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14 The Cherokee Scout 10c Pa9 es and Clay County Progress per Copy Volume 79 - Number 4 . Murphy.- North Carolina - August 15. 1968? Second Class Post??? Paid At Murphy, North Carolina Champions First place Texana team receives trophy from Ed Dillard i \resident of the Eobbinsville Lions Club. From right to ft they are Rob Allen, Ross Blackwell, Jason qlackwell, James Bush, and Maurice Kinkaid. Back row ?Ire Harry Pickens, John Powell, Eugene Cox, Ernest 1 pudderth, Bill Sudderth and manager J. C. Smith, i , receiving trophy. | __s Jaycees Need Help k With Poverty Project i j^The Murphy Jaycees are .eeding help with their own ?War on Poverty" project now | nn its second year. \ Jaycee President Curtiss 1 'Hewlett said that the Jaycees / have outgrown their present repair and storage space and are needing a donation of land on which they can erect a portable building. Anti-poverty work has been taken on by many Jaycee clubs in the Appalachian region. Their work includes supplying food, furniture, manpower, and information on employment and educational possibilities. Hewlett said that the Murphy Jaycee's problem new is a lack of space for repairing and storing all types of furniture, including stoves and refrigerators, that have been collected. Once they have "borrowed" a piece of land they intend to erect a portable building of at least 600 square feet. If anyone would like to help the Jaycees, Hewlett asks that they call him at 837 -3811, Glenn Beaver at 837-3950, or the Scout Office. Runner-Up Jack Thompson, manager of the second place Independents also of Murphy, receives a trophy after losing a close playoff game to Texana. Kneeling from left to right are Jerry Gladson, Hugh Carringer, Sonny Gladson and Lyle Carringer. Back row includes Jim Morgan, Ron Chastain, Weaver Carringer, Don Amos, Bill Coffee, Steve King, Don Chastain, and Blaine Stalcup. Presenting the award is Ed Dillard $28.7 Million Received By WNC From Appalachian Development North Carolina Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. reported today that the Appalachian Regional Development Program has attracted $68.6 million in facilities and services to Western North Carolina in the last three years. Of this total, Ervin said that $28.7 million were Appalachian funds approved by the Federal Government for the 29 county area. f Cherokee and Clay Counties received a total of $450,451 of Vie $28.7 million as partial patching funds involving seven projects. The total cost of the seven projects, which includes state, federal and local additional funds, totaled $2,038,553. Of the five projects in Cherokee County, the District Memorial Hospital in Andrews was the largest, receiving $271,668 of ARC funds toward a total cost of $1,486,670. Tri-County Industrial School received $47,200 of a $70,671 total. The Andrews-Murphy Airport received $39,350 toward the $296,526 total, and ARC paid $76,000 of a $95,000 sewage treatment facility in Andrews. NDEA Title III educational program received $2,785 for the entire county. There were only two projects in Clay County to receive ARC funds. These were the Moss Public Library and the NDEA Title III program. Of the $80,000 cost of the library, $13,248 was paid for by ARC monev. The NDEA Cherokee Man Murdered: Wife Charged In Shooting Robert Allen, 50, a saw mill worker and Cither of Ave was rtiot t r^eath In hia home in the Liberty aectlon of 1 Cherokee County around 2:30 > p.m. last Thursday, August the 8th. AUen'i wife, Merlyne, is 1 charged with murder. She was e released from Cherokee County jail In Murphy Saturday after porting $6,000 , bond Mrt Allen told Folk County i (Tenneaaee) officers she shot Allen becauae he Romped a daughter who had damaged the , family ear. When Mrs. Allen want to the aid of her daughter, her husband beat Allaa was killed with a 22- caliber rifle bullet to the head aa he lay on a bed In the family home. The honaewtts charged with murder la the woman who, i I several years ago, Drought nation-wide attention by her diligence in trying to And a cure for her daughter's leukenia. The kit several years Mrs. Allen has spent caring for her daughter, taking the girl to a Memphis Hospital sometimes once a week. Mrs. Allen and her daughter, Lora Mat, were planning another but trip to the hospital this weekend. The woman's only complaint as she waa led off by officers waa, "1 don't know what's to become of Lore Mae." The Scout office had to obtain Information of the evmta leading up to the shooting from the Tenneeaee official's account because Cherokee County Sheriff Anderson and Deputy Holloway raAtaed to gh? details to the Scout program received $120 of the $400 total amount In reviewing the progress of the Appalachian Commission since 1965, Ervin stated that he was "proud to have played a role in the Commission's formation. It is one of the few Federal programs", he continued, "which recognizes that the ultimate solution to its problems lies with the private sector of the economy. The Commission