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The Cherokee Scout
and Clay County Progress
Volumn 79 - Number 12 - Murphy, North Carolina OCTOBER 10,1968 Second Class Postage Paid at Murphy, North Carolina
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Last QuarterTD s Push Bulldogs
.Over Franklin By Score Of 19-7
By Sam Elliott
The Murphy Bulldogs
racked up their sixth Smoky
Mountain Conference win by
overcoming the Franklin
Panthers 19-7 on the Bulldogs
home field Friday night.
It has been seven years since
the unbeaten and untied
Bulldogs of 1961 won the
conference title, but since the
current edition of the Black
and Gold whipped the
Panthers, also unbeaten in
conference play, they moved
into the Number One position
in the conference standings.
The Panthers won the toss
and elected to receive. The
Bulldgos kicked off to open a
great defensive game.
Murphy's defense proved
their strength and rugged ness
as they stopped Franklin's
scoring threat on the Murphy
two yard line. The Bulldogs
took over on the five yard line
and penetrated to the 35 yard
line of Franklin and lost the
ball on downs.
The first half continued in
this manner with the ball
changing hands many times.
The players went into the
dressing rooms with neither
team having scored.
In the third quarter the
Bulldogs, led by Jeff Jackson,
Mrs. Herman Edwards
Appointed Chairman
Of Girl Scout Council
ASHEV1LLE? Mrs. Herman
Edwards of Murphy has been
appointed to a 3-year term as
chairman of the Hiwassee
Neighborhood for the Pisgah
Girl Scouts Council, according
to Mrs. J. E. Barber, president.
Mrs. Edwards will begin her
Course In
Electricity
To Begin
A couse in basic electricity
will be offered by Tri-County
Technical Institute at Murphy
High School on Monday and
Wednesday evenings beginning
Monday, October 14, at 6:30
p.m.
There will be no charge for
the course.
Anyone interested is invited
? to attend.
Red Cross
Merger
Discussed
A meeting of four Red
Cross chapters was held last
week at the Power Board
Building to discuss the
feasibility of Chapter merger.
Murphy, Andrews. Clay and
Graham chapters met to
discuss combining the chapters
and hiring a full-time
coordinator for aid in the work
of the chapters. At present all
of the work is volunteer, with
no coordinator in this area.
The Murphy Board will
meet October 22 to vote on
the merger, and Andrews will
meet October 17. Dates of
other meetings will be
announced when the dates are
set.
volunteer Scouting duties
immediately for the Hiwassee
Neighborhood which in the
Scouting organization cover
the entire Cherokee County.
The Pisgah Girl Scout
Council, with headquarters in
Asheville, has 16 counties and
approximately 8,000 girls in its
jurisdiction throughout
Western North Carolina.
Mrs. Edwards, in her new
post, will be responsible to the
vice president of the Council's
board of directors for the
appointments of the
Neighborhood's service team to
direct, coordinate and
supervise the work of the
members.
Among the important duties
of her assignment, she will be
responsible for developing and
maintaining Girl Scouting, she
will work with other
organizations to build, support,
and secure cooperation, and
she will see that adult
personnel receives training for
their respective jobs in the
Neighborhood.
Mrs. Edwards, a native of
Bryson City, is the wife of
Attorney Herman Edwards of
the firm, McKeever & Edwards.
She is no newcomer to
Scouting having started as a
Brownie Scout Leader in 1962,
served as Junior Girl Scout
Leader, as Girl Scout Fund
Drive Committee Chairman in
1967, and as a member of the
Girl ScoutTroopCommittee for
Cadettes for one year. In
addition, she has one daughter,
Betts, who is now a Cadette
Troop member.
In addition to her work
with Scouting, Mrs. Edwards is
an active member of the First
Baptist Church of Murphy,
where she is a Sunday School
teacher, a leader of the Girls'
Auxiliary, Intermediates and
has served as chairman of a
Missionary Circle.
drove 40 yards to the Franklin
25 yard line and then were
forced to punt.
Mike Kephart intercepted a
Franklin pass on he Murphy 39
yard line to stop a Panther
drive.
In the next series of plays,
Donnie LeQuire intercepted a
pass atttempted by Murphy's
Doug Stevens and went 87
yards for the only Panther
tally. The PAT was good and
Franklin led 7-0.
