The Cherokee
'Cherokee County's Bast Seller'
Volume 78 ? Number 34
lUipky, North Corel iM
March 14, 1968
Scout
and Clay County Progress
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Murphy Recreation
Association Formed
Some Interested residents
of the Murphy area have re
cently formed a non-profit
corporation, the Murphy Re
creation Association (to be
known as M.R.A.) In order
to consolidate present sports
and fund raising activities
while at the same time ex
panding present recreational
programs.
An open meeting *111 be
held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday
evening (tonight), at the Po
wer Board to elect officers
and adlp by-laws. All inter
ested cltir.ens in the greater
Murphy area are urged to
attend.
The association plans to
administer, hind and ex
pand the following present re
creational programs:
Murphy Adult Softball Lea
gue will operate as in the past
? except that it will now have a
paid manager.
Adult Basketball will be
. continued with the possible
addition of indoor volley-ball.
' Included in the association's
. budget will be several fair
ground Improvements such as
?t
outdoor volley-bail courts and
horseshoe pits.
A tennis program Is under
consideration to Include both
Instruction and tournaments,
with the possible construction
of a practice wall.
The U.R.A., with Legion
Post 96. will jointly sponsor
an American Legion Baseball
team. Five practice games
for the month of April have
already been scheduled with
HI urassee and Blair sville.
The Murphy team will be one
of thirteen teams in Area 4.
The top four teams together
with Murphy will enter tne
area playoffs In Hickory, N.
C.
All boys who have not rea
ched their 19th birthday by
August 1 are invited to meet
with coach Adam Sutton at the
Rock Gym at 7:00 p.m. Friday.
The team willwearCincinnati
type uniforms of gray with
maroon trim. Boys from both
Clay and Cherokee counties
are eligible. Any adult who
wishes to help with the team
is also ivited to attend.
I
. Hospital Not For Sale
?" Providence Hospital Is not for sale, the Hospital
Administrator told The Scout Wednesday.
4 ' Speculation developed in the past week when a lor
sale sign was noticed on a corner in front of the
hospital.
<, The Administrator said the sign concerns a 50 by
100 foot strip of property in front of the hospital
* that is owned by a Marietta , Ga. man. The property
( is not connected with the hospital property in any
way, she added.
Mayor Proclaims Red
r
: Cross Drive Support
?
Again in 1988, the American Red Cross will provide
Comfort and Support from those Americans who can help
i to those Americans who need help; to communities struck
by disaster; to servicemen in hundreds of posts abroad
and at home; and, above all, the members of our Armed
forces in Vietnam.
Th% Red Cross is a splendid American tradition? and
never was it more needed. It is a proven way for us, who
enjoy so many of freedom's blessings, to render timely
aid to those fellow citizens who today, bear so much of
freedom's burdens. We should respond with particular
generosity to Red Cross appeal in 1968.
Cloe Moore
Mayor of Murphy
Jin Gardner Rally Friday
Republican gubernatorial
candidate Jim Gardner Is
scheduled to arrlYe at And
- revs Airport Friday afternoon
at 3:30 for an appearance at
' a Trl-County Republican Ra
k Uy at the Cherokee County
Courthouse in Murphy Flrday
f night at 7:30. Republicans
from Cherokee, Clay and Gra
ham Counties will participate
, in the rally.
Gardner will travel to Mur
?' phy in a motorcade after his
| arrival at the airport
, State Senator Bruce Brlggs
of Asheville and State Rep
> resentative Charles Taylor of
Brevard will appear on the
program vith Gardner.
I Gardner, presently re
* presenting the Fourth Dis
trict in Congress, will face
Jack Stickley of Charlotte in
the May Primary.
Gardner will travel to Mur
phy In a motorcade after his
arrival at the airport
Carter Named
Ta Aathority
William J. Carter of
Andrew* has boon appointed
to the Rural Renewal Autho
rity by the Cherokee Cownty
Jim Gardner
Nursts Aid*
Class Btfiis
Tri-County Technical In
stitute will begin a class tor
Nurses Aides at Andrews Dis
trict Memorial Hospital, Mon
day at 9:00 a.m.
Applications for the class
will be recelred at the hospi
tal throufh Friday.
