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MJjUUI library JCJBfST V C SAMFLI ' Cherokee County's Best Seller' Scout and Clay County Progress Volume 78 - Number 27 iUiyhy, Nertli CmIIm January 25, 1968 ]Q Paget This Week ?BJUHUUJflWJWIHUP AT MUHP NORTH CAROLINA I Murphy Town Board p Holds Monthly Meeting ? The Murphy Town Board ' held Its regular January meet ing Monday night. % Town Clerk. C. E. Johnson recommended that Lowell WlL?on of Andrews be em ' ployed in the Town's water department. The Board authorizedjohn .son to hire Wilson Wilson was formerly water and sewer superintendent for the Town of Andrews. The Board directed Attor ney Reuben Moore to draw an ordinance restricting parking on the two public parking lots in Murphy to 24 hours. Signs are to be erected advising of the time limit and when the ordinance is in effect, cars exceeding the limit may be towed away at the owner's expense. Police Commissioner Ken neth Godfrey reported that his order enforcing the two ' hour time limit on parking , meter spaces has been eff ective. Godfrey had directed the move In December, pointing out that free space was avail able on the public parking lots and that it was desirable that those who had been park ing on the street several hours each day use the lot and make the meter spaces available for shoppers. "It's going very well," Godfrey said. "We got a lot of people off the street and there is more parking room in the business area now." Godfrey informed the Board that approval is expected soon for the New Careers Program sponsored by Four Square Community Action, Inc. The Board had approved participation in the program at the December meeting. Three men are to be given on-the-job police training in the program with Federal funds being used to pay their salaries. They would attend classes at Tri-County Tech nical Institute two days a week and work on the police force three days a week. The Board approved the sel ection of two men for the pro gram if final approval is re ceived and a third man is under consideration. The school is scheduled to start February 2. A wage increase for 12 hourly-paid town employees was approved by the Board. Godfrey explained a plann ing service offered by TVA through the Upper Hiwassee Watershed Development Association. TVA would, he said, send engineers to make a survey of the appearance of the town and then submit to the local planning board an architect ural plan for the entire town. The matter is to be re ferred to the Murphy Planning Board for further discussion. j Riblisher, Editor Attend : Midwinter Press Meeting By Bob Sloan Recently, your reporter, accompanied by Jack Owens, Secretary of Community Newspapers, Inc. .attended the North Carolina Press Asso ciation Midwinter Meeting in Chapel Hill. The conven tion, which began with the Awards Dinner Saturday night, was a well planned affair. Gov. Dan Moore highlighted the Thursday evening event and presented awards to news papers though out the state for their excellence in various fields. Although he arrived late, Lou Harris, one of die nations most sought after public opin ion analysts, kept the atten tion of several hundred news men, (this is no easy feat) with his various predictions, Including the opinion that President Johnson, as of now, would be re-elected. A luncheon at Chapel Hill which featured light musical entertainment, was followed by the highlight of the three day program. The guber natorial candidates of North Carolina, all five of them, from Reginald Hawkins to Jack Stickley were brought together on the platform. Each participated in an hour long question and answer per iod with no holds barred for the press of North Carolina. It was, we think, an un precidented affair. From it we gathered cer tain first general impressions which we would like to pass on to our readers: Murphy Native Named Area Army Recruiter SFC Doyle L. Clay, a native of Murphy, has been assigned as U. S. Army Recruiter for six southwestern North Car olina counties. The counties are Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Swain, Macon and Jackson. Sgt. Clay was assigned to Statesville before coming here to replace Sgt. Joe Provence. The new recruiter is a 22 year veteran of the military service. He completed train ing at the Army's Recruiting School at Ft. Benjamin Har rison, Ind. and had served with the Special Forces at Ft. Bragg. He served 10 years over seas, mostly in Europe, and has also completed two tours In the Far East. He was an R. O. T. C. insturctor at the University of Georgia for two years. Sgt. Clay Is married to the former Miss MaggieSmith Sgt. Cloy of Bryson City. They have two children, Shelia, 13, and Keith, 15. They live at KL 3, Murphy. He maintains an office in the Franklin Post Office and is scheduled to be in Murphy each Friday afternoon from 12:30 until 4:30. ? Mayor Proclaims Jaycee Week Where**, the civic bodies and service organizations of our community and the departments of the local government reoognlce the great service rendered to this community by the Murphy Jaycees. and WHBRBA& The United States Jaycees and it affiliat ed state and local organizations have set aside the week of January 21-27, 1968, to observe the founding of the Jayoees. and WHEREAS, this organization of young men has con tlbuted materially to the betterment