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The Cherokee ' Cherokee County's Best Seller' Scout dud CJay Count if Progna Volume 78 - Number 9 fturpfcy, Nerth CanliM September 21, 1967 12 TVls W-k at murphy. north carouna Andrews Hospital Receives $917,000 Grant Hospital Officials Group Is Organized Another seep toward a co operative effort in health plan ling was taken Monday at lantahala Village with the Brmation of the Southwestern lorth Carolina Council of lospital Administrators. This group contains the hos >ital administrators of the ieven southwestern counties - he same area covered by the itate of Franklin Health Coun :11. The following officers for he council were elected: Chairman - Robert M. Gantt, i ay wood County Hospital;Vlce Chairman - Robert W. pe ;ram, District Memorial Hos )ital at Andrews; and Secre ary - J. M. Crawford, Angel Community Hospital in Frank in. Mrs. VerayleFranks, Swain County Hospital was hostess for the meeting and acted as chairman for the election of officers. The council chose Pegram and Crawford to represent them next week in a meeting with the Joint Accreditation Commission in Chicago. In addition, several doctors and hospital trustees will attend the meeting. There is a joint effort underway by the State of F ranklin Health Council and the Regional Medical Pro grams of Durham to provide diagnostic services for all of the hospitals in the region. It is hoped by the council members that the Joint Com mission will be interested in joining in an effort to make a study of hospitals in the area to determine what steps can be taken to fulfill needs here. The council discussed in service training programs for hospital personnel and other mutual problems which the hospitals in the area share. Jaycees Announce Anti-Poverty Plan By: Bucky Rose & Curtiss Hewlett Jaycees throughout the Ap palachian states have recent ly organized an anti -poverty program to help bring the "War on Poverty" closer to die private sector. Jaycees believe the "War on Poverty" can be more effective when private individuals are invol ved in helping their less for itunate neighbors to help them selves. If a citizen helps someone iust for the sake of helping abd aot for a profit, his efforts are without ques ( tion more effective. The "War on Poverty" wag ed by the federal government has certainly had good re sults in our area. However, the Jaycees feel that themore private individuals are invol ved in this "war", the better the results and the less cost to the taxpayer. The Murphy Jaycees rea lize poverty can not be eli minated overnight. So they have begun their new program by working with deserving families and individuals who through a series of hardships need assistance to get back on their feet. This assistance Includes supplying food, furni ture, manpower, information on employment or educational possibilities necessary for them to once again become productive citizens and thus have a better way of life. Area residents interested in helping on this program can do so by contributing any ser viceable items they can spare such as table, chairs, beds, clothing, etc. These items will be picked up promptly by contacting J aycees between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the following numbers: 837-3026 and 837-2233. Anyone who desires to make monetary donations to this program should make their checks out to the Murphy J aycees Anti-Poverty Effort and mail it to the Murphy J aycees, P. O. Box 563,Mur phy, N. C. All donations will be appreciated. The Murphy J aycees believe helping people to help them selves is the best work of life and that with the com bined efforts of local citizens the Murphy area can someday be removed from the so-called "Poverty Belt". LBJ Writes To Andrews Man Carroll Stewart of Andrews received a letter from Presi dent Lyndon B. Johnson last week in acknowledgement of a birthday card Stewart sent the President in August. Too Late! A CANTON DEFENDER grabs Andrews quarterback Gary Morgan just after he unloaded i loag pass In the 7-7 tie between the two teams last Friday. In the bottom photo, a Canton receiver hauls in a pass. . .. Scout Football Contest Offers Cash & Pro Tickets The Scout's popular Football Contest returns this week witn cash prizes every week for the next twelve weeks andagrandprizeof two tickets to see the Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears clash in a National Football League game on December 17. Twenty-five dollars In expense money goes with the tickets. The Football Contest is fun and it's easy to play. Anyone can enter except employees of The Scout and their immediate families. Turn to the Football Contest page and you'll notice there is a game to