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The Cherokee iife Scout 'Cherokee County's Best Seller' rand Clay County Progress Volume 78 ? Number 20 Meipkjr, Her* Cere line December 7, 1967 22 Pogcs TliU Week AT MUREIIY. NORTH CAROLINA School Boards Agree On Long Range Plans; 1969 Is Merger Target Date The Murphy City School Board voted last Thursday to accept five proposed pro jects In a long range plan for school improvement In Mur phy, Andrews and Cherokee Cotnty. The Andrews School Board voted earlier to agree to the projects and the Cherokee County School Board is ex pected to vote on the matter this month. When all three boards have agreed on the proposal, the plans will be presented to the Division of School Planning in Raleigh. The five proposed projects are: (1) The construction of six to eight classrooms in the Murphy area Immediately. (2) The construction of six to eight classrooms at the Andrews High School site im mediately. (3) The construction of six new classrooms in the Mar tins Creek area immediately. (4) Planning of an approp Christmas rarade Set For Saturday Floats, bands, clowns, marching units, and home coming queens will be included In Murphy's 1967 Christmas parade. Dr. Kenneth Keenum, parade marshall, says the first unit of the parade will step off at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon. 1 As of Monday, seven groups had announced their entry in die competition for trophies. Clifton Precision Products, Levi Strauss, and WKRK Ra dio Station are entered in the commercial float competition. Tomotla Community Club, Cherokee County 4-H Club Council, Peach tree Comm 1 ecnnical QHVUilt nave entered the non-commercial competition. First and second place trophies in each division will be awarded by a panel of judges. The Murphy Jaycees and Jaycettes are also build ing a float. "Peace on Earth" is the theme of the parade. Bands from Murphy, Copper Basin and Robbinsville are slated to march in the parade. Homecoming Queens from the area schools have been in vited to add to the beauty. Chairman Haney said Monday that Nena Hall, Homecoming Queen, and Deborah Johnson Robbinsville Homecoming Queen have already made plans to come All of our area Scout units are invited to march in the parade. Carringer Sworn In As Town Board Member John Car ringer was sworn in as a member of the Murphy Town Board Monday night. Mayor Cloe Moore adminis tered the oath at the start of the December meeting. Car ringer was appointed last month to fill die unexpired term of Wally Williams. The Board voted to accept a motion by W.A. Singleton to run a water and sewer line to the Bealtown Mission of die First Baptist Church. Edward Bryson of Four Square Community Action explained the New Careers Program to the Board and it was agreed to sign a contract with Four Square to provide five police trainees under the program. The program is operated under a $200,000 grant to train 50 unemployed and underemployed persons in the four county area served by Four Square. The trainees will attend school two days a week and work three days a week. The Federal government pays the entire cost of the first year of the program. Town Attorney Herman Edwards told the Board he conferred with Federal Housing Authority officials in Atlanta last week about the proposed new housing project for Murphy. Edwards said he was told FHA is ready to proceed with the project when land is secured for it. The Board accepted the res ignation of Joe Ray as chair man of the Murphy Planning Board. Ray attributed his resignation to health rea sons. rUte central administrative facility for the merger of the three school units. (5) Consolidation of the three school units. A merger into a single board of education is planned by J uly 1, 1969. The new classrooms in Murphy would be built at the high school site and the seventh and eighth grades would be moved from the ele mentary school to the new addition. This would relieve congestion now existing at the elementary site. The dome building on the elementary campus would be phased out when the new classrooms are built. . The Andrews seventh ana eighth grades would be moved into the new addition there and the old elementary building would be phased out when the high schools are consolidated Plans for Martins Creek woii'd also include a library and gymnatorium. The old building there would be renovated if the proposed plans are not feasible. It is recommended that the county superintendent be moved out of the courthouse. It was also agreed that the Murphy School Office is not appropriate for the county office. The Andrews School Office would be used as a principal's office. Details of the school con solidation will be worked out with the County Board of Co mmissioners. The study commission con sists of John Gill and Duncan of the Murphy Board, Dr. F.E. Blalock and Fred Liles of the Andrews Board. Noah Hembree and Robert O. Stiles of the Cherokee County Board and County Commiss ioners Ray Sims and Andrew Barton. Freedom? Thanks, But No Thanks! Ross Butler Lovingood, ot Rt. 5, Murphy turned down probation and asked to be sent to prison after being convicted last week on moonshine charges in U.S. District Court in Bryson City. Lovingood was charged with possessing distillery equip ment, mash and non-tax paid whisky. Acting as hisownlaywer.ne plead not guilty but was con victed. Judge Wilson Warlick sus pended an 18 month prison sentence and put Lovingood on probation for three years. Lovingood indicated he felt such restrictions on his free dom were as bad as no freedom and asked to be sent to prison. The Judge obliged with a 12 month active sentence. _ THE MU8C fMBIWif 'to the Murpfcy city school* IS recognized in the current issue of ?"BenduntrlaJ!