The Cherokee
'Cherokee County's Best Seller'
Volume 78 - Number 16
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November 9, 1967
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and Clay County Progress
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Funeral Homes To End Ambulance Service
Forest Service Workers
Presented Safety Awards
The Tusquitee Ringer Dis
trict's Annual Presentation of
Safety Awards was held Satur
day night.
The presentation was com
bined with a family covered
dish supper for Tusquitee Dis
trict personnel and their fami
lies.
After the supper, District
Ranger Bunch A. Nugent
congratulated the men on their
safety accomplishment and
presented the awards.
Awards for years without
lost-time accidents were
presented to the following em
ployees: Marshall Allen, Glen
Beaver, Hal Bryson, Tyrone
Burnette, Charlie Clonts,
Henry Chambers, Bailey
Coleman, James Crisp, John
ny Davis, Frank Dockery, Hoyt
Dockery, Chester Greene,
Marvin Hall, Wade Hogsed,
Gene Kephart, Howard Kil
patrick. Gay Ledlord, L.C.
Loudermilk, Eddie Man
chester, Janice McCombs,
Roy McDonald, Lee
McLeUand. District Ranger
Bunch A. Nugent, Wayne
Roberaon, Ralph Rogers, Bud
Scroggs, Harvey Stiles,
Earnie Sudderth, Howard Tay
lor, Jack Thompson John Wa
ddell and Tom White.
Nugent's award was for 32
years of continuous service
without a lost-time accident
of any kind.
The awards totalled
approximately 164 man years
or 341,120 man hours of con
tinuous safe service.
Harvey Stiles received an
award and certificate for sub
mitting an improvement
suggestion resulting in sub
stantial savings to die Forest
Service and the taxpayers.
Two Students Killed
In Nantahala Wreck
Two students at Tennessee
Temple College In Chat
tanooga were killed and four
companions Injured earlySat
urday when their car plunged
Into the Nantahala River in
Macon County.
Charles C. Steen, 19, and
Robert Dexter Howard, 18,
both of Springfield, Mass.,
were reported killed.
The injured were brought to
District Memorial Hospital In
Andrews.
Jerry Benson Day, 19, of
Nantahala; Jeffrey Paul Heath,
19, of Elyrla, Ohio; and Mar
shall Wayne O' Bryan, 17,
of Hammond, Ind. were re
ported In fair condition. De
Wayne Robert Glascock, 18,
of Indianapolis, was treated
and released.
The youths were enroute to
Day's home when the wreck
occured.
Day toldHighwayPatrolman
Philip L. Gravely that Steen
was driving and he noticed
Steen nodding and saw that
he wasn't slowing down as he
approached a sharp curve at
a bridge over the Nantahala.
Day yelled at Steen to watch
for the curve and the driver
slammed on the brakes,
putting the car into a skid on
wet pavement.
The car jumped the bridge
and landed on its top in about
four feet of water. Steen and
Howard were trapped in the
front seat.
The survivors were dis
covered by Leonard Williams
of Robbinsville. Williams had
been the first person on the
scene of a wreck near Frank
lin at 11 p.m. Friday where
Rita Ann Taylor, 19, of Frank
lin, was killed. He had stayed
there to assist Patrolman
Gravely and then left about
1 a. m. Saturday and dis
covered the Nantahala wreck
20 miles further west.
Wildcats Play
Rosman Friday
The Andrews Wildcats face
Rosman at Andrews Friday
night in the opening round of
the Class a football playoffs.
The Wildcats closed out
their regular season with a
29-2 victory at Cherokee Fri
day night.
THE HOME OF ELBERT GREEN In the Gold Branch Community wis destroyed by fire
Tuesday morning. The fire began In the front of the house where the cloud of black smoke
Is rising. When this picture was taken, the flames were just beginning to shoot through the
roof at the rear. A child's tractor lies abandoned in the left foreground. (Photo by Weaver
Carringer)
Mites End Year
With Victory
The Murphy Mites conclud
ed their season with a 19-6
victory over Hayesville last
week.