The Bulldogs caught fire at
this point and sparks flew as
they drove 30 yards to the
Franklin two yard line. Jeff
Jackson scored as the clock ran
out to end the quarter to put
the Bulldogs on the board.
Stevens' PAT attempt failed
and the Bulldogs trailed 6-7.
The two following
touchdowns by Harold
Kephart and Doug Stevens
came in the fourth quarter.
Kephart's came after a
Franklin fumble recovery by
Benny Scott and 30 yard drive.
The extra point run was no
good.
Stevens' touchdown came
following a Franklin pass
interception by Wayne
Holland, who made a 37 yard
drive. Mike Kephart scored the
extra point on an end run.
The Bulldog performance
showed a great team effort on
the part of both of the
offensive and defensive teams.
Friday night the Bulldogs
play host to the twice beaten
Yellow Jackets from
Hayesville. Game time is 8:00
at the Murphy High Field.
Muskie To
RALEIGH? Vice
Presidential Candidate Edmund
Muskie will visit North
Carolina October 12 and make
an appearance at the
Vance-Aycock fund raising
dinner in Asheville. Details of
the visit were not available
Thursday, but Muskie's
Washington office confirmed
that he would make the trip to
North Carolina late in the
afternoon from Rhode Island.
Principal speaker for the
Vance-Aycock Dinner will be
6th District Congressman
Horace Kornegay of
Greensboro, who is not seeking
reelection this year. Muskie
shall share the platform with
Kornegay as "honored guest".
Arrangements for Muskie's
visit will be completed next
Wednesday after members of
his staff arrive in Asheville to
discuss the plans with the
Vance-Aycock Co-chairman
-George Coggins and J. O.
"Buck" Buchanan.
Asheville
Distributive Education Class
Pictured above are the Murphy High School
students now participating in the Distributive
Education program. First row, left to right, James
Messer, Joy Suddruth, Shirley Roberson, William
Stalcup, Jr., RusmII Hensley, Kathy Timpson, Jerry
Hunaucker, Denny Smith. Second row, Cecil
Mash burn- Coordinator, Moreen Bryson, Patricia Nix,
Janice Roberts, Donna Frankum, Linda Kephart, Paul
Led ford, Linda Comwell, Rosemary Phillips,
Josephine Taylor, Nancy Martin, Geraldine Wilson.
Back Row, Steve Stiles, Bill Crisp, Rocky Hughes,
Glenn Barnett, David Huskins, Herbert Beaver, Doug
White, and Bobby Laney.
(Photo by Jim Morgan)
Lt. Gov. Bob Scott Visits Arec
North Carolina's Democratic candidate for
Governor, Bob Scott, talks with some fellow
politicans at the reception held for him Friday at the
Cherokee County Courthouse in Murphy. From left
to right are Scott, Representative Wiley McGlamery
of Hayesville, State Senator, Mary Faye Brumby of
Murphy, and Murphy Mayor, Cloe Moore. Scott's
stop in Murphy was part of a tour of the far western
counties. Scott spoke to a large gathering at the
Courthouse and then attended the Murphy-Franklin
football game played in Murphy. (Photo by Bill Gray)
Tri-County Tech Shows Impressive Gains
By Bill Gray
Tri- County Technical
Institute is rapidly' growing
from a 15 student Industrial
school to a major educational
institution in Western North
Carolina, if enrollment figures
are any indication of progress.
Holland McSwain, Director
of the Institute, released
figures last week that show an
almost 500 percent increase in
full time student enrollment
since the Technical Institute
began as an Industrial School
three years ago.
Only 15 students enrolled in
the two full time programs in
June, 1965. This year five
programs ranging from
Executive Secretary to Welding
have drawn over 70 full time
students. Added to the full
time curriculum are College
Parellel courses, which are
taught at the Institution, and
Adult Basic Education and
General Adult Extension
classes that are held
throughout Cherokee, Graham
and Clay Counties.
The total number of
students involved in these
programs since 1965 is 4,399
including present enrollment.
"I am pleased, yet
scared, "McSwain said Friday
while discussing the
enrollment, "if we continue at
this rate we won't have enough
building to hold them alL"
The present facilities
include renovated buildings
that not too long ago were part
of the Peachtree Prison. One
classroom building, which
houses the library, curriculum
room and several classrooms,
has been built to help relieve
the student load.
