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Stolen Car Chase
Ends At Wolf Creek
Two Georgia teenagers face
Federal charges of Interstate
transportation of a stolen ve
hicle following a chase that
ended in the Wolf Creek
section Monday night.
Charged are Danny Hudson
Fields of Carter, Ga. and
Thurman Ledford of White,
Ga. Both are 16. ,
Highway Patrolman Don
Reavls said the car they were
driving was reported stolen in
Cartersville, Ga. late Mon
day afternoon.
He said the car sideswiped
a vehicle in Gilmer County,
Ga. When it came through
Blue Ridge, Ga? Blue Ridge
police and Fannin County
sheriff's officers began to
chase the car into North Caro
lina.
The car, driven by Fields,
came to the junction of NC
60 and US 64 at Ranger and
turned west.
The youths reportedly
stopped the car on old 64 on
the west side of Franklin
Mountain and fled on foot.
Reavis said that Deputy Vir
gil Hogsed apprehended one of
the youths and the other sur
rendered to one of the Georgia
officers a short time later.
The youths were lodged in
the Cherokee County jail Mon
day night and were taken to
Bryson City Tuesday for a
hearing before U. S. Com
missioner Henry Truett.
Sheriff Claude Anderson
assisted Reavis in the investi
gation.
ThreeNewWinners
In Scout Contest
Add James H. Kilpatrick of
Rt. 2, Culberson to the list
of first place winners in The
Scout Football Contest.
He picked 19 out of 23 pos
sible winners on last week's
contest page and earned five
dollars and five points in the
competition for the grand
prize.
The tie breaker was used
again this week to determine
the second and third place win
ners.
Our tie breaker was the Ala
bama-Mississippi game which
'Bama won, 21-7.
Don Gregory of Robbinsville
won second place money of
three dollars and got three
points for the grand prize. He
picked 18 games correctly and
came within five points on the
tie breaker with a 26-7 pre
diction.
Herbie Gibson, Rt. 2, Cul
berson, also picked 18 winners
but had to settle for the third
place prize of two dollars and
two points because of the tie
breaker. He called for a 14
7 Alabama win.
After Three weeks of com
petition, the point standings
are:
Karen Watson, Larry Shope
and James H. Kilpatrick -
five points each.
Sandra Mintz and Don Greg
ory - three points each.
Don Gentry andTerrySand
ers - two points each.
The person accumulating
the most points during the con
test will win two tickets to
the Atlanta Falcons-Chicago
Bears game in Atlanta on Dec
ember 17 and $25 expense
money.
Turn to this week's contest
page and make your effort
to join the previous winners.
Brumby Offers 4
Keys To Winning
By Dave Bruce
Sen. Mary Faye Brumby,
whose district is composed
of the seven far western coun
ties of North Carolina, had
some blunt words for her
fellow Democrats when she
headed a panel discussion on
"How Elections Are Won"
at 'the North Carolina Dem
ocratic Women's Convention
in Greenville on the week
end of September 29-30.
"If some November morn
ing we wake up and find a
Republican Governor and
Republican General Assembly
in Raleigh, don't blame your
candidates or election offi
cials, but go take a good,
hard look at yourself," the
lady from Murphy said, "be
cause it's you and you and you
out there and 1, too, who
literally hold the keys to
victory in our hands."
Sen. Brumby told the panel
there are four keys to win
ning an election. They are.
1. Good candidates.
2. Salesmanship of our pro
gram.
3. Unity and organization.
4. Hard work.
She pointed to some of the
storm signals for Democrats
that popped up in the form of
Republican upsets and near
misses in North Carolina
last November.
A recent survey of college
students, she said, "shows
that the Republicans have
caught up with us in the schools
among those listing a
party preference, although
42% listed themselves as
independents. So here....ls a
large segment of our youth
that can be ours if we only
take time and trouble to win
them."
Sen. Brnmbv said the Dem
ocrats have a program that has
built up "the largest and most
affluent middle class in the
world...but we are doing a
miserable job of selling it to
the people."
"Friction or splintering of
the party may sound our death
knell," she warned.
The mountain legislator told
her audience "we must
respect our opponent's
strength and exploit their
weaknesses."
Sen. Brumby didn't waste
her time telling the panel
what they might have enjoyed
hearing, but she clearly out
lined what must be done in
the year ahead if the
Democrats expect to maintain
their status as the "Ins" In
North Carolina politics.
