Cherokee County's Bost Buy*
f and tlay County Progress
Volume 77- Number 49 Murphy, North Caroline June 29, 1967 Two Sections, 22 Pages Ttiiiiiynr^MOfmf'"f*
Wagon Train, Water Festival Start Saturday
10 Girls Seek Miss
Lake Hiwassee Title
Ten girls will compete for
lie title of Miss Lake
dlwassee at the Murphy High
School Gym Saturday night at
1:30. The winner will reign
>ver the fourth annual Jay
:ee Water FestivaL (Full de
tails on the water festival
ire given in another story on
this page.)
This year's pageant is under
the direction of the Murphy
Jaycettes, an auxiliary of the
Murphy Jaycees.
The contestants have been
instructed in poise, make-up,
halrstyling, wardrobe and
talent by the Jaycettes.
The contestants are:
Pam Chastain, 18, daugh
Pam Ch as tain
Hilda Decker
Patricio Guffey
Janet Hamilton
Korot Kay#
Kay Laming
Ann Marcus
Ginger Mauney
Dorothy Oliver
Jan* Whitley
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb
Chastain of Murphy. She is a
graduate of Murphv High
School and is planning to enter
Western Carolina College this
fall. She is sponsored by Col
umbia Marble Co. of Marble.
Hilda Decker, 21, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Decker of Rt. 4, Murphy. She
is a senior at Mars Hill
College and is planning to be
a teacher. She is sponsored
by Easley Mfg. Co. of Murphy.
Patricia Guffey, 19, daugh
ter of Mr* and Mrs. Frank
Guffey of Andrews. She is
a sophomore at Appalachian
State Teachers College and is
planning to go into research.
She is sponsored by D.J.K.
Florist of Andrews.
Ann Marcus, 18, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Marcus
of Rt. 3, Murphy. She is a
graduate of Stephen L. Austin
High School in El Paso, Tex.
and the Western Academy of
Hair Design of Asheville. She
is employed by Garrett's
Beauty Shop in Murphy and
is sponsored by Levi Strauss
Co.
Janet Hamilton, 17, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Hamilton of Murphy. She is
a rising senior at Murphy
High School and plans to enter
Mars Hill College next year.
She wants to be a minister
of music or physical
therapist. She is sponsored
by American Thread Co. of
Marble.
Kay Leming, 18, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Leming
of Andrews. She is a sopho
more at Warren Wilson
College and plans to be a
social worker. She is
sponsored by Owenby Mfg.
Co. of Andrews.
Ginger Mauney, 19, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George
C. Mauney of Rt. 1, Murphy.
She is a sophomore at Wes
tern Carolina College and is
planning to be a teacher. She
is sponsored by Rimco.
Elizabeth Jane Whitley, 20,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duke
D. Whitley of Murphy. She is a
junior at the University of
Tennessee and plans to be a
teacher. She is sponsored by
Townson Funeral Home.
Dorothy Oliver, 19, daugh
ter of Mrs. Eva Nell Oliver of
RL 2, Murphy. She is a
graduate of Murphy High
School and is sponsored by her
employer, Clifton Precision
Products Co.
Karol Kaye, 17, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kaye of
Murphy. She attended Western
Carolina College this past
year and plans to enter the Uni
versity of Georgia in the fall.
She is sponsored by Citizens
Bank and Trust Co. of Mur
phy.
The winner of the Miss
Lake Hi was see title will
receive a silver trophy and
$75.
The first runner-up will
receive a trophy and $50 and
the second runner-up will
receive a trophy and $25.
The reigning Miss LakeHi
wassee is Carol McRae. She
will crown the new Miss Lake
Hiwassee.
250 Authorized
For Youth Corps
The Neighborhood Youth
Corps project in the counties
of Cherokee, Clay, Graham
and Swain sponsored by Four
square Community Action,
Inc. has been allowed to in
crease the number of en
rollees from 150 to 250 for
eleven weeks this summer.
Students are selected by
principals and guidance
counselors in the eight high
schools of the four counties.
Selection is based on need
and enrollees are selected
on non-discriminatory
basis.
MISS LEILA HAYES OF Tomotla (top photo) won the grand
prize at the grand opening of Hughes Supply's new PRO
Hardware Store on hiwassee St. She receives a new dishwasher
from Jim Lewis. Jimmy Hughes of Rt. I, Brasstown (bottom
left) presented with a lawn mower by Jim Ed Hughes. Over
$1,000 worth ol prizes were awarded at drawings held throughout
Hughes* grand opening last weekend.
Registration For Head
Start Set For Monday
John Jordan, Superintendent
of Murphy City Schools,has
announced that registration
day for the Head Start
Program in the Murphy
Schools has been set for Mon
day, July 3, at 9:00 a.m. in
the primary wing of the elem
entary school.
