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Volume 79 - Number 10 ? Murphy, North Carolina - September 26, 1968 - Second Class Postage Paid at Murphy, North Carolina
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i Midget-Mite Teams Play
Ihayesville Saturday Night
The Murphy Midget and
Mite football teams will play
their third pme of the season
this Saturday night when they
meet the Hayesville team at the
Murphy field.
> In the first game this season
Robbinsville played at Murphy
' and defeated the Mite team 13
to 6. The Murphy Midgets
!won, though, by a score of 34
toO.
The winning trend was
reversed as the Mites won and
the Midgets lost in the second
game played at Bryson City.
The Murphy Mites were
outscored by the Bryson City
team 6 to 13, but the Midgets
won 27 to 0.
October 5th the Murphy
teams will travel to Andrews
and on the 12th Cherokee will
play here.
The Mite team, which
includes boys from ages 10 to
Business Course
To Be Offered At
Hiwassee Dam
Tri-County Technical
Institute will offer courses in
business at Hiwassee Dam
School.
'Anyone interested in
Typing I or II, Bookkeeping, or
Shorthand, should contact Mrs,
Jean Hawkins, business teacher
at Hiwassee Dam School as
soon as possible.
The only cost will be for
instructional material used by
the student.
There must be a minimum
of 15 students enrolled in
order to start a class.
Selected For
Publication
Margaret Sales Bruce
Mrs. Margaret Sales Bruce of
Murphy has been selected to
appear in the 1969 edition of
> Outstanding Personalities of
the South. The publication
i includes leading businessmen
[ and women, state leaders in
education and all fields of
work who have become
I recognized for their past
j service to their communities.
Mrs. Bruce, the wife of Mr.
' Robert D. Bruce, is a teacher
I and speech therapist in the
Murphy and Andrews Schools.
She is a member of the
American Speech and hearing
aaociation, the N. C. Speech
and Hearing Association, the
Council for Exceptional
Children and the N. C. Mental
Retarded Association.
It is for her work with the
I gifted and retarded children
that she was chosen for this
1 award.
Harest King Now
1 Has New Position
Harest E. King, former
f principal for 20 years at
f Hiwassee Dam High School is
J now principal of a school in
\ Dunnellon, Florida, which is
located in the central part of
/ the state.
\ In a letter recently to the
/ Scout he aid that would "like
S to thank Supt Lloyd Hendrix
'' and all school board members,
committee members, and the
I host of teachers, parents,
i Itudents, etc., with whom I
i| have worked during the past
\ twenty years for the many nice
f things that happened while I
I wasthwe..."
? King gave his address as P.
* Q. Box, 801, Dunnellon, Fk.
, 82690, and wggaated that we
artat it to let his Mends know
12, is coached by Chuck
McConnelL Jerry Cabe and
John Cavender coach the
Midgets, who range in age from
12 to 14.
The Murphy Lions Club,
who are sponsoring the
Midget-Mite football program
for the third year, are again
asking for donations to help
defray the costs of putting the
teams on the field. Lion
Tommy Gentry, who is in
charge of the program for the
Lions Club, noted that the
total cost per boy is $34.90,
which includes insurance and
uniforms. Gentry also said that
the admission charged at the
gate of the home games goes
toward helping to pay these
costs.
Gentry asks that anyone
who would like to donate to
send their contribution to the
Lions Club Football Program,
in care of the Murphy Citizens
Bank and Trust Company.
The circular shape of the additional
classrooms being added to Murphy
High School now under construction
is beginning to become evident. The
building, which will house the Junior
High School, is scheduled to be
completed February 13. Seventh and
eighth graders from all of the
surrounding schools will fill the
classrooms.
Andrews Man Dead From Stabbing
An Andrews man, identified
as Lionel B. "Pete" Crawford,
39, was fatally stabbed
sometime between 3 and 4
p.m. Friday afternoon, the
Cherokee County Sheriff's
department reports. The body
was found in the yard of the
Ches Pullium home here in
Andrews.
County Cororner J. C.
Townson ruled the death was
caused from multiple knife
wounds.