be played this week listed in each advertisement. Simply circle the team you think will win this game. You don't have to predict the score. Then go to the tie-breaker. Here you will have to predict the outcome. This tie-breaker is used only if necessary to break ties in the number of correct selections among the other games. The entry with the most correct selections will win )5 each week. The second place win ner will get )3 and third place is worth <2. The number of dollars won each week also equals the number of points the winner will be credited with in the race for die big prize - the pro football tickets and expense money. The Scout will conduct a drawing on December 12 for all of the advertisers participating in the contest. This winner will also receive two tickets and expense money. Read the rules carefully and make your selections. Remember that you can either mail your entry or bring it to The Scout office in person. Entries must be received by 5 p.m. on Friday each week. Those mailed must be post marked no later than Friday AM. Residents Protest Rumor Of Housing Site Selection A group of residents of Hilton, Hardin and McClelland Streets appeared before the Murphy Town Board Monday night to protest the rumored selection of a site for a housing project in the neighborhood. A petition, bearing 30 sign atures and addressed to the Town Board and the Murphy Housing Authority, said the signers "wish to protest and resist" the selection of the site. Bob White, acting as spokesman for the group, said the property owners did not want the housing project in their neighborhood because the Authority "will not discriminate in the selection of tenants. We "want to try to protect our property," White con tinued. "We are wondering why it (the project) can't be put on Regal St. or in that district." Mayor Cloe Moore told White the project could not be put on Regal St. because that area is zoned as an in dustrial area and the Public Housing Authority will not ap prove of a location in an in dustrial area. Chairman Bud Alverson ap peared on behalf of the Murphy Housing Authority. "No action has been taken (on site selection) except... we have looked at property," Alverson said. He added that seven or eight possible sites have been examined. He told the group "before we reach a decision, it must be agreeable to the adjoining property owners." The Board declined to agree to a request by Bunch Nugent of the U. S. Forest Service. Nugent told the Board the State Highway Commission had requested permission to use the rock quarry on Forest Service land near the sewage treatment plant and he de sired a letter from the Board in the matter. The Town's permission is not needed in the matter, but Nugent said he would not agree to the use without concurence from the Board. After discussing possible blasting damage to the sewage plant, the Board accepted a motion by Kenneth Godfrey that a letter be written to the F orest Service requesting that further blasting notbepermit ted "on the basis of past experience." Joe Ray, Chairman of the Ft. Bulter Historic Park and Road Projects Programmed Three rural road projects costing $128,000 have been programmed for Cherokee County. The projects were worked up under state-wide priority regulations by A. J. Hughes, division engineer, and R. L. Pattillo, .district en gineer. An appropriation for the work will be sought by Com missioner W. Curtis Russ at the High Commission meet ing later this month. Acquisition of a 60-foot right of way is mandatory for such projects before putting them to contract. Three Cherokee rural roads, sche duled to be improved, were recently removed from the list, since right of way could not be acquired. These in cluded Elliott Road (#1536); Glenn Stalcup Road (#1585) ?nd the Joe Golden Road (#1135). Now up for improvement are the Hiwassee Dam Road (#1314), $33,100: Disart Road (#1513); and the Old Ranger Road (#1398) for $85,000, including paving. Arrested On Whisky Charge Lewis Dockery of the Hang ing Dog section was arrested last Thursday In connection with still equipment and non tax paid whisky found near his home. Sheriff Claude Anderson, Deputy Robert Hartneas, ATU Agent Kolen Flack and two North Carolina ABC agents participated in the arrest. Harness said the officers destroyed the still equipment, Including two gas bottles, ??van barrels and about 500 feet of plastic hose and one half gallon of non-tax paid whisky. Dockery was arrested at his bona. He was to be ar raigned before the us Com mie si ooer at Bryson City Tuesday. Museum, requested an ap propriation form the Board to help with the expense of print ing stationery for the group. Mayor Moore said the Town would make an appropriation. Ray