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Wind Uproots Apple Trees
Joe Golden looks over damage done to his apple trees when
a twister struck his property at the head of Hot House Creek
last Wednesday night. The strong winds uprooted 11 apple
trees that Golden said had been planted about 35 years ago.
Falling limbs damaged the front porch of his home. At the home
of Luther Farner, a short distance away, several shingles were
blown off the roof. Golden said the damage was done in a few
minutes time. A heavy rain and wind storm struck much of the
county. (Photo by Dave Bruce)
Three In Family Found Guilty
A Cherokee County mother,
father and son were found guilty
of owning a distillery, making
; liquor and mash and processing
24 gals, of non-tax paid whisky
> last Wednesday in U. S. District
Court at Bryson City,
Mrs. Evelyn Gladsonandson,
| James, were sentenced to !8
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months in prison by Judge Wil
son Warlick.
Her husband, Alvin, drew a
two-year suspended sentence
and was fined $1,000.
All three entered an appeal
to the U. S. Court of Appeals
and the mother and son were
released under $1000. 00 bond.
The jury returned a guilty
iFifty On Jury List
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For June Civil Term
Fifty persons are listed on
the list of prospective jurors
I for the civil term of Chero
kee County Superior Court. The
term will begin on June 24.
Those listed are:
Mazie B. Garrett, Joe Fran
1 cis Earley, Grady Ingle and
t Boyd Arrowood of Rt. 1, Mur
phy.
Christy Gray, Mrs. Mark
I Elliott, Patricia J. Winfrey,
Clint Dailey, Mrs. Charles So
lesbee, Adline Newman, Inez
IBrendle, Imagean V. Admas
and Carol J. Breedlove of An
drews.
Mrs. Norrs O* Dell, Nora Wa
rne, Walter E. Smith, Ben M.
Ragsdale, William L. Christy,
Jack Colman, Tommy J. Ram
sey, J. S. Ramsey, Gertrude
Graves, Pauline Anderson, Le
nord Ashe, Mrs. John C. CDell
Lottie Stalcup, Mrs. W. G. Dar
nell, Clifford Horton, Mrs.
James C. Hawse and Kenneth
Lawrence Beal of Murphy.
Jack Pinsan, Myrtle Helton,
Dave L. Kimball, Mrs. Jess
Ledford and Edna Burrell of
Rt 4, Murphy.
D. L. Harris and J. E. Wal
lace of Rt. 2, Culberson.
Emelee Wallace and Gladys
Cook of Brasstown.
Jean McDonald and Marie
Graves of Rt. 3, Murphy,
Hube Raxter, Mrs. S.L.Cor
bin, Roy Dockery and Jack Wike
of Marble.
Maudine Gaynell Martin,
Baxter Hatchett and A. M. Green
of Rt. 2, Murphy.
Ronald E. Maxey o i Rt. 1,
Marble.
Jerry Rex Ware of Suit Rur
al Station.
verdict In the case Wednesday
after hearing testimony Tues
day that Alochol and Tobacco
Tax Division agents and deputy
sheriffs had found a still, mash
and liquor near the home of Mrs.
Glads on last July 19 in the Cul
berson area.
The officers testlfed that
they found 28 gallon Jugs in
the house and 24 gallons of
white lightning in the trunk
of an old car in the yard.
According to the officers,
they had followed fresh sled
tracks from behind the house to
the site of the illicit distillery.
A discussion ensued over who
owned a mule found in Mrs.
Gladson's barn and a sled
which was nearby.
Upon cross-examination by
defense attorney Roy Francis,
the government witnesses said
no evidence of liquor had
been found in the house, Just
the Jugs, and none in the road
worthy vehicles.
Mrs. Gladson insisted mi
taking the stand, against the ad
vice of her attorney.
She maintained that strange
men had come to the place,
got her permission to take a
mule and sled through her yard
to cut some wood up where the
still was, and it must have
been their mule and sled.
She said the Jugs in the house
came with milk she had bought.
A government attorney asked
"what have you been convicted
of?"
It was determined that she
had been convicted of liquor
law violations in state and fed
eral courst several times pre
viously.
Once she had been convicted
o i contempt at court for slapping
the state's Solicitor during such
a trial.
When her husband and son
maintained their innocence,
Mrs. Gladson disrupted the pro
ceeding and was taken into cus
tody until she calmed down.
Judge Warlick told Alvin
Gladson, "I have reliable in
formation that you're not a bad
man, " but he noted that Glad
son did furnish Jars and sugar
out of his store.
Mrs. Gladson wanted to go get
the man who owned the dis
tillery and make him come into
court.
"No lady, you've had your
day in court. You've had a
good lawyer. You don't fool
around in U. S. DistrictCourt,"
the Judge told her.