Students traveling from four
WNC counties and three North
Georgia counties make up the
College Parellelclasses held four
nights each week. These classes
are held in conjunction with
Western Carolina University,
t
and students completing these
courses receive full credit from
WCU. A student could
complete as many as two years
of College credit at Tri-County
for a fraction of the campus
cost.
The most popular program,
so far as enrollment figures are
concerned, involve the general
Mission Study Set
For Area Baptist Men
The Brotherhood
Department of the Baptist
State Convention will sponsor
a Brotherhood Workshop at
Marble Baptist Church,
Monday night October 21.
The Workshop will be
Rock Swap
Shop Slated
October 12-13 will see the
last of 1968 in a series of four
rock swap shops for the
Western North Carolina
mountains, to be held at
Gorgarama Park on U. S.
Highway 19 in the Nantahala
Gorge between Bryson City
and Andrews.
A great deal of excitement
has been created in the area by
several big gem finds over the
Labor Day weekend by W. C.
Wikle of Swain County's
Lauada Community and this is
expected to stimulate
discussions and attendence at
this meeting.
Wikle found a 106.5 carat
ruby, which is believed to be a
record for the Cowee area at
the Bradley mine near
Franklin, N. C. He also found
two 80 carat rubies, one of 75
carats, several smaller rubies,
and three 30 carat sapphires.
This is the ninth year of
these non-commercial shops
and crowds in increasing
numbers have come from most
of the states and several foreign
countries.
The shops have no charge of
any kind and offer a chance for
coin, relic, and other
collections, and people
pursuing hobbies to exchange
material, meet new and old
friends, and to combine a
vacation in one of America's
beauty spots with an
inexpensive rock collecting
trip.
Typical gem stones of the
local area, such as rubies,
sapphires, and garnets plus
eddities from far and near will
fascinate the crowd at the
ihop. Flourescent stones,
minerals, odd rocks, coins,
hand made jewelry, Indian
relics, antiques, driftwood,
among other things will be
available for swapping.
The shops are held in the
center of a gem collecting area
and gold is now even dug near
Franklin at Gold Mountain.
divided into three conferences.
One will be on establishing a
missions program for
churchmen. The second will
deal with 'developing mission
studies and carrying out
mission activities. The third
will be on developing Royal
Ambassadors, a program for
boys in the church.
Each conference will be
under the direction of a
Brotherhood Specialist. Rev.
Fred Lunsford Assocational
Missionary for the Western
North Carolina and West
Liberty Associations will be
directing the conference for
Pastors and General Officers.
Rev. Bill Bargoil, Pastor of
the Truett Memorial Baptist
Church in Hayesville will be
leading the conference on
Mission Study and Mission
Action.
The conference on Royal
Ambassadors will be under the
leadership of Rev. Dwight
Watts, Pastor of the High Peak
Baptist Church of Valdese.
The meeting will begin at
7:30 and it is open to all men
from the churches of the area.
PTA Group Sets
Meeting In Sylva
Sylva-The North Carolina
Congresss of Parents and
Teachers will sponsor its
annual fall conference for
District 1 at the Scott's Creek
Elementary School here
Tuesday, October 15 1968.
Registration and coffee will
begin at 9:30 a.m. The meeting
will begin promptly at 10:00
o'clock A.M. Adjournment will
be a noon.
Counties in the district are
Jackson, ) Swain, Macon,
Graham, Clay and Cherokee.
"Inauguaration of State
supported kindergartens" and
"expansion of vocational
education in the schools" will
be discussed and assistance will
be offered by P.T.A. members
in understanding and
implementing the P.T.A.
legislative program in 1969.
State President Mrs. Carlton
Watldns of Charlotte, N. C. and
a speaker for each area of
emphasis will assist the director
In presenting the "Action
Program" Mrs. H. Bueck,
Director of District 1 will
pKslde. New district officers
will be elected.
adult extension classes. These
are held in communities where
enough people express an
interest and an instructor is
available. Over 30 different
course are available, which
include typing, blueprint
reading and electronics, and
modern math for the parent,
just to name a few.
Three-Way Tie Exists
In Football Contest
In the football contest last
week nine contestants missed 4
games. If the tie-breaker was
ever needed, this was the time.
After checking the nine tie
breakers, the judges decision
was that the top three were
tied for first, second and third '
places. As a result of this, three
persons will be awarded $4.44 !
each and 3 1/3 points towards ;
the grand prize. In all the years |
that the Scout has been !
conducting the contest, this
has never happened before.
