The Cherokee Scout
'Cherokee County's Best Seller' ^rnd/m rand Clay County Progress
Volume 78 - Number 18 Nertfc Ce?li,e November 22, 1967 10 Pac*s Hi is Week
Appalachian Highway Letting Scheduled
Girl Struck And Killed
While Aiding Motorist
Linda Stalcup
Linda L. Stalcup, 18, of Rt.
2, Murphy died of injuries
suffered Sunday night when she
attempted to aid another
motorist Involved in an acci
dent on old US 64 near the
Clay County line.
Highway Patrolman Don
Reavls said JoAnnHenson, 18,
of Warne was driving toward
Murphy and attempted to pass
th Sulci*) car. She lost con
trol on a soft shoulder and ran
off the road on the left side,
striking an embankment.
Miss Stalcup stopped her
car and got out to ren
der assistance to the Henson
girl, who was not hurt. She
was struck by a vehicle driven
by Doyle Brown, 30, of Rt.
1, Brasstown and knocked
behind her own car.
Shq was brought to
Providence Hospital where
she died after being admit
ted.
No charges have been placed
pending a coroner's inquest,
Reavls said. He was assis
ted In Investigating the
accident by Patrolman Pan
Miller.
Miss Stalcifi is the ninth
person to die on Cherokee
County roads in 1967. T here
were no traffic deaths in 1966.
She was a 1967 graduate of
Murphy High School and was
employed by Peach tree
Products.
Surviving are her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stalcup
of Rt. 2, Murphy; two sisters,
Mrs. Charles Hemphill
of Blairsville, Ga. and Rose
Lee of the home; two bro
thers, Lloyd and Thomas of
the home; and the maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Bell
Hughes of Murphy.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Old
Martins Creek Methodist
Chucch of which she was
a member.
The Rev. Edward Lee
and the Rev. Jack Palmer
officiated. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers were cousins:
Ronnie Clayton, Charles
Smart, Leroy, Dennis, Alex
and J lmmy Stalcup.
Me F uneal Home was In
charge of arrangements.
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Three persons were injured
Saturday afternoon when the
car in which they were
riding ran off at Martins Creek
road into a creek.
The driver, Jerry Lynn
Carrlnger, 27, of Route 2,
Murphy, told Reavls the ste
ering came loose on the car.
Carrlnger and Mary Pal
mer, 18, also of Rt. 2, Mur
phy, were treated and releas
ed at Andrews District Mem
orial Hospital.
Carringer*s mother, Mrs.
Joann Matheson Takes
First; Mauney Moves Up
Joann Matheson won first place in this week's Football
Contest and last week's first place winner, G rover C.
Mauney of Rt. X, Murphv. placed second and moved into
second place in the point standings for the grand prize.
Jane Colvard of Chattanooga and Juanita G. Killian of
Rt. 3, Murphy tied for third place.
All four contestants had seven games wrong and the tie
breaker was used to select the winner.
Three insets and the Navy-Vanderbllt tie resulted in the
high number of wrong predictions on the pan of the winners.
Minnesota defeated Indiana 33-7 and Joann Matheson's
prediction of a 14-7 win for Minnesota was the closest guess.
The other three winners picked Indiana and G rover Mauney
won second place by one pom with a 14-11 prediction. The
third place winner said the eocre would be 14-10.
Mauney moves two and one-half points behind Don Gentry
In the competition for (he two tickets and $25 expense money
to see the Atlanta pro game on December 17.
Here are the po int standings for the grand prize:
Don Gentry 10 1/2
G rover C. Mauney 8
E.C.James 5 1/2
Karen Watson. 5
Larry Shope 5
James H. Kilpatrlck 5
Patsy Hyde 5
Herbert Sheldy 5
Walter Ensley 5
Joann Ma the son 5
Sandra Mintz 3
Boyd Pulllum 3
Don Gregory 3
Hoyt Brown 3
Terry Sanders 21/2
B. R. Voyles 2 1/2
Abby Mahis 2
Herbie Gibson 2
Mildred Burch 2
Dale Lunsford 2
James Nelson 2
Jane Colvard 1
Juanita G. Killian 1
Fran Crawford 2/3
Graham Bayless 2/3
Richard B. Caldwell 2/3
Onle Carrlnger, 55, was hos
pital Izad.
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Rev is said about $1,400 In
property damage resulted
from a two-car colllson 13
miles west of Mruphy onUS64
Friday afternoon.
