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viwV -s# ** ' (61'' The Cherokee JSl $W7 'Cherokee County's Best Buy' Y~ and Clay County Progress Volimm 77- Number 48 B<?phy, North Cotolioo June 22. 1967 ^ Pof t This Week at mumaw^mokth camouna Old Market Days-Wagon Train Sale Next Week; $175 To Be Given Away Lucky Murphy shoppers will be eligible to win $176 In cesh prizes during the "Old Market Days-Wagon Train Sale" next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 29-July 1. The sale, sponsored by the Murphy Chamber of Com merce, will be emphasized in a special edition of the Scout-Progress next week. Circulation for the special issue will be 10,000. Free copies will be mailed through out uie Murphy trading area. The cash prizes will be $50 each on Thursday and Fri day and |76 on Saturday. Shoppers may register for the drawings at all partici pating merchants. Tickets will be used in only one drawing. Thus, it will be necessary to register each day of the sale to be eligible for all of the drawings. The drawings will be held at 4 p.m. each day on die Square. Following the "Old Market Day" tradition which has been observed here for several years, merchandise will be displayed on the streets. The sale will not only continue the market day theme, but will be held in connection with the 10th Anniversary Wagon Train betweenTelllco Plains, Term, and Murphy. $148 Million Available For N.C. Rural Housing Melvin H. Hearn, North Carolina State director for the farmers Home Admlnis ration, said today that he had received word from Washipg :on that this agency had rec sived authority to insure an idditional $148 million erf rural loans. This action announced in Washington by Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Free man, will enable USDA's Far mers Home Achnlnlstatlon to commit an addition $30 million in farm ownership loans and $118 million In rural housing loans to low and moderate Income families. Previous allocations of funds for farm' ownership loans were exhausted in Feb ruary. There are some20,000 applications and unfunded loan dockets currently being held by the Farmers Home Administration. Funds for rural housing loans to low and moderate in come families were exhausted in April. The Farmers Home Administration is now holding some 42,000 applications and unfunded loan dockets for rural housing loans. Both the funds for farm ownership and rural housing loans are being made avail able Immediately. Farm ownership loans are made to buy land, construct or repair buildings, improve land and refinance debts. They are repayable over 40 years and bear 5 percent Interest. Rural housing loans are made to farmers and other rural residents in open coun try and small rural comm unities with populations of not more than 5,500. Loans are made to construct and repair needed homes and essential farm buildlpgs, purchase homes, or buy sites on which to build homes. The interest rate on loans to families with low and moderate incomes is 5 percent. Randolph Cunningham Cunningham Recieves Degree In Forestry Randolph Cunningham re ceived his BS Degree In Forestry st the University of Montana graduation exercises Sunday, June 18. He is a 1983 graduate of Murphy High School and at tended Western Carolina Col lege for two years on a foot ball scholarship. He la presently employed with the US Forest Service as a smoke Jumper at Red mood, Ore. and Is on an assigisnam at Fairbanks, Alaska. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cunningham of Rk 1 Murphy attended the grad uation exercises last Stmday. Firmers Home Adminis tration services are made available through more than 1,600 county offices serving the 3,000 rural counties In the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Touring Troupe To Appear In Murphy During the Summer of 1967 six students from East Tenn essee State University, John son City, Tenn., along with their Campus Pastor, die Rev. George M. Conn, Jr., have their work cut out for them -?As one of the four exper imental Religious Drama Troupes, they will travel close to five thousand miles throughout the Appalachian area and parts of Alabama )resenting a series of three plays In churches and comm unities, as well as conducting a number of Drama Workshops to help local groups develop the use of drama in local sit uations. The troupe, sponsored jointly by the Presbyterian Campus Ministry at ETSU and The Board of Christian Edu cation at the Presbyterian Church U.S. will be In Mur phy on Sunday July 2.. Two plays, "The Circle Beyond Fear" by Darius Swann and "It Should Happen To a Dog" by Wolf Mankowltz will be pre s exited. "The Circle Beyond Fear" (a one act play based on the story of Cain) will be pre sented Sunday morning at 11 a.m. at the First Meth odist Church of Murphy. 