David Pullium, 25, was
arrested for the killing. After
treatment at the District
Memorial Hospital Pullium was
transferred to the Cherokee
County Jail and charged with
murder in connection with
Crawford's death, a deputy
said.
Crawford, a construction
worker, was married to ifee
former Allie Mae Stewart and
the father of five children.
Mrs. Ches Pullium, David's
mother, said the two had left
together that moming and
David had returned alone later.
She states she was not in the
hous at the time of the
apparent struggle that resulted
in Crawford's death. Officer
Cutshaw, the first law
enforcement officer to arrive at
the scene, was summoned by
Ches Pullium, David's father.
Deputy Holloway reported
that the fight between
Crawford and Pullium started
at 2:45 p.m. at the Pullium
home, according to statements
received. Crawford's death was
estimated to have occurred
between 2:45 and 3:30 p.m.
Civil Service
.
Positions Open
The Raleigh Interagency
Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners announces that
are now being accepted for
Sales Store Checker, GS-2 and
GS-3. Salaries for GS-2
positions are 120 per week
and GS-3 positions are $88.40
per week.
The Raleigh Board processes
applications for all Federal
activities in the state of North
Carolina.
Applications and further
information may be secured
from the Examiner-in-Charge,
U. S. Post Office, J. C. Fisher,
Sylva, N. C. or from the
Interagency Board of U. S.
Civil Service Examiners, 415
Hillsborough Street, Raleigh,
North Carolina 37603. Refer
to announcement No.
AR-8-13.
Horeit E. King
An autopsy was performed
in Waynesville Saturday
morning. The report will not
be complete for two weeks.
Physical evidence has been
gathered and forwarded to the
SBI Laboratory in Raleigh, N.
C. for analysis and officers are
awaiting a report to include in
their investigation, according
to Mr. James Maxie, Local
Agent for the State Bureau of
Investigation. Maxie is
working with the Sheriff's
Department and the local
police on the crime
Evidence indicates there is
more to the fatal stabbing than
has been revealed. Deputy
Holloway stated, and will
require futher investigation.
Pullium is being held in the
county jail without bond.
Crawford's father was killed
a couple of years ago when >
son apparently mistook him
for someone else outside a
window, it was reported to this
paper.
Civitan Club Plans Made
For Scenic Train Trip
Time is drawing near for the
Civitan Clubs Fourth Annual
Scenic Fall Color Train
excursion from Asheville to
Nantahala Gorge October 12.
This year the Murphy
Civitan Club is joining hands
with the Civitans of the
Asheville Chib to make the
venture a success for both
dubs.
The Asheville Club will
charter a 12 coach train to
make a four hour trip from
Asheville to Nantahala Gorge
at the peak of the color season.
Plans are being made for stops
in Canton and Waynesville for
passengers to board there.
Tickets for adults are available
for $7.50 and for children
eleven years of age and under
the price is $3.50. Box lunch
tickets are $1.50 in advance
when tickets for the train trip
are secured from the Asheville
Club.
Upon arrival of the train in
Nantahala Gorge, the Murphy
Civitans will have the box
lunches of barbecued chicken,
etc., ready for our guests from
Asheville.
This project will create good
will between the two Western
North Carolina Civitan Clubs
and make for good fellowship
within the clubs. It will be a
team effort from which both
clubs will receive funds for
scholarships for deserving
youngsters and many other
community causes which are
supported each year.
If you desire further
information on this
project. ..Contact Mr. Jim
Happy Top
In Contest
Happy Top Community in
Cherokee County was one of
fifteen counties in Western
North Carolina to participate
in the Roadside Improvement
Contest of the Western North
Carolina Community
Development Program for
i%a
The rural roadside
beautification contest Is
sponsored by the Agricultural
Council and the agricultural
agencies in the western
counties.
Seventy communities
throughout North Carolina
participated this year.
New Found community of
Buncombe County has been
named top winner of the
Dense Fog
Causes Wreck
Three Turtletown Tennessee
people were injured Tuesday
morning when the car they
were riding in ran into the rear
of another car in dense fog.
Highway Patrolman Don Revis
reported.