GUNNERY SERCEANT HOWARD LOV1NGOOO recently IV
celved the Navy Commendation Medal "(or merltortoua ser
vice white aervlng... In connection with operation* against
the enemy In the Republic of Vietnam." He served In Viet
nam from November IW ikiw)rl> Ocnl> I <*>6. The Marine
I* the aonof Mr. and Mri, llarr'vin l.>ivins*x><l of Murphy.
fOfflt lal Marlie I .orpa l lx/Kn'i
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Fanning out over seven Western North Carolina counties to launch more than 250 local
community health and health planning discussions are these WNC community leaders. They
have par ?ctpated in intensive health seminars sponsored by the university and the State of
Franklin Hrilth Council aimed at upgrading health and health services in Haywood. Jackson,
Swain, r.-% m, Cherokee, Clay and Macon counties. The local seminars will continue through
next June. fne leaders are (left to right): first row, E, A . A rm strong, Waynesville; James B.
Llnei, Waynesville, Mrs. Robert Parrish, Franklin; Mrs. Mabel M, Rayburn, Andrews; Mrs.
Carl West, Andrews; Mrs. LaRosa S. Liner, Waynesvillle; Mrs. Lucille Crowe, Robbinsville;
Mrs. Garner Robinson, Bryson City; Mrs. Lois Barnett, Murphy; Mrs. Cloe Moore, Murphy:
Mrs. Lena W. Green, Hayesville; Mrs. Iva Jane Mull, Cpllowhee: second row, Mrs. Elma
Russell, Franklin; Mrs. Bertha Bryson, Franklin: Mrs. Florence M.Thompson, Hayesvillle;
Mrs. Polly Snyder, Cashiers; Mrs. Jewel Allen, Canton; Mrs. Eleanor Osborne, Waynesville;
Mrs. David Burch, Clyde Rt. 2; R. Earl Payne, Robbinsville; Kenneth Barker, Robbinsville:
J. W. Bargiol, Hayesvlle; third row, Bobby S, Burch, Hayesville; Mrs. C. M. Combs,
Franklin; Mrs. EdithHolser , Cullowhee; Mrs. Holton Metcalf,BlackMountain; Mrs. Jeff Enloe,
Franklin; Miss Pansie Deal, Bryson City; Mrs. Dorothy R.Crawford, Franklin: Dave Moody,
Murphy; John Beavers, Andrews: Donald Gregory, Robbinsville; Wendell Moore, Hayesville;
Carl S. Moore, Hayesvillle.
Final Rock Swap Of
Year This Weekend
Saturday and Sunday will be
the fourth and last of the
1967 rock swap shops for the
Western North Carolina
mountains, at Gorgarama
Park on U.S. Highway 19 in the
Nantahala Gorge between Bry
son City and Andrews.
This is the sixth year for
these non-commercial shops
and they have consistently
drawn rockhounds from over
most ot the states.
The shops have no charge
of any kind and offer a chance
for coin, relic, and other col
lectors, and people pursuing
hobbies to exchange material,
meet new and old friends, and
to combine a vacation in one
of America's beauty spots
with an inexpensive rock col
lecting trip.
Western North Carolina is
rapidly becoming famous for
quality gem stones found in the
area, particularly near
Franklin. Even small boys
have found rubies valued as
high as $8,000. These finds
have further stimulated Int
erest in the rock swap shops,
which in turn have focused at
tention to the possibilities of
the area.
Not only area gem stones
such as sapphires and rubies
are found at the swap shops
but other rocks and
minerals, fluorescent stones
Indian relics, driftwood, ant
iques, coins, and hand made
jewelery are often found
and swapped. And all this
is coming from a wider and
wider area as more are at
tracted to the shops each
meeting.
About IS years ago, at a
gathering of interested people
in tJryson City, the late Rev.
O.E. Thorne, recognized in
the area as an expert ongems
stated that "sometime in the
future Western North Carol
ina would be known as pro
ducing the widest variety ot
minerals and gems of any area
in the world." He did not pre
dict much commercial quality.
However, gems of good quality
and value are now being found
in several counties, and in
some cases, the wire services
have spread the stories of
these finds.