He reported Forest Bernard
Johnson, 50, of Rt. 2, Cul
berson, pulled from a side
road Into the path of a car
driven by Kenneth DeFoor, 40,
of Chatsworth, Ga.
There were no Injuries.
Johnson was charged with fail
ure to yield the right of way.
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Reuben Moore, 27, of Brass
town was not injured when his
car struck and killed a large
dog on US 64 four miles east
of Murphy Thursday night.
Reavls said damage to
Moore's car was estimated at
$100.
Deer Hunter
Shot In Mouth
Kenneth Payne of Rt. 4,
Murphy underwent surgery
In an Asheville Hospital Mon
day night after being shot In
the mouth while deer hunting
in the Panther Top section
near Sandy Gap Road.
Hospital officials said the
wound was a grazing type
that did not penetrate into
the head.
Sheriff Claude Anderson
said Payne was shot with a high
powered rifle by Gerald Led
ford, 45, of the Wolf Creek
section.
Ledford said he was near a
thicket when he saw the bushes
move, thought it was a deer and
fired.
Payne, home from Western
Carolina University, was
hunting with his father, Arthur
K. Payne, when the accident
occur ed.
Father And Son
Charged With
School Break-In
BUI Smith, 46, of Rt. 3,
Murphy, and his 16-year-old
son, Terry Lee Smith, are
being held in the Cherokee
County Jail on charges of
breaking and entering and
larceny in connection with the
theft at food from Hanging Dog
School on November 10.
Deputy Sheriff Glenn
Holloway made the arrests
after an Investigation in which
he was assisted by other mem
bers of the Sheriffs Depart
ment and Highway Patrolman
Pan Miller.
Holloway said seven
turkeys, 42 pounds of
hamburger meat, 22 pounds of
hot dogs and 52 cartons of milk
were taken from the school.
He said one turkey was found
buried In the ground at the
Smith home. The other items
have not been recovered.
Both defendants are being
held under 91,000 bond.
ZIP Does It!
Mrs. Dave Bruce received
a letter last week addressed
simply to North Carolina
28906. ZIP Codes get the Job
donel
Shopping Center Site
GRADING HAS BEGUN on this site ibout on haif-tnUe MM ?f the k*irplw City Limits on US
19 for * proposed shoppir^ center. The land is owned by William J. Wells of Murphy and Charles
H. West of Andrews. Wells said a 100 x TOO foot building will be constructed to house from 10 to
13 stores. A 800-csr parking lot is planned. He said construction of the building will begin In
February or March. Wells and Wast are now in the procees of securing tenants for the center.
(Photo by Weaver Csrringer)
FORMER GOVERNOR TERRY SANFORD tapes his talk to Murphy friends and supporters
for future television use. He met with the Murphy group at the Cherokee Restaurant last Thurs
day afternoon to discuss his possible race for the U.S. Senate. (Photo by Dave Bruce)
Terry Sanford Seeks
Sentiment On Senate
Bid In Cherokee, Clay
By Dave Bruce
Former Governor Terry
Sanford concluded a day-long
visit to southwestern North
Carolina In Murphy last
Thursday in his effort sound
out voter sentiment about his
possible bid for the U.S.
Senate.
"I don't know if I'm going
to run, but I'd like to," he told
a group of Murphy friends
and supporters during an in
formal coffee meeting at the
The Dawning
Of A New Day
By Dave Bruce
Enroute to Robbinsville
last Thursday morning, I
watched dawn break over the
ridges of the Valley River
Mountains to the east.
Memories of 1960 floated
back as I thought of the day
ahead while it dawned.
I was on my way to Robbin
sville to join former governor
Terry Sanford for his day
long trip through Graham,
Cherokee and Clay counties.
The memories forced a
comparison between Terry
Sanford and a young senator
from Massachusetts, John
F. Kennedy.
Their situations have some
similarities. Sen. Kennedy
was fighting die leadership
of the national Democratic
party for the presidential no
mination and when he began
there was no guarantee he
could overcome the opposition
of veteran party powers.
Sanford, if he does run for
the U.S. Senate, must butt
heads with an entrenched in
cumbent who has accumulated
much Senate seniority and who
many people feel can not be
beaten.
Thus, the former governor
must convince members of his
party that he can defeat Sen.
Ervln in the primary and that
he can retain the seat against
Republican opposition.
