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The 'Cherokee County s Bev Se. Volume 78 Number 2 4 ftvrphf, North Carolina Junior, 4 1968 Scout and Clay County Progress SECOND CLAJi R3fTA3f P?ATO AT MuH^ V nO?TTm CAACX.IHA Cherokee County Wrecks Fatal To Four THREE PERSONS MET A FIERY DEATH in a head-on collision between this stattor: wagon and a track palling a mobile home Thursday afternoon on US 19 i.n Cherokee Count) about one mtle north of the Georgia lirje. i. Photo by Weaver Carringer). CUFF BLUE . . . People & Issues iiaiiiiiiiiiiiillliillMllll WINNING ON PAPER. . . Oftentimes you can sit down and on paper figure out how to win an electica but wr.en the votes are counted, open your eyes to realize that the people are pretty independent when it comes to ballot marking. In 1964 at one time it look ed like Rich Preyer couldn't lose with the support of Terry Sanford and his adminis tration, with the support of the education leaders, with the support of the Negroes REA, and the party machinery all working for him. Preyer's defeat and Dan Moore's victory goes to prove that while the leadership of various organizations re presenting a great percentage of the voters may be for one candidate, the rank and file of j the members may resent the efforts of the leaders to "de liver" their votes. In 1964 was about the best I evidence of this that we can think of. There was a day when many, many people wanted to get on the "bandwagon" -- wanted to line up for the winner. With j the people becoming better iiininillllHB ?? educated they are getting away from this philosophy and don't hestitate lor a minute to vote ior t'ie "or. Jerdcg". 3r. fact it now seems that sometimes "underdog" is the best van tage point from which to run for public office. Harry Truman was the "underdog" in his successful lrf+8 campaign. Dan Moore was for many weeks the "underdog" in his s iccessful campaign for governor in 1 J64. Many of the politicians still try hard to "pick the winner" before supporting a candidate but most of the voters mark the man or woman they really want--md this is good. RANDOLPH " DEMO CRATS. . . The Randolph County Democratic Executive Committee got out an un usual "Season's Greetings" brochure for Christmas. Letters from all the officials of the County Ex ecutive Committee were en closed in the brochure along with a message from State Party Chairman Tin; Valentine and from National Chairman John M. Bailey. Live It One Day At A Time By Dave Bruce I had heard the son^; many times be/ore, but the line never hit me like it did on New Year's Eve. "Yesterday's dead and to morrow is blind, I live one day at a time," says i Willie Nelson in the song he wrote and recorded. Yesterday was almost dead then and tomorrow hadn't quite arrived so it was with mixed j emotions that I listened and decided that one must, in deed, live just one day at a time. When 1967 arrived, who would have dared to predict that Cherokee County would record 13 traffic fatalities in I the year ahead after a death less 1966. Tomorrow is blind. The news of the four deaths in the past week stun- j ned me when I returned to Murphy Monday from a vaca tion in which I drove through six states, including about 300 mile of roads covered with snow and Ice in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Vir ginia and Kentucky. The tragic new? made me more appreciative of the safe journey my family and 1 en joyed. On a happier note, when 1967 arrived, who would have pre dicted that the most original sound on the year weald be a Chickasaw County girl by the nan;" of Bobbie Gentry. Wi .licit a doubt. Bobble's "Ode to Billy Joe" made her the most refresl-.i^ thing to come out of Mississippi in years. But then, Mississippi isn't exactly noted for having anything refreshing and new. Realizing that 1968 is blind, I'll venture fc-'.h with things I hope to see in the year ahead: A repeat of 1966 on Cherokee County Highways. The nomination and election of Terry Sanford to the U. S. Senate. The reelection of President Johnson. The start of construc tion on the Appalachian high ways in our area. A reversal of Secre tary of the Interior Stewart Udall's veto of the trans mountain road. At least a feeble start to ward completing an all weather road from Murphy to Tellico Plains, Tenn. An honorable end to the war In Vietnam. It's a big order I'm putting in for 1968 and I don't ex pect to have It all fulfilled Let's live it one day at a time. Moore Calls '67 A Year Of Emergence Governor Dan K. Mcore called 1367 "a year of ei::er vence for .North