* a magsalne related to tbe Eiemenury and Secondary Education Act. The magazine UgUtUMbe l> nets worthy. ..thst ami tba advent of total imergration these (music) classes: ficmnpowd predominately of girl*. The Negro boya and girls, with their love and real addition to the high echool music department and chorus." ' Carrlnger, was used with the magazine story. Police Give One-Day Stolen Car Service! The Murphy Police Department recovered two stolen cars last week, each one day after being stolen in a Tennessee city. Police Chief Pete Stalcup said a 1965 Plymouth was found abandoned Wednesday behind Fowler's Service Sutton. He reported the car was stolen Tuesday In Mary ville, Tenn. No arrests were made. On Friday, a 1967 Plymouth stolen Thursday In Nash ville was recovered parked beside the police car In front of the police station. Stalcup said the police acted on a tip from waitresses at The Cherokee Restaurant who reported a suspicious couple m the restaurant. He said a Wisconsin man was uken to Asheville and charged with the federal offense of transporting a stolen vehicle across a state line The man signed a confession, according to Stalcup. His female companion was not charged. Ranger Man Charged With Dotson Murder Henry A. Dots on, 44, of Rt. 2, Culberson was fatally shot in the neck Saturday night at Taylor's Ferry Road in the Ranger section. Leonard Clonts, 38, of the Ranger section was charged with murder in connection with the shooting and is being held in the Cherokee County J art. No bond had been set at press time. Sheriff Claude Anderson said Clonts telephoned Deputy Herbert Graham and said there had been an accident. Clonts was waiting at a near by home when Graham arrived. The sheriff has a .38 cali ber pistol which was allegedly used in the shooting. Ander son said the weapon had been fired five times. Dotson's body was found beside his car. He had a 306 rifle in his possession. Anderson said one shell from the rifle wasfoi id on top of Dotson's car. Clonts' car was parked se veral feet behind Dotson's car when officers arrived on the scene. Dotson was a native of Cher okee County, an iron worker with the Tewi^isee Valley Authority ampamernber of Fairview Baptist Church Tellico Plains, Tenn. Suriviving are the widow, Mrs. Oma Styles Dotson; one son, David of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Brenda Os borne of Bradenton, Fla.; the father, Charlie Dotson of Tellico Plains; one sister, " Mrs. Edna Moses of Tellico Plains; two brothers, Clifford of Pontiac, Mich, and Earl of Akron, Ohio. Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Friendship Bap tist Church. The Rev. Edward G. Alt land, the Rev, Leonard Walker and the Rev. Ben Gates offi ciated. Burial was In the church cemetery. Pallbearers were J ess Led ford, Ralph Ledford, G.B. Or ton, Hoyt Walker, Harvey Stiles and Elmer Collins. Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 3 ' In Contention For Grand Prize Three persons remain in contention for the grand prize in our Football Contest which will be awarded next week. The grand prize is two tickets to the Atlanta -Chicago pro game on December 17 with $25 in expense money. EjC. James and Don Gentry are tied* for the lead with 10 1/2 points each. Grover C. Mauney has eight points and still has a mathematical chance to move into the lead should he finish either first or second in this week's contest, in the ?event that the tie between James and Gentry is not broken this week. The Scout will conduct a drawing to determine the winner. Mary Shope of Rt. 3, Murphy won first place this week with 17 out of 20 correct predictions and a 17-14 score in favor of Navy in their upset of Army. The actual score of the game was 19-14. Another Rt. 3, Murphy resident, Robert L. Kill lan, was next closest on the tie breaker and won second place. Graham Bayless of Murphy won third place. Folk school Flans Boarding Program The John C. Campbell Folk School at Brasstown will begin a boarding program for young adults on January 16. The program is deslgnedfor persons interested in working and studying together in a rural setting and will continue through April 19. John Ramsay, Director of the School, said there is no entrance requirement beyond a serious desire to learn and grow. Most students will be over 18 years of age, but per sons 16 and 18 may apply. There are no educational re quirements. The cost of room and board will be J90 a month, but all students will pay this through work assignments, Ramsay said. Tuition for the three month course will be $100 a month and a $10 fee for miscellan eous expenses will also be required. Scholarship aid will be available for students who cannot meet the expenses. Ramsay said the program is divided into four ca tar go ries. Persons Interested in ?PP?y*? for the program may write to John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NjC. 28902 or telephone Murphy 837-2775. Santa, Special Paper Arrive Santa C la us arrived here Wediesdsy and to celebrate hla arrival. The Scout-Prog ress presents a special edi tion this week loaded with specials to help everyone fill Christinas list. t A total of 10,000 copies of this week's paper are being distributed throughout the area. Sanu will be ridiqg on the Jaycee's float in the Murphy Christmas Parade Saturday afternoon beginning at 3. Saint Hid told fee Soout he'll be In downtown Murphy to meet his young friends each Wednesday from 13 to S, each Friay from three to eight and each Saturday from 11 to S through Christmas. County To Provide Ambulance Service The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners voted Mon day to establish the Cherokee County Ambulance Service to replace the services pre viously provided by Ivie and Town son Funeral Homes. The Funeral homes had served notice