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Volume 78 ? Number 44 ?? Murphy, North Carolina -? May 23, 1968 ?? Second Class Postage Paid At Murphy, North Carolina
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298 To Graduate From
Area High Schools
A total of 298 students will
'graduate from the four high
.schools In Cherokee and Clay
Counties in the week ahead.
Hiwassee Dam High School
, will hold commencement ex
ercises Friday at 7;30 at the
i school. The speakers will be
three honor students in the
' graduating class, Linda Wea
, ver, Mickey Gunther and Janie
Williams. There are 37 grad
> uates. The class held its Bac
, calaureate Service last Sunday.
The speaker was the Rev. Rich
r ard Hicks of the First Baptist
: Church in Murphy.
Murphy High School will hold
i Its Baccalaureate Service Sun
day at 11:15 a.m. and Commence
aent Monday at 8 p.m. in the
Gymtorium. The Rev. Hicks
r will deliver the sermon to the
pr 110 graduates. The Speakers
for the commencement program
I* will be honor students Dennis
Coffey, Rita Brendle and Karen
Caldwell.
Hayesville High School will
hold its Baccalaureate Service
Sunday at 8 p.m. and Commen
cement Monday at 8 p.m. in the
school auditorium . Or. Harold
1 McSwain of Hinton Rural Life
; Center will be the Baccalaur
eate speaker. Five honor stud
ents will address the comm
encement. They are Malcolm
Martin, Donna McClure, Joe
McClure, Ronald Martin and
Keith Crawford. There are 84
students in the graduating class.
Andrews High School will hold
its Baccalaureate Service Sun
day at 8 p.m. and Commence
ment Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the
new gym. The 67 seniors will
hear the Rev. Tom Led better
of the Church of Christ at the
Baccalaureate Service. Or.
William Edward Highsmith,
president of Asheville-Bilt
more College, will speak at
Commencement.
'Schulte To Leave
i
[Clifton On June 1
i Ed Schulte, Plant Manager of
Clifton Precision Products at
* Peachtree has announced he will
, be leaving his post with Clif
ton on June 1.
r
Schulte will assume the duties
' at Plant Manager of a plant in
i northern Maryland which manu
factures fractional horsepower
* jpotors.
, Schulte, a native of Perry
ville, Missouri, and graduate
* of the University of Missouri,
H has been an active member of
the Murphy Comunity, since ar
< riving here in August 1965. He
( has served as Chairman of the
*
Murphy Hospital Authority, Di
rector of the Cherokee County
Chamber of Commerce, Trea
surer of the Murphy Lions Club,
and member of the Vestry of the
Episcopal Church of Murphy.
The Schultes, including Ed's
wife Jonnie and children, Steve
age 5, and Karla age 2, will be
leaving Murphy shortly after
June 1.
In the interim period until a
replacement for Schulte is nam
ed, JohnRogacz, Vice President
Synchros will be a frequent
visitor and will oversee the
Murphy operation.
j^Poppy Day To Be
fObserved Saturday
T
I
Lest we forget, wear a poppy
v to remember!
? This will be the message of
the American Legion Auxiliary
* to the people of Murphy on Pop
py Day, Saturday.
Members of the Auxiliary and
* cooperating groups of young
people will be stationed at num
v erous places all day offering
? baskets of Memorial Poppies
and urging all citizens to wear
* one of the little red blossoms
, in honor of our Nation's war
dead.
i The memorial poppies have
been made for the Auxiliary
by disabled war veterans and
? convalescent workrooms. The
L
work is considered valuable as
occupational therapy, in add
ition to giving the disabled men
the encouraging experience of
earning money once again. All
materials are supplied without
cost by the American Legion
Auxiliary which pays the hos
pitalized veteran for his work.
All contributions received fr
om the public are used solely
for the rehabilitation and child
welfare programs conducted by
the American Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs. Frances Johnson, Pre
sident of the local American Le
tion Auxiliary unit, urges your
participation in this worth while
project.