The rock swap shops have
helped to fulfil Rev. Thome's
predictions by spreading the
word of the area's possibili
ties.
Raymond Vestel of Elkin,
N.C., will be given special
recognition at the final 1967
shop as "master rock
swapper" for perfect atten
Brasstown Creek
Survey Explained
The Brasstown Creek
Watershed Association met
recently at the Elementary
School in Young Harris, Ga.
Some 80 people were in at
tendance. Bob A nderson, J r?
President of the A ssoclation,
presided at the meeting.
The Soil Conservation Plan
ning Party explained their
program of work in develop
ing a preliminary work plan
for flood protection in the
watershed.
Joe Stevens, planning party
leader, reviewed the project
objectives for flood pre
vention. These objectives were
set forth In the watershed
application which was sub
mined to the Secretary of
Employees
Win Plaque
Smoky Mountain Gas Co.
of Murphy was one of 22
branch outlets of Blossman
Hydratane Gat, Inc. to re
ceive Mfety plaques for having
an accident and injury free
year,
Bmployees recognized were
William T. Mallonee, Ralph
R. Rogers, Johnny C. Hart
ness, James Golden,
Lloyd Slmonds, Jessie
R. Whltener, and Edgar
Leatherwood.
Herman L. Wynn is the
manager of Smoky Mountain
Gas.
Blossman's formal safety
program has reduced the num
ber of accidents In all of Its
branches during the past six
years.
The Rogalusa, La. branch
won the flrtn'a "Mranch of
ilm Y?ar A want for Safely".
Agriculture in 1960. The
objectives included the need
for flood control, stream
channel improvement work,
and land treatment measures
on the open upland.
Stevens explained their
studies and surveys would be
accomplished by three met
hods.
It is expected that planning
work will ** completed
in three or four months. An
estimate of the cost of work
can then be prepared. All
planned work must be just
ified - $1.00 in cost must
provide more than $1.00 in
benefits.
Girl Scouts
Need Leaders
Murphy Girl Scouts are
looking for leadershlpl A
leader and an assistant leader
are needed for the juniors of
the local scout organization.
Mrs. Jean Gold is the pre
sent leader of the juniors
?and Mrs. Olive Gaines is serv
ing as assistant leader. Since
the juniors are the largest
group, they need an additional
leader and assistant leader.
The juniors are not meet
ing at the present time be
cause of the lack of leaders.
Their sisters In the brownies,
cadets, and senior troop are
meeting.
A spokesman for the local
Glr] Scouts pointed out that
most juniors have been active
In scouting before and they
desire to continue.
Anyone Interested In help
ing the Girl Scouts Is ur^eil
l<> inMirl Mrs. IW*ii Wuriirr,
t !?". .
dance, having come a distance
of 246 miles each time and
having never missed a
Gorgarama Swap Shop.
Movie scenes have been
taken of the shops by the
North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Develop
ment and shown in Europe.
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Twice Wounded Marine
Comments On Vietnam
By Dave Bruce
A twice-wounded Vietnam
veteran had some interesting
observations to make on the
war during a visit to The Scout
office Monday.
Marine Corporal Myron
Dean Mintz is at his home in
Marble on leave now.
Mintz suffered what he
termed a minor wound on
May 2 and said he was sent
Lack into action shortly after
Against LBJ
Road Cutback
Rep. Roy A. Taylor has wri
tten President^ ohnson, urging
"that no reduction be made in
funds for our important inter
state and primary highway
program."
In - a Telegram to The
Scout Tuesday, he said he
"Strongly advocated reduced
Federal spending.. ..but
cutting back highway funds is
not the answer."
Taylor said this "would do
nothing toward solving the
big problem of balancing the
budget since this fund is not
even reflected in the regular
budget."
The 11th District repre
senative contended "the Pre
sident has no authority to re
duce these highway allocations
although he can postpone
them."
Me said he recommended
that the President review all
government funcations and
"decide which are no longer
needed and which.. ..can be
deferred during the wartime
period and .. make approp
riate recommendations for
reduced spending to Congress.
that.
Only July 6, just 21 days
before he was scheduled to
return to the states, Mintz
was wounded by rifle fire
while in an operation against
the enemy a few hundred
meters south of the Demili
tarized Zone. He said the
wound was inflicted near the
scene of the recent siege of
Con Thien.
