The Cherokee
'Cherokee County's Best Seller'
Volume 78 - Number 14 M?ipby, Nerth Carolina October 26, 1967
Scout
and Clay County Progress
10 Pages This Week
SUUJNUUJQi POST AO! PAiU
AT MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA
14 Murphy Students To
Attend District Meeting
Fourteen members of the
Distributive Education Club
at Murphy High School will
attend the District Leadership
Conference of the Distributive
Education Clubs of American
Tuesday afternoon at Sylva
Webster High School.
Two Murphy students will
be seeking district offices at
Correction
The Scout reported last
week that Dr. Walter F. Mau
ney is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Alabama.
This Is not correct. He is a
graduate of the University of
North Carolina and he took his
internship at the University
of Alabama.
The Scout regrets this
error.
the meeting. Sandy Allison
has been nominated to run for
secretary-treasurer of the
District and Jerry Hunsucker
is a candidate for parli
mentarian.
Josephine Taylor will re
present Murphy in the DECA
Sweetheart competition and
Polly Conley is entered in the
Job Interview contest.
Ann Arrant has been elected
by the Murphy club to serve
as a delegate at local, dis
trict and state conferences.
The officers of the
Murphy Club this year are
David Arrant, president: Pete
Stalcup, Jr., vice president;
Sandy Allison, secretary; Ann
Armat, treasurer; Polly Con
ley, historian; and Jerry Hun
sucker, parlimentarlan.
Cecil Mashbum is the
teacher coordinator of the
local program.
Young Harris
Gets Trophy
Young Harris College has
received the Prtsident's
Trophy awarded by tht mem
ber schools of the Georgia
Junior College Atheltic
Conference.
The trophy was presen
ted to the school's president,
Douglas Sasser, and Coach
Luke Rushton last Friday at
the annual banquet of the
Georgia Junior College Asso
ciation in Douglas, Ga. The
banquet was held on the cam
pus of South Georgia College
The trophy is awarded
to the school displaying the
best overall sportsmanship
shown by students, athletes
coaches and faculty mem
bers. It was awarded for the
1966-67 school year.
Set Clock Back Saturday
Night, Daylight Time Ends
Western North Carolinians will get an extra hour of
sleep Saturday night as the area's first Daylight Saving
Time period comes to an end.
Eastern Standard Time officially becomes effective at
2 a.m. Sunday. It is suggested you turn your clocks back
one hour before going to bed Saturday night.
The hour of extra sleep you gain is repayment for the
hour you lost last spring when we went on daylight time.
Don Gentry Takes
Lead In Contest
Don Gentry of Murphy won
first place in The Scout Foot
ball Contest this week and
moved Into the lead in' the
point standings for the grand
Bulldogs Overcome
Swain Threat, 13-6
By Red Schuyler
The Murphy Bulldogs
racked up their fifth Smoky
Mountain Conference win by
nosing out the Swain County
Maroon Devils, 13-6, on the
local field Friday night.
Take away the Bulldogse
cond offensive play of the game
and the Bulldogs may have
been beaten.
Swain won the toss and
elected to receive. Harley
Grant took the kickoff on his 15
yard line and returned it to the
Swain 32 yard line. Alva Crowe
picked up three yards through
** ttoS HrtB.TTISrles Crowe took a
pass for 18 yards and a first
down. Roscoe Lindsey picked
up three yards on the next
play. Another pass, good for
15 yards to Eddie Di liar d, net
ted another first down and it
looked like Swain was on the
way to pay dirt. With first and
ten and the ball on the Bull
dogs 29 yard line, Doug Ste
vens intercepted a pass on the
Bulldog 20. It was a ? diving
catch and Stevens had no
chance for a run back.
On the first Bulldog play,
Harold Kephart picked up one
yard. On the next play, Kincaid
found a hole in the line and with
the aid of good blocking went
all the way for 79 yards and six
points. This one run accounted
for almost half of die yardage
the Bulldogs were to get on
this cold night. The Bulldogs
would not be able to get but
109 more yards by rushing
against a fired up Maroon
Devil team. The first score
of the night came with 9:08
remaining in the first quar
ter. Stevens try for the extra
point was wide and the Bull
dogs were out in front for the
time being 6-0.
On the next series of plays
the Devils could not get a first
down and were forced to kick
out. The kick rolled dead on
the Bulldog 36 yard line. With
the Kephart boys running.
