The Cherokee
' Oi?rok?? County's Best Seller'
Scout
and Clay County Progress
Volume 78 ? Number 22 hjr, Her* Cewliae December m. 1967 1 4 This Week
AT MURPHY. NORTH CAMOUMA
Scout Office
1
To Be Closed
The Scout-Progress office
" will be closed Friday Dec. 29
and Monday J so. 1 In obser
vance of -the New Year holiday
weekend.
I The office will reopen Tues
. day, Jan. 2.
i
Go, Granny, Go!
The woman patient wj TO
years old, according to the
hospital report, and the dia
gnosis read: "Injury to rib
cage. Injured right hand and
elbow. On motorcycle hit by
car."
The hospital clerk wonder
ed if the idea of a motorcy
cling grandmother might not
raise some eyebrows at the
Medicare Department of Wis
consin Blue Cross.
So at the bottom of the billing
form she wrote: "I kid yoi
not!"
Telephone Hearing Draws Little
Response; Company Gives Report
When the contract Is let next month, the grassy runway of the Cherokee County A lrport
shown in this aerial photo will soon be paved and lengthened so that heavier commercial
aircraft will be able to land.
Airport Bids Opened;
Asheville Firm Is Low
In a special meeting of the
County Commissioners on
Friday December 22 the bids
on improvement of the Chero
kee CountyA lrport were open
ed.
The Asheville Contracting
Company of Asheville sub
mitted the low bid of
$162,616.34. Only two other
bids were received by the
Board. These came from The
Asheville Paving Company and
Phillips and Jordan who sub
mitted bids of $168,930.00 and
$167,614.00 respectively.
W.T. Moore, Chairman of
the Board of Commissioners
stated that the contract will
be formally awarded to the
Asheville firm at the board's
next regular meeting to be held
In January.
Engineers will study the low
bid specifications and deter
mine whether they meet stlp
ulated requirements. Federal
Aviation Agency approval
must then be obtained.
This represents another
step toward the goal of Im
proved airport facilities in
sothwestem North Carolina.
In earlier statements by the
commisssloners they said that
the airport here "offers the
best potential for development
of any airport in southwestern
North Carolina. Acquisition of
the airport Is a progressive
step for county betterment and
healthier industrial climate."
The present expansion plans
call for improvements that
will make it possible for
planes as large as the DC -9
to land in Cherokee County.
Industry today is turning
more and more to the air.
With plants scattered around
the country, It must depend
on planes to rush supplies
co its widely dispersed
branches and to speed
company officials to each
place of operation.
The increase in the use of
private planes in this area
is shown in the fact that over
5,000 landings and take-offs
were made at the Cherokee
County Airport during the
past year.
At this same meeting of the
Commissioners Richard
Parker of Andrews was un
animously approved to suc
ceed Herman H, West who
resigned as a member of the
Airport Board.
Parker is a part time com
mercial pilot.
A New Look
Thar* wilt be ? near took to the 2.7 mill Ion motor vehicles
regMUUJua cards which w(ll go In the mall en December 27th.
These two-eectloo cards replace the old five-section cards
which have keen in use for s number at years. The 1967 I|?
cense plates |o on ssle at the Motor Vehicles Building In Ra
llegh and the 93 branch offices across the state January 2.
The platea will be red on white and will be reflectorized
again this year. All plates must bs disputed on or after Feb
ruary 15. A 1968 plate can be purchased st any local branch or
by mall. Just aend renewal card along with check or money
order to the Department of Motor Vehicles, Raleigh. North
Carolina. Surrounding area residents can procure their 1968
pistes at Westsrn Auto Stars Id Murphy, on January The
office hours are froQi 9:00 a jn. until 5:00 p.m. Mon&y through
Saturday 9?0 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays during the llcease
renewal period. The local license agent, Mrs. Mescal John
Md Mill Ingram urgo thit you "oponyour appl teat ion cards
and complete them In accordance with instructions before pre
senting for a new plate." They ssy this will greatly expedite
the Issuance and keep long lines from forming.
Town Employees
Hold Party
The Employees of The
Town of Murphy and Murphy
Power Board held their an
nual Christmas party on
Friday afternoon, December
22 In the Power Board Build
ing.
Mr. John Jordan w aa mat
ter of ceremonies. The
group sang several Christmas
carols and the Rev. Calvin
Thompson gave the invocation.
After refreshments, gifts
were exchanged to the fol
lowing attending: Mayor and
Mrs. Cloe Moore, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Slqgleton, Mr.
tod Mrs. John Jordan, Charlie
Johnson. James Garrett, Ret.
Calvin Thompson, Aivin
Queen, w. T. Browm, Ken
Godfrey, Pete Stalcup, and
Gay Davidson, Billy Ray Pal
mer, Francis Bourne, John
H. Bayless, Pete Mor
row, Rueben Moore, Leroy
Coker, Porter Oliver, Bill
Gffisoft, Fred Demberry,
Charlie Beal. KeU Jack
son; K*s. BOryl falton, Mf ji.'