'It Should Happen To A Dog" ( a one act contem porary version of the Story of Jonah) will be presented Sunday evening at 8 p.m. at the Murphy Presbyterian Church. No admission is to be charged and the public is cordially invited according to the Murphy Presbyterian Church. 6rav*s Chrysler Losm First Of 18 The Graves Chrysler-Ply mouth soft ball team suffered their first defeat in 18 regular games when they lost to a hustling White Church team. The defeat did not change their league standing. They remain in first place with 6 wins to 1 loss. Clifton Precision held onto second place with a 5-1 record by defeating Ranger. White Church s win over Graves Chrysler put them in third place with a 4-1 record. Rlmco held down fourth place by winning over Hiwassee Dam and has a 3-2 record. In die womens Softball league, Brumby Textile and Martins Creek remained tied for first place, both with a 4-1 record. Clifton Precision remained in second place with a 4-1 record after defeating Tex Levi-Strauss held onto third place with a 2-2 record. Draft Boards To Close June 22 Local Draft Board Offices In Cherokee and day Counties will be closed Thursday, June 22 In order for clerks, Mrs. Frankle Roberson and Myrtt Plemmons to attend a ferance In Bryson City. The above 1965 Ford driven by Lloyd Baker, Jr. was listed as a total loss after it crashed into the Cherokee Ice Company Office Friday night June, 16. Damage Extensive In 4 Local Wrecks Four wrecks In two days ran property damage into the thou sands last Thursday and Fri day. Luckily, no one was seriously Injured in the accidents. A sudden down pour of rain was blamed for the first accident that occured on US 64 West of Murphy inside the city limits about 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 16. Anton Jereb and his wife of Philadelphia, Pa. were traveling east toward Murphy in a 1965 Ford when he lost control in a curve and spun backwards into an on coming U.S. Mall truck. Fire Strikes Commonwealth Fire Tuesday night struck again at the Commonwealth Lumber Co. shavipg house and boiler room. Just two years ago on July 2nd at 9:30 p.m. a similar fire occurred and did about the same amount of damage which was estimated to be several thousand dollars. The alarm sounded Tuesday night at about 10:00 p.m. and the Murphy Volunteer Fire Department along with the Commonwealth's firemen quickly brought the fire under control. Commonwealth Lumber Co. employs several hundred people and had the fire gotten out of control and destroyed the plant these people would have been out of jobs Both Mr. and Mrs. Jereb were hospitalized over night and released. Driver of the mall truck, Guln Arrowood, was not injured In the accident. Chief of Police PeteStalcup estimated both vehicles to be a toul loss. No charges were filed. The second accident occured when Lloyd Baker, Jr. 2 Young People Struck By Car Two pedestrians were hos pitalized Monday following an accident about 5 p.m. Monday on the Joe Brown Highway five miles north of Murphy. State Highway Patrolman Patt Miller said Clara Palmer IS, of Murphy, Rt. S and Young Bain . 22,of Cherokee County were struck by an automobile driven by Robert Ervin Minor, 16, of Murphy Rt. 4. Both Young Bain and Clara Palmer are listed in good condition at Providence hos pital. Miller said the accident occured vhen Minor swerved into the ditch in a sharp right curve to avoid hitting an on coming logging truck. Minor told Trooper Miller that he then saw the pedestrians on the right side of the road and swerved left but could not avoid hitting them. Minor steered his car down an embankment on the left side of the road and into a field. Damage to the car was esti mated at $800. Miller said that no charges have been made pending further investigation. lost control of his 1965 Ford while rounding a curve on Hi was see Street about 11 p.m. Friday June 16 and crashed into the office of Cherokee Ice Company. Chief of Police Pete Stal cup estimated the damage to the building at $1,000 and listed the car as a total loss. Stalcup said that Baker was charged with wreckless driving and placed under $1,000 bond pending settlement of the property damage. Baker was treated at a local hospital and dismissed State Trooper Pan Miller reported that approximately two hours after Lloyd Baker crashed into the Cherokee Ice Company, Howard Baker overturned his 1963 Falcon while in route to inform Lloyd Baker's girl friend that he