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Volume 78 ? Number 45 -- Murphy, North Carolina ? May 30, 1968-- Second Class Postage Paid At Murphy, North Carolina
Seriously Injured
I Mrs. Pauline Mana Roberts, 55, of Rt. 1, Murphy is lifted
, to a stretcher after her car landed on its top in the Hiwassee
River last Wednesday afternoon. Highway Patrolman Patt Miller
, said she was travelling east on US 64 about one mile east of
Murphy when the car ran off the right side of the road into
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the river. Mrs. Roberts was pinned in the wreckage about
25 minutes. She was brought to Providence Hospital and later
transferred to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, where she
is reported in serious condition. Miller said no charges had
been filed. (Photo by Weaver Carringer)
Marble Men Apprehended
After Three County Chase
Two Rt. 1, Marble men faced
charges following a three-,
county chase that began in Swain
County and ended in Cherokee
County early Saturday morning.
Ted Kimbrell, 19, was !
charged with speeding at 110 I
miles per hour and carrying
a concealed weapon by Highway
Patrolman Patt Miller. His bro
ther, Claude Kimbrell, 22, was
charged with carrying a con
cealed weapon.
Both were charged with
Pat Taylor To Speak
At Democratic Supper
Pat Taylor
i Pat Taylor, Democratic can
i dictate for lieutenant governor,
will conclude a five-county sw
ing through western NorthCar
olina Saturday as the featured
speaker at a District Democra
tic Supper at Hiwassee Dam
School.
The supper will be sponsored
by the Young Democratic Club.
YDC President Rex Sudderth
said tickets will be $3.00 for
adults and $1.00 for children.
They may be secured from Sud
derth, the Cherokee Cafe, pren
cinct chairmen and YDC mem
bers. Door prizes will be
awarded.
Taylor will begin the day with
a breakfast in Brevard at 8
a.m. He is scheduled to visit
the Macon County Courthouse in
Franklin at 11 a.m. Lunch is
scheduled at the Parkway Rest
aurant in Sylva at 1 p.m. The
last stop before Hiwassee Dam
will be at the Swain County
Courthouse in Bryson City at
3 p.m.
The party travelling with
Taylor will include Sen. Mary
Faye Brumby, E. H. Brumby,
Sr., Edward H. Brumby, Jr.,
Cherokee County Democratic
I Chairman Ben Scott and County
i Commissioner Ray Sims.
Tourism Workshops
Planned Next Week
i Two workshops in tourism
will be conducted next week by
the Upper Hiwassee Watershed
Development Association work
group and Tri-County Technical
Institute. The first workshop
will be held Tuesday at 6:30
[Courthouse
?Closed
' The Cherokee County Court
house will be closed today
[(Thursday) in observance of
'Memorial Day and Saturday be
t cause of the Republican Pri
at the Murphy Elementary Au
ditorium and the second will be
Wednesday at 6:30attheHayes
ville High School Auditorium.
The purpose of the workshops
is to create interest in tourism.
"The way tourists who come
to our area are treated deter
mines how long they will stay
in our Mountain Lake Vacation
Land and will determine if they
will come back, " said Carl
Moore of Tri-County Tech.
The general public is invited
to attend the workshops and
service station attendants,
waitresses, and sales people
are especially encouraged to
attend.
The program will include
filmstrips, skits, a talk on how
to glt? directions, and films
and slides showing local tourist
attractions.
. ?.;ar
breaking and entering by Swaia
County Sheriff Vincent Gasa
way.
Miller said he was returning
to Murphy after administering
a breath-o-lyzer test atBryson
City when he saw the Kimbrell's
car going around a curve near
the Tomahawk Trail Store in
the Nantahala Gorge. He decided
to check the car and began pur
suit.
The patrolman said he rea
ched speeds up to 110 miles per
hour on US 19 until he appre
hended the men at the foot of
Granny Squirrel Mountain east
of Andrews. The chase covered
portions of Swain, Macon and
Cherokee counties.
When he stopped the car,
Miller reported he found five
feed sacks inside containing
about 125 cartons of cigaretts
The breaking and entering char
ges allege that the cigarettes
were taken from The Tomahawk
Trail Store.
Miller radioed for help and
Patrolman Zeb Phillips of Gra
ham County came to his assis
tance after he had halted the
Kimbrells. Miller said the men
did not offer any resistance.
Head Start Program
To Begin June 27
Roy A. Taylor, 11th District
Congressman, has announced
the approval of the 1968 Pro
ject Head Start for Four-Square
Community Action, Inc., cov
ering Clay, Cherokee, Graham,
and Swain Counties. Theappro
Pool, Kiddie
Park To Open
Pool Officials have announc
ed this week that the Murphy
Lions Club Swimming Pool will
open its summer 1968 season
Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Admission
this year will be the same as
last year, 25? for children under
twelve years of age and 50?
for children and adults above
twelve years of age.