Anyone Interested should
contact Mrs. Altland at Dis
trict Memorial Hmpital la
Andrews between the hours
of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Precinct
Moved
The Topton voting precinct
has beea moved to Bab Hdlo
TWO MURPHY MEN SUFFERED SERIOUS BURNS Sunday night when their car burned
and exploded following a wreck on US 64 two miles west of Murphy. Lloyd Burton (Jim)
Twiggs, 34, was driving the car and Ralph Berrong was a passenger. Both were taken
to an Asheville hospital and Berrong was returned to Murphy Monday. Patrolman Patt
Miller said Twiggs was attempting to make a left turn off the highway and was struck by
a car travelling behind him driven by Jack Douglas Pope, 16, of Murphy. Pope was treated
and released. A passenger in his car, Joanne Hedrick, 16, of Rt 4, Murphy, was taken
to a Chattanooga hospital with head injuries and a broken jaw. Miller said no charges
were placed pending further investigation. (Photo by Jim Morgan).
Four Square Launches
New Careers Program
Four-Square Community
Action of Andrews, through
Manpower Development, has
received approval of a "New
Careers" program from the
U.S. Department of Labor.
They approved a$183, 330 pro
gram for the four county area.
The program is known as
the "Scheuer Amendment"
which provides a new car
eer for unemployed or under
employed enrol ees.
New Careers does not pro
vide a permanent subsidy '
for a position. New Careers
presumes future expansion of
human services by local
government. It gives only
seed money to help the user
agency begin to expand its
positions and services. There
mast : be newly*- created pos
ition, or budgeting for an in
creased number of authorized
but previously unfilled posi
tions.
All enrollees or careerist
will work forty hours a week
will receive $1.60 per hour and
for approximately 46 weeks.
At the present time, Four
Square has committements fr
om the following user
agencies:
Clay County local govern
ment which will use tour po
lice aides, one school atten
dance aide, and one sanitation
aide.
Murphy City local govern
ment which will employ five
police aides and one sanita
tion aide.
U.S. Forest Service which
will employ ten aides, five
from Cherokee County and
five from Graham County.
Murphy General Hospital
which will employ seven nurs
es aides.
Andrews City government
which will employ five police
aides and one sanitation aide.
Graham County which will
employ four police aides and
Red Cross Bloodmobile
To Visit Murphy Monday
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be at the Murpby Power
Board Building Monday from
1 to 5:30 p. m.
Mrs. Edgar Harshaw,
chairman of the local blood
program, said this would be
the last bloodmobile visit In
Murphy until July.
"Please make every effort
to donate Monday," she urged.
Mrs. Harshaw pointed out
Open School
Mooting Sot
Jerome H. Melton, Asso
ciate Director, Governor's
Study Commission on the Pub
lic School System of North
Carolina, will hold an open
bearing at Murphy Elementary
School Auditorium, tonight
(Thursday) at 7:45 p.m.
The purpose of the meeting
will be to raise some of the
questions which the Gov
ernor's Commission is tack
ling and give any interested
citizen an opportunity to speak
on the matter.
All persons in the region
Interested in voicing their op
inions, or listening to the
Issues are invited to attend.
Grala Dtadliit
Is Friday
Cherokee and Clay County
ASCS Offices announce mat
March 15th. Is the final date
that termers can file to part
icipate in the IMS feed grain
As Ot Wednesday, *40 far
mers hare signed up la Chero
that three emergency calls
for blood were answered in the
Murphy area in the past month
and two of these calls were at
night
"Five of our Murphy
residents answered a call
of this type willingly and were
only too glad to help their
fellow man," she added.
A number of donors have
received their gallon cards,
she said. These card holders
and their families are
protected with blood needs for
life.
Mrs. Harshaw expressed a
desire for a large turnout
Monday since March is Red
Cross month.
In addition to the blood pro
gram, she said, the Red Cross
has handled 20,000 emergency
messages concerning ser
vicemen in Vietnam in the past
year and 180,000 servicemen
have received various Red
Cross services during that
time.
Westers Uiion
Restates Service
Western Union service to
Murphy was resumed last
Thursday at the new telegraph
office in the Trailways Bus
Station on Church St. The
former office in the Townson
Building was destroyed by fire
on February 85.
Marilyn and J. B. Hall, Jr.
art the new operators of the
service here.
The taleptiooe number t*
897-3179.
TW office will be open Mon
day through Saturday from S
until It doom and from 1 un
til 5:I0 ?c?X?W?dMi?
one school attendance aide.
Swain County which will em
ploy one police aide and one
sanitation aide.
Four Square will pay all
wages tor the first year. User
agencies will pay one- half of
the wages the second year and
during the third year the agen
cies will pay all of the wages.
There will also be two sani
tation aides in each of Jack
son, Macon and Haywood
Counties. User agency for
these aides is the State of
Franklin Council at
Cullowhee.
All enroll ees will receive
20 hours vocational training
and 20 hours on job training.
This training will be offered
by Tri-County Tech at Peach
tree and Southwestern Tech
nical Institute at Sylva.