Harold and Mike, the "Dogs"
picked up three first downs.
In this series a pass to Earl
Thrasher was good for six
yards plus a keeper by Stiles
good for seven yards. On the
next two plays, the Dogs lost
13 yards. Kincaid picked up
five and it was fourth and 18.
Electing to gamble, the Bull
dogs called for a screen pass
and it was no good.,
Swain took over on their
own 30 yard line and picked
up 17 yards on two runs and a
pass. On third down with seven
yards to go, Robbie Robinson
heaved a pass that was de
flected by Thrasher and then
caught by Reggie Wiggins and
netted 15 yards and a first
down. In the next series of
plays and knocking on the Bull
dog door Roscoe Lindsay
picked up one yard, a pass to
Charles Crowe was dropped
on the Bulldog five yard line.
The first quarter ended at this
point and the Bulldogs were
holding on to a six point lead.
On the third play of the
second quarter Muse heaved
a pass to Charles Crowe and
the Bulldogs were guilty of
interference and were penal
ized 15 yards. ThisgaveSwain
another first down. Alva
Crowe lost two yards. Three
successive passes fell to the
ground and the Bulldogs took
over on the Bulldog 20 yard
line.
Kincaid picked up three
yards on the next play and then
the Bulldogs took a penalty
for holding and the ball was
moved to the Bulldog 11 1/2
yard line. Kincaid and Harold
Kephart picked up five yards,
but ten yards short of a first
down and once again Scott
was called on to kick it out.
Scon's long kick went to Ch
arles Crowe on the Swain 47
yard line and was returned to
the Swain 49. - ~
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Nine plays and three succ
essive first downs and the
Devils were again knocking
on the Bulldog door. With the
ball on the seven yard line,
Danny Muse took it in for the
six points with 5:18 remaining
in the half. On the try for the
extra point, it looked like it
would be kicked, but the
receiver caught the ball while
still on his knee. He decided
to run for it but never had a
chance. Since he caught the
ball while on his knee, it was
a dead ball.
On the ensuing kickoff, the
ball was return*^ Bull
dog 40 yard line. The Bulldogs
picked up one first down but
could not make it two in a row
and had to call on Scott to kick
it out. The Maroon Devils
were content to run the clock
out and the half ended with the
score tied 6-6.
Taking the second half kick
off, the Bulldogs could not
make a first down. Scott's kick
went off the side of his foot
and was out of bounds on the
Bulldog 36. Swain picked up a
first down, but the attack
bogged down and it was fourth
and nine on the Bulldog 24. The
fourth down pass was in
complete and the Bulldogs took
over on the Bulldog 24.
On the next three plays, the
Bulldogs were just shy of a
first down and on the fourth
down, the ball was fumbled and
Swain recovered on the Bull
dog 35. On the first play. Swain
picked up nine yards but on
the next play, gave the ball
back to the Bulldogs on a
fumble on the Bulldog 25.
The third period ended shortly
thereafter with neither team
able to strike paydirt.
On the first play of the
fourth quarter, David Cole
intercepted a pass on the
Swain 26 yard line. This was
one of the two key plays of
OH NO YOU DON'T I Harold Kephart (11) deflects a pass Intended forSwaln County end Eddie
Dtllard who is just outside the goal line. A successful completion would have given Swain the
lead in their narrow defeat by Murphy. (Photo by Weaver Carrlnger).
the game. With Kincaid and
Mike Kephart running three
plays , the ball was a few inches
shy of a first down. Gambling
for it, the Bulldogs picked up
the first down by a foot. Af
ter four more plays and a
first down, the ball was rest
ing on the Swain seven yard
line. A keeper by Stiles picked
up one yard. Kincaid picked up
another yard. On the third
play, from the five yard line,
Harold Kephart ran it over.
Stevens try for the extra point
was good and the Bulldogs led
13-6 with 7:44 remaining.
Harley Grant received the
kickoff and returned it to the
Bryson City 25 yard line. On
the next play, Robbie Robin
son broke clear at the line of
scrimmage and ran it back
to the Bulldog 40 yard line.