Republican
Club To Meet
The Cherokee County Re
publican Club will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 at the court
house.
Record Bible School Enrollment
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Tbe 187 children of tbe First Baptist Church Btole School
labored on the church steps daring the week of activities Out
heron Op WoimIst Tto rhndnta rem* from (to Rnltim Ren
tist MUaioo and the Texanna Baptist Church as well as the
First Baptist. (Photo by Bill Gray)
Westco Announces Improvements In
Clay County Telephone Service
C. F. Gore, Vice President
of Westco and Western Carolina
Telephone Company, announced
at a meeting at Hayesville High
School Tuesday night that a total
of $283,000 will be spent in the
near future to improve the tele -
phone system inClay County.
The major part of the work
will consist o I adding additional
lines within the county and re
placing the open wire network
from Hayesville to Murphy with
a cable complex. The additional
lines will increase the number
of calls that can be made while
the cable will help to improve
the quality of long distance calls
Gore stated.
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Other improvements which
will alleviate many of the long
distance problems include re
placing the present microwave
from Murphy toSylva and adding
Direct Distance Dialing by 1972.
Approximately 100 people
attended the meeting which was
scheduled at the request of the
telephone company. The pur
pose of the meeting, according
to Gore, was "to inform the
people of Clay County that the
telephone company is going to
begin immediately to improve
the present system and to give
the people a chance to discuss
their problems."
A panel of telephone company
Subscribers Save
By Renewing Now!
Subscribers to The Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress
can save money by renewing their subscriptions by June 14.
Effective June 15, the rate will be $4 J2 per year in Cherokee
aiid Clay Counties. Subscriptions delivered outside the two
county area will be $6 J8 effective June 15.
All subscription renewals received by June 14 will be
billed at the old rate.
Andrews Sailor Is
Killed In Vietnam
Ronald Hembree
Mrs. Gladys B. Hembree of
Andrews received word Sunday
that her son, HM3 Ronald Gene
Hembree, U.S. Navy, was killed
in action on May 28 in the
vicinity of Quan Tri Province
at South Vietnam.
Hembree is the third Cher
okee County resident to die in
Vietnam since May 19.
According to a telegram to
Hembree's mother, be died
"as a result of gunshot wounds
from enemy sniper fire while
engaged in action against hostile
forces during operation Ken
tucky."
Hembree, 21, was a 1965 gra
duate of Andrews High School.
He played guard on the foot
ball team during his four years
at Andrews High School.
He enlisted in the Navy on
July 13, 1966 and had been in
Vietnam since last November.
Hembree was married to the
former Miss Sharon Bradley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Powell
Bradley of Andrews.
In addition to his mother
and wife, he is also survived
by his grandmother, Mrs. Ira
Hembree of Andrews.
The body is expected to ar
rive in Andrews in about two
weeks. Ivie Funeral Home of
Andrews will announce funeral
arrangements.
Somers Wins Runoff
For GOP Senate Bid
Robert V. Somers won the Rep
ublican nomination for the U. S.
Senate in a runoff against Larry
Zimmerman Saturday. He will
face Sen. Sam Ervin in Novem
ber.
The 30-year-old Salisbury
attorney received 8,018 votes
to 5,329 for Zimmerman with a
light turnout across the state.
Zimmerman, a 39-year-old
Durham attorney, called for the
runoff after finishing second
to Somers in a three way race
in the May 4 primary.
Only 108 Republican voted in
Cherokee County. The vote here
was 96 for Somers and 12 for
Zimmerman.
Lifesaving
Course Set
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A two week course in Sen
ior Lifesaving will begin Mon
day at 10:00 a.m. at the Mur
phy Lions Club Swimming Pool.
Anyone who has passed their
sixteenth birthday or who is a
"student in or above the eleven
th grade is eligible. The course
will provide the students with
knowledge and rescue skills
which will enable them to cope
with problems of waiter safety.
A fee of $2.00 will be re
quired, plus cost of admission
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No votes were reported in ei
ther the Andrews North Ward
or Andrews South Ward.
Inspite of receiving only 12
votes in the county, Zimmerman
carried two precincts. He re
ceived the only vote cast at
Unaka and won, 7-2, at Peach
tree.
Somers carried the other
precincts as follows: Brass
town, 8-0; Burnt Meeting Hou
se, 7-0; Culberson, 3-0; Grape
Creek, 8-0; Hanging Dog, 5-0
Hot House, 16-0; Marble, 2-1;
Murphy North Ward, 16-1; Mur
phy South Ward, 14-0; Ogreeza
2-0; Shoal Creek, 6-0; T opt on,
3-2 and Walker School House,
4-0.