Parents are asked to bring
their children to the school
Monday morning and complete
their registration and to work
out any transportation diffi
culties that might occur.
Pupils will be transported to
school by car pools.
Jordan states that there
is no cost to this program,
sponsored by the Four-Square
Community Action Agency,
Inc. of Andrews. Children will
receive a hot meal and ref
reshments each day and phy
sical examination and some
dental work. He states that
this is the third year for
this program in the local
schools and that many
accomplishments have beeen
achieved.
The Superintendent lists
the following staff members
for this summer's program:
Director, Ed Reynolds, Tea
chers, Mrs Margaret Gibbs,
Miss Eunice Shields, Mrs.
Christine Iqgle and Mrs.
Bertha Chambers; teachers
aides, Mrs. Martha Laney,
Mrs. Mary Lou Hughes, Mrs.
Jack Carter and Mrs. Faye
Chambers.
All Teacher aides have chil
dren in the program. Mrs.
Lona Davis is lunchroom ma
nager and Mrs. Dorothy Dock
ery is the cook. Marvin Hamp
ton is County Social Worker
and Mrs. Brenda Hendrix
will be the social worker for
the Murphy Schools.
Tuesday, July 4, will be
declared a legal holiday and
no classes will be held on this
day. However, Wednesday,
July 5, classes will resume
and run for a period of six
weeks.
Committee Gathers Phone
Service Complaint Data
Max Blakemore, president
of the Murphy Chamber of
Commerce, has been named
chairman of a steering comm
ittee to gather information on
local telephone service in the
Murphy area. The information
will be presented at a hearing
scheduled for July 11-14 in
Asheville.
Blakemore was named at a
meeting held last Thursday at
the Murphy Power Board
Building
Westco Telephone Co.,
Western Carolina Telephone
Co., and the parent Continen
tal System have been directed
to appear at the Asheville
hearings to answer complaints
about alleged poor service.
Local residents having
complaints against the tele
phone companies are urged to
contact Blakemore at
837-2242 prior to *he hearing
dates.
Thousands Expected For
Local Holiday Weekend
Events that will reach a
grand climax in Murphy next
Tuesday, July 4, begin
Saturday in Murphy and
Tellico Plains, Tenn. as the
Fourth Annual Jaycee Water
Festival gets underway here
and the 10th Anniversary Wa
gon Train forms at Tellico
Plains for its three-day trip
over the mountains to Murphy.
Thousands of local
residents and vacationers are
expected to gather for the
four-day event over the
holiday weekend.
Several preliminary events
connected with the Water Fes
tival are already underway.
The Beard Contest has
officially been underway since
February 15. Anyone who signs
an official entry blank is eligi
ble to participate. Jaycee
President James Helton is the
chairman of the contest.
Judging and awarding of
trophies in the Beard Con
test will be held at the
speaker's stand after the
Wagon Train enters its final
campsite.
First and second place
trophies will be awarded for
the bushiest beard, the neat
est- beard and the neatest
mustache.
The Fishing Contest closes
Friday.
Fishing chairman Don
Decker said fish caught
in Lake Hiwassee between
April 1 and F riday are eligible.
All fish must be weighed
at the official weighing
stations.
Prizes will be awarded for
the largest bass, the largest
pike and the largest rough
fish.
Miss Lake Hiwassee will
award the fishing prizes at
Hiwassee Campground during
the boat race on Sunday.
The Jaycee Tennis
Tournament began at the Mur
phy Tennis Courts at 4:30
Wednesday. Matches are being
held each day at 4:30 through
Saturday.
Trophies will be awarded
in four classes on July 4 at
the Murphy Fairgrounds. Miss
Lake Hiwassee will make the
awards.
Registration for the tourn
ament closed Wednesday.
The Beauty Pageant,
directed by the Murpny
Jaycettes, will be held Sat
urday. Full details are given
in another story on this page.
Wagons left Andrews Wed
nesday morning at 7 a.m. for
a trip to Tellico Plains where
main train will be formed.
The wagons were scheduled
to camp in Murphy Wednesday
night and several wagons from
Cherokee and Clay and the
North Georgia area were ex
pected to join the train here.
The train is expected to
camp near the North Carolina
Tennessee line Thursday night
and proceed down the Tellico
River to Tellico Plains on
Friday.
A parade will be held in
Tellico Plains at 3p.m.Satur
day and the Tellico Plains
American Legion will provide
entertainment in the Town
Square from 7 p.m. until mid
night.
On Sunday morning the 10th
Anniversary Wagon Train will
begin another journey over the
rugged mountain terrain to
demonstrate again the need for
an all-weather road
connecting Tellico Plains and
Murphy.
