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The Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress v" c ? p r Ci, /? Volums 78 - Number 51- MurpSy, North Carolina 1968 - Second Class Postage Paid At Murphy, North Carolina 10 Pages Republicans Nominate Two For School Boardl Nominations for members of ] the Cherokee County School Board were made Saturday at Murphy as the Republicans reconvened in convention. Bobby Gibson of Andrews was nominated from District One and Claude Bryant of Culberson was nominated from District Three. I Scott Harvey, Republican candidate for the United States ? Congress from this district, j addressed the convention. He was introduced by K. W. I Radford, Party Chairman. Harvey also spent last Saturday campaigning in Murphy in th? company of Lonnie Hoover. He visited with community leaders, friends and supporters throughout the day. During the convention he pointed out that Western North Carolina needs full time employment to raise the per capita income which is among the lowest in the nation. Harvey promised to work diligently for better schools, better roads and to make this county more safe and secure for our families. 1 Dr. Jerry Cabe Opens Dentist Office Here Dr. Jerry Cobe ?Dr. Jerry Cabe has opened an office for the practice of dentistry in the Mauney building. He is a 1968 graduate of the U.N.C. School of Dentistry. , Dr. Cabe spent his undergraduate years at the i University where he was outstanding in scholarship and athletics. i He was a varsity football player and in his senior year ' made All Conference both in football and academics. He was captain of the U. N. C. varsity wrestling team in 1964. A graduate of Brevard High School, he was a finalist in the Morehead Scholarship competition, president of the student body, Jaycee Teenager of the Year for Transylvania County, and winner of class medals in athletics, citizenship, and science. In high school he was team captain of both the football and baseball teams. In football he was selected for All Conference, All Western N.C., All N.C., and High School All-American. His Jersey, No. 60, is permanently retired in the trophy case of the Brevard High School. He and his wife, the former Peggy Camenzind of Brevard, and three-year-old son, Stockton, are residing on Dillard Street. Mrs. Cabe, a U.N.C. graduate, will teach first grade in the Murphy Elementary School. Vietnam Servicemen . To Be Released Early K WASH I NGTON? U. S. Army enlisted men returning i from a short tour area now are eligible to be released from active duty up to 150 days . prior to completion of their normal terms of service. ' Previously, the maximum early release time was 90 days. In announcing the change, which became effective July 1, the Department of the Army said the new policy is aimed at reducing the turnover rate of individuals assigned to units in the United States. Most soldiers who return from short tour areas for release from active duty are with their units in the United States too short a period of time prior to separation to justify their retention on active duty. Enlisted personnel in a hostile fire zone may voluntarily extend their tour in an overseas command to qualify for the 150-day early separation. This would permit the Vietnam veteran to be released as soon as he completes the extension of his Vietnam tour. In short tour areas, except for hostile fire zones, an enlisted man whose tour expires 151 to 180 days prior to his completion of service will be retained in the overseas command until he has less than five months remaining for completion of service. Work Camp Volunteers Pictured above are the 12 young people who are ?pending five weeks in Clay and Cherokee Counties working with Community Action. Kneelit* from left to right are Larry McDowell, Teddy Britton, Kermit Stamper, and Lane Tompkins. Row two, John and Lora Stout, counselors for the group; John Stukey, Mickey Burgos, Kim Bergland, Anna Wirt, Martene Connor, Mimi Laubach, Cathy Base and Ellen Jacobson. A Boater s Paradise The warm afternoon sun is perfect for the many boating enthuasiasts who take to the lakes to enjoy water sports. Lakes Hiwassee, Chatuge, and Fontana are attracting many boaters during these July weekends. Yoder Clark of Canton, N. C. was on Lake Chatuge when this picture was made. Part of the one-half mile dam that backs up Chatuge is in the background. (Photo by Bill Gray). Gill Accepts Ga. Bank Presidency i John T. Gill, prominant Murphy banker and civic leader resigned this week as vice president and manager of the Murphy Branch of Citizens Bank and Trust Company to accept a Georgia banking post. He will begin his dut es as President of a Georgia Bank September 1. His wife Lucy and their 5 children, Jane, 18, Tommie, 15, David, 14, Edward, 11, and Peggy, 8, plan to move to Georgia' when he takes his position. Gill received his education at the University of Georgia, graduating with a BBA decree inajoring in accounting. He attended the banking schoo! at the University of North Carolina through the Carolina Banking Conference and is ^graduate of Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey. Gill came to Murphy from Lutherville in Meriwether County, Ga. in 1949 and taught Business at Murphy High School for two years. He joined Citizens Bank and Trust in 1951 as a teller soon moving to assistant cashier, cashier, assistant vice-president, and to his present position, assistant vice- president and manager of the Murphy branch. Throughout his 19 years in Murphy, Mr. Gill has been active in the First Baptist Church and in civic affairs. He has served as a Deacon in his church, member of the Murphy Planning Board, Chairman of the Rural Renewal Authority, President of the Murphy PTA, served on the School Board, President of the Lions Club, Chairman of the Murphy Library, a board member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Upper Hiwassee Water Shed Authority, Chairman of the March of Dimes, Chaired the