He was flown to Andrews
Air Force Base in Washing
ton and taken to the Naval
Hospital in Portsmouth, Va.
Mintz received a final re
lease from the hospital last
Thursday.
"Progress is slow, but we
got a big victory at Con
Thien," Mintz observed.
He said the morale of the
armed forces in Vietnam "is
high."
Regarding the attitude of
the so-called doves and peace
niks in the United States,
Mintz said "It's discouraging
in away" to the men in Viet
nam, but added "we don'tlose
faith."
Asked for his opinion of the
attitude of the war protesters,
he said "I think it stinks."
South Vietnam asked for our -
help, so we "certainly" should
be in the war, Mintz said.
"If we don't beat them (the
Communists) there, they're
going to take that place and
we're going to be fighting
somehwere else," he
observed.
Mintz has served with some
South Vietnamese troops. He
said they are "not as well
trained as they should be. The
best Vietnamese units I saw
were paratroopers."
He said a Murphy Marine,
Cpl. Mintz
Sgt. Hubert Hinton was with
his unit when he left Viet
nam.
When he returns to active
duty, he will be stationed at
the Marine Barracks in Nor
folk, Va.
He is scheduled to be dis
charged in January and plans
to attend Ring ling School of
Art in Sarasota, Fla.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. E.H. Mintz of Marble
and a 1963 graduate of Mur
phy High School.
When our chat was over, 1
couldn't help but notice that
straight-in-the-eye look and
the firm handshake.
Mintz answered my ques
tion in a frank manner and
without hesitation.
There is no doubt that he
feels he sustained his wounds
for a worthwhile cause.
Bulldogs Take Advantage
Of Breaks, Beat Jackets
[I
By Red Schuyler
In a hard fought game with
the result In doubt until about
midway of the fourth quarter
the Murphy Bulldogs nosedout
the Hayesville Yellow Jackets
by a score of 20-6.
The score was tied 6-6 at
the end of the first half and
the Bulldogs were able to get
third and fourth quarter to uch
r?wn? J? c<>me out on top.
The Bulldogs faced the best
Hayesville team that they have
seen in quite a few vears and
with a break or two, the score
could have been reversed
Hayesville won the tosr - ,
decided to receive. K'
received the kick on v. ?_
yard line and brought it back
to the 29. On the? first 0f
R,?n^e P "V ?f th<? ?ame. the
Bulldogs were offside and
were penalized 5 yards. In
p,ays' the Jackets
picked up the first down of the
nignt. One running plav a
completed pass I lam'my
Hogsed good for 3 yards and
a 6 yard run by Monkus pick
ed up another first down. On
vf "e*1 three plays, the Bull
dog defense stiffened and the
Jackets were forced into a
^'"SJ't^tion. The kick
?rdli?* 0" thC BuJld0? 10
^,dogs went to work
"P tWo consecutive
th^ RMlT P,Tlng the h"1 O"
the Bulldog 32 yard line. On
he next play, Monkus inter
tu^rt ?tUeS* pass and He
turned it to the Bulldog 27
An incompleted pass and two'
running plays netted thejack
d? Ta T. down on ^ Bull
do g 16 Once again, the Bull
^fh ?n,C,,,tlf.fened ,ndeven
ith the aid of a five yard
It was fourth and
four, the Bulldogs stopped
?,n2rJ??*?Y took o1^. on
Ml J ^5by : WUson Picked
t?r * the first quar
ftJa ??L'!?th neither team
column. * lnt? *'** scor'n8
K*? W,lion? Stevens and
Klncald running the ball they
picked up two first downs. On
f^rtT' J***" ? P'^V* with
k?E? "5 i""* ** B"Jldogs
u the **" rolled dead
r?eJ?iy*,V",e 15 V?r<l Hne.
un three running plays the
varS** ?n,y t*0
Kj5Wn? fn>m the four
yard line the kick
fen W,h,.H?^<,/ndthe0uJI
had the ball on tha
Wll?nV't^rH Hne.
Wilson picked up t wd yards.
P^y.Sttlaa slipped
20D* for ?*? 'irst
"'fht. The p...
tevens try for the extra
point was wide.