had been in an acci dent. Miller stated that no charges were filed and esti mated the damage at $300. An accident Sunday, June 18, involving a 1967 GMC pick up truck sent Rethal Hogsed to Providence Hospital with an injured shoulder. Her con dition is listed as good. The accident occured when Marshall Hogsed of Murphy attempted to stop behind a car making a left turn. His vehicle struck an embankment and overturned into the road three miles west of Murphy on US 64. Investigating State Trooper Patt Miller stated that the truck did not strike the stopped vehicle and no charges were filed. Swimming Course To Begin Monday A beginner course in swimming will begin Monday, J une 26,10 a.m. at the. Murphy Lions Club Swimming Poo) The purpose of the course . to equip the individual with basic water safety skills and knowledge in order to make him reasonably safe in or about the water. There are now swimming skill or age requirements for entrance into the course. The lessons will be under the su pervision of a qualified water safety instructor. There will be a cost of $2.00 plus admission to the pool. Racing With Red By: Red Schuyler Georpe Fountain who was the second fastest qualifier at Tri County Raceway Saturday night took first place in the 65 lap feature race. JIm Twiggs who took most of the honors in the first race at Trl-County Raceway almost , duplicated his first night : honors. Twiggs won money for being the fastest qualifier, first place in thefirstheatand was second in the feature. W.T. "Lightening" Mauldin for the second week in a row took third place honors in the feature. Winner of the second heat was Eugene Corn. Twiggs started on the Inside pole position and jumped into the lead on the first lap and held it till about midwaysof the race when he spun out on the third turn. After spinning he pitted to get his windshield cleaned and Fountain roared by him. Fountain and Twiggs then put on the best show yet at the Raceway and was just about to catch him when once again he took a spin. At this stage there were only about five laps remaining and Foun tain opened up nis lead and held on to take top honors. A hard rain about forty-five minutes before race time de layed the action and made the new clay surface very slippery. It was that way throughout die night Accidents early in the race took its toll of cars once again and only four cars were running at the conclusion of the race. Other drivers returning to the Raceway were Rex Ledford and Robert Hampton, Russell Baraett, El don Plot*. Jim Penland, and Roger Berrong were making their first assault at the newly opened Raceway. About fifteen cars are expected to be running this weekend at the Tri-County Raceway. Another good crowd in excess of a thousand people were again on hand for the race. Qualifying again gets under way this Saturday night at and the first of two heats will start at 8:30. School Board Bill; Liquor Goes To House This Week Sen Mary Faye Brumby told the Scout Tuesday that a bill to require election of school boards throughouti the state and a state wide liquor referendum bill will most likely go before the House of Representatives this week. Both blll? have previously passed the senate. Mrs. Brumby said she and Rep. Wiley McGlamery con tacted school board and other officials in their district asking them their preference as to the method of electing county school boards on the state wide school election bill. She said four counties out of seven in her 33rd Senatorial District want to be exempted from provisions of the state wide bill. Mrs. Brumby told the Scout she will introduce a bill that will allow Cherokee County residents to elect their school boards on a staggered basis. The present Cherokee County School Board consists of five members elected to six year terms. Mrs. Brumby's bill will seek to have a six member board and elect two every two years as their present term expires thus staggering the board so that experienced members are always serving. A bill introduced by Sen. Herman Moore of Charlotte J une 15 at the request of the Andrews Town Board to allow the voters of Andrews to vote on an ABC store has been ap proved by the Calender Com mittee and is expected to go before the House of Repre sentatives this week. In the event of a favorable vote, an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board would be es tablished with the TownBoard appointing a chairman for a three-year term and two Softball Tournament Entries To Close District Softball Commiss ioner, John M. Manuel, ann ounced that the filing date for entry in the district slow pitch Softball