of this community throughout the year. THEREFORE, 1, Cloe Moore, Mayor of the Town of Murphy, do hereby proclaim the weak of January 21-37, IMS, aa JAYCEE WEEK and urge all citizen* of our community to give full consideration to the furture ser vices of the Jayoees. DATE i January SO, U68 JACK STICKLEY-A strik ing appearing man who is a gifted after dinner speaker, who will have difficulty con veying his thoughts to the man in the street. However, he may come over exceptionally well on TV. Throughout his talk and his replies to quest ions, one felt that here was a man who was wondering through a swanp and at any minute he might step in quicksand. He must have felt that way too as his replies seined very noncommital for a man who presents himself as a forthright businessman. JAMES GARDNER-In his appearance, he seemed like a schoolboy among a bunch of grown men. In presence of mind, he seemed sure of him self. He seemed to be searching for what the pub lic wanted to hear rather what was his answer to the quest ions asked. MEL BROUGHTON, JR. Appears to be a wholesome, handsome appearing man and the greatest dealer in general ities and stock answers of any of the five candidates. His greatest admission during the talk was that tobacco might be considered a luxury item. ROBERT SCOTT-While not quite the equal of Broughton in appearance, here was an other man who will photograph well we think. In his talk and answers, it was apparant that he had inherited some of his father's blunthess and frankness. He was the only candidate who would say where he stood on the tobacco tax, openly admitting that he was opposed to placing a tax on to bacco because of politics. He forestalled another question in regard to the "one university system" philosophy by saying It wouldn't come up while he was governor. REGINALD HAWKINS-The first Negro to run for Gover nor of North Carolina in the Democratic Primary. He seemed nervous and much more interested in attracting attention than in developing a program. But, conversely, his way of drawing attention was to have a program with novel ideas. As we sat and watched this man facing a semi -hostile white press, we felt that he was handling him self pretty well under con siderable pressure. We felt that he might upset the gen eral flow of liberal and con servative voting In this state until one would have difficulty determining just what the out come might be. And we felt that this was about all this man was after. We came away from this meeting feeling that this spring s primaries in North Carolina, in regard to the gov ernor's race, would be among the most interesting and un predictable that we nave ever held. The press convent! on \ u concluded with t magnlflA t dinner at IXike University \ 4 which A1 Capp, the father ? L'U Abner, was the main sp\ eaker. In our opinion, he is ? much better cartoonist than ? speaker. We felt that many of his remarks were In poor tame. WAYNE HOLLAND (15) AND HAROLD KEPHARI (43) leap for a rebo'md in Murphy's loss to Andrews last week. I he Wildcats won, 54-47. (Photo by Sue Morrow) Bulldogs, Eagles Win; Wildcats Lose Two of Cherokee County's three high school basketball teams picked up victories Tuesday night. Murphy defeated Robbins ville, 76-62. Hiwassee Dam rolled over Nantahala, 81-64. Andrews bowed to unbeaten Cherokee, 73-64. Bob Dickey and Rober Stiles each had 22 points for the Murphy Bulldogs. Har old Kephart was right behind them with 21 points. Guenther, K. Morrow and Picklesimer were the spark plugs of the Hiwassee Dam victory with 13, 12 and 11 points respectively. Jackson and J. Taylor led the red hot Braves in their win at Andrews with 29 and 20 points respectively. Four Wildcats hit double figures in the game. Eddie Raxter led witn 17 points. Wishon, Barton and Ledford accounted for 16, 14 and 12 points respectively. In the girls' games, Robbin??ille edged Murphy, 39-37, and Hiawassee Dam defeated Nantahala, 32-23. The Cherokee Junior Var sity defeated Andrews, 65-40. Tomato School Sign Up Continues Thru Today The Manpower Development Training Act Treliised To mato Training School has been approved for Cherokee and Clay Counties. Fifteen persons from each county are to be trained in the production of treliised tomatoes. Qualified trainees will re ceive a weekly training allow ance of $29 to $59 plus mil eage allowance during the six week program. The school is scheduled to start next Monday. A representative of the Em ployment Security Commiss ion will sign up students thr ough today (Thursday) at the John C. Campbell Folk School at Brasstown. Prospective students can go to their County Agent's office to sign up for appointments. Clay County residents should caU 389-6631. Cherokee County residents should caU 337-2210. Jack Early, Cherokee County Agent, pointed out that trellised tomatoes are con sidered a high income crop In both counties. Rev. Hicks Accepts First Baptist Call Rev. Richard E. Hicks has accepted ? call as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Murphy beginning Sunday. The church will hold a reception for the Hicks Fam ily Sunday afternoon from 2s30 to 4:30 at the Chruch Social HalL Members of neighboring church congregations are in vited to attend. A native of Gastonia, Rev. Hicks Is a graduate of South ern Baptist Seminary at Louisville, Mars Htll College