also requested that the Town contact the State Highway Commission on the possibility of building a new access road to the Ft. Butler site. The Board voted to accept the recommendation of Town Clerk Charles Johnson that Bill Mallonee be hired to work in the water department. Andrews Expects Sewage Grant Andrews is among four western North Carolina towns that are expected the share almost a half-million dollars in grants for sewage treat ment facilities. The Appalachian Regional Commission tenatively ap proved the grants, totalling $465,400, at a three-day meet ing last week at the Waynes ville Country Club. Andrews is to receive J 76,000. The other towns list ed are Tryon, Spruce Pine and Granite Falls. The recommendations now go to the Secretary of Commerce for final approval and to the Secretary of r' Interior for implementation under the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. The commission also re commended grants for several projects in other states during the Waynesville meeting. $110,000 In Local Money Still Ne? ' ecfed Federal and State grants an nounced last Friday by the State Medical Care Commis sion in Raleigh have brought total money for the planned additions to District Memorial Hospital at Andrews within $110,000 of the amount needed. The 9110,000 must come from local sources. Last Friday's grant of $917, 668.50. included $817,668.50 from Federal funds and $100,000 from State funds. A previous Appalachian grant of (271,668 has been ap proved. The local share was orig inally estimated to be $200 ,000 but it was increased to $310, 023.60 when it was found that the original cost estimates were low. The local share was raised proportionately. Mayor Percy B. Fer ebee told The Scout about $200,000 in local funds have been collected. He said "we will have to have the remainder pledged to us be fore construction can begin." Thirty beds will be added to the hospital under the plan ned program and other alter ations are to be made. The expansion was or iginally expected to cost |1 million but present estimates are that it will require |1. 499,360. The grant for District Mem - orial Hospital was included in $25 million allocated for eight new medical facilities in North Carolina. Hopes Dimmed For Early Start On Road To Tellico The North Carolina State Highway Commission has dimmed any hopes of the "Wagon Train Road" from Murphy to Telllco Plains, Tenn. being improved In the near future. W. Curtis Russ, 14th Div ision Commissioner, ex pressed the Commission's views in a letter to Max M. BlaJ<emore, President of the Murphy Chamber of Commerce, last week. Committees Named For Fort Butler The Fort Butler Historic Park and Museum Board of Directors met last Thursday night at the Murphy Power Board Building. Jack Frauson of die North Carolina Recreation Com mission told the group his office is trying to determine if the Fort Butler project will be eligible for a HCPk grant from the Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. He indicated that the pos sibility of a grant hinges on whether the restoration of Fort Butler is considered to be a recreation program. The directors are consider ing a picnic area and a nature trail for the project. Frauson said if the pro ject is eligible for such a grant, the application would have to be made through the Cherokee County Recreation Commission. Chairman Joe Ray an nounced the appointment of nine committees to work on the project. Those appointed are: FINANCE COMMITTEE - John Gill, Chairman^ Mrs. Mary Faye Brumby', Cloe Moore, W. T. Brown, W. T. Moore and Carlyle Matheson. PUBLICITY COMMITTEE - Dave Bruce, Chairman; Mrs. Louise Bayless, Edgar A. Harshaw, Mrs. Ruth For syth, Mrs. R. W. Easley, Bob Barker, and John Jordan. LAND COMMITTEE -Cloe Moore, Chairman; Mrs. Mary Faye Brumby, Charles E. Johnson, Herman Edwards, Bunch Nugent, W. T. Brown, and John GUI. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Mrs. Ruth Forsyth, Chairman; Mrs. Jerry Davidson, Mrs.R. W. E as ley, Jr. Mrs. Louise Bayless, Carlyle Matheson, John Jordan, Arthur Palmer, and Howard Martin. ROADS COMMITTEE - Francis C. Bourne, Jr., Chairman; Bunch Nugent, doe Moore, Charles E. John son, W. T. Moore and Herman Edwards. ARTIFACTS COMMITTEE - Mrs. R.W. Easley, Jr., Chair man; Mrs. Louise Bayless, Edgar A. Harshaw, Carlyle Matheson, Dave Bruce, Mrs. J erry Davidson, Arthur Palmer, Howard Martin, Mrs. Ruth Forsyth, and W. T. Moore. APPLICATION FOR FUNDS COMMITTEE -Charles E. Johnson, Chairman; John T. Gill, John Jordan, Mrs. Mary Faye Brumby, Bob Barker, Herman Edwards, Howard Martin. BROCHURE COMMITTEE - Mrs. Louise Bayless, Chair man; Mrs. Jerry Davidson, Dave Bruce, Mrs. Ruth For syth, Edgar A. Harshaw