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The Cherokee
' Cherokee County's Best Seller'
Scout
and Clay County Progress
Volume 78 - Number 35
Nertfc CweliM
March 21, 1968
10 Pages TKis Week
AT MUMMY. NORTM CAMOUMA
' "Bull" West Announces
j For State Senate Seat
Herman West
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Herman H. (Bull) West of
Murphy announced Sunday he
will seek the 33rd District
?J Senate seat currently held by
) Sen. Mary Faye Brumby, also
of Murphy.
West, a Republican, is the
first announced candidate to
* oppose Mrs. Brumby. She an
t nounced for reelection in Dec
[ ember.
\ The District includesCher
okee, Clay, Graham, Swain,
Macon, Jackson and Trans
ylvania Counties.
West formerly represented
Cherokee County In the House.
He served in the 1961 and
1963 General Assemblies and
sought the Senate seat in 1964.
He is president of Herman
H. West Co., a land clearing
firm with operations across
the country.
"More progressive people
are needed in the General As
sembly," West said, "People
who can determinewhat'sbest
for the public interest - and
not what's good for just one
little area and one political
party.
"The best interests of the
people of North Carolina can
be served by a Republican
Legislature, he added. "The
record of the Democratic Par
ty in this state is high per
capita taxation and low per
capita income."
West, 57, is a native of
Andrews and the son of Da
vid Bruce and Nina West.
His father is a former Cher
okee County legislator.
He is married to the former
Margie Bryson of Marble.
They have five sons.
Bill Bradley Seeks
49th District Seat
William P. (BUI) Bradley
of Hayesville announced Mon
day as a candidate for the
49th House District seat in the
!> General Assembly.
The Republican leader will
U face incumbent Democrat
|, Wiley A. McGlamery in the
November election.
The district is made up
?? of Cherokee, Clay, Graham
and Macon Counties.
* Bradley has served as cha
< trman of the Clay County Re
publican Executive Committee
* since 1961 and as 11th District
Republican Party chairman
since 1966. He has also been
* on the central committee of
the State Republican Execu
' tive Committee for two years.
Bradley promised "honest
representation, unyielding to
unfair election laws and a
program of economic devel
i opment" for the four counties
in the district.
He pledged to "work full
time. . . when I am elected.
1 will communicate directly
with the people... I will not
refer any person to any other
member of the Legislature.."
Bradley said " it is not
secret around the state that we
had inadequate representation
in the last General
Assembly."
The 49-year-old Bradley is
a native of Clay County and
was educated in public schools
in Clay and Haywood Counties.
He served 20 years in the
U. S. Navy and was on active
duty during World War n and
the Korean War. He was
awarded 15 campaign ribbons.
Bradley returned to Clay
County in 1961. He is engaged
in the automobile parts busi
ness there, is a member of
the Clay County Rescue Squad
and a ruling elder in the
Hayesville Presbyterian
Church.
, Town Security
? Patrol Proposed
Attorney Lonnie Hoover
proposed this week that the
4 merchants of Murphy hire a
man to serve as a security
' patrol to provide the down
>? f town area with extra protect
ion against fire and theft.
A meeting will be held
Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the
Murphy Power Board Build
ing to discuss the proposal.
Hoover urges all merchants
and businessmen who are ln
k terested in the security pat
' Woodman
k
? Group To
Reorganize
Jerry Lynn Dickey of Rt.l
Murphy has been named new
field representative for
Woodman of the World. He
will assist in reactivating the
local camp of the fraternal
life Insurance society.
Dickey announced that a re
organlzational meeting will be
held April 8 at 7:30 p. m. at
the Mu^hy Power Board Bui
lding.
Officers of the local camp
are Hugh Brittain, president;
John Smart, vice president;
Jim Boiling, treasurer; Bill
King, secretary; Tommy King,
escort and B. T. Sanders, past
There are 112 members of
the local organisation. Dickey
Is the son o< Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Dickey of Murpfcy. He
Is married to the former
Sandra Roberts.
He is principal at Uaaka
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rol to attend the meeting.
He said be has discussed
the plan with Mayor Cloe
Moore, Gene Farmer, presi
dent of the Murphy Merchants
Association and Tommy Gen
try, president of the Chero
kee County Chamber of
Commerce.