Enrichment
Program Set
The enrichment program of
Title One Elementary and Se
condary education Act will be
gin Monday at 9 a.m.
Pupils who have already re
gistered will go to the aud
itorium in the Dome building
for class assignments. Others
who have not previously re
gistered will report to Mr.
Hughes office to register fol
lowing the meeting In auditor
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supervisors attempted to an
swer the questions asked by the
audience. These men included
C.Ol Stafford, Gary McKelvey,
Don Hall, George Worley, G. W.
Revls and A. Tom Williams.
Most of the questions in
volved the difficulities of plac
ing and receiving long distance
calls and the multi-party lines
in the rural areas.
Outside plant manager C. O.
Stafford explained that many of
the long distance problems re
sulted in difficulties outside of
the 11 - county Westco area,
and that these were multiplied
by the "inadequate microwave
between Murphy and Sylva."
For those experiencing diffi
culties with toll calls, he su
ggested patience and perslst
ance would be necessary until
the microwave system can be
replaced.
In response to the many ques
tions involving multi-party
lines, Gore explained that al
though the maximum phones
per line is limited to 10 for
existing lines, the average num
ber of parties per line in Clay
County is 5.3. He assured
those people reporting to have
12 to IS neighbors on their
line that this is improper and
that they should report their
number and the other party
numbers to the telephone of
fice.
When asked about the possi
bility of and the procedure for
obtaining a private or semi
private line, Stafford stated that ?
additional lines should be com
pleted by the end of the year
and anyone wanting a Ipss
crowded line place a request
at the office in Murphy. Sta
fford stated that there is an ad
ditional fee for a private line,
and the rates could be obtained
by calling or writing the Murphy
office.
In his opening talk, Gore gave
a brief history and the present
data of the Western Carolina
and Westco companies. Both of
these companies are subsidiar
ies of the Continental System
company, and were split so they
could be eligible for REA fin
ancing. Western Carolina ser
ves the larger exchanges while
Westco handles the smaller
towns.
The rate of growth of the two
companies in its 11 county area
is evidenced by the number of
phones increasing over three
times and the capital invest
ment increasing over four times
since 1958, according to Gore.
In Clay County, there were app
roximately 200 phones in 1958.
Today there are almost 1000.
Capital improvements totaled
$3.6 million in 1967, with $1.8
million spent during the last
quarter of the year in Western
North Carolina.
Gore closed by stating that
anyone having difficulties
should not hesitate in notifying
the office in Murphy or to call
or write the home office in Wea
verville.
G. F. Gore, right, Vice President of Westco and Western Carolina Telephone Companies,
points out the net station growth of the company in 1967. Looking on are, from the left, Andy
Padgett, chairman of the Clay County Board of Commissioners; George Worley, Westco Dis
trict Manager; and Tom Day, Chairman of the Clay County Rural Development Authority. The
presentation was made at a meeting in Hayesville Tuesday night. (Photo by Bill Gray)
Levi &Texanna On Top
Levi and Texanna are the
only remaining unbeaten teams
in the Murphy Softball League.
Levi picked up its fifth stra
ight win with a 17-10 win over
State Highway this week.
Texanna wan its fourth in a
row with a 10-7 victory over
previously unbeaten Rimco. The
loss dropped Rimco to fourth
pl&CG.
Clifton is in third place with
a 4-1 record after edging Cit
izens Bank, 10-9.
Citizens Bank and Hiwassee
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Dam are tied for fifth place
with 3-2 marks. Before losing
to Clifton, the bank team beat
Easley, 8-2. Hiwassee Dam ed
ged the Independents 5-4, and
walloped Westco, 14-4.
American Thread defeated
Westco, 14-9, and Coble clobb
ered Easley, 14-4.
In the only girls game last
week, Clifton picked up its first
win with a 17-2 victory over
Texanna.
Citizens Bank leads the girls
division with a 2-0 record and
Hicks Gulf has won its only game
i to date.
BRIDE & GROOM
Bonnie Jo C.raham diuvhter of Mr. anJ Mrs. Kemietti
( .ralitm an?l Bob Gentry, ton of Mr arvl Mr. Tommy
< .entry,
Tonight (Thursday) Clifton
meets Westco, Coble plays
Rimco and Easley battles the
Independents.
The two unbeaten teams see
action Friday night. State High
way plays Texanan, Levi battles
American Thread and Citizens
Bank will meet Hiwassee Dam.
The Independents tangle with
Coble Monday night. Hicks Gulf
will meet Texanna in a girls
game and Clifton plays Rimco.
On Tuesday Easley will meet
Texanna the Clifton girls will
play Citizens Bank and Levi
will go against Hiwassee Dam.
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