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8 The Cherokee Scout and Clay County Progress M t ? r -'4 Murphy \oftti Carolina January 1 Second Lldbb Hobtdtjr H^iJ -a! Mufpfiy ? >fV\ ( .?r ? 1 1 f i . ? 1 0<t Per Copy I Witness To A Launching ! (t diturv i -tc ' r!e McKeon plant ' Jiujt1 F i nit o V t vj ^ j ? , w it neiie J the j .. Apollo tt dt v ape r runc l, Saturday Dec eo her McKeon t>led the , t u ry : ,e via special delivery letter iuo" after the launch but t wai'K received m time for last wee* edition of the Scout ven though the Apollo crew ?jeteiy back from their journey around the "'uun, we 'eel j< eye witness report .s -i t ? ? i timely Here are Mr Mc e thoughts at lau'uh t ei Wear\ !ro?: 1ri > ir.f milt- anc then *-ar ' mt almost ufi 1 1 " j r located a riu^' i: j . ?r\ and rundow n hot.-l i' *a about midnight and *>eiru without an ing " eal took a waJk a:.'*. sandw ith and j i up Then I went to u-d lra? ?. l call for ,? !' i a :? At 5 a ! ; . t fit- p a sm : i u ' r a I ' i> awakened trie and 1 go: up . morning w as cool a:.c bri^k the stars shin. hg t ? r i ^ r : r . About 10 "Mile*- north on Route 1 I joined mam > ? t ^ i r parked in a large clearing with a magnificent *iew i t f ,? launching pad It a a> brighth lit and could be seen tor miles My first reaction to this great step in the exploration of sp.n ? was one of indifference purpose lor stopping lo set- rh - event was one of cumomU and to be able to n?i\ there But. as I sat and had tune f" think I began to **e whai great event 'his wa> I put myself tn the position or an astronaut V\ hat must tie be feeling on this morning realizing he will be shot into the air at a great *peed and :? travel li*cra!!\ h ri^md^ thousands of miles m space ' It it was me. my stomach would be full of "butterflies I would be wondering what it this thing that is so huge here on earth and so small in space never gets off the ground" And then if it does will something go wrong in flight when I " thousands of mile* f rom earth One thing <ould In- rhat mip e I .i . ! ' . 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' 1 i >: i: intj brs^hllv \n p '? date rep> ?r: ? ? f.e- wr t.':c ra<1n ? t u-r\ 1 h l : . t! litl t!1 ' 1 'Mr halt fmuf arid it n 1 1 1 1 ? ? t ? I *;c < rowii i- brginnmkJ '.u n f i ( > v\ tt nsjori Kids an- no;\ rnmin^ to tin fn-ai h dR'd and arr Mot quite a d? tr.f Peoplt- drv preparing t h ? ? i r ' an, era- arid rei het kirn> ir held ? lasses making final adjustments Do/ens small planes an lK.rifJ m the art- a for an air * lev, ^ I ? is.- up 1 he tfti-.li in rrmu.Ms I iu' ::iiriutes People anj q a it- 1 K e\i ited Must everyont in pi art- Waiting' I ountdovi n i- in the final stages \ minute^ IS ^eonds Countdown now ri the final fronds' I'hiN huge crowd s] It'ii t \ portable radio blares See LAUNCH on page 3 Jaycees Toys For Tots Campaign Is A Success I i ?? Vjurphv .lav? ees I o\ - for ! ots '< (m paiun during thi> . J-i ' . if ?! . . . .4. * Mi t. bin sue ess h\ rhe *<>y program i hairnian ' >len Heavers \* eordmi? ' - 1 Beawiv ranv needv i hildren throughout ttu <ount\ wuu!d not have had anything I'nr Christ ma.s had no! the people throughout t fit* area ? 4? -Hated ?o\ s and ? and\ lor tm .i;i\ ivrs to distribute Ni'H'v iif underprivileged families were lurried into the .Javcees this vear. Heavers said !V .? r ? i n?i [c ' h nt ner 3^ percent more names were involved this year than the proceeding \ear i he Murphy Javcees salutes ? those that contributed to the I l^hS Joys for l ots campaign i hese include the local i merchants. employees of itemco. Clifton Presicion. and l>evi Strauss, local citizens and. of course. Santa ( la us Mu r| ti\ i ,t\ i><'. ? ' iti.in Kf!)!n-th \ 1 1 ' i ~ Mir.'A- I .t M : :ui? ? '? -.if utiiit -irui k l ti- n-.i! ? 'I ,i ! r.,' k injunim '. ? 1 ? ,:rli >t I> [?-i >: > I ? I - r .ii . i i<ni mumil i j - t t i ? 1 1 v limit- on 1 S 1 i-.L-: 'it MurptA -it '? 