. took tha ensuing
klckoff and picked up three
consecutive firs, doZ. with
U>K!W,I ami Monkus picking up
"" ?r,h. Ilawsvlllc
had the ball on the bulldog
10 yard line. On the next
play Hogsed went all the way
into the end zone. The try
for the go ahead point was
wide and the score was 6-6
with 25 seconds remaining in
the half.
The Bulldnes were satisfied
to run the clock out and both
sides retired to the dressing
with a brand new ball game
to begin the second half.
To start the second half,
Harold Kephart took the kick
off on the five yard line and
returned it to the Bulldog 31
but the Bulldogs were offside
and Hayesvllle elected to kick
off this time from the
Hayesville 45. EarlThrasher
took the next kick on the 20
yard line and returned it to the
Murphy 33. The Bulldogs
gained two yards on the ex
change. In the next series
of plays, it was fourth and
about an inch. The Bulldogs
decided to run it rather than
kick. Had they failed to make
this all important first down,
the outcome of the game might
have been different. This was
the key play of the game. The
Bulldogs gamble paid off and
they picked up the first
down. Three first downs later,
the Bulldogs were knocking on
the door. The longest run of
that series of downs was a 17
yard run by Harold Kephart
placing the ball on the
Hayesvllle eight yard line.
Wilson picked up four and on
the next play Hayesvllle was
offside and the Bulldogs took
the two yard penalty. Kephart
ran the next two yards for the
go ahead points. Stevens' try
for the extra point was per
feet and the Bulldogs were
ahead 13-6 with 5:53 re
maining in the third quarter.
On the ensuing kickoff., the
kickerdid not get much foot
Into it and it only went to
the Hayesville 40. Jacky Clay
ton tooV it and looked like he
might go ill the way but was
tack'e-i b Harold Kepharton
the Huildog 30. Without
a doubt, Kephart knocked the
Jackets out of six andpossibl)
to move the ball and had to
give it up.
The Bulldogs in turn failed
to move it and they had to
give it back to the Yellow
Jackets. The ball rolled dead
on the Hayesville 31 yard line.
Murphy gained 41 yards on the
exchange. A first down and
two plays later, the third quar
ter ended. Monkus failed to
pick up the first down on the
third play and once again the
Jackets were forced into a
kicking situation. It was fourth
and three and a half. The
Jackets decided to gamble and
the pass was incomplete and
the Bulldogs were in
possession of the ball on the
Hayesville 42.
The Bulldogs picked up a
first down and hadanotherone
on the next two plays but the
Bulldogs were guilty of a clip
ping penalty and lost fifteen
yards. Stiles then tossed a
pass toThrasher that was good
for 40 yards and a first down.
Maurice Kincaid and Harold
Kephart teamed to get another
first down placing the ball on
the Hayesville two. Gary Wil
son took It In and again Ste
vens' kick split the uprights
and Murphy was ahead 20-6
with 7:59 remaining.
I
In the remaining minutes of
play the Yellow Jackets made
back to back first downs but
the attack bogged down. The
back breaking play was a pass
that James Hembree inter
cepted and ran back to
the Bulldoj 25. Five plays
and two first downs later, the
game was over.
The 155 pound Sophmore
Monkus and Hogsed were the
main ground gainers for
Hayesville, withKincaid?Gary
Wilson and Harold Kephart
nicking up most of the yard
age lor Murphy. The entire
line play of both teams was
outstanding.
In the three remaining
games for Murphy, the
Bulldogs face a strong Rob
binsville team this Friday
night in a homecoming game.
After that its Swain County in
Murphy and the following week
the Bulldogs face theAndrews
Wildcats for the Cherokee
County and Smoky Mountain
conference honors at stake.
The Bulldogs now have three
conference victories with an
overall record of five vic
tories, one tie and one de
feat at the hands of Waynes
ville (Tuscola),
M H
First Downs 13 12
Rushing Yardage 191 142
Passing Yardage 38 52
Passes 2-1 u-5
Passes Intercepted 1 1
Punts 2-42.51-38
Fumbles 1 i
Yards Penalized 30 2
Murphy 0 6 7 7?20
Hayesville 0 6 0 0 ? 6
EVERYBODY'S GOT A KICK COMING-Doug Stevens boots ?n extr? point for the Murphy
Bulldogs In the left photo, while Ronnie Martin's kick for the Hayesvlll* Yellow J ?cke*?,
right photo, wit no good. (Photo* by Weever Carrlqger).