? New Deputy Appointed
, Kenneth Higgins of Marble
has been appointed a deputy
* sheriff by Sheriff Claude An
| derson. Higgins is a former
member of the Murphy Police j
? Department.
The Sheriff's Department re
* leased the following list of ac
L tivities for the week ending
Tuesday: 15 arrested for pub
( lie drunkenness arrested
( for driving drunk, two arrested
for being AWOL from the Armed
? Forces, 10 calls were answ
ered, three breaking and en
* tering cases were investigated,
4 four magistrate summons were
served, nine civil summons
were served, eight capias were
served, nine warrants were
served and 25 subpeonas
were served.
The breaking and entering
cases occurred in Andrews and
Murphy. A trailer was broken
into in Andrews, but nothing
was stolen, according to Deputy
Glenn Holloway. Two homes
in Murphy were broken into.
No arrests have been made
in these cases.
Oie stolen car was recov
ered last Wednesday on US
64 west of Murphy. The ve
hicle had been stolen in Day
tona Beach, Fla.
.Clifton, Levi Top
^ Softball Standings
j
u Clifton Precision and Levi
are in a tie for first place
f wlth,two victories each after the
b first week of action In the Mur
? phy Softball Association.
4 Clifton opened w h an 11-6
kf victory over Coble Dairy and
steitoat Easley Mfg., 11-0.
? Levi edged Citizens Bank, 8-7
I and ontslogged Coble, 13-10.
Results of otter games were:
? State Highway 9, Easley Mfg.4;
Riroco Westco 10; Texaima
*' It, Independents, 8; Hlawauee
4 Dan 19, American Thread ?.
In tta only girls game to
? date, Levi defeated Citterns
Bank, 13-11.
Tonight (Thursday) Rimco
meets American Thread, Tex
anna plays Hiwassee Dam and
Clifton faces State Highway.
Friday's slate matches Coble
and Citizens Bank, Easley and
Levi, and Westco and Texanna.
Next Monday, tilmco olavs
Hiwassee Dam, Levi meets
Clifton in a girls game, and the
Independents face American
Thread.
On Tuesday, Clifton takes on
Levi, the Texanna girls play
Brumby, and Coble meets State
Highway.
President E. B. Shaw of American Thread Co. speaks at the
Jedicrtlon and open house of The Cherokee Plant at Marble
Saturday. Seated are Plant Manager Dan Lamb, left, and Rep.
Roy A. Taylor. (Photo by Dave Bruce)
Taylor Dedicates American
Th read Cherokee Plant
By Dav* Bruce
Marble is the geographical
center of Cherokee County and
last Saturday it became the
center of attention in the county
as about 5,000 people attended
the dedication and open house
at the new Cherokee Plant of
American Thread Company.
While rain was an ever-pre
sent threat, the moisture stayed
in the sky as Rep. Roy A.
Taylor formally dedicated the
plant.
"American Thread Company
considers community particip
ation a vital responsibility and
strives to be a good neighbor
and supports programs that are
in the public interest," Taylor
said.
He pointed out that the firm
"came to Cherokee County
without asking the community
or the county for one dime or
any special concessions. It
only asked for community co
operation."
Citing recent industrial
growth in Cherokee County,
Taylor said unemployment has
declined 10% and the number of
industrial workers has increas
ed 59% in the past two years.
He called the county" an in
dustrial hub for a several
county area" and said the people
"are proud to seedreams com
ing true." He cited Thomas
Jefferson's statement: "I like
the dreams of the future better
than the history of the past."
Taylor declared the new plant
dedicated as Boy Scout Troop
414 of Marble raised the flag
on the pole outside the office
wing of the building.
Preceeding Taylor's re
DECA Club
Gets Plaque
The Murphy Distributive Ed
ucation Club received a two
star plague and a cash award
from Clyde Ware of Sears Hoe
buck Foundation of Atlanta.
