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Volume 78 - Number 41 ? Murphy, North Carolina ? May 2, 1968 ? Second Class Postage Paid At Murphy, North Carolina
Low Lake Level
P The water is low now, but the level will rise over the next I
Mew weeks and Lake Hiwasssee will be at a level that will |
please boating enthusiasts. This picture was made at the Hi
wassee Campground. (Photo by Dave Bruce)
[Firms Cited For Safety
Thirfren Cherokee and Clay
(County Industries were among
225 in Western North Carolina
'that we*e presented safety aw
ards at a banquet InAsheville
Friday night.
i State Labor Commissioner
Frank Crane saidwestern North
'Carolina firms set the pace for
the rest of the state in accid
ent prevention.
I The Cherokee and Clay firms
.honored were: AjnericanCom
ponents, Inc., Brumby Textile
Mills, Carolina Dress Corp.,
The Cherokee Scout, The
* Franklin Press, Levi Strauss &
L Co., TheMagnavoxCo.ofTenn.,
Margaret Studios, Mundy's
Lumber & Veneer, Owenby
Manufacturing Co., Regal Mills,
Rimco Manufacturing Co. and
Timber Products Co.
Manages
Campaign
t
Attorney General . T. Wad*
farulon, otndldate for re-elec
tion in the May 4th Primary,
announced that Herman Edwa
rds is serving as his Manager
in Cherokee County.
Employers Honored
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By DECA Students
The Distributive Education
I Club o I Murphy High School
r held its second annual Employ -
^er-Employee Banquet at 0*
rDell's last Thursday night.
Paul Rihenhour was the fea
tured speaker (or the banquet.
He spoke on the importance of
the Distributive Education pro
gram to the student and the com
. munity .
? Paul Ledford presented cert
L ificates of appreciation to each
employer and thanked them for
participating in the program.
The progrim enables stud
ents to attend classes part of
the day and work on a job dur
ing the remainder of the day.
Fred Bishop, Associate State
Supervisor of Distributive Ed
ucation, was a guest at the ban
quet.
Cecil Mashburn is the teach
er- coordinator of the program
at Murphy High School.
Will Address Banquet
Luther Britt, Jr., North Carolina Jaycee President, will be
a special guest at the sixth annual Installation of Officers Ban
quet for the Murphy Jaycees Tuesday night. The banquet will
be held at CDell's beginning at 6:30. Britt is a resident of
Lumberton and a graduate of Wake Forest College and Wake
Forest Law School.
F
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Paul Rldeahour was the featured speaker at the second annual j
Employer-Employee Banquet presented last Thursday night by |
the Murphy High School Distributive Education Club. (Photo
by Weaver Carriager)
Voters Pick Candidates In Primary Election
Voters of both major parties
in North Carolina go to the polls
Saturday to select their candid
ates (or the November General
Elections.
Top interest will center on
the races for the gubernatorial
nominations. Three candidates
are entered in the Democratic
Primary for the state's top
office while the Republican Pri
mary ballot lists two con
tenders.
The Democrats seeking their
party's nod for governor are
J. Melville Broughton, Jr.,
Reginald A. Hawkins and Rob
ert W. Scott.
The Republican gubernatorial
candidates are John L. Stick
ley and James C. Gardner.
Broughton is a former chair
man of the State Highway Com
mission and is presently pract
icing law in Raleigh.
Dr. Hawkins is a Charlotte
dentist. He is the first Negro
to seek the governorship in mod
ern times.
Scott is presently Lieutenant i
Governor.
Both Broughton and Scott are
sons of former governors.
Stickley is a Charlotte bus
inessman.
Gardner has represented the
Fourth District in Congress
since January 1967.
Three Democrats and two
Republicans are after the no
mination for Lieutenant Gover
nor.
The Democrats are Mrs.
James M. Harper, Jr., Frank
M. Matlock and H. Pat Taylor,
Jr.
The Republicans are Trosper
Noland Combs and Don H.
Garren.
Four Democrats and three
Republicans are contestesting
the nomination for the U. S.
Senate seat currently held by
Sara J. Ervin, Jr.
In addition to Ervin, John
T. Gathings, Sr., Charles A.
Pratt and Fred G. Brummitt
are in the Democratic race
for the senate nomination.
Republican contenders for the
senate are Robert Vance
Somers, Edwin W. Tenney, Jr.
and J. L. Zimmerman.
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
is unopposed for the Democra
tic nomination for the Uth Dis
trict seat In Congress and is
not listed on the ballot.
On the Republican ballot, W.
Scott Harvey and Robert W.
Daughtridge are seeking the
nod to oppose Taylor in Nov
ember.
The Republicans are seeking
one other state office - Com
missioner of Insurance. Carl
W. Rice and Everett L. Peter
son are the GOP contenders.
The Democrats seeking the
position are John B. Whitley,
incumbent Edwin S. Lainier,
George A. Belk and Fred Ben
ton.