Larry Hughes ran the open
ing kickoff 60 yards for a
touchdown and the Murphy
team never trailed.
The Mites finished second
in their division. Robbinsville
beat Andrews to clinch first
place.
The Lions Club will honor
the Mites and Midgets with
a dinner at the Milton Inn
Tuesday night at 7.
SOBBR OR UKDBR THB I4FLU8NCB? - Highway Patrolman Patt Millar (left) plays the
role of a drunk driving auapact and Highway Patrolman Dsn Reavia acbnlnleters a breirti
alyaar test. The new machine, purchased by the Highway Patrol for uaa la CberokM aad
Clay Counties, waa received at 4m ]a0 In Murphy UK week. The breathalyzer cast la of
fered to persona arrested on (htving under the influence charges. I the auapact registers
.10 of one percent or men aloohol in his aysaein, ha la conaidered to be under the bflu
?nce. The evidence la a<fcnlsslbU in court. The test la voluntary, but a suspect's refusal
t> take It may be admitted ea evidence. M liter and Reel via look a required 61 hour course
?o lean how to operate the machine. They are the only authorised operators ia the two
n unties. Clay County had agreed to contribute >300 toward the purchaee of the machine,
tw Cherokee County did not agree to pay (he remainder of the coat and the Highway Patrol
tien mads the purchaae. The breathalyser coat about *00. (Photo by Dave Bruce)
Walter Ensley Takes First;
Don Gentry Ups Point Lead
Walter Ensley took first place in this week's football
Contest and Don Gentry added to his lead in the point stand
ings by taking second place. Mildred Burch finished third.
All three had six misses and the tie breaker was used.
Auburn beat Alabama, 26-21, in our tiebreaker for the
week.
Ensley missed by six points. His prediction was 24-17.
The Rt. 1, Andrews resident wins five dollars and five points.
Gentry missed by 16 points with a 19-12 prediction. He
previously won first place and tied for second and now
has a total of 10 1/2 points in the competition for the grand
prize.
Mildred Burch missed the tie breaker by 19 points with
a prediction of 1S-10.
The point standings for the grand prize are:
Don Gentry 10 1/2
E.C. James 5 1/2
Karen Watson . 5
Larry Shope. 5
James H. Kilpa trick ?... 5
Patsy Hyde. 5
Herbert Sheidy 5
Walter Ensley 5
Sandra 3
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Don Gregory ?>
Terry Sanders 21/2
E. R. Voyles 2 1/2
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Herbie Gibson 2
Mildred Burch 2
Dale Lunsford 2
Fran Crawford. 2/3
Graham Bayless 2/3
Richard B. Caldwell 2/3
Jack Stickley Seeks
GOP Nod For Governor
Charlotte businessman John
L. (Jack) Stlckley officially
announced he is seeking the
Repbulican nomination for
governor last Thursday.
His announcement, at a news
conference In Charlotte, made
him the first entry In the
1968 gubernatorial race.
Stlckley expressed hope that
he will not be opposed by
Congressman James Gardner
Tech Trustees
Are Appointed
Eight trustees were named
this week for Tri-County
Technical Institute at Peach
tree.
Four each were appointed
by the Cherokee County Board
of Commissioners and the
Cherokee County Board of
BAicotlon.
lite Commissioners voted
Monday morning to appoint
W. Prank Fortyth, H. A. Mat
tes, W. T. Moore, and Dr.
W. A. Hoover. They will
serve terms of eight, six,
four, and two year* respec
tively.
Monday night, the Board of
Education named Noah Hem
brae, Boyd Crisp of Graham ,
County, Tom Day of Clay !
County, and Ctrl yle Matheaon.
Their terms will alao be for
eight, aw, four, end two years
re^wutvely.
oi KocKy Mount wno nas ire
quently been mentioned as a
possible candidate for
governor.