tries to encourage private investment by supplying these counties with facilities and services which raise them to economic parity with the rest of the country." fcrvin cited examples of the types of facilities which have been funded in North Carolina since 1965. These included: High School Vocational Education Facilities; Sewage Treatment Plants; Hospitals; Community Colleges; Hospital Outpatient Facilities; Public Libraries; Industrial Education Centers; and. Airport Facilities. Power Interruption On Sunday, August 18, ! electric service will be off in , Pleasant Valley, Unaka and , Hanging Dog areas of Cherokee , County from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. so that TVA may make ( changes in a Murphy Substation. Late this year TVA will J supply power to this ana through a new 161,000 volt 1 line and theee changes are 1 nins? j to Improve extatli* facilities and to connect Mfi 1 with the new ones. Mountain EMC 1 < Particular interest has been placed under the program on highway construction and a :otal of $26. million has been produced by the program for roads in Western North Carolina with the Appalachian Program funding $14.7 million lo liars of this total. The Appalachian Program was praised by Senator Ervin as being "the only Federal program where *ne Federal Government and the State are co-equal partners. All of its programs were first recommended by the State of North Carolina officials after they decided their own State's needs and priorities." "Keeping the decision making at the local level has made the Appalachian Program one of the most efficient in the Government," Ervin said. Midget-Mite Football Practice Begins At Old Rock Gym Aug. 21 Max Blakemore, President of the Murphy Lions Club, announced today that the Lions Club would sponsor the Midget-Mite football program again this year. Tommy Gentry, vice-president of the Murphy Club, will be in charge of the program. Thii is the third year of iponaorship by the Lions Club, ind, according to Blakemore, the Lions consider it to be one >f their largest projects of the year. )ver 100 boys registered last year but lack of equipment and funds prevented every boy from participating in the >rogram. Gentry stated that he rill do hit my beat to wm that (vary boy who la eligible to >ky will have a uniform. He tlao said that the Lions will mum each boy and coach at a x>* of $4 par person. To help defray the ooet of ^hkh"? ne^idVtfartUM season Gentry asks that you send your contribution to the Midget-Mite football account in care of the Citizens Bank & Trust Company in Murphy or to Tommy Gentry, 100 Hiwassee Street, also in Murphy. This year's season is scheduled to get underway Wednesday, August 21st at the Old Rock Gym. Midget team players will meet at 2:00 p.m. and Mite players will meet at 3:00 p.m. To be eligible to participate in the Midget division, a player shall not attain his 14th birthday before the first day of August, 1968. High school students are eligible to play in either league. Mite players must be at least nine years old and not have reached his 12th birthday before August 1, 1968. O entry said that a schedule of games will be announced at a later date. Murphy Dominates Softball Tournament 1 A scrappy band from Texana in Murphy held off a last ditch rally by their fellow townsmen Independents to win by a 5 to 4 score and capture the 1968 version of the Far West District Slowpitch Softball Championship in Robbinsville Saturday Night. Just an hour earlier the Independents scored two runs in the last of the seventh to drop Texana 12 to 11 and throw the tournament into a do or die second game. Trailing 11 to 5 in the sixth inning of the first game, the Independents brought a seemingly hopeless cause back to a chance for victory by scoring five runs in their half of the sixth to bring the score to 11 to 10. This set the stage for the rally in the final inning. Jim Morgan reached first on an error and advanced to third as Ron Chastain once again delivered a clutch single. This brought up young Steve King who delivered a sharp single to left field and when the ball skipped by John Powell both -Morgan and Chastain scored sending the tournament down to one final game. Play in the final game was scoreless for the first three innings, but Texana opened things up in the fourth by scoring three runs with two out. Maurice Kincaid doubled and singles by James Bush, Rob Allen and Jason Blarkwell plated the three runs. The winners also added single runs in the sixth and seventh innings. The Independents meanwhile were having a difficult time solving the slants of Texana hurler, Harry Pickens. They finally managed two runs in the last of the sixth when Weaver Carringer singled and Don Amos and Ron Chastain doubled. This left the < score at 5 to 2 going into the bottom of the seventh. After Jerry Gladson was i retired for the first out, Don i Chastain reached first on an 1 error and then Bill Coffee, pinch-hitting for Sonny I Gladson, slammed a long hit to centerfield which Bill Sudderth couldn't hold and