Carolina" in his year -end report tothe peo ple last F riday . "Long sought goals have been realized, and ojr s.ght^ h?.ve been fhif'ed 'r greater goals." he said. The ?tate "faced the com plex problems ol social and economic change, not in a haphazard manner, bnt with deliberation and deter mination," the Governor de clared. He noted that the population 1 of North Carolina passed the five million mark in the 1 early fall and nonfarm em ployment reached a record high of 1.6 million in | November. Moore called the year "one ] of special significance in the ? broad area of State-supported edcuation." He ^aid seven new in stitutions were aoded :o the communis) college system | and better than So^o of the population is :.ow within commuting distance of one of these schools. "While developing greater employment and educational oppc "MTi're? for a1]," ' 'o ? e said, "the state has sough; positive means of eliminating conditions that breed frustra tion and hatred." He noted that the highway program has continued at what 1 he called "an accelerating pace." The traffic safety program has been strengthened and 1 "progress has been made in reducing the rate of deaths on our highways, but still far too many of our citizens have been killed or maimed," the j Governor said. "We are not satisfied and I we must not he complacent ir. the year ahead," Moore concluded, because of "much that remains to be done." Got Caught While Talking About It "And to thinJ< it caught me while I was talking about | it." A young Tar Heel motorist | got acquainted quickly with the 1 State Highway Patrol's new speed-timing device, VAS CAR, on the first day the in- . strument was authorized for arrest purposes. Trooper D. J. Brysc of | Asheville tells this story of j a 17-year-old Alexander youth j he arrested for speeding with i VASCAR on December 1. "This is December 1," the youth was quoted as telling a friend in the car, "the day the Highway Patrol starts I using that new machine. I've I I got to be careful and not let them catch me with that thing." His friend remarked, "You ' may already becaught, there's a blue light flashing behind j you." Trooper Bryson says he asked the driver how fast he was traveling, and the young driver reported between 70-75 mph. "I then showed him the I VASCAR with a reading of 73 ' mph, and all he said was 'That's right, where do I pay the ticket " the trooper stated. "He entered a plea of guilty and paid the fine and costs." Major Edwin Guy, who heads the Patrol's Enforcement Division, reports the Initial chases of VASCAR utilization by the Patrol to curb speeders on the highways "has been highly successful." "During the first two weeks of December," the Patrol off icer said, "there have been 195 speeding arrest with VAS CAR. About half of these cases have been disposed of in court, and there have been | no contested cases." The Patrol began using VASCAR for arrest purposes i on December 1 after many months of testing and train ing with the new instrument. Governor Moore auth- | orized the use of the new speed-timing device in mid- 1 October when he called for a "no quarters" attack on the chronic anr1 hibitual ; raffic law violators. At that time, the governor announced the purchase of I 100 VASCAR units and the doubling of Breathalyzers in | use by the Patrol. Seventy of the chemical testing in struments are in the field now. | VASCAR is a mechanical computer, about the size of a cigar box, which is situated in the patrol car so that it can be utilized as easily as c-n the trooper's radio. VASCAR automatically computes the average speed of the vehicle being timed. It can do this by timing the veh icle moving between two I specific points. Vv'lth time and distance in the machine, the switch and the sweep arm points to the average speed. The Patrol is now operat ing 75 units with the remaining 25 scheduled for delivery In early 1968. "These units are spread throughout the state and are In the hands of trained opera tors," Major guy said. The troopers are trained and certified by the N. C. De partment of Community Colleges. This training , Includes a full day in the i classroom, over-the-road J training with an instructor A along and 30 days use on thef highways. h. County Highway Death Toll Leaps To 13 As Year Ends Cherokee Coi.:.