I thought of the lonely air
port stops John Kennedy made
In the early part of 1960.
Often he was lucky to find a
half dozen supporters waiting.
I thought of Terry Sanford,
who arose at 6 a.m. in Ashe
ville to make the drive through
the mountains and keep his 8
a.m. date with hla friends In
Graham County.
The comparison was
valid.
Whan Sanford strolled
through the door of the court
room in Robbinsville the
oomparlMn become more
valid.
The quiet former governor
warmly greeted old friends
from Graham County and
sought to make new friends.
He stated his reasons for
wanting to run for the Senate
but frankly said he was not
now a candidate and would not
become one unless he became
convinced he could win.
The same scene was
repeated throughout the day
in Andrews, Hayesville ami
Murphy.
As the trip continued, the
comparison between the for
mer governor and the late
president continued in my
mind. Some of the
mannerisms, right hand In his
coat pocked as he chatted, for
instance, were the same.
We travelled in the same car
from Murphy to Hayesville and
back and Sanford answered my
questions on his views without
hesitation and without evasion.
He knows the Senate race
will not be easy, but he wants
to make it If he feels victory
In the air. He warns to make
It In order to make one North
Carolina Senate seat more ef
fective.
A man in Robblnsville gave
me a good reason for wanting
Terry Sanford In the Senate.
"We need somebody that will
come up with the times and
support our national party,"
the man told me.
I felt Sanford made the most
significant and moat revealing
statement about himself In
Murphy:
"I'm more inclined to find
ing a way to do things than
flndinR a reason for not
doing things."
That's why he should be
nominated nest May and
elected next November
When Terry Sanford is
sworn into die U.S. Senate,
a new day will have dawned
for North Carolina.
Cherokee Restaurant.
Sanford said he will test
voter sentiment for aqbther
month before deciding if
he will run against Sen. Sam
Ervin in the Democratic Pri
mary next May.
"I'm going to run if I thiijK
I can win, he added "If
you hear I have announced,
you'll know I think I can win."
The former governor said
he'd like to make the senate
seat "a real force to improve
North Carolina. I want to put
this office to work for the
people of North Carolina."
He told the Murphy group
"I'm more inclined to
finding a way to do things
than finding a reason for not
doing them."
Earlier in the day, similar
meetings were held in Robb
insville, Andrews and Hayes
ville.
Sanford began the day with
a meeting attended by over
50 persons at the Graham
County Courthouse.
He recalled there that he
began his bid for the gover
nor's chair in the mountains
of western North Carolina and
observed that this area would
be a good place to start if he
makes the Senate race.
Commenting on elements of
the Democratic Party that
threatens to bolt the party in
1968, Sanford said these
"Democrats never were In the
party if you want to know the
truth.**
At Andrews, he told his
friends he will be a candidate
only If he feels he can be
elected. "I don't want to ran
just for the experience", he
added.
He had the same message
at an informal meeting in the
Clay County courthouse.
After the meetir^, he walked
around the square in Hayes -
ville, shakiqg hands and
chatting with people.
He was interviewed by Ken
Alvord of WBTV In Charlotte
on the square In Hayesville
and his remarks at Murphy
were filmed for TV use.
Enroute to Murphy, San
ford visited some of the
classes at Trl County
Technical InstiMe at
Peachtree.
School teachers In alltewn
visited during the day
expressed their appreciation
for Sarfard*! efforts os be
talf of Morton b? ttai
governor .
Line-To-Murphy
Link To Be Under
Contract By March
Highway Commissioner W.
Curtis Russ told The Scout
Monday the entire 18-mile
stretch of Appalachian Deve
lopment Highway from the
Tennessee line to Murphy
should be under contract by
March 1.
Russ said the first two six
mile portions from the state
line east will be advertised
for bids in January and the
bids will be opened January
30.
He said the State Highway
Commission will review the
bids and act on them on Feb
ruary 2.
Bids will be asked on the
final six-mile portion ending
west of February and should
be under contract on March 1,
Russ said.
"With favorable bids, the
entire 18-mile section will be
under contract by March 1,"
the Highway Commissioner
said.
He pointed out that it was
unlikely any actual construct
ion could be done prior to that
due to weather conditions even
had the contracts been let
earlier.
The first contract letting
was originally set for Decem
ber.
"I'm very optimistic about
the whole thing," Russ con
cluded.