Ruby C?stg,^lrs. Mjr At?
den Coleman, Mrs. Eloisa
Chadwick. Mrs. Faye Kinney,
Misses Josephine Helghway,
Bar nice Metcalf, Derlene
Dockery and Hattie Palmer.
The telephone hearing in
Asheville December 19 drew
little response as representa
tives of die Western Carolina
and Westco Telephone Com
panies reported considerable
progress in meeting the sti
pulations laid down by the
State UtilitiesCommissior.last
August concerning better ser
vice to their customers.
It was reported that only
two men attended the hearing
from Cherokee, Clay,
Graham, Macon and Swain
Counties where most of the
complaints of poor service by
the telephone companies has
been heard in the past.
Those attending from the
five county area were Mr.
Forsyth To Manage
Scott Campaign
Western North Carolina
banker W. Frank Forsyth
of Murphy will be a co
manager of Lt.Gov. BobScott's
developing campaign for gov
ernor, it was announced this
week.
This would team Murphy
with Jimmy Johnson of Char
lotte and Gilliam Horton of
Wilmington in the top man
agerial slots in the Scott or
ganization.
Forsyth, a member of the
State Senate from 1959 through
1965, handled 10 Far Western
counties for Governor Moore
in Moore's 1964 campaign,
Horton, supporter of I.
Beverly Lake in *64. Would
anchor the Eastern organiza
tion for Scott.
Johnson, a former Pied
mont senator, has been iden
tified with the Democratic
Party faction which Includes
former Gov. Terry Sanford
and the third Democratic can
didate for governor in '64
Richardson Preyer.
A Johnson-Horton-Forsyth
team Is thus being viewed as
significant from the stand
points of both geography and
politics.
Officers Report
Quiet Weekend
A check with local law en
forcement officers revealed
that there were no major ac
cidents reported during die
Christmas holiday weekend in
Cherokee County.
Dented fenders and some
minor vandalism told the story
for the weekend.
This is in sharp contrast
to the national picture where
over 660 dead were counted
on the nation's highways alone.
Officers expressed hope
that the county's drivers and
all its citizenry would continue
to exercise great care in their
driving, hunting, and all other
holiday pursuits for the
coming New Year's holiday
weekend.
Tom Day of Hayesvllle and
Mr. Carol White of Cherokee.
The company's report was
made by Herbert Hyde, at
torney for the companies at
a hearing held in Asheville
Tuesday by the Commission.
In a short statement sum
marizing the companies ef
forts, Hyde said that new con
Promotions Announced
By American Thread
The American Thread
Company has promoted J. B.
Love to the post of Executive
Vice President, effective Jan
uary 1, 1968, It was announced
by E. B. Shaw, President of
the firm.
Love, former manufactur
ing vice president, now
assumes over-all direction of
the day to day operations of
the Company.
Also promoted is W. H. Bur
ton, Jr. to Director of Oper
ations with responsibility for
the firm's manufactujing op
erations and operations de
partment as well as its pro
duction planning and general
engineering functions.
These were the key appoint
ments in a major re-align
ment of responsibilities and
reporting relationships within
th Company's top manage
ment group.
Announcement of Love's
promotion comes as he com
pletes his 20th year of ser
vice with the Company that he
joined in 1947 following grad
uation from HarvardBusiness
School. Beginning as a man
agement trainee at the Wil
liam antic, Connecticut Plant,
Love's steady advancement
within the Willimantic man
ufacturing organization cul- -
minated in 1961 when he was
named General Manager of the
Willimantic Plant. Two years
later he was transferred to
the firm's New York office as
director of general executive
services. His promotion to
manufacturing vice president
and his election to the Borad ol
Directors followed in 1966.
Burton has been serving as
assistant to the manufacturing
vice president for the past
year. He is a textile graduate
from the N. C. State Univer
sity and he holds a law de
gree from the University of
North Carolina.
Burton began his tex
tile career in 1948 as a man
agement trainee with J. P.
Stevens. He advanced to suc
cessively greater responsi
bilities within the Stevens or
ganization, serving as Plant
Superintendent in 1952, Plant
Manager in 1954 and Division
Manager In 1955. In 1959
he became General Manager of
that firm's six-plant Utica
Mohawk Division. More re
cently he has served as vice
president and general man
ager of Abney Mills, Green
wood, S. C.
John Love
struction begun or completed
during 1967 would total $3,
147,000.
Of that total $309,000, he
said, is expected to be com
pleted by the end of this
year.
The cost of the work begun
since the commission is
sued its August order, calling
for extensive improvement in
the system, was given at $1,
008,000.
Company employees have
increase from 190 a year ago
to 243 at present.
Progress has been made in
several exchanges in conver
ting service to a five-party
system as ordered by the com
mission.
R. R. Williams, who re
presents the interests of sev
eral Asheville subscribers,
brought forth some interesting
expense items, however.
