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The Cherokee 'Cherokee County's Best Seller' Scout and Clay County Progress Volume 78 - Number 31 ttwipfcy, Nerlli Cereliae Februory 22, 1968 10 Rtyt Thi? W? k AT Scout Begins Major Expansion Program i Kwassee Dam Youth t [ Faces Amputation Roy Walls i Roy Walls, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin P. Walls of Rt. 4, Murphy, was scheduled to undergo surgery for ampu tation of his left foot Wed nesday at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. V The latest information av ailable from the hospital at press time is that the youth remains in serious condition. The surgery is required by an accidental cutting thatocc ured on February 10 when Walls is reported to have fallen onto a hunting knife at a cabin in the Tellico Moun tains near Tellicc Plains, Tenn. A family spokesman said i Walls and three companions, Danny Floyd, Mike Stiles and Steve Raper, had gone to the cabin to spend the weekend camping out and hunting. The knife reportedly was in a scabbard in Walls' hip pocket and fell out between two cushions on a sofa. Af ter sitting on the sofa, he was said to have gotten up and then had a dizzy spell and fell back onto the sofa. The knife inflicted a severe wound above the knee. His companions applied a tourniquet to the leg and had to push a truck belonging to the Floyd youth to get started toward Cherokee County. Walls was taken to the home of an uncle, Ernest Floyd, who applied another tourniquet and then was brought to Pro vidence Hospital In Murphy. The youth has a rare type of blood and it was necessary to seek blood donors for him in the early hours of Sunday morning. He was transferred to Chat tanooga on Tuesday, February 13, and went into shock there T Lies day night. Several pints of blood were needed immediately and an appeal for replacement blood was made at a basketball game at Hiwassee Dam High School. About 15 of the pledges re ceived there were acceptable. It was determined that much more blood would be needed for the anticipated surgery. Volunteer workers have re ceived between 25 and 30 firm pledges since the need became known. Atleast a dozen people are standing by in Chattan ooga if and when their blood is needed. Walls is a junior at Hi wassee Oam High School. County Republicans Recognized At Dinner I Twenty-three Cherokee County Republicans attended the 11th District Convention and Lincoln Day Dinner Sat urday in Asheville. The Cherokee County group Lincobi Day Dinner Saturday Republicans from Chero kee, Clay and Graham Count ies will gather at O'Dell's in Murphy Saturday night at 7 for the Lincoln Day Din ner. Congressional candidate W. Scon Harvey of Arden and State Representative Charles Taylor of Brevard will be the speakers for the dinner. K Burley Growers Vote Next Week V. Burley tobacco growers will ?Z vote next Monday through Fri ? day on marketing quotas for ? ?the next three crops. The vote WT will be by mail. II A ballot trill be mailed to |fl each person known to have had " an Interest In a 1967 crop of Burley tobacco. Any person who shared in a Burley crop in 1967 who does not receive a ballot may obtain one by calling, writing or visiting the ASCS office. All ballots | ' must be returned to the ASCS county office, or be post marked, no later than March 1, In orderto be counted. The vote 1* on Burley quotas on an acreagebatis-NOTon an acreage-poundage basis. 1968 allotted acreage Is the same for 1966 as It was In 1967. * Birthday Sale; [ By George! Washington 's Birthday is a traditional day for sales tn Murphy today. See the ads on the ins Ida of The Scout (or tn i about special values are was recognized at the dinner for having the largest rep resentation of any county ex cept Buncombe and for havirig travelled the greatest distance to the convention. Bill Bradley of Hayesville was re-elected Xlth District Republican Chairman at the convention. Congressman William Brock of Tennessee was the featured speaker at the dinner. Rep. Charles Taylor of Bre vard presented a summary of Republican-sponsored legis lation during die 1967 General Assembly. Gubernatorial candidate Jim Gardner made an app sarance at the convention. The Cherokee Countians at the dinner included Mr. and Mrs. Herman West, Mr. and Mrs. Charles White, Mr. and Mrs. John Dickery, Or. and Mrs. W.A. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Burch, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Hoover, Jr., She riff Claude Anderson, Claude Bryant, Don Ramsey, Leon ard Ramsey, Fred Haney, Lof ton West, Kellis Radford, Jack Simonds, Bob Gibson, Fred West and Lloyd Clark. Rural Road Projects Approved Four rural roads In Cher okee County and one in Clay County have been approved by the State Highway Com mission. According to W.Curtis Russ commissioner, and A. J, Hughes, division engineer, the Cherokee county projects tot al (89,000 and the Clay pro ject $20,000. The Cherokee projects include grading and draining .20 of a mile of the Bob Branch Road; .30 of a mile of the Bear Paw Road, which will be paved; .35 of a mile of the Sunny Point Road, and the .40 mile of Mack Cooper Road. Stabilization of school bus roum wee set at $40,000. h Clay County plans are id grade and pave the Hot House Road from US 64 id Rural Road 1160, and distance of 1,20 miles. This will THE CHEROKEE SCOUT and five other western North Carolina newspapers will be printed on a modem three-unit Goss Community Web Offset Press beginning next month. The press will be similar to the one pictured above. Two Arson Suspects Make Confessions Two of the three men charged with a series of fires in downtown Murphy