The injured were Rita Sue
Wilson, 22, driver of the 1965
Chevelle, her father, James
Lester Weaver, 67, and Harry
Underwood, 68. The three
were treated for lacerations
and bruises at Providence
Hospital.
The other car, a 1964
Rambler driven by Edna Smith
Sanders of Murphy, had slowed
down to turp righ< ah >ut four
miles west of Murphy on U.S.
64. Revis said that seat belts
prevented the Sanders woman
from being injured.
Revis attributed dense fog
as the cause of the accident
and said that no charges would
be filed.
Sprung, color train committee
chairman, or any Murphy
Civitan Club member.
Civitans are on the move to
continue to be "Builders of
Good Citizenship".
United Methodist Churches
Hold Christian Work School
A Christian Workers School
for The United Methodist
Churches in Graham, Clay and
Cherokee Counties will be held
at The United Methodist
Church' in Murphy, Sunday,
September 29, through
Wednesday, October 2.
There will be workshops
offered in Children's Ministry,
Youth Ministry, and Adult
Ministry. The major purpose of
the workshops will be to
explore ways and means of
fulfilling the educational
ministry of the local church
through discussion of:
1. Changing theological
concepts as they relate to a
vital faith today.
2. The United Methodist
Church - Interpretation of
Mergers and Change in local
church structures.
3. Designing an educational
ministry in the local church.
4. New ways of teaching
learning.
5. The Mission of the
Church.
There will be ten class
periods of fifty minutes each.
Four sessions will beheld on
Sunday afternoon and evening,
September 29, beginning at
3:00 p.m. Two sessions will be
held on Monday-Wednesday
evenings, September
30-0ctober 2, beginning at
7:30 p.m.
The workshop leaders are
Mrs. Philip Neal, Asheville;
Mrs. James Zumwalt, Hinton
Center, Hayesville; and
Reverand Thornton Hawkins,
Murphy.
Every teacher, church
official, parent, or member
who desires to become a more
effective, committed worker in
The United Methodist Church
should attend.
The School is sponsored by
Tri-County United Methodist
Work in cooperation with The
Western North Carolina
I Conference United Methodist
I Board of Education.
Bulldogs Whip Cherokee
By Sam Elliott
Coach Terry Postell's I
undefeated Bulldogs continued
their winning streak by
overwhelming the Cherokee
Braves 41-0 in a Smoky
Mountain Conference Game
played here Friday night.
The Bulldogs scored twice
in the opening minutes of the
game, to put Cherokee behind
and the Braves continued to
follow the rest of the way.
Jeff Jackson scored twice j
for the Bulldogs, with his first
score coming on the third play
of the game. His second score
Wallace Rally Set
For Monday
There will be a Wallace for
President Rally at the
Courthouse In HaywvBle
Monday Bight at 7:30 p.m.
Officers will be elected at this
came during the second period
on a 20-yard run.
Mike Kephart chalked up
three Bulldog touchdowns,
making the first two on runs of
five and four yards in the
opening period. Then following
Jackson's score in the second
period Kephart made another
four yard run, and the Bulldogs
finished the first half with a
34-0 lead over the Braves.
Doug Stevens, who kicked
five extra points in six
attempts fired a 46-yard pass
to Benny Scott who made the
final tally for Murphy in the
third period The reserves took
over at this point and
continued to keep the Braves
scoreless.
In the fourth quarter,
Cherokee worked up to the
Murphy ten yard-line but
sputtered under the powerful
Murphy defense.
This win left Murphy with a
4-0 record, and one stop nearer
the S.M.C. Championship
I
Murphy To Receive $13,433 From
N.C. State Highway Commission
The town of Murphy will
receive a total of $13,433.51
from the N. C. State Highway
Commission to help rebuild
and improve city streets. This
amount is part of the more
than $10 million being
returned to cities and towns in
the state this year under
provisions of the Powell Bill,
State Highway Commission
Chairman J. M. Hunt, Jr.,
announced last week.
Hunt said that the 425
North Carolina towns and
cities will receive proportional
cash allotments amounting to
$10,415,342.87. Checks will
be mailed from Raleigh the
latter part of September so
that they will reach the ;
municipalities by October 1.