The Wagon Train is
scheduled to depart Tellico
Plains at 6 a.m., after a sun
rise church service, and
travel 18 miles up the Tellico
River to a campsite near
Tellico Lodge.
The Jaycee-sponsored boat
races will be held Sunday
afternoon beginning at 1:30
at the Lake Hiwassee Camp
ground, seven miles west of
Murphy on the Joe Brown
Road.
There will be a driver's
meeting at 12 noon according
to co-chairmen Bud Penland
and Elmer Taylor.
There will be short-course
heat races and a longer course
marathon race. The racers
will be competing for over
$1,000 in trophies and prize
money.
The races will be jointly
directed by the Jaycees and
the Rebels Boat Racing Club
of Columbus, Ga. under
APBA-NOA rules.
The Wagon Train is
expected to break its camp on
the Tellico River early
Monday morning and make a
16-mile trip to a camp eight
miles from Murphy.
Monday night, a Mountain
Square Dance will be held
from 8 until midnight at the
Old Rock Gym in Murphy.
Live music will be furnished
and admission will be 50
cents.
The Jaycees have a Fun
Fest scheduled for-10 a.m.
Tuesday at the Murphy Fair
grounds. There will be live
country music, Dunk-A-Jay
cee, games and food.
The Wagon Train is ex
pected to arrive In Murphy
at 2p.m. Tuesday. Trophies
will be awarded for the best
wagon and the oldest and
youngest persons in the train
and the Old Time Woman
dress contest.
Another 8 until midnight
square dance will be held
T uesday night at the Old Rock
Gym.
A free fireworks display
will conclude the four-day
holiday celebration Tuesday
night at 9:30 at the Murphy
High School football Stadium.
There will be no admission
charge for the fireworks.
Four television sets and
six gift certificates will be
awarded during the Water
F estival.
Two numbers will be drawn
at the beauty contest, boat
races and fireworks display
for the gift certificates.
The numbers will be on the
official program for the event.
The Jaycees will award four
Zenith television sets. These
will be given away at the beauty
contest, boat races, Monday's
square dance and the
fireworks display. A )1 don
ation to the Jaycees is
required to be eligible for the
television sets.
Sale, Drawings
Start Today
Dollars, 175 of them, will
be given away Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday on the Square
in drawing held in connection
with the "Old Market Days
Wagon Train Sale" which
begins today (Thursday).
Drawings will be held each
day at 4 p.m.
Shoppers may register
at any participating store for
the drawings.
Tickets will be disposed of
after each drawing, so it will
be necessary to register each
day to be eligible for all of the
drawings.
Fifty dollars will be given
away Thursday and Friday and
the Saturday prize will be 75
dollars.
The money for die drawings
is given away by the Murphy
Chamber of Commerce.
Republicans Offer Five
Election Reform Bills
Rep. Charles H. laylor of
Brevard has announced that
the Republican delegation in
the General Assembly is in
troducing a series of five bills
dealing with elections in North
Carolina.
The bills would:
(1) Provide that each party
chairman would be able to
select persons of good repute
to act as election officials.
(2) Provide that each party's
state chairman would appoint
two members of the State
Board of Elections and the
four selected would pick a fifth
member. If agreement could
not be reached on a fifth mem
ber, the Governor would make
an appointment.
(3) Provide that the county
chairman of each party would
select a member of a three
member county board and the
two selected would pick the
third member. The term would
be four years instead oi
the present two year term.
(4) Give the chairman of the
State Board of Elections the
right to issue warrants of ar
rest or to seek bills of indict
ment in the prosecution of
election violations.
(5) Place the duty of
prosecumig eiecuun viol
ations on the Attorney General
instead of the district
solicitor.
"North Carolina election
laws encourage rather than
deter election irregular
ities," Taylor said. "Our el
ection system is built on an
unrealistic assumption that
members of one political
party can control the election
process completely with fair
ness and impartiality."
Taylor said the Republican
delegation maintains that
"real progress could be made
In cleaning 14) election frauds
in North Carolina if the man
ner of selecting the election
officials is changed, and if
officials we now have are given
specific and strong respon
sibilities."
The Brevard Republican
cited several areas of irregu
larities he said have occured
in the last six years. They
include:
(1) Cases in which the
poll books and registration
books were not used as
required by law, and voters
were allowed to vote without
any identification In one wes
tern North Carolina county in
1962.
(2) Over a thousand more
ballots appearing in seven
voting precinct boxes than
there were actual voters
voting in 1966.
i (3) Nine hundred ballots
changed in one precinct in
western North Carolina in
1964.
Precinct registrars and
judges are "the most im
portant men" in our election
system, Taylor said, since
they are responsible for con
ducting the actual voting. "It
is in the local precinct voting
area that most irregularities
occur,** he concluded.