on Feb ruary 12 have confessed, according to Chief of Police Pete Stalcup. Steve Kill lan and Don Wolfe signed written confessions and made verbal confessions on tape last Thursday afternoon. Stalcup said the other man charged, Bobby Dockery, won't talk except to say"he knows nothing about any thing." The Chief said the two con fessions are three pages long and each says approximately the same thing. Wolfe confessed to doing the actual setting of the fires, Stalcup said. "They said they noticed how dead the town was and wanted to created some excitement," he added. Klllian and Wolfe "were very strictly informedof their constitutional rights" before making 'he confessions, Stal cup said. He said the two were very cooperative and seemed anx ious to talk. Bond for the three has been set at $10,000 pending a hear ing in District Court next week. Wolfe had vol un tally re turned to the county jail earl ier last Thursday after escaping either Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. "He just walked in around 7 a.m.," Sheriff Claude And erson said. Wolfe had escaped by sawing through the door leading from the third floor of the jail id the courtroom. The fires the three are charged with setting did ex tensive damage In the down town Murphy area, destroying some buildings and heavily damaging others. Murphy and Andrews firemen and the Andrews and Cherokee County Rescue Squads battled the fires over seven hours in sub-freezing temperatures. Storm Sewers To Be Improved; Deposits On Water Increased The Murphy Town Borad is seeking bids on two projects to improve storm sewer drain age in the town. One project would involve improving the drainage on Hiawassee St. from Church to Sycamore Sts. The other proposed project is near the lower Valley Ri viftr Bridge on the Joe Brown Highway. The present sewer on Hia wassee St. is unable to hand le the runoff during heavy rains, causing large amounts of water to run down the gutters. Work on the line on the Joe Brown Highway must be completed before die level of Lake Hiwassee is raised in the spring. The Board approved the ac tion unanimously on a motion by John Carrier on Feb ruary 13 and the bids are being sought now. Kenneth Godgrey offered a motion to increase the water deposit for new service. It was voted unanimously. The deposit for residential service was raised from 95 to $10 and the commercial deposit was increased from 910 to 916. The Board has planned a dinner to honor the Murphy Letter To The Editor Dear Editor: 1 would like to express our appreciation to the Murphy Volunteer Fire Department, die Andrews Fire Department, the Andrews Rescue Squad, the Murphy Rescue Squad and to any and all others who worked so hard in the bitter cold, and doing such a good job of fire fighting on the night of February 12th. May we say a big thank you. Sincerely, Volunteer Firemen on March 7. It was to held at O'Oell's beginning at 7 p.m. G. Keith Phillippe, super visor of Firemanship Training for the Department of Comm unity Colleges in Raleigh will be the speaker for die dinner. Mayor Cloe Moore has in vited the Andrews Volunteer Firemen, the Cherokee Co unty Rescue Squad and the Andrews Rescue Squad to die dinner in recognition of their assistance during the February 12 fires in Murphy. Towns on Lumber Co. made a $100 donation toward the dinner In recognition of ser vices rendered thereby the firemen. Heart Fund Show Planned Randall Collins and the Carolina Buddies will present a stageshow and square dance for the Heart Fund Sat urday night at 7:30 at the Old Rock Gym. Other local talent is also scheduled to participate. All of the talent will per form free and all proceeds from the show will go to the Heart Fund. Admission will be $1 for adults and 504 for children. Board Meeting Cancelled The February meeting of the Murphy Board of Education scheduled for tanifit (Than Four Local Teams Lose Monday night was che night that wasn't for the Cherokee and Clay County teams in the Smoky Mountain Conference Basketball Tournament at Robbinsville. All four local teams were on the short end of the score. The Swain County girls el iminated the Hiwassee Dam girls, 45-25. The Murphy Bulldogs be came the 21st victim of the undefeated Cherokee Braves, 75-49. The Mountain View girls downed the Hayesville girls, 46-33. Hiwassee Dam dropped a close 60-57 contest to Frank lin. The Hiwassee Dam girls had advanced to their Monday meeting with Swain County by eliminating Murphy, 31 26, last Friday. The Murphy boys overcame Mountain View, 51-47, on opening night. The :'iyeaville girls had picked up an easy 45-19 vic tory over Highlands on Friday . The Hiwassee Dam boy* edged Hayesville, 68-66 In the first round. Bank Closes For Holiday Citinm Bank and Trust Co. will be closed today New Press Scheduled For March Delivery Scout Publishing Co. has be gun a major expansion pro gram at its plant in Murphy, Publisher Jack Owens announ ced this week. . The expansion program in cludes: A new three-unit Goss Com munity Web Offset Press which will be installed in March. A new Nu-arc graphic arts process camera and dark room accessories which were Installed two weeks ago. New Frieden J us t-O- Writ ers, machines that are used to set type for the newspapers, which are scheduled for de livery this week. Remodeling of the interior of the newspaper building to accomodate the new equip ment and provide more effi cient working conditions. "This large investment in high quality, new equipment is an indication of the con fidence Scout Publishing Co. has in the future growth of the Murphy area and western North Carolina," Owens said. The publisher detailed the