Other Democratic races are;
State Treasurer - Sneed High
and Edwin Gill.
Attorney General - Robert
Morgan and Thomas Wade Bru
ton.
Commissioner of Labor -
John B. Wardell, Jr. and Frank
Crane.
Superintendent of Public In
struction - Everette Miller,
Craig Phillips, WilliamD. Har
rill, Raymond A. Stone and Wen
dell W. Smiley.
Judge of Court of Appeals -
Kidd Brewer and Raymond B.
Mallard for one position and
Walter C. Holton and Naomi E.
Morris for the other position.
New Post Offices To Be
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Built At Marble & Warne
Eleventh District Congress
man Roy A. Taylor announced
that new post offices will be
built at Marble and Warne.
Bids for construction of the
Marble building were ad
vertised Monday and will be
Killian
Located
At Motel
Ronnie Killian, 19, was lo
cated at a motel in Chatsworth
Ga. last Thursday night after
being missing from his home
in Murphy since 7 p. m. Tues
day night.
The Cherokee County Rescue
Squad and the Murphy Police
had launched a search for Kill
ian when he was reported miss
ing.
"He said he had some things
to think about and wanted to get
away for a few days, " Police
Chief Pete Stalcup said.
Preview Of
Film Friday
A special preview of the craft
section of a documentary film
on North Carolina will be shown
Friday night at 7:30 at the John
C. Campbell Folk School.
The film includes shots of the
Brasstown Carvers, the Folk
School and other western North
Carolina craftsmen.
An exhibit of woodcarving,
weaving, enameling and wood
working done during the Spring
Craft Course will be on dis
play before and after the film.
Fund Drive
Underway
Dennis Donahue, Cherokee
County chairman, reports that
the annual Cancer Drive Is now
underway in all sections of the
county.
opened May 20.
Bids for construction of the
Warne building will be adver
tised next Monday and will be
opened May 22.
Interested bidders should
contact Lloyd C. Loomis, Box
86066, Atlanta, Ga., 30303.
The Marble structure will
be built within one-fourth mile
of the present building and will
contain 1700 feet of interior
floor space.
The Warne structure will be
located in the vicinity of the
present post office and will
contain 864 square feet of in
terior floor space.
Both will be leased to the
post office department for an
inital five-year period with
three five-year renewal op
tions.
FAA To Pay
For Lights
The Federal Aviation Admin
istration program (or fiscal
1969 Includes $17,300 for the
Cherokee County Airport,
according to Rep. Roy A.
Taylor.
The money will be used to
install medium intensity run
way lights. A beacon and ob
struction lights will be included.
Softball
Deadline
Tonight
The deadline for registration
for the Murphy Softball League
is tonight (Thursday).
Each team roster and the en
try fee of $20 must be turned
between 7:30 and 9 p.m. at
the Murphy Power Board Build
in*.
The league will begin play
on May 16. The schedule will
be released after all teams
have registered.
The Winning Look
The Carolina Sweethearts came out on top in the competition at the Hubert Hayes Mountain
Youth Jamboree in Asheville Saturday night. Full details are given in Cuz's Corner oa page
one of Section B. The Sweethearts were dressed in White Levi's modeled here by Pansy Jones.
The Levi's were made at the Blue Ridge, Ga. plant of Levi Strauss and were presented to the
group by the company's Murphy plant. (Photo by Dave Bruce)
Murphy Power Board Offers Cash Bonus
Beginning today, customers
of Murphy Power Board will
receive cash bonuses with the
purchase of selected ' electric
appliances, according to John
Bayless, manager.
The featured electric applia
nces and bonuses are as foll
'ows: air conditioner, $20 and
food freezer, $15.
Bayless explained that the
bonuses will be paid following
purchase and installation of
the appliances. Bonus offers,
he explained are for a limited
time only, and only on ori
ginal installations.
To be eligible for bonuses,
customers must purchase the
featured appliances during the
promotion which begins today.
Local appliance dealers, nat
ional manufacturers and other
power distributors are co
sponsoring this spring appli
ance campaign.
This electric home moder
nization program is similar,
Bayless said, to several pre
vious offers made to customers
of Murphy Power Board.
"Every homemaker wants the
most modern, convenient appli
ances possible," Bayless said.
"This promotion will enable
our customers to insalll those
modern appliances with a sav
ings."
Local appliance dealers have
stocked the featured appliances,
Bayless said, and many are
offering special bargains in
them.
Pre School
Clinic Set
A pre school clinic for stud
ents who will enter Murphy
Elementary School this fall will
be held Friday morning at the
school.
It will begin at 9 a.m., ac
cording to Principal Bill
Hughes.
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Marianne C.arrett, Jauohwrof Mr.amfMrs. Johnf'.arrett
and Kim Cash. Jauchter o I Mr. anJ Mrs. LloyJ
Cash.
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