earlier that they will discontinue their ambulance service on December 31. The Commissioners voted to hire DeWitt Sharp of And rews and Arthur Kammerlohr of Murphy to operate the ser vices in the two towns. The fees established are $15 per ambulance call within the towns of Murphy and Andrews and for calls outside of the city limits, $15 per ambulance call plus 50 cents for each mile, one way, beyond the city limits. Each funeral home is donating an ambulance to the county for the new service. The ambulances will be equipped with two-way radios for communications with the Andrews and Cherokee County Rescue Squads. The rescue squads and the funeral homes are expected to provide backup service in the event of emergencies requiring more than one am bulance. The Commissioners will publish the telephone numbers assigned to the ambulance service prior to the beginning of operation on January 1. ???? W.T. Moore was elected to another term as chairman of the County Commissioners. Democrats Moore, Ray Sims and Andrew Barton voted for the chairman. Repub licans Carlyle Matheson. Jack Simonds and Luther Dockery voted for Matheson. The 3-3 tie was resolved by invoking the provisions of the local law in which each Commissioner casts the total number of votes that were cast in the commi ssioner race in his district in the 1966 election. Sims was reelected vice chairman of the Board. The vote was 4-0. Moore, Sims, Barton and Matheson voted for Sims. Simonds and Dockery abstained. ? ??? The Commissioners ac cepted all but one recommend ation from County Accountant Harry Bishop on the appoint ment of tax listers. Those named were: Notla Township- Charles Aikin and HJ4. Davidson. Shoal Creek Township-Cliff Stiles and Walter Anderson. Hot House Township-John Hampton and Mrs. Charles MoGill. County Seeks Payment Of $349,093 Back Taxes Chairman W.T. Moore told the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners Monday ^n all-out effort will be made to collect delinquent county taxes. He said persons owing back taxes have 60 days in which to make payment. At that time, the wages of those owing taxes will be garnisheed. State law provides that 10% of a person's wages in any pay priod may be garnlsheed until the amount due is paid in full. County Accountant Harry Bishop said $349,093 is due the county in back taxes through 1966. He said about two-thirds of the amount owed is on auto mobiles. Publisher, Editor-in-Chief For WNC Papers Are Named Jack T. Owens of Murphy and Bob S. Sloan of Franklin have been named publisher and editor-in-chief respect ively of five western North Carolina newspapers. Owens will serve as pub lisher and general manager of The Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress, Murphy; The Smoky Mountain Times, Bryson City; The Andrews Journal, Andrews; The Graham Star, Robbinsville; and The Franklin Press, Franklin. Sloan will serve as edi tor of The Franklin Press and editor-in-chief of the o ther newspapers. Mrs. Stella Sawyer of Ro bbinsville has been named ma naging editor of the Graham Star and Mrs. Sue Morrow of Andrews was recently named editor of the Andrews J ournal . Dave Bruce of Murphy will continue to serve Cherokee Scout and The Clay County Progress and recently assumed the post of managing editor with The Andrews Jour nal. Community Newspapers, Inc. publishes The Andrews J ournal and The Smoky Mount ain Times. The Franklin Press, Inc. publishes The Franklin Press and The Graham Star. The Cherokee Scout and Clay County Prog ress is published by Scout Publishing Co., Inc. Owens is president of Scout Publishing Co., Inc. and The Franklin Press, Inc. He is secretary-treasurer of Co mmunity Newspapers, Inc. Valleytown Township-P itt Mmond and Mabel M. Ray burn. Beaverdam Township Allen Chambers and Fred Martin. Murphy Township ? Mrs. Harvey McRae andjohn Luns ford. 'Bishop's list included Mrs. Doris McGill for Hot House township. Jack Simonds nom inated Hampton to replace her. Hampton was named 3 2. Simonds, Dockery and Matheson voted for him. Bar ton and Sims voted for Mrs. McGill, and Moore abstained. ???? The Board indicated it had no opposition to the plan of the proposed Farner-Turtletown Utility District to solicit cus tomers in the western part of the county. ???? The State Highway Commi ssion will be requested to re grade and straighten portions of the Upper Beaverdam Road. ???? Sims* motion to rehire all county employees was approved unanimously. ???? Sims' motion to accept a proposed contract for work training with Four Square Community Action failed for lack of a second to the motion. ???? The Board accepted the re signation of LJB. Nichols of Andrews from the Nantahala Regional Library Board and named Vincent Crisp to re place him. ???? The Commissioners voted to close the Courthouse December 25 and 26 andjan uary 1 for the Christmas and NewYearsholidays. . ^ Annual Watershed Meeting Tonight G.W.F. (Dutch) Cavender, Assistant Administrator for Rural Development In the Far mers Home Administration in Washington, will be the main speaker tonight (Thursday) at the annual meeting of the Upper Hiwassee Watershed Development Association at the Charles R. CI egg Fine Arts Center at Young Harris College. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. The annual report will be presented and new officers for the coming year will be elected. Special entertainment will be presented by a dance team from the John C. Campbell Folk School and Mrs. Raymond Scott, soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Clyde Hill, pianist. The works of local crafts men will be on display in the lobby of the building before and after the meeting. MISS DECEMBER Mis* TarclUPwtt, dougM?r ?4 Mr. a*4 Mr*. 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