Funds equal to the amount
produced by one-half cent of
the regular six-cents per gallon
motor fuel tax levied by the
State based on relative
non-state system street mileage
and on the relative populations
of each of the municipalities.
The population of North
Carolina town and cities
totaled 1,924,931, which is
based on the I960 U.S. census.
This figure is divided into
one-half of the available fund,
which averages out to $2.70
per person living in the
municipality.
The mileage rate is based on 1
dividing the total number of
non-state miles into one-half of
the total, which gives a rate of
approximately $541.51 per
mile.
Towns and cities qualifying
for participation do so by
submitting detailed j
information each year to the
Highway Commission
concerning ad valorem taxes,
other sources of revenue,
budget ordinances and local
elections.
Some legally incorporated
towns do not participate in the
Powell Bill Program simply
because they do not perform
the necessary municipal
functions required by law.
Hunt noted that this is the
eighteenth allocation made
since 1951. The number of
participating municipalities has
increased from 386 to 425,
which is mainly due to
formerly inactive towns being
reactivated and the
incorporation of new towns.
The amount of the annual
allocation has more than
doubled in the eighteen years.
Since the allocations have been
paid on the same one-half cent
rate since 1951 the increase
points out the tremendous
increase in state- wide motor
fuel consumption and traffic in
this period.
The total amount allocated
during the eighteen period is
$128,676,160.42.
Andrews will receive
$9,670.12, making the total
return for Cherokee County
$24,122.63. The Murphy
figure was based on a
population count of 2,235 and
13.66 miles of locally
supported roads. Andrews
totals were 1,404 population
and 10.86 miles.
In the five Western North
Carolina counties Hayesville
received the least and Franklin
most amount to be returned.
The small Clay County town
listed a population of 458 and
3.10 miles, bringing their total
to $2,836.57.
Franklin, on the other
extreme, is scheduled to
receive $15,604.25, based on
2,173 people in the town and
17.96 miles of roads.
Bryson City will receive
$7,427.14 and Robbinsville
$3,288.39.
Mentally Handicapped Outlined
In Cherokee And Clay Counties
By Eric Brady
(Editor's Note: Eric Brady
of Cullowhee, N. C. is the local
coordinator for the North
Carolina Council on Mental
Retardation. He also works
with the State of Franklin
Health Council.)
There are approximately
644 mentally retarded and
handicapped persons in Clay
and Cherokee counties or
approximately 3% of these two
counties' population. The
causes of this mental
retardation are varied and are
even unknown in many cases.
In Clay and Cherokee counties,
y*e mentally handicaoDed or
retarded person is often
overlooked and his potential as
a contributing
citizen is thus lost. It is the
responsibility of the local
governments, both city and
county, the local civic
organizations and churches,
and the individual citizen to
see that the needs of all
citizens to lead a full, useful
life are met
Mentally handicapped
persons are broken down into
three major groups according
to their mental abilities. The
major group is the educable, or
those able to benefit from a
formal education. There are
approximately 537 mentally
handicapped persons in Clay
and Cherokee counties who are
in the educable group. The
educable mentally handicapped
person is not capable of
learning at the normal rate, but
they can learn and benefit
from special classes set up to
teach them according to
their ability to learn. The
educable mentally handicapped
person can become self
supporting.
The second grouping, the
trainable group, is made up of
those persons who can be
trained to take care of their
personal needs, but they may
not be able to learn to read or
write. Under special
conditions, they are able to
work away from home.
Sheltered workshops provide
activities and employment for
the older trainable person in
those area that have sheltered
workshops. Through the
workshop, the trainable person
can contribute substantually to
his support and can be a
productive worker, with
supervision. There are special
classes in most North Carolina
counties for trainable children.
There are approximately 86
trainable or semi-dependent
persons in Clay and Cherokee
counties.
The most severly
handicapped or totally
dependent persons form the
smallest group of mentally
handicapped persons. There are
approximately 21 severely
mentally handicapped persons
In Clay and Cherokee counties.
Theae persons will always need
help In eating, toilet care,
d retting, walking, and other
simple acta. They are too
severty handicapped to benefit
from any of the ip?cial school
programs we now have.
