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The Cherokee . ' Cherokee County's Best SclUr' Volume 78 ? Number 17 lUffky. Nertk Cereli.e November 16,1967 Scout and Clay County Progress 12 Pages This Week AT IUOI I'l . MONTH CAROLINA George Worley Named Local Westco Manager George Worley George Worley assumed his duties as District Manager ot Westco Telepnone Com pany's Murphy office Monday. He replaces Gary McKelvey. Westco President James Armstrong said McKelvey has been named commercial manager for Westco and West Tractor Driver Hurt In Wreck Dewey Jones, 68, of Rt. 2, Culberson received severe head injuries last Wednesday when the tractor he was driv ing was hit by a car on US 64 about 12 miles west of Murphy. The scene of the accident was near the junc tion with Sunny Point Road. Jones was traveling east when a car driven by Mrs. Margaret A. Rodgers, 67, of Maryville, Tenn. pulled out to pass the tractor and hit it, witnesss told Highway Pat rolman Patt Miller. Jones was thrown free of the tractor and landed about 13 feet from where the tractor stopped. He was taken to Copper Basin Hospital and was transferred later to Er linger Hospital in Chattanooga. Mrs. Rodgers and the pass engers in her car, her husband, J. H. Rogers, 68, and Mrs. Johnny Green, TO, of Alcoa, Tenn. were taken to Providence Hospital where they were treated and held for observation. Miller said Mrs. Rodgers was charged with falling to slow sufficiently to avoid an accident. ?re Carolina Telephone Co. H? will work out of the WetvervUle office. The Murphy office serve* Cherokee, Clay and Graham Counties. Worley worked for Weetco for 12 years until February. Since then he has been self trapped as ? telephone cen tral office contractor. He Is a native of Hayes - vlUe and a graduate of Hayes - ?Ule High School and Young Harris College. Worley is married to the former Miss Shlrlev Palmer of Hayes vllle. They havefour children - Andy, Brenda, Ter esa and Mike. The Worleys are members ; of the Murphy First Baptist Church. Phone Repairs Being Made West Co Telephone Manager George Worley said today ser vicemen are calling at the homes of all subscribers of the Murphy exchange. Each service man has a letter of authorization. Worley described the work as preventive maintenance. He said there will be no charges for the work. School Holidays Are Announced The Andrews, Murphy and Cherokee County Schools will be closed next Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Christmas vacation will begin at the close of classes on Tuesday, December 19. Sessions will resume on Ti*s day, January 2. Com Stolen An estimated 150 to 175 bushels of corn owned by Brown's Best Feeds were stolen from a boxcar at Ran ger Siding on Tuesday. Nov ember 7. W. T. Brown, Jr. estimated the value of the corn at $250. invmmrt^ CUude Anderson is investigating the theft. DEATH SCENE -The car in which John King of Andrews was killed last Thursday is shown in the field at the right. The truck involved in the wreck had been turned up, but the asphalt spilled from the vehicle covers the highway in the foreground. (Photo by Dave Bruce) Andrews Man Killed In Car-Truck Wreck On 19 John Akin King, 60, of Andrews died following acar truck collision Thursday afternoon about three miles west of Andrews on US 19 129. King was riding In a car driven by his brother-in-law, William Henry Taylor, 69, of Murphy. Taylor was seriously in jured in the wreck. He was reported improving at District Memorial Hospital. Highway Patrolman E. N. Hooper said the Taylor ve hicle, traveling east, struck a truck driven by Clint Burrell, 28, of Copperhlll, Tenn. Burrell was not hurt. The truck, loaded with asp halt, was owned by Higdon Asphalt Co. of Andrews. The truck overturned, spill ing asphalt on the road. The Taylor car went down a steep bank and landed in a field. King was the eighth traffic fatality in Cherokee County this year. His death was the seventh to occur within a half mile of the accident scene. Four persons were killed within 30 feet of the scene on April 14, ending 473 days without a traffic death in the county. On May 13, two persons died in a head-on collision Bulldogs Bow To Roberson In Playoff Game, 27-6 By Red Schuyler The Murphy High School Bulldogs lost to the T. C. Roberson Rams in the first round playoff game for the AA Western title. The final score was 27 to 6. The game was billed as a defensive battle and started out that way with only one touchdown scored in the first half, and that one coming 1:11 seconds before the end of the first quarter. The Bulldogs won the toss and elected to receive. Wayne Wells gathered in Wilson's boot at the Bulldog 17 and returned it to the 37 before being downed. On the first play from scrimmage, TCR was offsides and the Bulldog* took the penalty. Wells, in two runs, picked up two yards and on the next play Stevens found a hole in the TCR right side of the line and carried for 15 yards before being caught. This also gave the Bulldogs a first down on die TCR 41 yardline. The "Dogs" were able to move the ball only ?lx yards in the next three downs and were forced into a punting situation. Scott's kick rolled