The three winners were: Jerry
Sanders of Dunwoody. Ga.
Sanders was the only one of
the nine that picked Syracuse
over U.C.L.A. He also picked
Tenn. to defeat Rice by a score
of 28-14. Another winner was
James Taylor of Marble. His tie
breaker score was the same.
The third winner was Walter
Ensley of Andrews, N. C. I
Ensley picked Tenn. to defeat
Rice 21-7. All three had a total
point difference of 38.
Others coming close but
missing out on the tie breaker
were: Walter Cole of Murphy
(Tenn. 23-Rice 10. Diff. 39 j
pt.) Mary Jane Mathis of
Andrews (Tenn. 18- Rice 7. ]
Diff. of 41 pts.) Hattie James
of Murphy (Tenn. 24-Rice 14.
Diff. 42 pts.) Mrs. Neil Sneed
of Murphy (Tenn. 16-Rice 7
Diff. of 43 pts.) Jo Ann
Matheson of Murphy (Tenn.
17-Rice 0: Diff. of 44 pts.)
Mrs. Walter Ensley of Andrews
(Tenn. 14- Rice 7 Diff. of 45
points. The final score of the
Tie Breaker was Tenn. 52 Rice
0.
Again this week the contest
appears on page 7. Find the
games and circle your
predictions and post your
entry before the deadline.
Don't overlook the sponsors of *
the contest. They are the ones
that make this contest possible >
and be sure you patronize
them every chance you get. "r
The sponsors are: Collins Crain
Department Store, Cherokee |
Shoe and Shopping Center,
Hicks Gulf Service, W. C. '
Kinney and Sons, Dist. of Gulf
Products, Citizens Bank & 1
Trust Co. Insurance
Department, Westco, M & J
Finance Co. and Graves i
Chrysler-Plymouth Co.
Civitan Club
Candy Sale
Now Under Way
The Murphy Civitan Club's '
"Trick or T reat" candy sale is
now under way. The bags of
individually wrapped candy,
which contains 112 pieces,
costs only $1.00
The proceeds from the sale
will go toward the various
community projects that are
sponsored by the Civitans.
These projects are a part of the
Civitan's "Builders of Good
Citizenship" program.
Seniors Hold
Dance Friday
The Murphy High School
Seniors will sponsor a dance
after the Homecoming game
with Hayesville. The Dance will
be held at the Murphy High
Lunchroom.
Would you believe,
A 300 Lb. Pumpkin?
Mr. Pearl Hogsed of Route 3
Hayesville stands behind these
whoppers he grew from only two
seeds. Hogsed said that these were the
biggest he had ever heard of or seen in
his entire life.
The largest of the pumpkins, the
one in the middle, weighs 318 pounds
and measures seven feet, five inches
around. The next largest pumpkin was
205 pounds and another was 201
pounds. Seven pumpkins gathered by
Mr. Hogsed totaled 1,354 pounds.
J. M. Lee of Hayesville, who took
the picture, said that the picture does
not reveal the enormous size of the
pumpkins. Lee added that people had
come from all over to see if what they
had heard about the pumpkins were
true.
Books Open To Register Oct. 12
The registration
books will be open this
Saturday, October 12, then
Saturday, Octber 19 and 26 for
registration at your polling
place.
PTA Harvest
Sales Slated
The Marble PTA Harvest
Sale will be held Saturday,
October 12 at 7:30 p.m. at
Marble Elementary School.
The Andrew* PTA will hold
a Harvest Sale Saturday
October 19, at the Old Rock
Gym in Andrews, ftoc? d? will
go toward obtaining an activity
bus for the school.
Door prizes will be given at
this event.
Registration is between
the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
on the days indicated. You
may also register at the office
or home of your registrar at his
convenience as long as he does
not take the books out of his
precinct.
Saturday, November 2, it
Challenge Day, when
registrations can be challenged
It is to be noted that this
registration allows you to vote
in County, State and National
elections and you will need to
register a* in later for city
elections if you have not
already registered.
Under new law, tfate residence
requirement ku boon
shortened for pieditsattal
elections so that a parsed can
Suti'dlST irttim I
customary year) and be
entitled to register and vote in
the election for presidential
and vice- presidential candidate*
(but for no other office)
provided he la qualified to
register and vote in this Stale
caccept for the bet that he haa
not redded hen for on
prior to the election.
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