. Arrowood and E.N.
Allen of Rt. 1, Marble.
Charles Emory Anderson
Randolph Shields, F.H. Byers,
and Pearley T. Newman of
Culberson.
Bert Hogan, Jr. of Brass
town.
? Lonnie A. Gibby, Sr. of
Marble.
Milton Mashburn, Ben H.
Mintz, E.A. Wood, Jr. and Lee
Nichols ofAndrews.
Obera Allison Thompson of
Unaka.
James B. Evans and Howard
Buchannan of Rt. 2, Murphy.
Nashville Cast To
Perform In Clay
A cast from Nashville,
Tenn., will present Abraham
and Isaac, by Laurence House
man, a play in three scenes, on
Wednesday evening, June 14.
at 8 p.m. in the Oak Forrest
Methodist Church. The public
is invited to this outstanding
drama, which shows Abraham
learning to discover for him
self, through the suffering in
volved, a new understanding
of God's will for him and for
his people.
C.B. Anderson and his wife,
Susan, will perform the roles
of Abraham and Sarah. Chris
Schoggen will act the role of
Isaac. Mr. Anderson is jn the
staff of the Methodist Tele
vision, Radio and Film Co
mmission. Both he and Mrs.
Anderson are graduates of the
University of Georgia where
they majored in drama.
The performance on Wed
nesday night of Abraham and
Isaac will bring to a close a
four day drama project at the
Hlrnon Rural Life Center,
receive $1,200.
The County Attorney, L.L.
Mason, Jr., will receive
$2,400 per year under the new
law.
The Commissioners
decided to seek the pay in
crease at their April meeting.
They are presently receiving
$21.80 per meeting.
The Commissioners raise
was in line with the request
they made to Sen. Brumby
following the April meeting.
Mason's salary was in
creased beyond the figure
mentioned in Apri'. He pre
sently receives $100 per month
for his services as county
attorney and the Commiss
ioners indiciated at that time
they would seek an increase
to $1,800 per year for him.
The Commissioners have
the authority to raise the
salary of the attorney no more
than 20% Legislation was
needed to grant a large in
crease.
Beef, Dairy
Meeting Set
All Cherokee County beef
and dairy producers are in
vited to attenda meeting at the
Murphy Electric Power Board
Building next Thursday night,
J une 8, at 7:30 p.m.
Charlie Self, field represen
tative of the American
Breeders Service, will be
present to discuss the advan
tages of artificial breeding
both dairy and beef animals.
The beef cattle producers
will be making plans for a
special cooperative feeder
calf sale to be held in the fall
of 1968. All producers are
urged to be present.
Hogsed's work and said it
would be hard to find a man
to replace him.
After presenting his budget
request, Anderson told the
Board he would request a pay
raise for himself and his de
puties.
Final action on the sheriff s
budget was put off until the
next meeting.
The Board approved a pay
raise for two clerks in the
County Agent's office.
County Extension Chairman
Jack Early presented abudget
request of $11,492 as the coun
ty's share of the operation of
the Agriculture Extension
Service. Early's request in
cluded a pay raise for the two
clerks and the assistant agent.
There was uncertainty over
whether a raise might be
forthcoming from state funds
for the three workers.
Carlyle Matheson made a
motion that theralse be grant
ed, providing no raise was
forthcoming from the State.
Matheson's motion was sec
onded by Luther Dockery.
Matheson, Dockery and Sim
onds voted yes and Moore,
Sims and Andrew Barton vot
ed no.
Matheson then moved that
the raises be given to the two
clerks and the proposed raise
for the assistant agent be re
moved from the budget. After
Simonds seconded the motion,
it was voted for unanimously.
The Board approved the ad
ministrative budget for the
Welfare Department. County
Welfare Director V. O. Ayers
said the Increase In the
county's share of this budget
will be around $2,000.
Ayers' request for hiring a
part-time attorney for the
Welfare Department was den
ied. He had made the request
at the May meeting. The Board
told Ayers the county attorney
will be able to handle legal
matters for his department.
School officials f rom t he
Cherokee County, Andrews
and Murphy units met with the
Commissioners to discuss the
problems thathaverisenslnce
the State has delayed release
of Cherokee County's share of
the 1964 bond issue for
schools.
Moore visited Raleigh re
cently and discussed local
school problems with State
officials. It is likely that one
official will be designated to
make another trip to Raleigh
and present the views of all
three school units.
The Board accepted the re
signation of J. H. Rmcanfrom
the Southwestern North Caro
lina Economic Development
Commission and named W.T.
"Bud" Brown to replace him
as a member from Cherokee
County.
Duncan, in a letter, said he
was resigning for "business
and health reasons."
Top Teen Driver
SAM DAVlo was declared die winner of the "Ta
lodeo" held last week at the Graves Chrysler- Plymouth
lot. He displays the tape recorder awarded to him for his
irlvtng skills. Carl Townsoa, Phil Wilcox, Steve MlnU.Jise
I ones and Anthony Rogers also were commended for their
iriving. Each participant took a written tes; and a road test
rhe program was sponsored by the Cherokee County 4-H
31ubs. They were assisted by the local Highway Patrolman.