tournament would close on Friday, June 30th. The tournament is to be held in Robbinsville start ing July 21st. Manuel stated that thus far eight teams have filed for the tournament including four teams from Robbinsville. In addition, entries have been re ceived from league-leading Jim's Laundry and Wiggins Garage of Bryson City as w-11 as, Clifton Precision and Graves Plymouth of Murphy. Approximately sixteen team are expected for the tournam ent. Filing fee is $20.00 and the tournament winner advances to the state tournament which is to be held in Burlington in mid-August. The Robbinsville Lions Club is sponsoring the tournament and has pledged at least $100 to the team representing the district in the state tournam ent. Tommy Webster is serving as tournament director. members, one for two years and another for one year. Revenue would be allocated quarterly to the town general fund. The town would receive 70% of the distribution and the county would receive 30%. Not less than 15%wouldbeusedfor public education. A bill passed by the General Assembly Wednesday to give Western Carolina College, Appalachian State Teachers College and East Carolina College Regional University status was deemed "a most important bill" by Sen Brumby. "This bill will have a great impact on the future course of North Carolina education," Mrs. Brumby said, "It will allow these schools to be in better position to seek and qualify for Foundation Grants and Federal Funds. Four Western Counties Recieve $93,000 Grant Swain, I Clay, Cherokeel and 1 Graham Counties, North ' Carolina, have received a < Federal grant of $93,981 for three-part Conduct and Ad- ' ministration program. The announcement was made today by Leveo V.Sanchez,Director Middle Atlantic Region,OEC. The applicant agency Is the Four-Square Community Ac tion Agency, Inc., and the local share of the grant is $14,436. The three components in clude administration-an Out reach program, and a Horti cultural project. The Administration grant provides for staff salaries, travel, office space equip ment and supplies to the CAA for administration of the co mmunity action programs in the four county area. The Outreach project pro vides for a director and five assistant directors to phase out direct CAA supervision of recreation programs es tablished during the past 15 months. The Horticultural Training project provides salary, mileage reimbursement and few training supplies for a horticultural specialist working with poor families. The delegate agency is the Cherokee County Agri cultural Extension Service and will provide office space and supplies informational material, training equipment and consultant services, in assisting low-income families to grow high-income crops. Under the direction of Jack Frauson,Executive Director, City Police Recover Motor A 9 1/2 hp Johnson out board motor "ken from a boat near Grape "reek Tuesday, June 14, was recovered the next day by City Policeman Lawrence Beal. Patrolman Beal. recovered the motor in Murphy when the Cherokee County youth tried to sell it. According to Chief of Police Pete Stalcup, no charges were filed against the youth be cause the owner of the motor, Mr. A.B. Stocker preferednot to press charges. Four-Square Community Action, Inc. the staff tonslsts of five professional ?nd sixteen nonprofessional imployees. Murphy Native Dies In Fire MACON, Ga. ? Lowell (Buddy) Harbin, 41, formerly of Murphy, died Tuesday morning from burns received when a fire destroyed his home in Macon, Ga. He was a native of Cherokee County, son of the late Dewey and Lee Ellen Wells Harbin. Mr Harbin was a former employee of The Cherokee Scout and was working as a Linotype operator at a Macon Newspaper. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Kathleen Plemmons Harbin, a daughter. Miss. Vickie and three sons, Billy Keith and David all of the home. Two sisters, Mrs. Ray White of Hayesville and Mrs. Edith Meek of Knox ville, Tenn. Services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Townson Funeral Home. The Rev. A1 Smith officiated and burial was in Tomotla Cemetery. Hughes Supply Offers $1,000 In Prize Money Over $1,000 in prizes will be given away through drawings at Hughes Supply's three day Grand Opening Sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. The Grand Opening Sale is in celebration of the opening of their new PRO-hardware and supply store located on Hiwassee Street across from the Post Office. The new hardware store is a member of PRO, a group of 1500 hardware stores that have joined together to have the power of discount buying. "Factory representatives will be here throughout the sale to demonstrate various items and we will be having drawings for prizes hourly," manager Jim Ed Hughes said. Fambro's Holds Anniversary Sale Fambro s 5 & 10 will be ob serving its eighth anniversary in Murphy with a special sale that begins today (Thursday). Miss Bessie Lanev, mana ger of the local Fambro's Store, expressed her appre ciation for the patronage of local shoppers daring the past eight years. Shop Fambro's ad in this week's paper for special bar gains. Was Henry Grady Born Here ? Was the famed Atlanta newspaperman and orator Henry W. Grady a native of Murphy? 