1" ;? ' S u I ' 1 -1 ' I J 1 1 < -Tit t -J .n k < ' V\ i t 1 v 1 Youth Regains Consciousness Following Car-Truck Accident \ < harlotu- \ < j . . it-: regained i onst i < > lj r 1 1' >* *> luesdav morning at Provident e Hospital after receiving head injuries in a car truck accident v u ridav David Kreeman. s. had 6eer: in a coma since the i- 1 ? ? p m acc ident which also injured hi^ grandmother. Mrs Lois Stewart. b'2, <?(' Charlotte lnvestigating State I rooper Don Reavis said the accident < K'cu rre d w hen Olen l amer 17. of Bessemer City, Ala backed his truck into the east hound lane of IS ll* and into the path of Mrs Stewarts car Mr Lanier had stopped at (I'DvIK ( >nH v 35 hacking out to leave when the accident occured I he Stewart car struc k the left rear of the truck, ripping open the right ^ide of 'he ear I he truck was undamaged An unidentified third person in the Stewart car. also a grandchild tit Mrs Stewart was unhurt in the accident Providence Hospital listed Mrs Stt*w art.-, condition i r i lair 1 uesdav morning and David h rptnnan in an improved condition Patrolman Kt-avi- ? har^t-ii the truck driver. ( )|*?n Lamer 'with failure [(? x it-Id the r j t! t , i <>t y, a\ Newsprint, Postal Rates Increase For Newspapers Newsprint cost and postal rates will in or ea.se January 1 ushering in ihe new year for newspapers throughout the country In addition to the rising costs facing newspapers during 196^. commercial printing paper showed a substap'ial 'ncre<^? in '-o;ts during 1968 Newsprint will increase trom ?> 1 !?> a ton to >117 a ton. amounting to almost three per cent At the present schedule, ihe Cherokee Scout will purchase an excess of 200 tons of newsprint during the ? aiendar year 19h9 Job printing paper is expected to follow suit with a :> to S per cent trn -rea.se I he ] first phase increased newspaper mailing approximately 1 i> per cent and the new rat** effective tf . is week will amount to an additional 1 to IT. per cent increase p.-.ta' 'iv f r sn ,p...x and magazines and other material mailed at the second-class rate will i>e i n< reased Jan uar\ Postmaster Joe Kay reminded second-class mailers todav 1 he increase results from the postage r*te law enacted in See RISING PRICES on page 3 Road Construction Totals $6.8 Million Since 1965 H it; r i >1 V . ?i. ! I *i r? ? .1 : pr. 1 nuiifiU ? .i s\ --!? -? i . r . r ? >\ HiLT. A 1 ? ? n 1 1 ? r . 1.1!, M.?. m Wlei (i;t ,'ul'v ! . a .is rvNporisihh r i .f vlt'vrli <1)!?!^ ! 1 1* .A' I" I JllMl d< 'li.ir i^'f a \ ;ir. .^rvi!!i I v r ( ticruMv < la\ < . ra.'iai 1 H j v ni : t * ? r i r-.? >n .Ln K s> m M.1I Mf! I'm Ik s;\ari .jml I r.jT! - V l\ it! ( MU I II Jt'". 1 >urm*? i. h?- period vin * luK I I ? l? . -a lit-:: thf - . . r r> ? r 1 1 rht'-'A;n < uki mission took . if f'n ? 1 .? : iT contracts tunc awarded tor (fir ? i irist rut 1 1 < > r s uf I'M H miles ..t riuct <?n t ti* Pnmarv Interstate So ondar\ and I rha.v ^Wt-ns I !'.?? Dates Set For Social Security Representative ! hi- sue i a I sec u r it \ administration has announced tile dates that a state representative will he in Murphv for the next three months. ! Mi n n p .1 a n u h r ?- a representative will be at the courthouse on Wednesday and I hursday. the >sth and VUh. and the 2'Jrd In February the dates will be the ;j t h . >>th. and 20th. while in March the dates will also !*? the ,:>th. ? ith. and 2"th Hours on these dates are Wednesdays. 12 to ? >? .' pm . and on Ihm ->da> s fron: .s ]'?> t r ? 1 2 noon ?..I ? t ? '.I ... .. ? ? ?.? ? . .1 : r..:f ? , . ?! 3 !. jr wil..* ,e 1,-?1 ' r.r ? - 1 .1 1 v r ? ? j :1 r i ? t.' r .3 ar? I ? r V [f.\ ? [ \.t Ik -:.i A.tr'1 ! itl-.t rv - -,|[|, , . ' ^ 1 1 r .! ? '<1 ilfal ?i -4 : ,?1ar\ r- i.ni v\ t ?r r ,i .% jMlt ?! ' ? . ? Ira* J 1 1 ; . r i : : t' I' v ' ' ?' i' ? \c,ir Hiwassee Dam Native Assumes Georgia Post '"?* I'jrhara Kulti -a::.p-.n I ?: xpr? la 1 ' graduate ? >( H ; asset J >am Higf; hool rt i enl.'\ U-k ar:.? 1 Jirr( [i >t of Kihiu Kelat u Mis lor the i Jepart ! : :t-ni . ?l Industry and . rade tor the Malt' of (?eorgia. 