both Chastain and Coffee scored making the score 5 to 4. With the memory of the earlier last inning loss freshly in their minds, the charges of ' Manager Jay Smith regrouped and retired the next two hitters ' to take the championship. The < victory was immensely popular with the majority of the crowd of some 800 who viewed the final nights activities. In all some twenty-one teams started the tournament all with visions of glory and the championship. Nineteen watched from the sidelines Saturday night as the tournament came to an end. Among those nineteen were the Contractors of Robbinsville who saw their hopes come to an end in a double loss administered by Texana and the Independents Friday night. Playing in the finals of the winners bracket the Contractors spotted Texana four runs in the first inning as the results of four errors and two Texana hits. After rallying to tie the score at 4 to 4 in the third, the Contractors fell behind once again as Texana scored six runs. Three of these came in on John Powell's third homerun of the tournament over the 275 foot fence with j two on. j The Contractors still refused to give in and Mike Sneed gave them new life when he led off ] the fifth with a homerun. j rhree more runs followed, but ; the rally came to an end when Everette Brock grounded into a force play with two on. The , winners scored once more to - set the final score at 11 to 8. , This loss forced the Contractors into a second game , against the Independents and they were quickly routed 11 to 2 as the winners slammed out twenty-one hits including four for four by Bill Coffee. Last years champs, Jims Laundry, went out Thursday night as the Independents scored eight times in the sixth to drop the defending champs 11 to 7. Still looking like the class of the tournament despite an earlier loss to Belks of Bryson City, Jim's was coasting along to a 7 to 3 lead when the dam broke. The damage all came with two out when the Independents loaded the bases. A single by Lyle Carringer brought in one run to make it 7 to 4. At this time Manager Jack Thompson brought in Don Chastain to pinch hit and he promptly tripled to left and then scored himself when the relay was errored making it 8 to 7 Independents. Three more runs came in before the side was retired. Immediately after the tournament Manager Smith accepted the offer to represent the Far West District in the State Tournament in Eden, Morth Carolina. They played their first game Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. against Greensboro. The sponsoring Robbinsville Lions Club provided two hundred dollars for expenses ind the Murphy Softball Association will also provide assistance. Lion Club President Ed Dillard presented the large winners trophy to Tex ana and the runner-up trophy to the Independents. The tournament directors and officials also selected Texana as winners of the Sportsmanship Trohpy. Texana continued to make a sweep of the trophies as John Powell was voted the most valuable player and was among five of the champions named to the All-Star Team. McGaha, Revis, King and Edwards were the only repeaters from last years All-Star selections. Don Gregory served as director of the tournament and was assisted by John Manuel, Commissioner of the Far West District. The 19 players chosen for the 1968 All-Star Team are listed below. They were chosen from all of the 21 participating teams. First Base Second Base rhird Base Shortstop Utility Infielder Left Field Centerfield Right field Short field Utility Outfielder Catcher Catcher Pitcher Pitcher Pitcher Richard Fife Charlie Million Ross Blackwell Jerry Gladson Lyle Carringer John Powell Ernest Sudderth Eugene Cox Woody Huskey Donnie McGaha Doug Revis Henry King Rob Allen Blaine Stalcup Burgin Edwards Contractors Triplets Tex ana Independents Independents Texana Texana Texana Sids Laundry Jims Laundry Jims Laundry Sids Laundry Texana Independents Jims Laundry Pro videnceHospital F ully Accredited Providence Hospital in Murphy has received a full rating by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, Sister Mary Francis Xavier, hospital administrator, announiced Tuesday. This is the first time any Cherokee County hospital has been accredited by a nation-wide organization. The Joint Commission is a national hospital organization headquartered in Chicago and represents all hospitals in the United States. This Commission has a number of standards developed from yeas of experience and observation in surveying hospitals which have proven consistent with high quality and patient care. As a result of a survey conducted by Dr. Earl Weir this past May, the hospital was notified that all requirements were met and fully approved by the Joint Commission. The Commission surveyed all the hospitals in Western North Carolina at the invitation of the State of Franklin Health Council and the individual hospitals. As a result of the survey other hospitals also received accreditation. These are the Swain County Hospital in Bryson City and the Angel Hospital in Franklin. The