committee that put lights on the Murphy High football field, and is presently Chairman of the Group Ten North Carolina Bankers Association. Gill served with the U. S. Navy durirgWW II as a combat air crewman in the Pacific theater. He was awarded the Distinguished Flyin Cross and the Air Medal. "Murphy is our home and the people here have been good to us," Gill said, "We love them all very much. "We leave with mixed emotions but this move is a challenge for the future for me and my family." Church Group Visits Area Twelve young people from New York City have come to Clay and Cherokee counties to participate in their own "Work Camp" for five weeks this summer. The five week trip is sponsored by the Riverside Church in New York 'City, an interdonominational church in which all of the workers are members. According to John Stout, the counselor for the group, the Church sponsors a camp each summer in an effort to expose the young people to cultures different from their own and to be a service to the people they are working with. Bringing this group to this area involved a cooperative effort on the part of Four Square Inc. and the Hinton Rural Life Center in Hayesville The kids will stay at the Hinton Center during their entire stay. Four Square Community Action is directing their work projects. Mrs. Lena Green andWendall Moore in Clay and Mr. David Sheilds in Cherokee County are helping organize their work. Their first project in Hayecville involved clearing a tract of land between the Hayetville High School property and highway 64 near 4 Points. Other work in the County will involve working with the Community Action projects in homes where they are needed. Each of the workers are volunteers and all help to share their own expenses for the trip. Some of the places other groups have been are the Virgin Islands, South Dakota and working in a migrant camp in New Jeraey. Little Folk School Opens Little Folk School will have opening exercises at the John. C. Campbell Folk School Tuesday, July 23 at 8:30 a.m. Children between the ages of 7 and 13 may enroll by calling the Folk School at 837-2775. The registration fee of SI. 50 , will be used to purchase ' materials. Mr. Garnett Sloan will direct , the program. The children will experiment with art materials, have gymnastic sessions, sing local songs and sea chanteys, and participate In other group activities. The school will end August 10th. . ' I Clay Commissioners Reject Forestry Program Contract The Clay County Board of Commissioners voted at their last meeting to reject a contract with the North Carolina Forest Service that j has been in effect for 21 years. In July of each year the North Carolina Forest Service gives its cooperating counties the opportunity of accepting or rejecting the Forestry ; contract for the coming year. This contract obligates the county to match State money for the continuation of the program. The Clay County contract j would require the county to obligate 25rr of a $7,300 budget or approximately $1,825 cost to the county. The contract termination means that Clay County no i longer has forestry fire protection, forest management, pest control or an active reforestation program for the private landowners. A. F. Padgett, Chairman of the Clay County Commissioners, told the Scout-Progress that terinating the Forestry Program in Clay Telephone Microwave Installed The Western Carolina Telephone Company has just completed another step to improve long distance telephone service to its subscribers in Cherokee, Graham, and Clay Counties, according to Mr. J. Armstrong, president of the company. The 51 mile communication link has just been replaced with an ultra- modern system manufactured by the Collins Company at a cost of more than $400,000. This, Mr. Armstrong said, would not only improve the quality of the service but will more than double the capacity of the system to meet the growing needs for special circuits and long distance services. All customers in U&5 exchanges of Murphy, Suit, HayesviUe, Andrews, and RobbinsviUe will benefit from the completion of this customer service improvement project, he said. The new system will provide a maximum capacity of 600 simultaneous telephone conversations and are ^unimpaired by rain, snow or wind. The sturdy equipment built to exacting specifications Art Course A course in Art Design offered by Tri-County Technical Institute will begin July 23. The course will be taught by Mr. Neil Di Teresa, an instructor in the Art Department of Berea College. The tentative plan is to meet at Tri-County Tech from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursdays for a period of five weeks. All interested persons are invited to enroll by contacting Tri-County Tech (phone 837-3810) or John C. Campbell Folk School (phone 837-2775) before July 19. will make the heavily used route virtually immune to the i ravages of storms, Mr. Armstrong said. Like light waves, microwaves travel in a straight line, and in general, do not follow the curvature of the earth. The signals are transmitted between tower-mounted antennas, spaced approximately 20 miles apart. As the signals are received by antennas on successive towers, they are carried to amplifying equipment at the towers base, boosted, and sent on their way to the next tower. Towers are located at Sylva, Cowee Bald, Teyahalee Bald and at Murphy. The completion of this project, Mr. Armstrong said is ' but a part of a $11,000,000 1 three-year construction pro (ram to provide facilities to serve new customers and to implement a customer service improvement program in the eleven counties and 29 exchanges in western North Carolina served by the Western Carolina and Westco Telephone Companies. "Western, Westco and our Parent Company The Continental Telephone System has confidence in the future economic growth of the area we serve. This is evidenced by our heavy construction expenditures to meet the needs of our customers," Mr. Armstrong concluded. College