1 he new position includes Managing hditorship of Georgia Progress a colorful >?? page maga/me devoted to depit ting all aspei ts of Georgia's growth in the industrial field \ recent issue clearlv shows Mr spiua's versatility. having to his credit not onl\ the managership of the entire maga/ine but also includes a full page spread of i olor pi? tures taken b\ Mr ^puia a> well as six individual stories authored b\ him Mr Spivias career ha> been one of steady progress since his graduation from high school Alter attending Young Harris, he went to 'v\ I. SB Kadio station. Copperhill He came back to WKKK, Murphy, before going to WMSJ. Sylva. for several months. Having seived a sound apprenticeship in these smaller stations, working in all the capacities demanded b\ the needs of stations operating with minimal but versatile staffs. Spivia left North Carolina in IHK5 to join the staff of WCS'I Atlanta Here he served as radu ? newsman, covering the ( apitol EI) SPIVIA in this position, in addition to regular nt'ws chores, the \oung reporter conducted a number of outstanding personalis internets, notable among which were hour long interviews with Senator Herman lalmadge and Re\, Martin Luther King Perhaps his most memorable <u iuevt rner>: ? i . it nulled from his taped interview with -Julian Bond. controversial elei tee to the ( Georgia House of Representatives. Spivias two tapes of this interview, offering incontrovertible evidence of Bonds unpatrotic attitudes, served as the basis for the See HIWASSEE NATIVE on page 4 1968 In Review; A Year Of Contrasting Stories In The News The past 12 months ha\e been a year of ionfr<t>ts in Cherokee County .ts stone-. of violence, inmc. automobile accidents and Vietnam deaths have shared the front page^ nf the CHKROkf-T M OI'i with accounts of progress within Cherokee and Clay counties that flwe been greater than am other veer New industrial plants being opened construction beginning or. 'wo local golf courses and a I mted Fund campaign beginru ne for the first time in Cherokee Count v haw- been i?-dd during the past vear In the following paragraph a short summan of the ???a;or news items that hav< appeared in th* SCOCI Iv iiive: I in .1 month l> basis JAM \KN A l.f?0{) pound sa it con tain in g over >7,'. hh.i m ? ash was stolen from h air\ < - r? n er\ in the Hanging Dog <*?? t?on -?i Cherokee County just after tin first of the year Most "i ihr money in the safe w .in payments made to Blur Kidg< EMC by local residents Bids for additional lanes in be built from Murph\ in the Tennessee line on I were opened on .lanuarv J > with the contracts to be awarded carlv the following month Highway Commissioner Curtiss Russ said that a record amount of $3.2f>9,(MMi had been spent or appropriated for Cherokee County during a in month period, with the cost of the Appalachian roadway not Included in the figure In Clay county 200 of the 300 needed to sign the Chatuge Shores Recreation agreement had been acquired, which was paving the way Tor a $2.SO.OOO loan from the KM A for a proposed golf course FEBRUAK V A contract for a hospital survey was signed with Jack Gorman Assoc in Asheville ,i1'r r i iv rr ^ ?. 1 " ? a as raided for * he s;.r\t \ i" >?n<' '.uvk I hi r* ev would give the hospital authority specific answers about the medical faulitieN m Murphv and would hflp in obtaining federal funds for future medical ? -\paiM(?n i h? Murphv ( ham kr of <i?- : mm e acquired a new nar:e and .1 new president when ' orn'*'V <>en!rv vv as eUi ted prescient - <1 : he r.ew l\ est abli>hed Cherokee ( mint v < ha:: 'her of ( 'ommen e < ientrv n;,( reeded Max !"? la k ? " V' < >n in r f t prc>itt* nt ? posif ioi: . I a? k I'vseiiv Mr^ Miriam Moore and li ?? r ? How >4 were eUi f * ? <i a ? somi 111 I "< nftl< ers \ iir.inr of VJ'Cj'tT was "adt rh? sr:ok\ Mountain Cu'tural \rt> De\elopment \ m i a f 1 1 1 r i *nr it-- first vearof operation ?n eight v\ est er n North l 'am I in a i ountirs vv hit h include Cherokee and ( 'lav ( o1 in tits \ total of -v j million v.