and Furman University. He has been serving paster anburg, S. C. A new sanctuary was built at Maiden under Ms leader ship and was dedicated last spring. He has been moderator of the Theron Rankin Association and Is a member of the State Convention's General Board. Rev. Hicks and his wife, Audrey, are the parents of three daughters and one son: Dentse, Cynthia, Audrey, Martha and Barry. Rev. R. W. P revest has served as interim pastor of the Murphy church since Rev. William J. Thompson resigned last year to accept the paat fcfiftl Income Tax Return Course Offered Tri -County Technical! risti tute will offer a short course for adults on preparing Fed eral and State Income Tax returns to be taught by Kyle Beal at Murphy High School beginning Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The classes will meet for two weeks on Tuesday and Thursday nights, three hours l! each for a total of 1'2 hours instruction. The course is free and any one desiring information on filing his income tax returns is urged to attend. For additional information contact Mr. Beal in Hayes ville or Tri-County Technical Institute. Bids Opened On Two Appalachian Links Highway Commissioner W. Curtis Russ told the Scout In a telephone interview Tues day that bids had been opened for the first two six-mile links of the Appalachian De velopment Highway in Chero kee County. The bids were opened at a meeting of the State Highway Commission in Raleigh Tues day morning. The low bidder on the first link from the line east was Clement Brothers of Hickory. Their bid was (2,411,367. The low bidder on the se cond link was AshevilleConst ruction Co. with a bid of $1,530,017. Russ expressed pleasure over the fact the close to four million dollars of work is ready to be put under con tract in the county. "We're looking forward to seeing dirt moved," he said. The bids will be reviewed on February 2, "with the hopes of awarding the contract on that date," he added. The Highway Commissioner had indicated In earlier inter views with this newspaper that construction will start as soon as the weather permits in the spring. Another six mile link, which will complete the four lane highway^ from the state line to a point west of Murphy, is scheduled to be put under contract in March. On some parts of the 18 mile road, two lanes will be added to the present two lanes of US 64 while in others, four new lanes will be con structed. Construction already is underway in Polk County, Tennessee on the highway which will eventually link Cleveland, Tenn. with Ashe ville. New Law Firm To Have Three Offices The law firm of Christo pher, Jenkins & Hoover ann ounced its formation this week with offices in Murphy, Hayes ville and Robbinsville. The partners inthefirmare F. O. Christopher of Murphy, T. T. Jenkins of Robbinsville, and a Murphy native who re cently returned here, W. A. (Lonnie) Hoover, Jr. Christopher said the firm's offices would be located in the Townsor Building in Murphy, the Curtis Building in Hayes ville and the Jenkins Buildir^g in Robbinsville. Hoover is the son of Dr. and Mrs. W.A. Hoover of Murphy. He is a graduate of Murphy High School, Wake Forest Un iversity and Wake Forest Law School. Hoover passed the state bar exam in August, 1966. He served one year as law clerk with the Judge of the Middle District (Federal) Co urt of North Carolina at Greensboro. Hoover has been living in Winston-Salem and was em Lonnie Hoover ployed in the trust department of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. there. He is married to the former Patricia Ann Gladson of Mur phy. They have one son, Brent William, age six mo nths. "It's good to be back home after being away from Murphy for eight years," Hoover sai<i The employees of the Andrews Magnavox plant were honored for their outstanding safety record at a box lunch uimier Monday in the plant cafeteria. (Photo by Sue Morrow) Magnavox Honors Workers For Top Safety Record The '650 employees of Ma gnavox Co. of Tennessee In Andrews were honored by the company Monday for their oul standing safety record. Each shift was served a box lunch by the management of the plant. The box liinch con sisted of fried chicken, potato salad, and slaw. Milk, cokes, and ice cream were also pro vided. This was tn recognition of the record Magna vox-An drews employees achieved in* nationwide safety contest con ducted by the National Safety Council. The employees of Magta vox-Andrews worked from lost-time accident. All fur niture and cabinet plant* in the nation entered this con test and Magnavox-Andrews plant stayed In the number one spot until November. The latest tlgures show that only one other plant in the nation has gone longer without a lost-time accident. John Shoemaker, manager of industrial relations at the Andrews and Rryaon CUy plants, stated that thia is an o tstandlng record in a plant of thia type. Am to the har and cutting blades. Interstate Automatic Mer chandisers ' of Graenvllla, Tenn. provided the lunches. All the employees agreed that this was one of the best activities that they bad par ticipated in at the plant. such as: "fc*s real nice." from Mrs. Lake Mchuurd. "We appreciate being poectoted", said Mrs. Jeas Johnson. "I hope we can set another record next year", was Juty Cook's comment. The i
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