The State Republican party
"doesn't have the expendable
leadership or the money" for
a primary contest, Stickley
said.
If a primary develops, how
ever, "it will be healthy for
the party," he added.
Gardner said in Washing
ton, "there very well may be
a primary contest.
Stickley saia ne planned to
begin an active campaign lm
ediately.
Levi Registered
In Soviet Union
Levi Strauss k Co. has re
calved notification that its
Levi's trademark has been
registered in the Soviet Union,
Horace S. Cannon, manager of
the company's garment manu
facturing plant in Murphy, Mid
today.
Levi's trademarks are now
registered In 55 countries.
Cannon said, and despite the
registrations, there Is a con
tinuing problem of for
eign garment manufacturers -
copying the styles and dupli
cating the company's label*
and identifying marks.
Say They Can't Comply
With New Regulations
Me and Town son Funeral
Homes have announced they
definitely will discontinue am
bulance service in Cherokee
County at the end of the year.
The December 31 date was
given to the Cherokee County
Board of Commissioners
Monday by Peyton Ivie and
Dave Town son.
The two funeral homes orig
inally announced a cutoff last
March 31, but continued to
render the service when no
acceptable alternative was
worked out.
Townson said the funeral
homes can not comply with new
regulations that become effec
tive January 10.
The new rules were adopt
ed by the N. C. State Board
of Health In Raleigh on Oct
ober 12. There are 31 re
Commissioners Up Fees
For Register Of Deeds;
Consider Food Stomps
The Cherokee County Board
of Commissioners voted Mon
day to raise some fees in the
Register of Deeds office and
decided to study the poss
ibility of substituting the Food
Stamp Program for the
current Surplus commodity
Program.
The commissioners ac
cepted the reccomendatlons of
Register of Deeds Ed Graves
and voted to increase the fees
effective Tuesday.
Recording deeds, deeds of
trust, and road right-of-way
were Increased from $2.15 to
$2.50.
Chattel mortgage and con
tract fees were Increased
from $1.15 to $3.
Death and birth certificates
were increased from 70 cents
to $1.
The cost of a delayed birth
certificate was Increased
from $1.40 to $2.
Marriage certificates were
Increased from $1.40 to $1.50.
Carlyle Matheson made a
motion to accept the Increases
and the changes were voted
imanimniialv o ftm r a e?rnnH Vnr
Ray Sims.
Welfare Dicrector V. O.
Ayers presented information
to compare the merits of the
Food Sump Program and the
Surplus Commodity Program.
Estimates prepared by
Ayers Indicated it would cost
thle county about $1,000 a
year more to operate the
sump program than it costs
to operate the Surplus Com ?
modity Program. His figures
were based on the number of
Tennessee Man
Drowns In Lake
Floyd Adams, 46, of Benton,
Tenn. drowned in LakeHiwa
ssee early last Thursday
morning.
The body was recovered
from about 35 feet of water
at Floyd's Boat Dock by the
Cherokee County Rescue
Squad at 11:20 a.m.
Adams was on a fishing trip
with his employer, Dr. L. M.
Gross, also of Benton.
Gross said the men were
spending the night In a boat
under the shed at the dock when
Adams complained about not
being able to sleep and decided
to do some fishing around mid
night Wednesday.
When he awoke at 8 a.tn.
Thursday, Gross said Adam*
had not returned to the boat and
when he began searching for
him, he found Adams' fishing
rod and line on the dock. When
he did not find him, Gorss
notified the Rescue Squad.
Coroner J. C, Townsend
ruled death was due to iccld
enul drowning.
Adams is survived by his
wife, Eula Mae, and two sons,
David of the home and Joe of
Atlanu.
Bulldogs Begin
Playoff Saturday
The Murphy Bulldogs, Class
AA champs of the Smoky
Mounuin Conference, will be
gin playoff competition Sat
urday night against T.C.Rob
erson at Asheville Memorial
Sudlum.