*. ,i> planned lor .< r h r?-* vear period Financed under title III 'il rh? s>ei , mdarv and f- lenient ar\ hducat ion \i t ? ? I Mese funds a ill initiate .iml deveJopc i ume i. j la in musu and art r* I he puhln ^ hools parf n i pa r rig ri ' I' e pn ?gran i Over 1 t 'lav rmintia'is signed im i hatuge Miores agnvuierf making possible a loan of a quarter of a million dollars i<? he received hv the ( lav Knral {Renewal Authority ttestco I elephone eompanv announced plans of spending .r>+ ? .?>! X > in ? ustomer service improvement program for Murphy. Mavesville and Suit, to he completed hv 1**70 I he improvements listed include adding Direct Distance Dialing for all offices improving long distance service, adding outside plant and central office facilities and other improvements, 'he eompanv said Mrs Susie Anderson Harber of Culberson observed her 100th birthday anniversary February 7 She was one of the oldest living natives still living in ( 'herokee t "ounty hires in downtown Murphy destroyed several buildings and heavily damaged others on two separate nights. In a fire February 12 the Mattox Hardware and the (libbs building were destroyed and on February 2.r>th the Town son building was destroyed at a loss of over >;> million Charged in n* ttmg the first fin s were Steve Killian. Don ttolfe and Hobby I )ocker\ M \RCH I he ( iti/ens Hank and I rust < ornpanv of Hayesville was robbed of > 1 ? ? T | J 21 March 12th. with the are used robbers being raptured the same dav I wo Dalton. ( ia . men wen charged after being raptured in two separate north (Georgia counties Most nf t tie monev was recovered shortly after the robbery 1 he two men walked into the Havesville branch office and ordered one of the easier, to fill up a bag ( >ne of the men earned a shotgun. the < ?t her a pisto I I our Square ( ommuml \ \dion of Andrews, through M a n pow er I )ev e lopment received approval of a \ew < Careers program from the 1 s Department of Labor \ total of S].sj..{,iO was alloted for the program. which includes training men and women in such fields as police work, hospital aides, sanitation aides, school attendance aides and forest service workers I he training will include classroom work at 1'ri County Technical Institute and practical experience on the job fun Dan Moon* allocated S2."> million for use in building roads in (lay and Macon counties. The major part of this would be in building a new Havesville Franklin road The Cherokee Count v .sheriff's department the Murphy Police department and the N C State Highway patrol combined forces to chase down two Ceorgia youths suspected of robbing a Chatsworth. (ia. woman Ihe youths were chased in cars and on fool before they were finally captured APRIL [he Cherokee County Courthouse and jail were desc ribed as Tilt hv" in a report submitted b\ the (J rand Jur\ during the March April Session of the superior court 1'he Jury also made recommendations for several schools throughout t h ? ? countv One of the jurors Lloyd Wilcox, disagreed the jury report and said that the Peach tree school was dirtier than the jail' According to Wilcox, the jurors did not dis< uss Ihe findings in the jurv report In one of the mosr iragn ac< i den Is of r he v ear <1 Havesville couple were killed in an ace i dent shortly after their wedding on L S ?> i west of Murphy Killed were Richard Morris Patton. a !':+e, 1 graduale ? if Hayes\ilU- High Srhool ar.d ?i \ietnam veteran, and his ?a ilc. of ( herok*i' ( ount v High speed w ,i> blamed for t h * * 'A H 'l k I hi Murphy i iv it, in launt hed a dme for .m ,n tmtv bus for Murphy City "m hools Lund raising plans for .oini wen1 begun \ rural fire truck w as purchased b\ the < la\ Countv Rescue Squad to supplement t he cit y t rue k James (' Hrvant .'5 of A n drews. was ( herokee County s first V ietnam casualty for 1 * ? r> H A graduate of Andrews High School. Rrvant entered Ihe service in September 1(.*C7 and was sent to Vietnam in February. 