To obtain this plague, 208
points are required. The points
are gained by O.E. activities tn
contest and publicity of radio
programs and newspaper clip
pings pretaining to this pro
gram. This plague is next to
the highest award given to any
D. E. Club.
The purpose of this plague is
to encourage D.E.C. A. Chapters
to plan a yearly Program of
Youth Activity in keeping with
the purpose and creed of D.E<
C.A. and to give special re
cognition to those chapters
which fulfill these aims and
purpose to the highest
marks, American Thread Pre- |
sident E. B. Shaw expressed
pleasure with tiie operation of
the Cherokee Plant.
Taylor and Shaw introduced
by Dan Lamb, manager of the
plant.
Shaw joined the firm as an
apprentice 48 years ago.
Following the dedication,
visitors toured the 285,000
square foot plant and ate pic
nic lunches served t* a cater
ing firm in the parking area
at the rear of the building.
The Cherokee Plant is the
third operation established by
American Thread inNorth Car
olina. The others are at Ros
man and Marion. Thread pro
duced at Marble and Kosman are
sent to the Serier Finishing
Plant at Nlarionwhere it is mer
cerized, dyed, waxed and pack
aged for shipping.
American Thread is the na
tions largest manufacturer of
industrial thread. It employs
more than 5,000 people in plants
from Maine To Georgia.
Here is a portion of the crowd of approximately 5,000 persons that enjoyed a picnic lunch
during the American Thread dedication and open house. (Photo by Dave Bruce)
Visitors were given an opportunity to take a tour through the American Thread plant to observe
the operations of the company. Each visitor received a souvenir box of a docen rolls of thread.
(Photo by Dave Bruce)
Summer Camp For
Retarded Children
Will Be In Murphy
Day School Open To Children
From Cherokee, Clay & Graham
A grant of $9,000 to the five
public school units of Chero
kee, Clay, and Graham Counties
by the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction for the conduct
of a summer day camp for men
tally retarded children was an
nounced today by John Jordan,
superintendent of the Murphy
City Schools.
This project, which will serve
60 children from the schools of
the three counties, is an ex
pansion of the State of Frank
lin program of service to dis
advantaged children, and will
compliment the summer day
camp in Cullowhee which is
planned this summer for the
children of Haywood, Jackson,
Macon, and Swain Counties.
This day camp, which is to
be conducted in the Murphy
Elementary School, is named
Camp Butler in memory of the
fortier fort. Fort Butler, on the
outskirts of the city of Mur
phy in which bands of Cherokee
Indians were gathered many
years ago in preparation for
the March of Tears, to the
Oklahoma Territory, fjot only
will the site of Fort Butler
be visited by the children, said
Jordan, but visits of National
Forest Camp sites and other
excursions are planned.
The project will serve both
trainable and educable children,
and academic training will be
balanced by activities in the
arts, crafts, and in recreation.
"We are happy that we will
be able to give the children
a nourishing meal and a snack,"
said Jordan. "Youngsters from
seven to 15 years of age are
full of energy and they will need
plenty of nourishing food so that
they can participate in all of
the many activities which are
planned."
Although school busses will
bring children to Camp Butler
from Clay and Graham Counties
and from the Andrews and Hia
wassee Dam sections of Chero
kee County, it will be necess
ary for parents or volunteers
to transport some of the child
ren to the bus routes which
will follow the main roads. In
other areas provision has been
made for transportation by pri
vate automobile.
"Nine thousand dollars is a
small amount of money to con
duct an ambitious special edu
cation project such as this,"
said Jordan. "The help of
volunteers and Four-Square N
YC youths will be needed. Any
help which civic organizations
can give us will be apprec
iated."
The ground work for this day
camp was done last summer at
Cullowhee where a successful
project was conducted with fin
ancial assistance from theJos
eph P. Kennedy Foundation.