The staff for the "New Car
eers" program consists of the
following: Director, Randall
Shields, Culberson; Deputy
Director, Edward Bryson,
Marble; Bookkeeper, Eula
Mae Allen, Murphy; sec
retary, Carol -M. Collis, An
drews; and Counselor, John
Beavers, Andrews.
Scout Press
Leaves Chicago
The Scout's new three-unit
Goss Community Web Offset
Press is to be shipped from
Chicago this week, according
to a Goss Co. spokesman. It
is expected to arrive in Mur
phy three or four days after
shipment.
Installation of the modern,
high-speed press will take
from a week to ten days.
The remodeling of the news
paper's front office was comp
leted this week.
Both the purchase of the new
press and the office remodel
ing are key parts of a major
expansion program auuounced
by Publisher Jack Owens last
month.
'Dogs Honored
At Banquet
Koger Stiles, Hoyt Rober
son and Bob Dickey were ho
nored tor outstanding perfor
mance at the football banquet
held by the Murphy Quater
back Club at O'Dell's last
Thursday night.
Stiles was recognized as the
outstanding Bulldog back, Ro
berson as the best linesman
and Dickey as the most im
proved player.
Team members elect the
outstanding lineman and back.
The coaches vote on the moat
Improved player.
The Murphy coaches were
presented luggage gifts by
the Quart ertack Club.
Tom Bran, atbeltlc dir
ector aad bead ooteh at Ma
idea, N. C. High School, was
TWO MEN HELD FOR
INVESTIGATION IN
CLAY BANK ROBBERY
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By Sue Morrow and Dave
Bruce \
Two Dalton, Ga. men are
being held for investigation in
connection with the robbery
of Citizens Bank and Trust
Co. in Hayesvtlle Tuesday af
ternoon shortly before closing
time at 1 p. m. They had not
been charged with the robbery
at press time.
Union County, Ga. Sheriff
Harlan Duncan said Herman
Houston Hackney, 29,andNeal
Southerland, 22, have been
charged with possession of a
stolen car in connection with
the vehicle that reportedly was
used for the getaway from the
bank.
Hackney was arrested by
Duncan just before dark Tue
sday night when he was tra
cked to a creek by blood
bounds.
Southerland was arrested
in Fannin County by Sheriff
Roy Kirby about 12:30 a. m.
Wednesday.
Duncan said he began chas
ing the stolen vehicle shortly
after the robbery occured but
lost it in traffic. He again
chased it around 3 p. m.
Tuesday and it was wrecked
and burned in the Owl Town
Community about five miles
south of Blairsville. The men
fled on foot
Another car, owned by Hac
kney was found five miles
west of Blairsville off the Mul
key Gap Road.
All of tbe$16,712.21 taken io
the robbery is believed to have
been recovered, Duncan said.
It was found in a refrigerate!
at an abandoned bunting cabin.
It was Identified by Clay
County Sheriff E. H. Moore
as that which was taken fron
the bank.
Six female employees of the
bank and three customers
were in the building when the
stick-up occured.
Mrs. Cecelia Massey, a
teller, said the two men wore
raincoats and gloves. One
was armed with a pistol and the
other carried a sawed-off
shotgun.
"Play It cool, All 'er up,"
one of the men announced as
he tossed a bag at another
teller, Mrs. Jo Anne Ar
reodale.
Bank employees Mrs. Ma
ssey, Mrs. Dale Phillips,
Mrs. Audrey Anderson, Miss
Shirley Byers and Mrs. Doris
Marshall and the customers
Guy Wheeler, Junior Jones
and J. D. Hunter were ordered
to stand against a wall while
Mrs. Arreodale filled the bag
with money from three draw
ers.
Other drawers were locked
because the tellers who handle
them were out to lunch.
Mrs. Arreodale said she told
the men she did not have a
key to those drawers and they
accepted her explanation.
They inquired about the vault
and were told it was locked.
The robbers herded the em
ployees and the customers
into the office of Vice-Pre
sident Tom Day and told them
to put their hands on the table.
Mrs. Marshall was ordered
to jerk the phone out of the wall
"We'll see you," the rob
bers were quoted as saying
when they left.
Another employee, Mrs.
Frances Garrett, returned to
the bank while the hold-up
was in progress. She reported
she had $300 that a customer
had given her on the street.
The robbers did not find the
money which she had in her
coat pocket
"Don't try anything funny,
you won't get hurt," she was
told as she entered the bank.
Another teller, Mrs. Chri
stine Prater, got the license
number of the getaway car.