C. J. Harris Community Hospital in Sylva and the Haywood County Hospital in Waynesville Murphy Schools To Open August 27 Mr. John Jordan, Superintendent of Murphy City Schools, has announced that the 1968-69 school term will begin on Tuesday, August 27. This day will be for registration only. Busses will run for the half-day session, but lunch will not be served. The school calendar was also announced by Mr. Jordan for the benefit of the parents. Teachers will begin work on Monday, August 26, beginning with a general faculty meeting at the Murphy Elementary School lunch room at 9:00 a.m. Registration is on the 27th, with the first of the 180 school days beginning the next day, August 28th. There will be no school on three days during the year for special occasions other than national holidays. These are September 2nd, Labor Day; September 17, which is the date set for the NCEA District teachers meeting; and November 5, national election day. Regularly scheduled holidays include two days off for Thanksgiving, November 28 and 29; Christmas, when school will not be In session from December 23 through January lit; and two days off for Easter, which are April 4th and 7th. Jordan tayt that all holidays will be obaerved and that make-up time will be placed at the end of the school calendar. "The following fee schedule needs to be studied very carefully Mr. Jordan stated, "in order to better determine exactly what your child needs to bring to school on August 28." For the Murphy Elementary School the lunch fee is $6 for 20 days, school insurance is $2.50 a year ($15 for 24 hour coverage), first grade instructional fee is $1 and the weekly reader fee will average out to be about $.75 a year. At the high school the lunch and insurance fees are the same as the elementary school. All books are free at both schools. Additional fees at the high school includes a $1 general fee, $2 a semester for Agriculture fee, $3 a semester for Home Economics, distributive education is $2.50 a year and the typing fee is $5 a semester. Jordan also announced the faculty list for both schools. Murphy Elementary: Mr. William N. Hughes, principal Mrs. Dair M. Shields, Mrs. Mary A. Miller, Mrs. Peggy C. Cabe, Mrs. Martha Hatchett, Mrs. Christine P. Ingle, Miss Elizabeth Hawkins, Mrs. Bertha Chambers, Mrs. Lena Thompson, Mrs. Ruby HUl, Mrs. Annie S. Brandon, Mrs. Beulah Sales, Mrs. Willie Lou Shields, Mrs. Annie Lou Rogers, Mrs. Jane Van Horn Hembiee, Mrs. Mattie Lou Penland, Miss Emily Sword, Mrs. B rends Hendrbc, Mrs. Marie Hendrix, Miss Ella Fay* Byers, Mrs. Pearl Woodard, Mrs. Ruby Kate Wataon, Mrs. Jane H. Reynolds, Mr. Metvin Payne, Mr. Marvin Hampton, Mrs. Ruth L. Wilson, Mrs. Margaret Gibbs, Mr. Robert Hendrix, Mrs. Edna Whitley, Mrs. OUve Williams, Mas LeOa Hayes, Mrs. Margaret Brace. Murphy High School: Mr. John A. Thompeon, Principal, Mr WlaHoa Craig, Mr. Jerry Randall George, Mrs. Vetma Burch, Mrs. Patoy J. Hendrix, Mr. Ted Whisnant, Mrs. Lucille Gault, Mrs. Dorothy Carlber^, Mr. Charles Forrester, Mrs. Geraldine Meadows, Miss Mary Sue Reynolds, Mr. James H. McCombs, Mr. Terry Postell, Mrs. Frances W. Ray, Mrs. Barbara W. McConnell, Mr. Felix E. Ralmer, Miss Judith Ann May, Mrs. Moselle M. Puett, Mrs. Emma Louise Minor, Mrs. Ruth Bristol, Miss Jewell E. Garrett, Mr. Wilbur L. Roberts, Mr. Cecil Mashburn, Mr. Ralph McConnell, Mr. Paul D. Smith, Mrs. Pauline Bautt. Mrs. Emily Davidson, Mrs. Ruth Walker, Miss Kate Hayes will be working with Title I, ESEA, again this year. Mrs. Kathleen Davidson will be working with the CSIP Program in the Murphy Elementary School, and Mrs. Ruth Forsyth will serve as supervisor for Murphy and Andrews City School Units. Post Morten To Bo Porfomed On Hirdor Victim The body of Henry A. Dotaon, the victim of a shooting last December, wiD be exhumed around the first of September for a poet mortem examination, lira. Oma Styles Dotaon, wtf? of the victim, said that private Invaattptara recommended that a poet mortem^ be^ performed In have previously been and are now fully accredited. During his survey, Dr. Weir observed that he was impressed with the gold mine of potentiality represented in the qualified personnel of the Providence Staff. The hospital is administered by ten Sisters of Providence, with Sister Xavier as administrator. According to a hospital spokesman, registered personnel head the various departments of surgery, anesthesia, medical records, X- Ray, laboratory, dietary, administration and general maintenance. The medical staff consists of Dr. William A. Hoover, president of the staff; Dr. Bryan W. Whitfield, Dr. Helen Wells, and Dr. Walter Mauney. In an interview with Sister Xavier and Hans Beerkins, a spokesman for the hospital and member of the Bovd of Directors of the State of Franklin Health Council, some of the problems of obtaining accreditation for a small hospital were discussed. Sister Xavier emphasized that "quality of care is emphasized in accreditation more than anything else." Appointed To EiteasionS'"
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