"I'd approve it," Mayor
Moore said.
"I'm very much in favor
of it for many reasons,"
Farmer said.
Gentry said he would have
no comment on the proposal
until the merchants have an
opportunity to discuss it.
Hoover, a member of the
law firm of Christopher, Jen
kins and Hoover, noted that the I
firm's offices were destroyed
in the fire that consumed the
Townson Building on February
25.
He said that in addition to
the property destroyed in re
cent fires in Murphy, there
has been a tremendous loss
of business for the firms in
volved and a loss of employ
ment for many workers.
Hoover suggests that a man
be hired to patrol the down
town area from 8 p.m. to
7 a.m. each night.
The security patrol would
check each business place for
unlocked doors and windows
several times each night and
keep a lookout for fires.
"I believe that with the
full cooperation of each and
every downtown business
man and company, this pro
tection could be provided for
approximately $1 to $2 weekly
per firm, depending on the
rite and type of business,"
Hoover said.
?I (mi this is a vary needed
and worthwhile project in
which all of the merchants
ahrmH coooerata " he
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HIGHWAY PATROLMAN DON REAVE AND SHERIFF CLAUDE ANDERSON guard the
car iii wtihh Walter Lee Beavers was placed after his capture Tuesday In the Bell Hill
section. Beavers and a companion, Roger Dale Layman, were chased into Cherokee County
after a holdup in Chatsworth, Ga., for which they were wanted. (Photo by Jack Owens)
Georgia Youths Captured
In Bell Hill After Chase
Two Georgia youths, sus
pected of robbing a Chats
worth, Ga. woman earlier in
the day, were captured by
Cherokee County and Georgia
law enforcement officers a
round noon Tuesday in the Bell
Hill section about 11 miles
west of Murphy.
Walter Lee Beavers, 19,
and Roger Dale Layman, 17,
both of Chatsworth, waived
extradition and were turned
over to Murray County, Ga.
Sheriff Charles Poag and GBI
Agent M.C. Moore.
The Cherokee County Sher
iff's Department, the State
Highway Patrol and the Mur
phy Pol ice Joined Georgia offi
cers in the search for the
youths after they were re
ported entering Cherokee Co
unty from Union County.
Blalrsville Police Chief Doc
Metcalf said he met and re
cognized the car two miles
west of Blalrsville on US 76
and chased the vehicle into
North Carolina.
North Carolina Highway
Patrol Corporal Walter Chap- !
man joined the pursuit west
on US 64 to Rural Road 1127 j
in the Bell Hill section. The
car turned on to Rural Road
1128 and drove on it to the i
point where the road dead
ends.
The youths abondoned the
car and fled on foot. Chap
man said Beavers took his
pistol and Layman grabbed j
for his pistol but left it on
the car seat. They fled in
different directions.
Beavers was captured about
five minutes after the car
was abandoned. He went into
the woods about 100 yards ,
laid his pistol down, and put
his hands up.
Layman made his way
through the woods to the Sun
ny Point Road where he was
picked up a short time later.
Sheriff Poag said Mrs. Ver
na Hooper, 26, was robbed of
$6 and her car keys about
8:30 a.m. when two youths
ask to use her telephone. She
was alone with her child at
the home, about five miles
east of Chatsworth. They
took her car.
The chase, which began in
Murray County, went through
Gilmer, Fannin, Union and
Cherokee Counties before
it ended.
Both youths were reported
to be AWOL from the Army
since February 4.
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TV Program
On Hospital Set
A group of citizens from
the Andrews area is planning
to visit TV Stai >n WDEF in
Chattanooga on Tuesday to ap
pear oo a special program In
the afternoon to express their
views on the needs of District
Memorial Hospital.
Joe El-Khour: of Andrews
is in charge of the group
planning this trip. Anyone
interested in making this trip
is asked to get in touch with
El-Khoarl. Transportation
will be provided.
The Andrews group will ap
pear oo the Lunch 'n Fun
program and will be able to
express their feelings for the
needs of the hospital expansion
program which Is under way
at DUtrict Memorial Hospital.