Money for the operation of Camp
Butler will come from Title VI
of the Elementary and Second
ary Education Act. The dav
camp last summer at Cullowhee
was largely supported by civic
clubs, tuition fees, and by West
ern Carolina University. No
fees will be required for at
tendance at Camp Butler and the
students will be recruited on the
basis of need alone.
Parents who have any ques
tions about this special educa
tion program for trainable and
educable mentally retarded
children are encouraged to con
tact the local .superintendent
of schools.
Andrews Democrats
Unhappy With South
Ward Precinct Meeting
By Sue Morrow & Dave Bruce
L. L. Love drew criticism
last week for the manner in
which he conducted a Democra
tic precinct meeting in the And
rews South War on Monday,
May 13.
The Democrats of the pre
cinct were scheduled to meet
on Saturday, May 11, along with
all other precincts in Cherokee
County.
Joe EI Khouri said Hugh Ray
burn served as acting chairman
at the Saturday meeting. El
Khouri said he was Dominated by
W. T. Moore to serve as chair
man of the precinct. Mrs. Doris
Ladd nominated Love. El
Khouri said the vote resulted in
a 5-5 tie.
Another meeting was called
for Monday night, May 13. El
Khouri said he did not know
of the meeting until about a
half hour before it began and he
was late arriving. Lovr acted
as chairman at this meeting.
El Khouri said he was nomin
ated before he arrived and Love
ruled his nomination was not
in order because he was not
present. Love was not present
at the Saturday meeting, but
Rayburn accepted his nomina
tion, according to El Khouri.
The purpose of the meetings
was to elect the executive com
mittee and delegates and al
ternates to attend the count)
convention at the courthouse in
Murphy Saturday.
Bill Carter said when the
ballots were taken up at the
Monday meeting, Love began
counting the votes and became
angry after counting the first
few ballots which did not have
his name marked. He tor*
the ballots up and declared
another vote would have to be
taken, according to Carter ud
Mrs. Barbara Mashburn.
Carter added that Love said
he was not getting enough votes
and said hi said he "seeded time
to talk to my people."
Mrs. Oletta Truett said that
at this point, she and several
others present protested the
action and walked out of the
meeting.
Carter said when a second
vote was held, Love took up
each ballot and counted it as
it was taken.
Those elected to the executive
committee were Love, Hugh
Rayburn, Milton Mashburn, Er
nest Will taker, Jim Conley,
Mrs. L. L. Love, Mary Willie
Gentry, Doris Ladd, Mrs. Mil
ton Mashburn and Mrs. Oletta
Truett.
The executive committee then
elected Love as chairman of the
precinct; Mrs. Ladd, co-chair
man; and Rayburn as secretary
treasurer.
Ten delegates were elected to
attend the convention Saturday.
Andrews Journal Editor Sue
Morrow was unable to deter
mine who the delegates would
be. When Love was contacted,
he slammed the phone down.
Hugh Rayburn said he did not
have his minute book available.
When attempts were made to
reach other members of the ex
ecutive committee, those con
tacted said they did not know
who the delegates would be.
Mrs. Truett expressed surprise
at her being on the committee.
She said since she walked out of
the meeting, she was not aware
of being elected.
Managing Editor Dave Bruce
made an effort to contact Love
prior to press time on Wed
nesday for comment on the
meeting but was unable to reach
him.
Program
Gets Grant
Four-Square Community Ac
tion, Inc., of Andrews announc
ed Friday the approval of the
remaining part of the $183,330
grant to the New Careers pro
Continuad On Page 2A
Hospital Receives
Appalachian Grant
Approval of a $271,663 Appa
lachian grant for District Mem
orial Hospital at Andrews wax
announced Monday by Rep. Roy
A. Taylor.
The funds will be used tor the
program at the hos
pital. A two-story addition to
the existing building Is
R will Include mw facilities
tor the X-ray room, labora
tory offices, supply i
local