into the end zone and TCR put the ball in play at their 20 yard line. Anthoney Rhodes, big 200 pound fullback, took the hand off from Q. B. Ronnie Israel and got to the line of scrim mage where the ball squirted out of his hands into the hands of Ben Crisp and the Bulldogs got the first big break of the game, k two Staba at the line, Kinca Id could only pick 141 a yard. On the third play Wells picked t^> ?even. With fourth and two on the TCR 10 yard line, Stiles called on Stevens to pick the first down. Stevens was ?lopped at the line of scrtm mage and TCR this time took over on their ten yeard line, h ten plays, with Rhodes, Splawn, and Scott alternating carrying the bell and a 38 yard pass to Matthews for the final yardage, TCR put six Kbits on the board. Wilson's : :k for the extra point was good. Mike Kephart took the next klckoff on his 14 yard line and returned It to the TRC 49 yard line. The TCR line stif fened and forced the Bulldogs to once again call on Scott to kick it out. to nine plays and four first downs the TCR Rams were ?8?ln Knocking on the Bulldog door for an other score. Israel^arrying on the keeper, let the ball get away from him and this time Trantham recovered for the Bulldogs on the Bulldog seven yard line. The Bull dogs picked up two first downs before the a tuck bogged down and were forced to kick again. Scon's kick was taken by Wright on the TCR 35 yard line and returned eight yards before being downed. After picking 19 one first down, TCR was forced into their firstandonly kicking situation of the night. Ro land's punt rolled out of bounds on the Bulldog 28 yard line. The time was running out in the first half and after one In complete pass Stiles, again going back to pass, got no pro tection and had to eat the bell for a 13 yard loss. Be fore Stiles could get off an other play, time ran ..out but the officials were not alerted and Stiles' pass was inter cepted by Splawn who almost got Into the end zone. He was stopped just two yards shy of a touchdown. To start the second half, TCR moved into pay dirt again on IS plays. The kick for the extra point was wide with 3:54 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Kephart, on the ensuing kick off, mads another 30 yard re turn before being downed on the Bulldog 38 yard line. The Bulldog offense could only pickup one firm down before again having 10 give the ball over ? TCR on the TCR 45 yard line. Afar one first down, the third quarter ended. Once attain TCR threatened to ?core and In ell probability would haws, had not Roger Stiles intercepted a TCR pass and returned It lo the Bulldog 26 yard line. The Bulldogs finally changed their strategy and in stead of trying to go up the middle of the big TCR strong line where they could only get a yard or two, Stiles start ed filling the air with pass es. The next nine plays were passes. Seven were success ful, and the last one cover ing SO yards, after the Bull dogs tookafifteenyearpenalty for having an Illegal man downfield on the preceding pass. The pass was intended for Stevens who was well covered at the goal line. Stevens hobbled the ball and kept it In the air just long enough for Thrasher to gather it in and cross over for the Bulldog touchdown. Stevens kick for the extra point was wide and he score was now 13-6 TCR with 5:38 seconds remaining. This was the turning point of the game. It was announced before the game, that if it ended in a tie score, the team getting the most yardage would be declar ed the winner. The best the Bulldogs could hope to do in the remaining minutes would be to get another TD and an extra point to tie it At that time, it appeared that TCR was way ahead on yard age and to tie the game would be a defeat on yardage. Oi the next kickoff Calvin Splawn gathered the ball in his arms, started to go one way then changed his mind and went to his left down the sideline behind excellent blocking. The touchdown run covered 80 yard*. R took exactly 12 seconds to complete the play. At this point the Bulldogs were out of the game. The TCR Rams were able to get another TD and extra pint on the boards and the Bulldogs had once again gone down in defeat In a playoff game. The game marked the and of higti school football for 10 seniors: Oary Wilson, Maurice Ktncald, Roger Stiles, Jamas Hembrse, Bart Thrasher, Hoyt Roberaon, Bob Dickey, Sammy Cfevis, Jerry Palmar and Bruce Little. about a half mile to the east. Funeral services for King were held at 3:30 p.m. Sat urday in the Andrews First Methodist Church, of which he was a member. The Rev. Ben Bullard of ficiated. Burial was in the Valleytown Cemetery. Pallbearers wereBurkeand James Wood, Lee Nichols, Charles Freel, Harold Jones and Olin Stratton. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Dixie Taylor of Murphy; a brother, Vernon King of Col umbia, S. C.s two nieces and two nephews. Townson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Grover Mauney Is First In Contest Grover C. Mauney, Rt. 1, Murphy, took first place in this week's Football Contest. He picked 18 winners and came closest on the tie break er even though he picked the wrong team to win. The second and third place winners al9o had 18 right and had the wrong team on the tie breaker, J Penr State upset North Carolina State, 13-8, in our tie breaker. Mauney missed by five points with a 16-10 prediction in favor of NC State. Hoyt Brown, Rt. 2, Murphy, won second place with a 17-14 forecast on the tie breaker. Brown said the Wolf pack would win. He missed the overall score by 10 points. James Nelson, Rt. 3, Hayesville, won third place with a 27-24 prediction on the tie breaker. He was off by 30 points. Usually a contestant must have picked the winning team on the tie breaker but these were the only contestants with as few as six wrong and we had to base the outcome of the con- ' test on total points since all three picked the wrong team. Don Gentry held on to his lead in the race for the grand prize - two tickets and $25in expense money to see the Altanta Falcons tangle with the Chicago Bears on December 17. Here are the point standings for the grand prize: Don Gentry 10 1/2 E. C.James 51/2 Karen Watson 5 Larry Shope 5 James H. Kil pa trick 5 Patsy Hyde 5 Herbert Sheidy . 5 Walter Cnsley S Grover C, Mauney 5 Sandra Mlntz 3 BoydPullium 3 Don Gregory 3 Hoyt Brown 3 Terry Sanders 21/2 E. R, Voyles 21/2 Abby Mathis. 2 Herbie Gibson 2 Mildred Burch 2 Dale Lunsford 2 James Nelson. 2 Fran Crawford 2/3 Graham Bayless 2/3 Richard B. Caldwell 2/3 Paper Early Next Week! The Cherokee Scout and Clay county Progress will be published one day early next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The paper will go to press Tuesday afternoon and will be delivered to local subscribers on Wednesday. Wildcats Whip Rosnun, 27-7 The Andrews Wildcats de feated Rosman, 27-7, In the opening round of the Class A football playoffs at Andrews Friday night. Ronnie Bradley scored two touchdowns and kicked three extra points for the Wild cats. Van Brown and Leslie Mc Kinney scored the other touch The Wildcats will face the winner of the Tryon-Bakers ville game on Thanksgiving eefcend. Coach Hugh Hamil ton told The Scout the exact date and site have not been determined. John Carringer Appointed To Fill Board Vacancy The Murphy Town Bo*r dap pointed John Carringer to serve the remainder of Wally Williams' term on theBoaru Monday night. The seat had been vacant since June when Williams resigned to move to Charlotte. W.A. Singleton made the motion to appoint Carringer. It was voted unanimously. Town Clerk C.E. Johnson informed the Board that new sources of revenue must be found by the beginning of the next fiscal year. I le cited growing expenditures for the town while the tax rate has re* Planning Board Defers Action On Petition; Owner Opposes Change The Murphy Planning Board agreed Monday night to defer action on a request to change the zoning of the Hilton St. area from residential two to residential one. A total of 28 residents of the area signed a petition requesting the change so that "When the present apart ments and apartment houses cease to operate as such, no apartments, apartment houses or housing projects be per mitted in the area." A change in the zoning classification wouldbar future construction of apartments there. Ben Palmer, a property ow ner in the area, appeared before the board to oppose the request. He desires to main tain the residential two classi fication. "I'm just defending my own property. I wish to go on re cord as challenging this action," Palmer said. He emphasized that he was appearing as a property owner and was not speaking on be half of the Murphy Housing Authority, of which he is a member. The petition was a revision of one presented to the Town Board and the Housing Author ity in September in which the signers said they wished "to protest and resist" the possi ble construction of a public housing project in the neighborhood. The earlier petition did not request a zoning change. The board approved a motion by Ed Manchester to study the request and de termine how many of the signers are property owners and what percentage of property owners desire a change. Cyrus White reported to the Town Board on the Planning Board's action. Andrews-Murphy Road To Be Resurfaced Resurfacing of 11.17 miles of US 19-129 between Murphy and Andrews is included in a list of projects that the State Highway Commission will let on December 12. Division Engineer A.J. Hughes said the highway be tween the two towns will be resurfaced except for portions where theplannedAppalachian Development Highway will fol low exactly the same route as the present road. A total of 39.13 miles of work is scheduled for Cherokee and Clay Counties in he Decem ber 12 letting. The SHC said 19 sections of secondary road Other Cherokee County work includes grading, drain ing, basing and paving 0.4 mile of Disart Road and 1.6 miles of Old Ranger Road. Bids are now being received on 96 projects involving 1,431 miles of work across the state. The estimated cost is $40 million. "This is the largest highway letting in the State's history in any terms you want to apply," said SHC Chairman J.M. Hunt Jr. "It's the largest in num E.N. ALLEN of Rt. 1, Marble (left) receives * IS gauge Winchester shotgun from Floyd Gibson of Gibson's