[t ei.de^l 1jc-7 with * tutdl vl lj -re lated deaths to .r persons were billed T v* c a< < ents during the closing day s .. tne year. The.e were ia trai: ic deaths in the count) during ljt>o. I'hree persoi.i were killed in d iierv head-on crash in volving a StdtiOl WdgOl: and a truck palling ^ house tra.ier Thursday or. IS i j about une mile north of the (_?ec<rgia line and one mar: died late Sat urday or earl) Sunday m a .Tie car wreck 01. state road 1326 iri the Unaka areu. The victims were: Patty Beth Bracken, Is, of Ht. 4, Hayes vi lie, the driver of the static: wagon. Her sister, Pamela Ann Bracken, I , of Rt. 4, Hayes ville a pas-enger i:: the station wagon. Haywooa Shaw, ^7, of Way - cross, Ga., the dr.ver of the truck. Hoyt Beaver-, Rt. 2, Murphy, the driver el t:ir car that crashed on tate road Potty Beth Bracken Pamela Ann Bracken HCYT BEAVERS of Rt. 2, Murphy was killed when his car ran olt the road aDout tnrce r : :les from Vnaka Saturday night cr Sunday morning. ( Photo by Jack Owens). f iitS" wj. I- ji r . d Jon sa.ci Ml ? 5 hrdcr en wj tra ?- eii :-k.i so a- J j'.dw wjv headed north wne: the.r vehicles ?. ih.ded head-ii.and ca,.K'h: t : rtr. Witrx^se told Rea vis tfk E*'raChen station wd;tMfi we-.! out el control a fid ert >; ed into the ; -.-.r: c. the tr-i ??. I he - tdtlO . Wd^vl vv'd - a charred mas- oi steel and inetdi, deii; - ii h. the :rn p d c t . 1 hf tractor portion .?! the mobile home r;g was hador tw i >ted di.vi the m chile noi : it; was da magec hea-. ilv m the front. It : ' U:o\ed that all ihree v i <_ tii.:s were l^iiled 'i. .11 - pact. I he bodies werer . rneu beyond recognition. Murphv Vcl'inteer Firemen a i : j the Cherokee Ccunty Res cue St,. .ad assisted in sep arating the wreckage and re moving Vie v;rtmis. The road was reported wet from ran. thai lad fallen he fort- t::e accident. I he mot ue home was ~ei ^ towed ? roi : 5 laTSv. .ie, C-a. to Andrews. Joint funeral services for the Bracken sisters were held at 2 p.r: . Saturday :n Sweet water Methodist Church, o; which Patt) Beth was a ;::en< ber and Pamela Am; attended. The Rev. Carol Lmdsey ol iicatec aid t^.ir lai was m the ch -r .'i cemetery. Pali bearers were Brent Carter, Hilev> arid bob Dicker se: , bill Martin, Phil Denton, Gar;. Her r eng. Robert Lller, Dwight McNabr and Jan.es ' bracshaw. Patt; beth was a ^radi.aie oi Hay es'? iLle High School and , a ;reshi:.a;. ,;t Ye ang Harris College. S ;r''.;-.ir^ -.r- V..t parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. Zer bracken, oi Rt. Hayesville; two sis ters, Kathy and Jennie, both j ot the home; four brothers, , Hi:,' - el the '' AirFcr-e, r. . ; . .?.;?(>, t ? ? , ^aTjr K1 t.j a*; J J* i.s, ul vi the home; the paierr.ai grandparents , Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bracken | and the maternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. j Brown, all of Hayesviille. Ivie Funeral heme was in charge of the arrangements. ( The body of Hoy: Beavers w a : fo,.- -j ib." -t 11:30 3.. ; ; ? passing j motorist. Reavis >aid Beavers, who was alone, apparently ran off the road and was pinned in the wreckage of his car In the Unaka section. Coroner J. C. Townsorsaid death was caused by a broken neck. Services lor Beavers were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Unaka Baptist Church. The Rev. Raymond Carroll and the Rev. Ernie Young officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Beavers was a native of Cherokee County and an employee of Monday Vene ering Co. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Nettie Bowers Beavers; two daughters, Amaleenand ?? e'.jT , md four son?, Kenneth, Vernon, Claude arc Junior, all of the home; the mother, Mrs. LLllie Allen Beavers of Murphy; four sisters, Mrs. Juanita Bryson, Mrs. Lyda Patterson and Mrs. Opal Chambers, all of t'naka, and Mrs. Marjorie Morrow of Farner, Tenn.; three brothers, Charles. Melvin and Austin Beavers, all of Murphy. Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Postal Increases Effective Sunday Increased rates for ail classes of mail except par cel post and international mail will go into effect Sunday , Post master Joe Ray re minded postal customers today. "Even with the r.ew rates of six cents for first-class mail and 10-cents for air mail, postal service is still a real bargain," Postmaster Hay declared. "For six cents you can send a let ter to any of the 50 states, to any United States territory or possession, to Canada or Mexico, or to an American - serviceman stationed any- I where in the world." Postmaster Ray point ed out that the new rate for post cards will be five cents and for air mail post cards eight cents. He said the added cent in the letter rate a 20 per cent increase compared to a 1 24 per cent boost in the rates for mailing newspapers and magazines and a 34 per cent hike for advertising cir culars, "occupant" mail, and other material in the third class category. The new rate of six cents per ounce for first class mail applies up to 13 ounces and the new rate of 10 cents per ounce for air ra?U applies up to 7 ounces. Under the new rate structure all first-class mail over 13 ounces and all air mail over 7 ounces will be merged Into a single category. 