Under sharp questioning
by Williams, revealing salary
figures for R. E. McKelvy
and Tom Sawyer were brought
out.
Robert Finch, vice presi
dent of Continental Telephone
Company, the parent company.
was asked by Williams "What
is the present status of R. E
McKelvy and Tom Sawyer with
the company?"
Finch said McKelvy was a
vice president in charge of
special projects, but he didn't
know what "special projects"
entailed, he said.
He said Sawyer was now re
tired from active management
and was available only for
what information the present
management would want from
him.
"What compensation does
the company pay Sawyer for
doing nothing?" Williams
asked.
"$12,500 annually through
September 30, 1970," Finch
said.
He said the salary was
charged to operating expen
ses. He also said that Mc
Kelvy's salary was $16,000
annually as approved by the
board of directors.
One other major question
raised by Williams was "Why
have we been able to receive
such changes in five months,
after five months without any
thing?"
Academy Of Medicine
Becomes A Reality
EDITOR'S NOTE: The State of Franklin is a name which
recently has become familiar to many people in North Caro
lina, and in medical circles throughout the nation. Some people
think that the name is odd, others joke that the mountain men
of Western North Carolina plan to secede from their parent
state and establish for themselves a new and sovereign nat
ion. Ohters vaguely remember the history of John Sevier and
his abortive attempt in 1780 to create a new and independent
state within the western lands of North Carolina. The modern
State of Franklin is a health council rather than a political
body, and its name Increasingly is being used to designate the
region which consists of the seven far western North Carolina
counties of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon
and Swain.
William H. Burton, Jr.
The long anticipated State of
Franklin Academy of Medicine
became a reality whan four
teen physicians representing
the seven most Western Coun
ties of North Carolina met In
the home of Or. Ralph Feich
ter of Waynes ville on Wednes
day, December 20 to proclaim
the formation of a new pro
(Continuad Th?ot?r Pag*)
Lake Pollution Action Taken;
Boaters Must Comply By July
Further action by the Tenn
essee Valley Authority to
stop pollution of TVA lakes
by toilet waste discharges
from boats and floating struc
tures was announced today.
TVA is extending to all other
TVA lakes in North Caro
lina, Tennessee, and Georgia
the same program of requir -
ing approved waste treatment
devices which was suc
cessfully applied earlier this
year on Norris Lake.
On these lakes, the owner
of each boat or floating struc
? fcwwra Radtord ef-Rr. sworpfty.rwrTimr ?nd Roaaien bo.r <m Tueedey 'Omt. ?? >?? j**
Roid Gap. Accompanying Radford on the hunt wares WUlerd Beavera, Mark f-armar,
eon Radford, Eddie Beevari, Larry Radford, and Taery Beavera.
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ture on which there is a toilet
of any kind must have it
equipped by July 1, 1968
with a waste treatment device
meeting the standards already
set by state pollution con
trol agencies.
The growth of boating has
made this kind of pollution an
increasing problem, TV A
said. Twenty years ago there
were fewer than 10,000 boats
on TV A lakes; now there are
more than 60,000 plus over
9,000 houseboats and boat
houses.
As was done on Norrls Lake,
dock operators will be asked
to notify their customers of the
TV A requirement, and to pro
vide information on approved
treatment devices and where
they may be purchased.
Before July 1 each boat or
floating structure owner must
complete a oertified statement
showing that his boat or struc
ture either (a) has no toilet
facility of any kind, or (b)
is equipped with a state-ap
proved type of treatment de
vice properly installed. own
ers of small open boats which
obviously could not be equip
ped with ? toilet unit will not
be required to furnish the
certified statement.
The owner of ? craft using
mooring service of I boat
dock operator.muet turn in the
completed form to him.
For owners of craft moored
outside established harbors,
MM
ponslble for that lake, and
must be completed , V>d re
e... |NMM
turned to that office by July
1.
The lakes involved, and the
TV A branch manager to whom
owners can write for infor
mation and certification
forms, are:
Boone, Cherokee, Douglas,
Fort Loudoun, Fort Patrick
Henl7 , Melton Hill, Nolidw
cky (Davy Crockett), Norris,
South Holston (Tennessee por
tion), Watauga, and Wilbur
Lakes - M. A. DeVoe, TV A,
Box 1236, Morrlstown, Tenn.
ST814
Apalachla, Blue Ridge,
Chatuge, Chickamauga, Fon
tana. Great Falls, Hales Bar,
Hiwassee, Nickajack, NoCkely,
Parks villa, Ocoee No. 3i and
Watts Bar Lakes - W. J.
Arrants, TV A, Box 606, At
hens, Tern. 37303
Pickwick Lake
portion) - F. G. Lupfer, ?
A -40 AB, Muscle Shoals,
bama 3568Q,
Kentucky Lake (Te
portion), and Beech
Lakes - C. L.
TV A, Box 280, Part*'
essee 38242
These are the TVA
in Tennessee, North C
MOT
use of approved
merit devices
boags and floating craft, j