On the third play Mike Kep
hart intercepted a pass on the
Bulldog 13 yard line. The
E 'lldogs could only get one
first down and once again Scott
had to kick out. The receiver
fumbled the ball but recovered
on the Swain 30 yard line. Five
plays later the Maroon Devils
had moved the ball to the
Bulldog 10 yard line with i:05
remaining. Robbie Robinson
picked up four yards. On the
next play, Swain was penalized
five yards for illegal motion,
the ball now on the 11 yard
line. Three incompletepasses
later the Bulldgos took over
with 23 yards remaining. The
Bulldogs were content to run
the clock out.
Dj aeieaung owam, uie
Bulldogs win the Western Di
vision Class AA Championship
and will go into the playoffs.
The showdown comes this Fri
day night when the once beaten
once tied Bulldogs travel to
Andrews to meet the once tied
Wildcats. This game will de
cide the Smoky Mountain Con
ference Championship.
If both teams are up, this
will be the best game played
in Western North Carolina
next week. This game will
close out the regular season
play for the Bulldogs. The
Andrews Wildcats have one
more game on their regular
schedule, but will enter the
playoffs for the Western Di
vision in Class A.
Without a' doubt, the Bull
dogs best weapon was the bare
foot kicking of 155 pound end
Benny Scott. Scott kicked five
times for an average of 46
yards, with one kick going off
the side of hij foot for snort
yardage.
M
FIRST DOWNS 7
Rushing Yardage 188
Passing Yardage 37
Passes 4-74
Passes Int. by 4
Punts 6-48
Fumbles lost 1
Yard* Penalised 40
S
11
188
134
8-24
0
1-36
1
16
Swain County 0 6 0 0 6
Murphy 6 0 0 7-? 13
prize.
He picked the winners in
22 out of 24 games listed.
Previously, Don had two
and one-half points to his
credit for a tie for second
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y* av^> iic uvw 11 as ac??i ouu
one-half points.
Boyd Pullium of Murphy
also had 22 correct predic
tions, but he had to settle for
second place because of the
tie breaker.
Our tie breaker last week
was Tennessee's 24-13 victory
that ended Alabama's winning
streak. Both Don and Boyd had
predicted the Alabama victory
and we had to judge on the
closeness of the two score
predictions.
Don came closest with a
forecast of a 17-14 'Bama
win while Boyd said the score
would be 30-24. Don was with
in 14 points of the actual num
ber scored and Boyd, while
correctly picking Tennessee's
24 points, was off by 17 points
when he said Alabama would
score 30.
Third place is shared by
three contestants this week.
All three had 21 correct sel
ections and all three pre
dicted Tennessee would beat
Alabama by a margin of 17-14.
The three are Fran Craw
ford, Richard B. Caldwell and
Graham Bayless, all of Mur
phy.
The two points to be aw
arded for third place must be
divided equally and the three
will each receive credit for
two thirds of a point.
Here are the standings in the
race for our grand prize;
Don Gentry-seven and one
half points.
Karen Watson, Larry Shope,
James H. Kilpatrick and
Patsy Hyde-five points each.
Sandra Mintz, Don Gregory
E.C. James and Boyd Pull
ium three points each.
Terry Sanders, two and one
half points.
Abby Mathis, Herbie
Gibson and Dale Lunsford
two points each.
Fran Crawford, Richard B.
Caldwell and Graham Bayless
two-thirds of a point each.
Turn to the contest page
for this week and see how
you fare in the mad scramble
for dollars and points.
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Brasstown Man Dies
From Raceway Injuries
A much-decorated, twice
wounded veteran of the Viet
Nam fighting died early
Sunday morning of injuries
s uffered Saturday night at
the Tri -County Raceway
near Brasstown.
Carl Smith, 21, was reported
by Clay county Sheriff Er
nest H. Moore to be standing
by a parked car at the race
track when one of the cars
skidded and pinned Smith
against the parked vehicle.
He complained of chest
pains and was taken to a Mur
phy hospital where he died
about three hours later.
The driver of the race car
was identified as Paul
Corbin of Cleveland, Tenn.
Smith received a medical
discharge from the arme'
forces after being wounded
twice in Vietnam last year.
He was awarded the Purple
Heart twice and also was aw
arded the Vietnam Service
Medal, Vietnam Campaign
Medal and a National Defense
Service Medal.
He was employed by And
Jury Commission
Sworn In Monday
The members of the new
Cherokee County Jury Com
mission were sworn in Monday
by Clerk of Superior Court
Don Ramsey.
The members are Mrs.