1 must admit my surprise when members of the Cherokee County Historical Society asked the Town Board on June 12 to preserve the Grady birthplace as a local historical site. Joe Ray said he Is "convinced beyond doubt" that Grady was bom in the house that stands on die corner of Tennessee and McClelland Streets in Murphy. Surprise came to me for the simple reason that I had always just assumed Grady was a Georgian by birth. After discussing the matter with Ray die next day and checking into written matter on the subject, I have come to the conclusion that the evi dence stroqgly Indicates that this man, who was one of the South's most eloquent spokes men at a time when this region sorely needed one, was indeed born in Murphy. Respected historians do not agree. I know of at least four that say hewasbornlnAthens, Ga. It Is interesting to note, however, that these four sources can not agree on his birthdate. Joel Chandler Harris wrote In his "Life of Grady" that By Dave Bruce Grady was born on April 24, 1850 at Athens. Information made available some years ago by the State Librarian of Georgia said Grady was born May 24, 1850 at Athens. Marlon J. Verdery says in Harris' "Life of Grady that he was born May 17, 1851 at Athens. The New International En cyclopedia says simply that he was born in 1851 in Athens. Chalk up four for Georgia, but they can't seem to agree on the year, let alone the date. The strongest evidence su pporting Murphy's claim to Grady comes in a chapter of the book "Random Thoughts and The Musings of a Moun taineer" written by the late Judge Felix E. Alley, Sr. of Waynesvtlle. Alley's book first appeared in 1941. He Is the father of Judge Felix E. Alley, Jr. who holds court In Cherokee County now. Alley bases his theory on statements from persons who were alive at the time of Grady's birth. He began his research into the question after his election to the bench in 1910. He ques tioned many residents of Cherokee and day Counties while in the two counties to hold court. Their statements indicate that Grady was born in the house at Murphy and that his family moved to Hayesville when he was three or four years of age. The most convincing state ment Alley secured was from Dr. Earl Grady of Tryon, a second cousin of Henry's. His statement, made in 1938, strongly supports the Murphy birthplace theory. It is im portant because he apparently never lived here and had no reason to support Cherokee County's claim except to tell the truth. The whole question is doubly interesting to me. When I was a high school senior in Pennsylvania U years ago, I came across Grady's famed speech,"The New South" and was so im pressed with it that 1 wrote a lengthy theme on it. My purpose was to dem onstrate to my suspicious classmates that even in the bitter reconstruction era, the South had men of vision who were interested in the future and willing to let bygones he bygones. This was at the time that racial unrest was be ginning to bubble in the Deep South following the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision in 1954. I can still recall my English teacher saying "you ve taken an obscure speech by an ob scure man and are blowing it up out of the proportion it deserves." I stuck to my belief and ended up getting an A for my modest work on Henry W. Grady. Now, 11 years later, I am a resident of Murphy, N.C.,a town 1 never heard of when I wrote about Grady. The evidence Indicates that Grady was born in Murphy. If it isn't conclusive, it is at least strong enough to give Murphy as strong a claim to Grady as Georgia's. Henry W. Grady was one of the original Southern liberals. His political and journalistic descendants are such pro gressive Southern spokesmen as former Congressman Charles Weltner of Georgia, Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee, Richmond Flowers and Ralph McGill present publisher of the At lanta Constitution. Men of this caliber are still bulldipg the New South that Henry W. Grady foresaw almost 90 years ago.