and Bob Barker. DESIGN OF FORT & PARK COMMITTEE - Mrs. Mary Faye Brumby, Chairman; Charles E. Johnson, Francis C. Bourne, Jr., Arthur Pal mer, Bunch Nugent, Cloe Moore and W. T. Brown. He said it would probably cost between <750,000 and $800,000 to construct and stabilize 8.5 miles of roadway from the end of SR 1337 (Davis Creek Road) to the Tennessee line. He said the State Highway Commission determined three bridges would De needed on the route. Tennessee has provided an all-weather road fromTellico Plains to the state line. The only missing link between Tel lico Plains and Murphy is the 8.5 mile section in North Carolina. Russ cited the lack of needed money in die Second ary Road Fund as die reason for not recommending im provement of the road. He said the Fund "is in adequate to modernize a lot of the school bus routes and other roads which are needed and I feel certain that die County Commissioners will not be willing to have a por tion of this Fund spent on a road of this nature, and we as the Highway Commission will not recommend it." Russ also said he knew of no "other funds which are available for a road of this type." The Commissioner told Blakemore the proposed route "Is not on our Secondary Road System, and of course, we are limited to doing any work on it until It is officially added to the map and I am sure that this will not be done until we have sufficient funds in sight to make an improvement to the road." Russ said there was one full time occupied home on the route and it is located 1.7 miles from the Tennessee line. There are also some summer homes in the area near the line. The Murphy Chamber of Commerce, under Blake m ore's leadership, has been active in promoting the im provement of the road. V ??MM U NICHOLAS SEMASCHKO, JR. of Hendersonvllle, Rotary Governor of District 767, addressed the Murphy Rotary Club Monday at noon at O'Dells. During the morning, he dis cussed plans and programs of the local club with President Horace Cannon and Secretary Lloyd Hendrlx. He told the local Rotarlans "there can be a lasting impact of what you have accomplished" only if the programs are followed through. The Governor urged die Murphy club to consider participation In Rotary'* Inter-Act Program. Westco Phone Official Resigns Thorn*! H. Sawyer submit ted his resignation as presi dent of Westco Telephone Co. and Western Carolina Tele phone Co. at a Board of Direct ors meeting In Weavervlllb last Friday. No reaaon for the resignat ion was given. James Arms H trong, general miaiger, mi etected to succeed Sawyer. Armstrong will continue hit dude* u general manager, too. Commercial manager C F. Gore wu promoted to vioe presldem of the companiee. Editorial Did Wagon Road Get Every Consideration? Highway Commissioner W. Curtis Russ dropped i bomb with his letter to Max Blakemore, President of the Murphy Chamber of Commerce, on the proposed all-weather road from Murphy to Tellico Plains (see above story). Finding sufficient funds to get all the roads built that everyone wants or needs is tough and we sympathize with Russ' attitude on that point. But it is clear to us that an all-weather road between Mur phy and Tellico Plains is both needed and desired by the ma jority of the residents of Cherokee County. The Scout has backed the proposed Improved road because we see two Important benefits to be derived from It: L A shortened route between Murphy and Knoxville. 2. An opportunity to increase tourist traffic by making this road part of a link to the road under construction between Tellico Plains and Robblnsvllle. It is argued that 9760,000 Is a great deal of money to spend on this road through a sparsely populated area. Maybe It Is, but road building has never been Inexpensive. Russ made a strong point of the fact that only one per manent home is along the proposed route. That fact is not relevant In this case since the reasons stated for desiring the road - a shorter route to Knoxville and a new tourist access route - have nothing to do with the population along the road. The Scout hopes that the Cherokee County Boerd of Com missioners will ignore the recommendations of the State Highway Commission and will request that the proposed route b* put on the map and made a pert of die Secondary Road System. If this is done, the buck will be passed beck to the lute Highway Commission. , Joe Hunt, chairman of the Commission, promised a Cher okee County delegation In June that the Murphy-TeUico Plains proposal would "gat every consideration** from the CommUsftoa. We doubt that It dU because the merits of the case are ob vious and the highway boys, according te Rues' letter , failed to see die merits.
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