T. C. Roberson is the co
champ and represenutive
of the Parkway Conference.
The Rams lost to Tryon,
7-6, and tied with Bdneyville.
Drive-in Schedule
ChanfBS Announced
The Valley Drive- in
Theater atA ndrews has closed
for the season.
The Murphy 64 Drive-in,
however, will remain open.
P. J. Hem announced that
the Murphy 64 will be open
Friday, Saturday. Sunday and
and will ope*
ate Frtfcy, Saturday and Sun
day nights In Decanter,
persons presently certified
for commodities In the county.
Under the samp program,
eligible persons would pur
chase stamps and receive a
certain number of bonus, nr
free sumps each month.These
could be used to purchase
food at any store in the county
and the merchant would re
deem the stamps at the
bank for cash.
Ayers said his presentation
was only a display of the
posslbtle costs of the program
and he was not recommending
one over the other.
The Commissioners de
cided to study the stamp pro
gram further..
Sims made a motion to set
the pay of members of the Jury
commission at $25 per day of
service. It was voted unan
imously after a second by
Matheson.
Sims also recommended
that gravel be requested for
th Violet Baptist Church ce4
metery road.
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quirements specified in the
new regulations including
extra equipment and person
nel.
"It's an impossibility"
for us to continue, Ivie said.
Chairman W. T. Moore said
he did not see how the Com
missioners can authorize
county money to take over the
service at the present time.
However, Moore and the
other members of the Board
expressed opinions that ser
vice must somehow continue
and the county must work out
a solution to the problem.
The possibility of the
funeral homes working with
the county was discussed and
Ivie said any ambulance ser
vice "absolutely must be an
organization separate from
the funeral home."
Townson stated last March
that the new minimum wage
law made the service a fin
ancial burden that could not
be endured. He pointed out
Monday that the minimum
wage rises again early next
year and that this, along with
- the new state regulations,
could not be accepted.
When Townson Funeral
Home discontinued ambulance
service in Graham County
earlier this year, the county
put one man on a salary basis
to operate the service there.
There were Indications
Monday that the Cherokee
County Commissioners will
consider the same plan,
although two operators would
be needed, one for Andrews
and one for Murphy.
Ivie appeared before the
Clay County Commissioners
later Monchy to discuss the
same problem.
He said no final solution
has been made In Clay and he
did not give a definite cut
off date for service in the
county.
Editorial
Salute To School Officials,
Businessman On DECA Week
National DECA Week is being observed this week in
more than 3,000 cities where Distributive Education is
taught in the public school system.
bi our town, as elsewhere, the local Chapter of the Dis
tributive Education Clubs of America, or DECA, is closely
associated with the Instructional program. This student
directed activity is an effective part of the learning and
training process in developing future leaders for market
ing and distribution.
Through research projects and recognition events,
the activities of the local DECA Chapter bring into sharp
er focus the various instructional parts of the DE pro
gram taught in Murphy High School.
Many of our business leaders are involved in the act
ivities of DECA. First, as employer, these business
firms provide laboratory environment in which the student
tests, observes, applies concepts and skills learned in
the DB class In school. Second, through supervised train
ing, the student gains experience in the occupation which
frequently Is the first step toward his career goal. Third,
DB students learn right from the start the basics of
business In our free enterprise system. This in itself
Is highly commendable because nowhere in our educational
system is free enterprise demonstrated so adequately
as In the Distributive Education curriculum.
This approach to education not only develops competent
personnel for merchandising, marketing, and management,
but also prepares our youth for better citizenship. We
congratulate and salute both school administrators and
businessmen on the observance of National DECA Week.
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nertout aefctavamant MiUa participating In yialnwd aerial
night la Mjaport of combat foron" w VMMm^ Ha part,
ictpatad in over 25 aarttl mlitlons ovar hoatOa territory
in airport of countarlnaurgancy operation* while aarviat
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