Courses To * ? * . ?i~ _? ? *> - Begin At T r i ? County In cooperation with Western Carolina University, Tri-County Technical Institute will again offer college freshman and sophomore courses. These classes1 are scheduled to begin in September. College courses will be offered in English compbt'tion, world civilization, fundamentals of math, general psychology, English literature, and health. All those who wish to return for the sophomore classes and were enrolled in last year's courses are urged to contact the Institute immediately for pre-registration. Those wishing to enroll for the first time in this program, please contact the Director of Student Personnel for the necessary enrollment blanks. These application forms and other information may be received by telephoning 837-3810, or by writing Tri-County Technical Institute, P. O. Box 40, Muiphy, North Carolina, zip code 28906. A person may elect to take one or more courses. By enrolling in four different courses, one course each night, twelve quarter hours college credit may be earned in one quarter. The tuition fee is $3.00 per quarter hour. According to Carl S. Moore, Vocational Director at Tri-County, a student can earn 36 quarter hours from Western Carolina University by attending four nights per week for three quarters. Economically speaking, a student can get almost one year college credit at Tri-County for less than it would cost to attend WCU for one quarter, he added. Moore feels that this is a golden opportunity for those wishing to further their education and earn credits toward a college degree. Four Square Training Program Extended The State Planning Task Force, Division of the Department of Administration, launched a Manpower Training Program September 1,1967. This program, funded by the United States Department of Labor through the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, has been extended through May, 1969. Four-Square Community Action, Inc., of Andrews, provides information for implementing the program. They work with the State Planning Task Force and the North Carolina Employment Security Commission in negotiating and working out the contracts with sub-contract on. This program is designed to help both employers who need skilled workers and people who are unemployed. Funds are available to reimburse the sub-contractors for training costs. These costs are not to exceed stipulated maximum number of weeks in an amount up to, but not to exceed, stipulated maximum amount per on the job trainee for each week that the tr*tn?? undergoes training hi a specific approved occupation at the training facility. Together, American Components. Inc., of Robbinsville and Hayesvilie have trained, or have in training, 24 on-the-job trainees as resistor assemblers. On June 24, Mr. D. H. Keck M a n p o w e r Technical Assistant, for the State Planning Task Force, visited this area. He was well pleased with the progress being made with the OJT program in this area. While here he presented Mr. Howard Massa of American Components, Inc. Hayesvilie plant with his first OJT check for $960, and Mr. EdPatterson.Jr., of the Robbinsville American Components plant his first OJT check for $618. Mr. James Nelson, Executive Director of Four-Square, and Varton Martin, Jr., Aalatant Dimeter and Job Developer, said the future looks great tor the OJT Program In this area with more local Industries taking County was a matter of economy. "Clay County suffered a decline in tax revenue this past year and it was necessary to either cut the budget or raise taxes again." Mr. Padgett said. Voting to terminate the Forestry contract was by a 2 to 1 margin with 0. A. Blankenship and O'Dell Shook voting to terminate. Chairman Padgett voted to maintain the contract. The program gives each County the full time service of a County Ranger who has at his disposal the services of the Division of Forestry. The Ranger serves the County in Fire Control, Forest Management, (timber marketing and estimates). Pest Control, and the important job of selling and delivering forest tree seedlings to private wood land owners. Also he is a member of Tech Action Panel, cooperates in forestry projects with Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Stablization Conservation Service, giving forestry assistance to all public agencies. The Division of Forestry also makes available to the Ranger a Service Forester and all other District personnel, and various experts in the Held of Fire Control. Forest Management, Disease and Insect Control, who can assist in his work at no expense to the County. The program in Clay County has been very well received by the people as the interest in Forestry has increased over the past year, a Forestry Spokes * man stated. The North Carolina Division of Forestry regrets that the program has been dropped in Clay County and hopes that next July Clay County will again be financially able to cooperate, he added. OneCar Accident On 294 Injures 7 A one car accident on Highway 294, 10 miles west of Murphy, sent 7 people to Providence Hospital Friday afternoon. State Trooper, Patt Miller said the accident occured when Mozel Forrester Holbrooks of Route 4, Murphy lost control of her automobile on the rain slick highway and crashed into a tree. Treated at Providence Hospital and dismissed wore Mozel Forrester Holbrooks, 34, L. C. Forrester, 65, David Holbrooks, 18, Patsy Holbrooks,16, and Janette Holbrooks, 14. Listed as improving and satisfactory condition are: Zannie Forrester, 61, and Beulah Payne, 67. No charges were filed. Clay Fire Truck Goal Approaching Only $389.75 is remaining of the $3,000 goal set by the Clay County Reacue Squad to equip their fire truck. The track, which wa? purchased several month* ago, will be uaed to aipptanaat the equipment owned by the town of Hayecville and to fight Bras outside of town. The Squad would like to remind you that the track will be made randy to
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