IGA Foodliner in Andrews. The shotgun was the grand priee awarded in a drawing celebrating Gibson's 13th anaiversary In the grocery business In Andrews. Allen had two entries In the driving, he said he registered about six weeks before the drawing. (Photo by Weaver Carringer) ber ot projects, dollar volume and milage involved. It will completely eclipse last year's total record letting of )112, 500,000 by raising our total letting for 1967 to around $140 million." Hunt said "we're proud of this record, but prouder still of what setting it will mean to the people of this State in terms of improved and new highways." The sealed bids will be opened on two separate days, November 28 and December 12, to allow the contracting industry a better opportunity to prepare bids on the large number of projects. mained the same. Johnson said the town has been using surplus funds to cover the rising costs but he expects the surpluses to be depleted soon. The Board voted to author* lie Town Attorney Herman Edwards to make a trip toAt lanta to confer with Federal officials on the proposed new housing project for Murphy. Edwards was asked to deter mine why the program is being delayed. Three street light requests were presented. The board agreed to survey the need for the new lights before acting. The Board voted to approve four requests for refund of overpaid taxes. Mrs. Don Witherspoon, Mrs. Francis Bourne, Mrs. Herman Edwards and H.A. Mattox were reappointed to the library board. The Board accepted the recommendation of Miss Josephine Heighway on the appointments. A salary increase for die Town Clerk was approved. Sue Morrow Sue Morrow Named Journal Editor Mrs. Sue Morrow was named Editor and General Manager of The Andrews Journal this week by Publish er Jack T. Owens. She assumed her duties Monday. Mrs. Morrow is a native of Buncombe County. She gradu ated from Wayesville High School and attended Western Carolina College. She is a former employee of the Cherokee Scout in Murphy, Citizens Bank and Trust Co. and the Andrews City Schools. Her husband, Joseph C. Morrow, teaches vocational agriculture at Andrews High School. Editorial: A Common Goal Lying west of the Balsam mountains in North Carolina is an area which has great potential but is suffering greatly from underdevelopment. This area includes the counties of Jackson, Macon, Swain, Graham, Cherokee and Clay. Jackson and Cherokee counties, at opposite ends of the area have made some steps forward toward beginning to realize their possibilities, particular in die field of industrial develop ment. Macon at one time seemed to be a bellweather In the field of economic development but for the last few years has lagged beind. Two great obstacles sund In the way of this "land beyond the Balsams" moving forward as it should. First, the mountain ranges which bisect and almost disect our area make it harder to travel and communicate between the areas. To attend a meeting in Piedmont North Carolina in a town 35 miles away Is a matter of thirty or thirty-five min utes driving time. For a man in Franklin to attend a meeting In Hayesville or Bryson City It is a matter of an hour or hour and half driving time each way. It makes a difference, and it is harder to get people here together. In time, we can overcome these geographic obstacles by die building of better roads and perhaps some day a form of air travel will be the practical way of going from one of these communities to another. Admittedly the cost of road construction is high and it makes the job harder to accomplish, still in time, we can overcome these physical barriers. The second barrier between these communities which stands in the way of their development Is human made. It is the moun tains of suspicison and jealousy which stand between them. Due to the geographic and economic barriers which confront us it is more essential that we put our shoulder to the task and push together. Sine* our physial problems tire greater we should do all In our power to work together to overcome them. We should unite to see that highways are planned and built to open up the entire area) that each county in this area has adequate hospital facilities (that we meet the challenge of deve loping some airports now that are located to first serve the area? we can develop others later; that we plan and develop so as to have the cheapest sources of power available for an the areas that we meet the problems of public health in ? unified and organized way from an area standpoint. Better communication and Interchange of ideas is one of (he vital factors necessary to bring this about. In the last two months, a o ew force has moved into five sixths of the counties of the area. Communities Newspapers, Inc. with papers la five of the six counties, can serve as a unifying force, It can help In the problems of commrtflBMoa sad serve as the media to help unite the grast human resources of thu area to wort far common goals? goals which If we achieve them will help ua This is the goal of Community Newspapers, Inc. mioufc westem North Carolina, or "The Land Beyond the Balsams"
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