She had returned from lunch
and was warned not to go in
the bank. She remained in
her car.
Mrs. Garrett's husband
noted the make and model of
the car. It was reported to
be a 1964 blue Ford with
Georgia license plates.
The Clay County Sheriff's
Department, the State High
way Patrol, the State Bureau
of Investigation are investi
gating the robbery.
Town Board Schedules
Zoning Change Hearing
Zoning, parking, the police
department and the Are de
partment occupied the atten
tion of the Murphy Town Bo
ard at Its monthly meeting
Monday night.
A public hearing was sched
|??1*r March 25 on the pos
sibility of changing (he zon
ing of the site of thefCingCat
tle Sale Barn in Bealtown.
The owner of the property,
Lewis King, had requested that
the barn pi^rvrty be changed
from its prese.-i Residential
Two status to one in which
the barn would conform.
The Murphy Planning Board
recommended to the Town
Board that a new zoning dis
Wc it Livestock Sales Barn
District, be added to the zon
ing ordinance. It would sti
pulate that should the site
cease to be used for cattle
sales^ the property would
revert to Residential Two sod
?.C?TIS WUte' secretary of
the Planning Board, presented
the recommendations.
A public hearingis required
before any change can be made
in the zoning ordiance.
White also reported to the
Board on the Town's Workable
J*?*1*"1- The Board adop
ted the report tor submission
to the Department of Housin*
and Urban Affairs.
The Board also voted to
request TV A to conduct a
Town Life Survey. The sur
vey would provide recommen
dations for improving the ano
earance of the downtown area,
f ^JooM- to- *as
tound to be the low bidder on
?o projects correcting storm
sewer problems. Their bid
was |5, 5?.
The Board passed an o nu
ance establishl* a 14 hour
toe limit for pjTkinf on the
SL? tot? ?P?*ed *
the Town. Ieft ?
Jonrer periods will be sub
J^toreBoval at the owner's
The Sheriff's Department
^?ttorl?edto^7?
UrU* ?*
^?j^l^o-pwktoctlc
Th? *? b**al>aid.
Theofflew serving the war
rot would collect the arrest
icy be changed and that the
former three man police com
mission be put in charge of the
department The Board agreed
and voted to appoint Godfrey,
John Car ringer and Francis
Bourne, Jr. to serve on the
commission.
Fire Chief Bob White pro
posed that the Board adopt s
plan for the purchase of fire
men's uniforms. Under the
plan, each Individual will pay
one-third of the cost, one
Town Gives
Diner Tonight
The firemen of Murphy and
Andrews, The Cherokee
County Rescue Squad and the
Murphy Policemen will be
honored with a dinner given
by the Town of Murphy to
night (Thursday) at 7 p. m.
at (V Dell's.
Mayor Cloe Moore said in
terested businessmen are in
vited to attend. They should
make reservations with Town
Clerk C. E. Johnson no later
than noon Thursday.
D. Keith Phillippe, Super
visor of Flremanship Train
ing with the Department of
Community Colleges, will be
the guest speaker.
Lays Observe
43rd Anniversary
Lay's S A 10 Stores begin
observance of their 43rd anni
versary today, (Thursday),
with aa anniversary sal*.
The Murphy store opened
In 1934 and has alac* under
gone two wpaaatoaa.
Operations war* begun here
by the late W.M. Lay aad his
wife, Oaa, la a 3,000 square
loot store. The preseat lo
cation oa Peachtree St was
opened la 19 S3 with 7,000
square feet of selling mac*
aad 3,900 aqaar* feet of sto
ck room la 1H5.
The Murphy store Is ao m
m? aged by TroyS. Fleaslac.
The eoavaay haa ? storaa
la North Carolina, Georgia.
third would come from tire
department funds, and one
third would be paid by the
Town. The Board accepted W.
T. Brown's motion to aprove
the plan.
The Board voted, on a mo
tion by W. A. Singleton, to
Install a system which would
ring 10 phones at once when
the fire alarm sounds. The
10 firemen receiving the call
would each in turn, call ano
ther member of the depart
ment. It was pointed out that
at times the Ore siren can
not be heard in all parts of
the town.
Robert Akin and Bill Hughes
were appointed to the Murphy
Planning Board.
M#l Broughton
Brotghtoa To
Visit llitplqi
J. Mel rlllt Broocbtm, Jr.,
Democratic caattdatatorfov
eraor, will ba ia Marphjr oa
Monday.
Ha wUl ba at tba Cherokee
Cafe from 7:?0 a. a. WtU 8:
30 a. at. The lateral prtU?
U cordially tarttad to bar*
breakfast, or a cap of coffee.