1'MiS MAY < ongrcssman Ro\ 1 avlor announced thai new post dffices will be built at Marble and Wame Roth building would replace present, outdated facilities A group of elementary ?xhool students recommended to the Murphy Iown Board that an anti litter ordinance be adopted to control littering in Murphv 1 he Iown Hoard passed the request on to the Murphy Planning Hoard and the ("it i /en-. A dvisorv ( o mm it tee \merican I hread opened one of the largest and most modern plants in Cherokee1 County and held open house on May 1 JSt h. Congressman Koy A Ia\lor dedicated the plant. w hie h drew over f> , C K ) ( I pe< ?ple to the dedication ceremon les. ( amp Butler, a dav x hool for retarded children in Cherokee, Clay and (iraham counties. received a grant from ! he Srale Department of hist rut t ion In operate at the Murph\ hlementarx "school file projeit involved over M) t hilrlren, and a ib an extension "! r he Mate of h ran k I in Health ^??r\ n ?? [ 'a * v i her? i ke* < i hj nt v ' p. i < e ' i i e ! 1 en killed m vieln.im in ?-ne week hilled were 'Ailliarv. Morrow of the v lolef section .ii'id Ravmond i ran l am of M rph\ I ear gas foiled sab ? ra< king attempt-- at Kurch Motors and i ) 1 1 k e v t he\ rolet 1 he would he thieves managed to prv open one of the safes and blast oprn the other, hut the tear gas explosion when the doors wen1 opened kept them out of r he siifes .11 \ \ est t o I elephone Company announced that will be spent in the near future to improve the telephone system in ("lav Count v Ihe major objective of (his expenditure would be to increase the number of lines within the toiintv and increase the long distance calls I hree members in one family were found guilty of making illegal whiskey in the I S District Court in Brvson City Mr and Mrs Ah in ( >ladson and their son, James, were sentenced to 1H months and fined SI. DUO in the Ronald Hembree of .Andrews was the fourth V iet nam c asu lt> from Cherokee Count \ to die in Vietnam Jit- was killed during one of the allied offensive drives. Work began on paving the Murphv Andrew s Airport, wiih funds from a -Slot 1 >' " I vole and a grant hy the leder.,; \vialion Agencv and 1 h ? Appalachian Regional I )evelopment ( 'ommtssion Work also began m; the M u r p h v < > arden ( tub's Kountain that a a> built at the C? arden Club pit nn arc.i I he fountain w a.> ? nmpleled m August Citi/ens Hank . t r : : i nW Companv a.'inoum nl .1 planned merger with the hirst I irvin National Rank of Cj-.arlofe I he Merger wo-.ild m ?t affei t branc h bank prm eduni nr personnel Citi/em Hank presided l'? rt \ l-m b+i ^anf a' the time .11 n (own ( < ? 1 1 n 1 \ \ I < ai added new -?iedn a I bunding and facilities I he Murphv .lav . .lu,v 1th celebration was a sin 1 ess ,js all 1 if t he wee k s activities rei eiv ed popular support Miss Donna Chastain of Murpln was crowned Miss Lake Htwassee in the annual beauty pageant Countv taxes were raised from Si 7 J1 |<> Si .s .1 per > 3 1 >0 valuation for the bit fiscal year I'he Commissioners raised the rate S 1" in order to raise money for the budget of S 7 O.'i ,b3b fi '1 I'he total property value of the county was appraised at S2;>. 1 Bids on the Cherokee County golf course were over the minimum set at the first bid opening $lf>0.000 was allowed for the IS hole championship course, and the lowest bid was SI 8,000 over (hat amount VW'lls vV West of Murphy finally received the general contract after the bidders adjusted certain requirements I he Clay County Hoard of Commissioners rejected a contract with the ( S borest Service that would have given Clay county unlimited assistance in forestry protection I he controversial decision tn the Hoard was ba.se d on the County's proposed inabilitv to pa\ toward the salary of a iorest p ro let l < ? r ? 