improvements that will be in effect when the new equip ment is fully operational. The new press will print a 12-page completed paper, an eight page completed paper Willi one color, and a four page circular with two colors. The newspaper will be printed from large rolls of newsprint. Eacb roll contains six miles of paper. "Seconds after the paper leaves the roll, it is printed, cut, folded and delivered as a complete newspaper," Cwens explained. He said the press can deliver 12,000 papers per hour, or more than three complete newspapers each second. The press will enable the company to print the news paper at a high rate of speed, allowing the editorial depart ment more time to prepare the paper and still meet the pre sent deadline. The new camera will im prove the quality of pictures in the newspaper. The new Just-O-Writers will provide larger, easier to read type. Scout Publishing Company is now printing the Andrews Weaver Carringer operates the Nu-arc process camera installed recently as part of The Scout's major expansion program. ( Photo by Dave Bruce) Journal, Smoky Mountain Times and Graham Star for Community Newspapers, Inc. When the new press is in sulted, two other Community papers, the Franklin Press and Highlands Highlander, will be printed in Murphy. The two -page press now in use will be kept and is expected to .be used exclusi vely for commercial job print ing. Owens noted that from 1889 to 1961, the Scout was printed by the old letterpress method. The modern offset method was introduced here in March 1961 when the pre sent press and new graphic arts darkroom equipment were installed. The Scout was the first newspaper in western North Carolina to use the modern offset method of printing. In January 1964, the Scout tripled its floor space with the construction of the pre sent building on Chruch St. It continued to use the offset equipment from the old plant on Hickory St. Although the process now in use is modern, the publisher pointed out that it is labor ious and time-consuming. "Four years after moving into this plant, we are keeping abreast of the progress of the Murphy area with the install ation of the new equipment and remodeling of the building," Owens said. "We will be equipped with the most modern equipment available and when this ex pansion program is com pleted, the Scout will be as modem as today, second to none of our size in the south west," he continued. Owens asks that those sub mitting news and advertising cooperate in meeting esta blished deadlines during the transition period. He concluded by saying that an open house will be held when all of the new equip ment is installed and operat ional. Public Meeting On Recreation Complex Scheduled Tuesday A public meeting will be held Tuesday night to present final plans for the Cherokee County Recreation Complex three miles east of Murphy. The meeting, at the Murphy Power Board Building, will begin at 8 p. m. "We not only hope to have the final plans ready, but ex pect to be able to reveal when we will advertise for bids and when work will start, said John T. Gill, chairman of the Cherokee County Rural Renewal Authority. He said engineers and ar chitects will be present at the meeting to answer any questions the public may have. The recreation complex is being financed by a $250,000 low interest loan from the Tomato Growers Meet Tonight A county wide meeting for allprospectlvetrelllsed tomato growers is scheduled tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p. m. in the Murphy Power Board Building. According to the Agricul tural Extension Service, the new recommendations for the 1968 season will be given at the meeting. The recommen dations are based on research findings conducted at the Mountain Horticultural Crop* Research Station and on re sults of demonstrations con ducted In in powers fields. The Upper Hlwaseee Vege table Growers Association will also be discussed. Farmers Home Admini stration. It is the first re creation project to receive a rural renewal loan in North Carolina. The 379 acres of land need ed for the site were purchased from the Mulkeys for a home site project. The recreation complex will include an 18 hole golf course, a small lake , a picnic area, tennis courts, a skeet shooting range and hiking and riding trails. A membership drive was conducted last summer, prior to the approval of the FHA loan, and 389 persons paid a $10 inital membership fee to back the project. Memberships will be $10 per month or $120 per year. Non-members will be able to use the facility by paying a dally user fee. Gill has estimated that the complex "will be the equiva lent of a new industry em ploying 200 people" when it is in full operation. The complex is located within 2.5 miles of the pro posed four-lane Appalachian Development Highway and is expected to become an import ant factor In increasing tourist trade in Cherokee County. 3 Charged With Thefts At Marble The Cherokee County Sher iffs Department arrested three men Friday In connection with a series of thefts earlier this month in the Marble area. Billy Cornwall and Tommy Bowers of Marble are being held under $3,900 bond eacn on charges of breaking and entering. Carl Arp of Mneral Blrff, Ga. is free on bond on a charge of larceny. Deputy Sheriff Glenn Holl owly said Cornwall ? Bowers are charged with I log four Mcycvlae in i ble area oaf tons of cigarettes on February 3, and stealing Mo batteries, a cressem wrench, a bar and other tools from Herman West on February Arp is charged only in con nection with the February 14 incident. HoUoway said he found the batteries and wrench at Mo eral Bluff, where they bed been sold.