Charles Van Gorder, Joe My
ers and Ben Scott. The mem
bers elected Scott chairman.
The commission has begun
work to compile new jury
lists as provided by the new
North Carolina uniform jury
bill which was passed by the
General Assembly this year.
About 2,000 names will be
selected for the jury list from
voter registration and tax
lists.
The members of the com
mission will serve two-year
terms and may be appointed
to successive terms .
The residentSuperiorCourt
Judge, the Clerk of Superior
Court, and the County Com
missioners each appoint one
member of the commission.
Pay for service on the
commission is to be set by the
county commissioners.
A list of prospective jurors,
to be used for two years, must
be prepared by the com
mission at least 30 days
prior to January 1, 1968.
The name and address of
each person selected for the
list will be written on a sep
arate card. The cards will
be alphabetized and per
manently numbered and placed
in the custody of the Register
of Deeds.
Numbers will be placed in
a jury box which will be turned
over to the Clerk of Super
ior Court. The Clerk will
draw the amount of numbers
specified by the Judge atleast
30 days prior to a couct ses
sion.
The numbers drawn will be
turned over to the Register of
Deeds who will match the
numbers with the numbers and
names on the jury list.
The new bill under which the
commission operates states
that prospective jurors may be
excused "only for reasons of
compelling personal hard
ship."
Money Stolen At
Andrews School
The Cherokse County Sher
iff's Department and the An
drews Police are investigating
the theft of petty cash during
a break in at Andrews High
School last Thursday night.
Superintendent Fred Rogers
said the money was taken
from a desk drawer in the
school office.
He said a hole was broken
in the front door to gain en
trance to the builing and a
glass panel was broken to get
into the office.
Another glass was broken to
get into the cafeteria, but
Rogers said nothing was taken
there.
Deputy Sheriff Glen Holl
oway took fingerprints to as
sist in the investigation.
Midgets, Mites Win At Swain
The Murphy Midgets will be
out to wrap up the Smoky
Mountain Conference midget
title Saturday night at Robb
insville. The Midgets de
feated Bryson City, 40-20,
last week.
The Murphy Mites won at
Bryson City, 34-14. The Mites
will be seeking revenge at
Robbinsville for their only
previous defeat. They bowed to
Robbinsville, 7-6, in the first
meeting between the two teams
this year.
rews Furniture Industries.
Smith was a native of
Cherokee County, a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith
of Brasstown, and attended
Murphy schools.
Other survivors include a
sister, Miss Mary Ellen
Smith of the home; two bro
thers, Robert of Travelers
Rest, S.C. and Larry of the
home; and the maternal grand
mother Mrs. Georgia
Waldroup of Brasstown.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at Little Brasstown
Baptist Church, of which
he was a member.
The Rev. Jimmy Hogsed
and the Rev. Fred Lunsford
officiated. Full military rites
were conducted in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Clay
Brown, Ray Elliott, Burl
Chastain, Francis Cook,
Harry Tipton and Clay Logan.
Townson Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
Bloodmobile
Here Monday
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be at the Murphy Power
Board Building Monday after
noon from 1 until 5:30.
"A great need and shortage .
of blood" was reported by a j
spokeman for the bloodmobile J
The shortage is attributed to m
the needs for wounded ser- j
vicemen in Vietnam.
Wildcats Defeat *
fobbinsville
The undefeated Andrews
Wildcats scored 20 points in
the final quarter Friday night
to defeat Robbinsville, 40-26
After jumping to a 13-0
lead in the first quarter, the
.Wildcats had to settle for a
13-13 tie at the half.
Andrews held a 20-13 lead
at the end of the third quarter
and scored three touchdowns
in the fourth quarter while the
Black Knights scored twice.
Gary Morgan lead die
Andrews attack with two
touchdowns in die fourth
quarter while the Black
Knights scored twice.
Gary Morgan led the And
rews attack with two touch
downs and he passed for
another.
Andrews hosts Murphy Fri
day night in the game that will
decide the Smoky Mountain
Conference championship.
OFF TO THE CIRCUS? This group of 33 Murphy children had ringside seats at the Shrlner
Circus In Chattanooga Saturday as guests of the Chattanooga Shrine difc. Towns on Funeral
Home, Rlmco and CI ti sens Bank and Trust Co. sponsored linen and transportation foe tbe trip.
(Photo by Jim Morgan)