1'ihn (?ill. prominent Murphv hanker and civh leader, left Murphv to take a position in Lav o ma. (la Cil) had held many high run leadership positions while as .1 resident in Murphv A! t;i Si Murphv Llementarv s< html Has accredited for the first time in ils historv by the North l arolina Department of Puhh< I' siriKthin \< creditation was ,1 p pro v t d a fter various d*-fit lent les in t lie buildings .111 f I programs were corrected Harrv Hishop. Cherokee < ? ui r.r v 1 ax 1 "< >1 let 1 1 >r and < mints \icountanl. resigned ?lis posi \ 1 j j st f> Replacing ' : r ? a ,1. Mrs Hohbv Stalcup. ?a I < ? had tx*e n Bishops assist ,inf I our *rieir,hers . ? f one family drowned in Hiwassee Lake in an accident thai took more lives lhan an\ single accident during the year Six members of the Quince < Quinn family were in a flat bottom boat when it overturned in about 2o feet of water the father rescued a two vear old, onl\ for it to wander back into the water nnd drown after he had gone for help Providence Hospital in Murph\ received a full rating bv the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals to become the first accredited hospital in Cherokee County and one of a few in Western North Carolina Accreditation indicates a fully staffed and well equipped hospital that is capable of handling most functions the shooting of Robert Allen by his wife, Marilyn, roused national attention as the mother of five was already well known for her trips to cure her Youngest child ot leukemia Mrs Allen had returned home from one of her weekly tnps to Memphis. 1 enn w hen she shot her husband after he threatened to kill all of f h ?? children I wo of Murphy s adult ^lflball teams dominated the farwestern tournament held at Kohbinsville lexanna came in firsl p I a i e and the Independents second in a field ? if teams from Hayesivlle. Murphy. Andrews. Hryson City ant! Robbinsville City taxes were raised this \e.ir from S2 'Ml to S2 l'> per >H)<; valuation Also with the rais* was an increase in water and si'wrr rates <YV\ KMHKH Hen >rolt resigned as ( hairman ? ? f the Democratic Committee of ( herokee Countv claiming party disunity and petty politics as reasons for his resignation Scott later claimed to be heading up George Wallace's campaign in WN(\ which was later repudiated as a misunderstanding The Cherokee County Kxcommissioners granted the County's deputies a pay increase after much controversy The sa lanes were raised from $335 to $385 per month, which includes travel The Murphy Bulldogs began the season with a victory and went on to an undefeated season, losing only in the state playoffs to Hendersonrille Hayesville defeated the Sylva- Webster football team 7 0 This was the first time Hayesville had beaten SyKra in 1 7 wars \ I niled Fund Campaign v?. d> established f i >r Ihe fin>t time in I herokee County I he purpose of the fund was to combine efforts in raising money and to haw only one dnve per year Ihe town of Murphy was approved for participation in the workable program for community improvement This recertification would allow Murphy to receive federal funds similar to those that financed the Bealtown hou^ang proje< t llier S 1 (. UHI was reimbursed to the town of Murphy by Ihe \ (' Stale Highway Commission to help rebuild or improve on city streets Mavesville received .">7 (K TOREK Ihe ('lay County Rescue Squad finally reached the goal for their rural fire truck, going over the goal of $3,000 The Squad had been raising funds for the truck since April Fourteen students from Cherokee County were injured in a school bus-truck accident near the Tenne;see line None of Ihe students were injured seriously, while one of the (nick drivers involved suffered a broken knee cap Several police trainees were accused of incompetence by a Murphy woman at a Town Board meeting early in the month Police Chief Pete Stalcup denied the accusations on behalf of his trainee A total of $30,000 was set as the United Fund goal for the 196 8- '69 drive. Twenty local organizations and 13 state- wide and national charities are participating in the drive. Cherokee County deputies found one of the largest stilts found in this area In the Hanging Dog section of Cherokee County. Ow &00 gallons of maah and 60 gritom Sm 1968 REVIEW on paga 4