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M. C. MOORE, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation Officer,
lifts fingerprints from a pistol abondoned in the woods by
Walter Lee Beavers. Murphy Police Chief Pete Stalcup
watches. (Photo by Jack Owens)
7 Hurt In Two Wrecks
Seven persons were injured
in two Cherokee County traf
fic accidents Saturday after
noon.
The first wreck occured on
US 19 1.9 miles east of the
Murphy city limits when
James Samuel Brown, 23, of
Rt. 2, Hayesville attempted to
pass a car driven by Claude
Daniel Brown, 18, of Rt. 1,
Marble.
Patrolman Patt Miller said
James Brown's car started
skidding and hit the Claude
Brown car, ran out of the
right side of the road and
overturned. Claude Brown
lost control of his car and ran
off the left side of the road.
The two vehicles were travel
ling east.
Anne Louise Brown, 23,
Sandra Joan Brown, 2, and
Wanda Gay Brown, eight mon
i ths, all of Rt. 2, Hayesville,
were admitted to Providence
Hospital with injuries. They
were passengers in the James
Brown car.
James Brown was charged
with driving at an unsafe sp
eed.
About ninety minutes later,
four members of an Alphare
ta, Ga. family were injured
in a one-car accident on North
Carolina 60 just south of its
junction with US 64 at Ranger.
Miller said Robert N. Addis,
27, was travelling north when
his car ran onto the right
hand shoulder, started skid
ding, went across the road
and hit a tree.
Addis, Ann Ray Addis, 23,
Ha2el Denise Addis, 8, and
Angela Ann Addis, 4, were
taken to Providence Hospital.
Miller said no charges were
| placed.
High uourt Orders New
Trial In Drowning Suit
The North Carolina j
Supreme Court has reversed
a Cherokee County Superior
Court judgement in a law suit
concerning a drowning at the
Murphy Swimming Pool on 1
August 18, 1966.
At Its Spring Term, the 1
Supreme Court said it "is
of the opinion that there Is j
error in the record and pro- <
ceedings" in the case
of Jonah R. Sneed vs. Lions
Club of Murphy.
The suit arouse out of the
drowning death ofSiteed's gra
ndson, Stanley Davis, 14, of
Boeing, Oregon.
Judge Lacy H. Thornburg
accacptcd a motion tor non
salt on behalf of the Lions
Club when the case was heard
In CherokM County Superior
Court last August.
The Supreme Court ordered
that the case be tried again
before a jury. The trial last
August was without a jury.
Clerk of Superior Court Don
Ramsey said the case is not
on the docket for the term of
court beginning next week and
he feels it will probably be
heard at the June term.
The Davis youth was on a
vacation to visit relatives in
the area when the drowning
occured.
His mother noticed he was
missing when the pool was
cleared becaused of a thun
derstorm. The boy was found
in 12 feet of water and arti
ficial respiration efforts
tailed. The boy was report
edly a non-swimmer.
Sneed is seeking $130,000
in damages.
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M
Gardner Says East & West Must
Be Upgraded To Piedmont Level
Republican gubernatorial
hopeful Jim Gardner flew into
the Andrews- Murphy Airport
Friday afternoon to part
icipate in a motorcade and
speak at a three-county rally
in Murphy Friday night.
"We must bring the eastern
and western sections of the
state up to the Piedmont le
vel," the fourth district Con
gressman told well-wishers
when he stepped from the
plane.
Referring to his primary
race with Jack Stickley of
Charlotte, Gardner said the
fight for the nomination is
"the best thing that ever
happened to the Republican
Party."
Following the motorcade
through Andrews and Murphy,
Gardner gave an exclusive
interview to Managing Editor
Dave Bruce.
"We think we have a good
lead, but are going to work
as if we're running behind"
in the primary, he said.
Gardner said there has
been a significant change in
party registration as a result
of his "Operation Switchover"
program to encourage people
to change their registration
from Democrat to Republ
ican prior to the May Pri
mary.
He added that for the first
time in history, more people
are registering Republican
than Democrat in Raleigh.
Garner said he feels the
registration books in North
Carolina should remain open
all the time "so people can
register or change their party
affiliation anytime they
desire."