1 These heavier pieces of first-class and air mall sub ject to the single rate sche dule will be delivered by the fastest available meanj of transportation. A flat rate of 80 cents will be charged for all mall In tfUs (.category up to one pound. all mail weigh;:,;; :r.i re than one pound, the f rest-:.! a. r par cel post rates w-.li conn, ie to apply, except that the postage on matter weighing between one and iive poinds w: LI change at half-po'.nd internals rather than one poind 'ner vals. Postmaster H.i. ;aid that the new rate str ict .re will mear. a red .1 Hon oi post age on some prf r ? els. Another rate < bange that will altec: * lie k-eneral public is the ncrease trom four to six cer.ts for the first two ounces of individual pieces of third-class mail. ' nsealed greeting cards may be sent ar tnis rate, Postmaster Ray sa d. He einphas : zed that tbe new rate on unsealed greeting cards will not go into effect until January 7 and until then they can he mailed at t'le old rate of four cents. rhere will be 110 change' in the charges for =pec.al del ivery, special handling, reg istered mail, certified mail, cash on delivery or insurance. Postmaster Hay said. "We have an ample supply of one-cent stamps on hand, ' Postmaster Ray said, "for those people whohave five-cent stamps and need one-cent stamps to make up the postage required under the new rates." Higher rates also will go into effect January 7 for all categories of second-class mail, bulk-rate third-class mail, controlled circulation mail, and the educational mat erials category of fourth class mall Millers using these classes who need Information on the new rates should contact the local Post Office, Postmaster Ray said. Large sate Hauled From Grocery Store I he Cherokee County Sher i I * ; Departn ei t and SBI Agent i 'ar e- Maxev -ire in- I vestigatinj- the ot a 1.500 I pound -a!>; Friday nigh' from j i air'- C.ro> er. i tin.* Hangi-.g Dog -;e> t:o- . Dep.'; Shurif; Glenn iiYlkwa. aid the sate con tained a t i- . t $~,GGC, mostly | ; ash. A s .hstartiai amount of the " one. was believed to he payment on electric hills to I B1 le Hidge Mountain EMC in i Y o g Harris, Ga. Fair ar- 1 cepts pa) mens from custo mers for the electric cooper ative. Hollowav said the robbers t~ro?e down the hack door of the building and rolled the safe to a r. i. k. He added that tlie truck tire tracks were vis- j able when officers arrived at I the scene. John Marlin, manager of . Blue Ridge Mountain EMC, I issued a statement seeking the cooperation of persons whose electric payments may have been in the safe: "Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fair j and Blue Ridge Mountain EMC | have been making an effort J to establish a list of all mem bers who paid their current J due electric bill through Fair j Grocery. "All members who paid their bills should confirm this payment In name and amount to Fair or the cooperative ,o. To date, only a few people ? have done this. "Those who have paid by check should notify their bank a nd stop payment oo the check. iLULL .-^? It would be appreciated by the cooperative if those people would issue a new check clear ing their individual account. "All members who have paid their bill to the Fair Grocer) are requested to hold their receipts and stubs as evidence of payment in case juch is called for. "The rules and regulations under which the cooperative operates require that delin quent notices be mailed to all members whose payments have not yet been received in the office. "If your payment is a victim of the robbery, please notify either Mr. Fair or the co operative in the billing name and the amount." Craft Classes To To Be Organized A meeting will be held Thursday, January 18, at 8:30 p.m. at the John C. Campbell Folk School at Brasstown to organ lie classes in hand crafts. Classes will be co-ipon sored by the Folk School and Trt-County Technical In stitute. Wood carvirtg and basket weaving will be included In the program. Further information oar be obtained by calling either the Folk School ? trr 2776 or Tri-County Tacfc ?t 837-3810. i i i I'll || II iii*i 1 1
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