There are over 70 disease*,
conditions, or mishaps
suspected of hiving a part in
causing mental retardation.
Theae can occur before birth
Clay and Cherokee
Counties, like most other areas
in the United States, is
centered around the average
person. This is natural because
most of the citizens are
average. What about these
exceptional persons. They need
most of the same things
throughout their life as the
average person, but they are
not always able to fit into or
receive benefit from things that
are operated at the average
speed and level.
Consideration should be
made in churches, schools,
recreation programs. Boy and
Girl Scouting, jobs and job
training, and all those everyday
things that the average person
is involved in, for the mentally
handicapped person.
The approximately 644
mentally handicapped people
in Clay and Cherokee counties
have enough problems without
your adding to them.
Now you are probably
saying to yourself, "Why blame
me? I didn't do anything!"
That's the problem.
Jimmy Nelson, number 15, races
downfiekl in the third quarter of the
Hayesville-Robbinsville game last Friday
night. Getting ready to block
Robbinsville's Ronnie Waldroup, 42, is
Yellow Jacket Fullback David Neal
Ledford, 40.
Photo by Bill Gray
Hayesville Loses To Robbinsville 32-7
By Bill Gray
Hayesville's hopes for the
Class A Smoky Mountain
Conference crown were lost
Ftiday night as the Black
Knights of Robbinsville
defeated the previously
unbeaten Yellow Jackets 32 to
7. If Hayesville had beated
Robbinsville it would have
given the Yellow Jackets
almost a clear shot at the title,
which the Jackets had not held
in many years.
The standing-room only
crowd saw the Yellow Jackets
Wallace Rally
Set At Andrews
A Wallace for President
Rally will be held at the
Community Center on Tuesday
evening, October 1 at 7:30
p.m.
Interested citizens in this
area are invited to attend the
rally to help with plans for
Wallace support in this area. -
Mr. Vic Ward la in charge of
arrangements in this area and
this is the second in a series cf
rallies planned for Wallact
supporters.
A meeting was held on
Sunday afternoon, September
22 at the Community Canter,
beginning at 4 p.m. as a
kick-off raly for this arafc.
dominate the first half, almost
mr ing the ball at will, while
the second half was
Robbinsville's game all the
way.
Hayesville scored early in
the game as they took
advantage of two fumbles deep
in Robbinsville territory.
Jimmy Nelson carried the ball
over the goal from the one
yard line, and also scored the
extra point.
The Black Knights scored
later in the same quarter when
Hayesville's Arnold Monkus
fumbled a punt near the
Hayesville goal. Robbinsville's
Bob Manuel scored from the
one, but the PAT attempt
failed and the score stood 7 to
6 in favor of Hayesville.
Hayesville's Monkus took
the Uckoff and returned it to
their own 31 yard line. With
Ledford and Nelson pounding
out yardage the Yellow Jackals
moved to the Robbinsville 90,
only to lose the ball in downs.
As the second quarter bapn
Robbinsville again failed to
move the ball, with Ha yerri lie's
Ronnie McDowell and Ronnie
Martin making good defensive
plays. Robbinsville punted to
the Hayesville eight yvd fate,
and the ball was moved to the
time on a Haywlh penalty.
The YeMo
plenty of oil
time tothe
w?n running piayi, uniy mi ut?
stopped on Robbinsville's 15 in
a fourth and four-situation. In
this drive Lunsford, Ledford
and Nelson made several long
gains.
Robbinsvilie took over but
was forced to punt after good
defensive plays by Ledford,
Lunsford and Smart. Hayesville
got the ball on Robbinsville's
43 with one and half minutes
left in the half.
Lunsford immediately
passed to Darr>i ..IcClure for
nine yards and then ran for
nine more for a first down on
the 27 with 54 seconds left.
Nelson ran for four, then
Lunsford pass to the goal ma
intercepted by Robbinsville's
Dickey Webster. Webater
dropped the ball when ha waa
hit by a Hayewrflle player and
McClure fell on he ball at the
Robbinsvilie three with 15
seconds left. A quarter back
sneak by Lunsford moved tits
ball to tha one-half yard tea,
and the buzzer sounded Mora