Season tickets are $25.00 for
family, $12.50 for adults and
$8.00 for children. The family
season ticket enables the out
of town guests to be admitted
to the pool on this ticket.
Dates for the lifesaving and
swimming classes will be an
nounced at a later date. Pool
hours tills year are from 1:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The Murphy Kiddle Park will
open Monday at 2:00 p.m. Kiddie
Park hours this year are from
2:00 p.m. each day Monday thr
ough Friday until 5:00 p.m.
Mrs. Ruth Cheney will be the
Kiddie Park supervisor again
this year.
There is no charge tor the use
of the Kiddie Park and mothers
are encouraged to bring their
children up to eight years of
age and ?Joy the Park every
afternoon.
I val came from the office of Eco
nomic Opportunity in Wash
igton and involves $114,375 in
Federal funds.
The 1968 project for the four
counties will be handled by
each school unit under the su
pervision of Four - Square.lt
will involve 13 separate schools
and will contain a total of 35
classes for 555 children.
Teachers will begin a three
day workshop at Andrews Com
munity Center June 24th. Head
Start classes will begin June
27th and will continue until
August 7th.
The staff of the Project will
include 46 paid professional
personnel, 70 non-professional
who are members of the group
served and 487 volunteers.
Kyle Beal of Hayesville will
be Project Director.
Charged With :
Shooting Wife
David Phillips of the Martins
Creek section is being held in
the Cherokee County Jail on a
charge of assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill.
Sheriff Claude Anderson said
Phillips is charged in connect
ion with the shooting of his
wife , Mae, Tuesday afternoon
near their home.
Mrs. Phillips was hospital
ized with several shots. The
sheriff said she was not ser
iously wounded.
Anderson said Mrs. Phillips
told him she was running to get
away from her husband when
Mm was shot.
Two Servicemen Are Killed In Vietnam
William Morrow
Two Cherokee County ser
vicemen were killed in Viet
nam within three days last week.
Marine Lance Corporal Ray
mond F. Trantham, 19, of Mur
phy was killed in action near
Quang Tri on May 19.
Army Private First Class
William D. Morrow, 19 of the
Violet section, was killed while
on guard duty on May 22.
Trantham was the son of
Walter Trantham of Unaka and
Mrs. Mary Trantham of Mur
phy.
Morrow was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bayless Morrow of
Violet.
According to a telegram to
Trantham's mother, "lie sus
tained fragmentation wounds to
the body from a hostile ex
plosive device while on a road
sweep."
Trantham graduated from
Murphy High Sctiool in 1967.
He received the Good Citizen
ship Award in liis senior year
and played guard on the foot
ball team.
He enlisted in the Marine
Corps last June.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Ivie Funeral
Home.
A telegram to Morrow'spar
ents said he died o( "wounds
received while on guard duty
when liit by fragments from a
friendly claymore mine.
Morrow graduated from Hi
wassee Dam HighSchool in 1966.
He enlisted in the Army last
September and was assigned to
the First Air Cavalry.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Chastain-Pack '
Funeral Home of Copperhill.1
Raymond Trantham
Tear Gas Foils Safecracking Job Attempts
Safecrackers came away al
most empty handed after break
ing into safes at Dickey Chev
rolet and Burch Motors Sunday
night or early Monday morning.
Tear gas bombs exploded at
both places when the safes were
tampered with.
The safe at Dickey Chevro
let was believed to have been
pried open with a hammer and
crowbar while the Burch Motors
safe was opened by "blasting
it with a light charge, "accord
ing to Police Chief Pete Stalcup.
Nothing was taken from either
safe because the safecrackers
were driven away by the tear
gas.
Doyle Burch reported that $12
to $15 was taken from an open
cash register in his place.
Hadley Dickey said there was
very little money in his safe.
He added that the firm always
keeps just enough money on hand
to make change at the opening
of a business day.
Burch said he has had the tear
gas bomb rigged to his safe for
about 20 years and that was the
first time it had been exploded.
The tear gas is "what saved
Hadley and us both," he added.
It was believed Dickey Chev
rolet was entered first and
tracks indicated two persons
made the entry. The tracks
were made from the dust of
concrete broken from the safe
wall at Dickey Chevrolet. The
same type of shoe prints were
found on the floor at Burch
Motors.
Both places were entered
from a rear door.
Virgil Kephart, an employee
of Dickey Chevrolet, said he
was in the building Sunday aft
ernoon and everything was in
order then. Kephart discover
ed the safecracking attempt
when he reported for work Mon
day morning. He said he was
attracted to it when be smelled
tear gas upon entering the build
ing.
Explorer Post
Program Starts
Explorer Post 416 Boy Scouts
of America, will begin a re
creation program Saturday at
the Rock Gym, according to
District Scout Executive Dan
Angel.