CONGRESSMAN JIM GARDNER (right) is greeted by Cas
tell Floyd, co-chairman of Gardner's gubernatorial cam
paign in Cherokee County, as the candidate stepped from his
plane at Andrews - Murphy Airport last Friday. (Ptioto
by Dave Bruce)
He described his chances
of winning in November as
"excellent."
He does not expect to have
a Republican controlled Gen
eral Assembly if he is ele
cted, but said "we've got a
great chance to increase the
Republican membership.
"Partisan politics should
cease when the election is
over," Gardner said, adding
that he thinks he will have
"A workable group" in the
General Assembly if he is
elected.
Gardner said he is dis
turbed at North Carolina's
low ranking in education, per
capita income and roads and
said this can be changed
if programs are initiated to
bring these things in the east
and west to the level of the
Piedmont area.
The Congressman said lib
eral and conservative labels
are misleading and he descr
ibed himself as a progress
ive Republican.
Broughton Proposes Medical
Center For Western Carolina
I J. Melville Broughton
t brought his campaign for the
Democratic gubernatorial no
! mination to Cherokee, Clay
i and Graham Counties Monday
He began the day with a
breakfast m seeing in Murphy
and theu travelled to Hay
es /ill v-. Robbinsville an<' An
1 dr<ws.
"We thmi' we're going to
win it (the nomination) in t!ie
first primary, without a run
off, " Broughton told Mana
ging Editor Jave Bruce in an
| exclusive interview.
He said iuj ..rnpaign is
going "extremely well" and
"the momentum has gained
each day."
Broughton outlined a plan
to establish medical centers
at Western Carolina Uni
versity. He said health ser
vices in the far west and far
east must be upgraded.
"I'm particularly con
cerned about the decline in the
number of general practi
I tioners in both the east and
west," he added.
He said these centers would
| be a means of encouraging
1 young doctors to locate in
I the area and the centers
| could be the forerunners of
medical schools at the two
universities.
Broughton said "the pro
i blems are the same" in the
| eastern and western portions
! of the state.
He said he would like to see
the completion of an all-wea
ther road from Murphy to Tel
lico Plains, Tenn. and en
dorsed the Transmoutain i
Road proposal is Swain Co
Auto Classes
Scheduled
Classes In auto mechanics
and auto body repair are ten
tatively scheduled to begin
in September at Tri-County
Technical Institute.
These classes will meet
five days per week for 12
months. Graduates will re
ceive a diploma.
Enrollment will be limited
and those interested in taking
either course should apply
Immediately at the school at
Peachtree.
Applications may be se
cured by writing to Box 40,
Murphy or by calling 837
3810.
""
J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON is interviewed by Scout Managing
Editor Dave Bruce Monday morning in Murphy ^ B rough tan is
seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. (Photo by
Red Schuyler)
unty. He pointed out that I
funds for the Junaluska Road I
near Andrews were appropri- I
ated when he was chairman
of the State Highway Com
mission.
If he is elected governor,
Broughton said he would ask
the General Assembly to con
sider the establishment of a
system of grants to small
towns for the construction of
water and sewer systems. He
said small towns often can
not put up the necessary mat
ching funds for Federal mon
ey on these projects.
He said be favors "a sub
stantial pay raise"for school
teachers and other state em
ployees.
Broughton expressed plea
sure at the work being done
4 Square Board
Meats Monday
? The Executive Committee
and Board of Directors of
Four - Square Community Ac
tion, lac., will meet tor the
regular monthly meeting at
the Andrews High School
Classroom, Monday at ?:30
by Technical Institutes and
Community Colleges In North
Carolina. These schools otter
"a large part ot the answer to
keeping young people" in rural
sections of the state he added.
Broughton served as a
special counsel for the North
Carolina Utilities Comm
ission at the telephone hear
ings in Asheville last summer.
He said he is interested in the
progress made in correcting
deflciences in telephone ser
vice In this region.
Bloodnobila
Visit Mo* day
The Red Cross BloodmoUle
visit to Murphy, scheduled
for this part Monday, has
been postponed until nut Mon
day, March IS.
The Bloodnotrtle will be
at the Power Board Baildtsg
fma 1 annHl LM rv ?