Tom Cromwell Elected
Four-Square President
Tom Cromwell of Bryson
City was elected President of
Four-Square Community
Action, Inc. at the regular
mothly meeting of the Exe
cutive Board in Andrews, Nov
ember 9. He succeeds Alvln
Penland of Hayesville.
Cromwell and his wife, Mary
Evelyn, have two children
Brenda of Bryson City and
Rodney of Lynchburg, Va.
Rodney has been employed by
General Electric for the past
eight years.
Cromwell is a Deacon of
the First Baptist Church and
vice-president of the Bryson
City Lions' Club. He has been
employed by Butler
Enterprise, Inc., Winston
Salem for the past 20 years.
Frank Rodgers of Robbins
ville was elected Vice-Presi
dent. Rodgers is married to
Nellie Vaughn Massey. They
five children, Steve, Gary,
Gail Marie, Sandra and
Frank, Jr.
Rodgers is Mayor of Ro
bbinsville, Chairman of
Graham County Planning
Board, member of Board of
Directors of Lions Club, the
Rescue Squad and is em
ployed by the Nantahala Power
and Light Company. He
succeeds Tom Cromwell.
Rev. George Dalton of
Hayesvllle was elected Sec
retary-Treasurer. Rev.
Dalton Is Pastor of First
Methodist Church of Hayes
ville. Mrs. Dalton Is a teacher
In the Hayesville Elementary
School. He succeeds Leroy
English of Bryson City.
Graham County Rural
Renewal Project Set
Rural Renewal projects
have now been approved In all
three counties participating in
the program with the letting
last week of a contract for the
fort Hill Homesites in
Graham County.
The Hayes vllle Homesites
in Clay County have been
completed and the Maltby
homesites near Marble are
under construction.
Rural Renewal Program
Leader Mack B. Ray said
the application for the And
rews Homesites is now In
Washington. Sixteen homes
are included in the $250,000
p4oject which will be located
l.S miles southeast of
Andrews.
The Graham County project
will consist of 18 dwellings
on a site near Robblns vllle.
Ray said a (250,000
Farmers Administration loan
for the project was closed
last Wednesday and a contract
was let to P&B Construction
Company of Waynes vllle by
the Graham County Rural De
velopment Authority on
Thursday. Construction is
scheduled to start before
December 1.
Other current Rural
Wildcats Face
Tryon Thursday
The Andrews Wildcat* will
niNt the Tryon Tlgera at Owen
High School In Swan
nanoa Thursday night at 8 to
determine the western Class
A Football Championship.
The Wildcats won the Smoky
Mountain Conference title and
finished the regular season
with nine wins and one tie.
They defeeted Roman, 27-7,
in their first playoff game at
Andrews on November 10.
Tryon rolled over Baker -
s villa, 40-27, last Friday to
earn their place In the play
off with Andrews.
Coach Pee Wee Hamilton
?aid Rocky Hoed is e^ecasd
to Me limited action tn the
game. Hood suflervdabroksa
collarbone In the Homecoming
Came against HayesvUle.
. Thatnaa Frye aed David
Allen are also expected to he
back la action Thursday night.
They vwrejy in the playoff
Renewal projects Include the
Cherokee County Recreation
Complex and adjacent home
sites near Murphy and the
Chatuge Shores Recereation
Complex in Clay County.
The Cherokee County pro
ject has been approved and
construction will begin in
early spring.
Ray said the loan application
for the Clay County project
is now in Washington.
He added that a recrea
tion project for Graham
County is being developed.
The three counties are
the only counties in North
Carolina participating in
the Rural Renewal Program.
Scout Office
Closed 2 Days
Te Scout Office in Murphy
will be closed Thursday and
Friday in observance of the
Thanksgiving holiday.
inanKsgnring
Service Thursday
The Murphy Community
Thanksgiving Service will be
held at 10 a.m. Thursday at
the Murphy Presbyterian
Church.
The Rev. R. W. P revolt at
the First Baptist Church will
preach the sermon.
The offering from the ser
vice will be used for ike
Church Charity Fund which
assists transients In need
while passing through Murphy.
A balance of $130.24 was In
the find after the last offering
on Good Friday. Since them,
$108,61 has been spent and
$21.63. remains in the find.
Rimco Holds
Turkey Shoot
Rimco employees competed
for 30 ttrfceys in a shoot at
the plant recreation arse Sat
urday.
The women Apt with rides
while the men used shotguns
saved a tout Of $14,m in
gram this year.
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