The gym will be open each
weekday from 9 a.m. to 12
noon and 2 to 5 p.m. and on
Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.
Activities planned include bad
minton, basketball, boxing,
checkers, chess, darts, hand
ball, ping pong, shuffleboard,
volleyball and weight lifting.
A free movie will be pre
sented each Tuesday at 9 p.m.
and a dance, with live music,
is planned for each Friday.
Admission to the dance will be
25?.
"We have over $400 worth
of equipment rearty for use and
more is to arrive within the
week, " Angel said. "All we
need now is the young people
I am sure that they will
take advantage of this program
as soon as school is out."
The program will be financed
by the sale of membership cards
to young people between the ages
of 9 and 19. The cards will be
sold for 50? per month beginning
on Saturday. Proceeds from
rentals of the gym will also
be used.
Angel said adult supervison
willbe provided for all
activities. He urges any civic
organization or adult interested
in the program to support it
either by serving as a chap
erone or giving financial help.
Further information can be ob
tained by contacting the Rev.
Thornton Hawkins at the First
methodist Church.
Six Communities In
Development Program
Six Cherokee County comm
unities are among 113 partici
HjitiQgjJi the 1968 Western North
Carolina Community Develop
ment Program, according to
James F. Davis, president of
the Asheville . Agricultural De
velopment Council and William
Parton of Drexel, area chair
man of the program.
The six are Marble, Happy
Top, Peachtree, Texanna, To
motla and Unaka.
The are-wide improvement
program, now in its 19th year,
aims at stimulating commun
ity-wide effort and cooperation
in tackling local programs and
making needed improvements.
The program has been repeat
edly cited by state and nation
al leaders for promoting thous
ands of Improvement projects
in Western North C arolina since
its inception. It is sponsored by
the agricultural agencies in
participating counties and the
Agricultural Development Co
uncil.
Area awards totaling over
$4,500 will be awarded next
fall to the communities that
make the most progress during
the year. Communities in both
the farm and non-farm divi
sions will be judged on the
basis of comunity-wide pro
jects, youth programs, efforts
to increase income and im
proved family living. Local
sponsors in the various coun
ties, including business firms,
Chambers of Commerce, civic
Clubs and United Funds will
provide about $8,000 in local
awards to the communities.
Area prizes to the winners
of both the farm and non-farm
groups will amount to $1,750
each . Additional awards of
$500 will go to the areas with
the most outstanding youth pro
grams.
A total of 68 communities are
also competing in a special
Roadside Improvement Contest
which Is held as a part of the
Community Development Pro
gram. Purpose of this contest
is to encourage special effort
In cleaning-up and improving
the roadsides aad making more
attractive communities. Spec
ial prises are also ottered is
this program, with Um judging
to be held la last summer.
Would be safecrackers hit rock but the tear gas kept them from hitting paydirt. This is the
safe at Dickey Chevrolet. A similar attempt was made at Burch Motors. (Photo by Dave Brace)
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Managing Editor Resigns;
Joins Waynesville Newspaper
Dave Bruce resigned this
week as Managing Editor of
The Cherokee Scout and The
Andrews Journal.
He has accepted a position
as a reporter with The Way
nesville Mountaineer and will
assume his duties there July
1.
Bruce joined The Scout on
May 16, 1966 and assumed the
Journal position last October.
"I will leave with mixed
2 Nominated
Cherokee County Democrats
nominated two candidates (or
the County Board of Education
at a convention Saturday night.
Ty Burnette was nominated
to run for District One and Roy
Price is the party nominee
for District Three. Legislat
ion enacted last year by the
General Assembly does not pro
vide for the election of a board
member from District Two this
year.
Ben Scott was elected as the
new County Chairman of the
party.
Other officers elected were
Mrs. G. W. Cover, first vice
chairman; Mrs. Edward Dickey,
second vice chairman and L. L.
Mason, Jr., secretary.
Dave Bruce
feelings because it has been
a pleasure working with these
papers and the people of Cher
okee and Clay counties," Bruce
said. "However, I did not
feel I could pass up the op
portunity The Mountaineer of
fered me."
He pointed out be will
"still be In western North Car
olina and will be very much in
terested in the developments in
the far west is to yews
tied in Waynesville. He Is a
former student at East Tenn
essee State University in John
son City, Tenn.
He and his wife, Ruthie, have
one son, David, age five.
Runoff On
Saturday
Republican voters in North *
Carolina will go to the poU* '
Saturday to decide a runoff coo- j
test tor the U. S. Senate nomin
ation.
Larry Zimmerman, a Dur- &
ham attoraey-bualMHnae, ?n
called for the nmoff after plac
ing second toSallsbury attorney i
Bob toners In the May 4 pri- ,