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The Cherokee Scout
and Clay County Progress
Volume 79 ? Number 44 ? Murphy, North Carolina, 28906 - Second Class Postage Paid At Murphy, North Carolina - THURSDAY-MAY 22, 1969
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CHARLES BARRETT
Murphy
Marine
Wounded
Marine Second Lieutenant
Charles W . Barrett, Jr., son 01
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barrett
Sr. of Murphy was injured May
16, in Quang Nam Province,
Republic of Vietnam.
Mr. and Mrs. Barrett
received a telegram Monday
telling them of their sons
injury. The telegram said that
Charles had sustained
fragmentation wounds to both
legs and left hand hand from a
hostile explosive device while
on a platoon seige search and
clear mission. The telegram
stated that he was presently
receiving treatment at the First
Medical Batallion, Da Nang.
Second Lieutenant Barrett
is a 1963 graduate of Murphy
High School and a 196H
graduate of King College in
: Bristol, Tenn.
Barrett is married to the
former Kathy Ciccuallo of
Tampa, Fla.
Election Of Three County
Commissioners Is Now Law
Monday night the Senate
enacted into law a House -
passed bill on a long standing
dispute over the method of
electing commissioners in
Cherokee County.
The bill, introduced by Rep.
William P. Bradley changes a
four-year-old law challenged in
federal court under which the
chairman of the board of
commissioners in Cherokee
County holds a double vote.
The concern of the
Democrats in Cherokee County
is the realignment of voting
districts under the bill. County
Democrats were firmly
opposed to an attempt by
Republican legislators to put
the election on a county wide
basis. They felt this would
mean they would have little, if
any, chance of electing
Democratic commissioners.
Redistricting the county on
an equal population basis is
expected to insure the
Republicans of control of at
least two of the three districts,
and possibly all three. Each
party now has three members
on the board, and the
chairman, a Democrat, has an
extra vote under the 1965 law.
The bill, considered a
compromise by the
Republicans because of the
election by districts rather than
on the county-wide basis.
The Bradley bill calls for the
election of three
commissioners from three
districts as follows:
District 1 ? Topton,
Andrews northward, Andrews
southward and Marble; District
2 ? Murphy northward.
Murphy southward. Hanging
Dog, Ogreta and Grape Creek;
District 3 ? Peachtree
Brasstown, Culberson, Burnt
Meeting House, Shoal Creek,
llnaka, Walker School House
and Hothouse.
There are 2,258 voters in
district 1, the total in district 2
is 2,401, and district 3 has
2,426, according to most
recent figures available.
The new law, which goes
into effect on ratification of
the bill, and will first be used
in the 1970 elections, calls for
the nomination by each
political party of one candidate
from each district. They would
run against each other in the
general election.
The commisaoners elected
must be residents of the
district they represent. At the
first meeting after the election,
the commissioners will pick a
chairman from among their
membership.
In another development,
Herman West introduced a bill
providing for salary and travel
allowances for Cherokee
County deputy sheriffs to be
set at a total of $600 a month
? $400 salary ? and $200
expense.
Cherokee And Clay Farmers
Affected By Nixon's Budget
Farmers in Cherokee, Clay,
and other Western North
Carolina counties will be
directly affected by two items
in President Nixon's budget
proposal for the 1970 fiscal
year.
He will ask Congress to end
the Agricultural Conservation
Program (ACP) of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture's
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service (ASCS).
And he will ask that a transfer
of responsibility for the five
Farmers Home Administration
BPW Officers Installed: Mrs.
Bates Elected New President
The Murphy B P W
celebrated their eleventh
birthday and installation
service Monday, May 12 at
O'Dells Cafeteria. Nell White
introduced Lucy Goodwin,
first place recitation winner
who entertained with her
recitation, "MOLLIE AT THE
MOVIES."
Miriam Moore introduced
Linda Rogers scholarship
recipient for 1969-70. Sheila
Grindstaff the other
scholarship girl was unable to
attend the meeting because she
was in school.
Awards were presented by
Kenny Jane Palmer. Perfect
attendance awards to Bertha
Bates, Elvia Blakemore, Jane
Lovingood, Pat Moore, Mary C.
Sneed, Helen Bryson, Gwen
King, Juanita Weaver, Nell
White, Miriam Moore, Bonnie
Kimsey and Carrie Davis.
Woman of the year plaques
were presented to Juanita
Weaver, Elvia Blakemore,
Helen Bryson and Bertha
Bates.
Elvia Blakemore, past
president, installed the
1969-70 officers: President;
Bertha Bates, First Vice -
President; Nell White, Second
Vice-President; Miriam Moore,
Rec. Sec; Janet Stiles, Corr.
Sec; Eleanor Travis, Treasurer;
Juanita Weaver. These officers
play a unique part in the
history of the federation. They
have been elected to serve
during the Golden Anniversary
year.
In 1919, BPW Women met
their challenge, in 1969,
Murphy BPW is doing the
same. Most of these 1969-70
officers and other members
plan to attend state convention
in Charlotte in June and then
on to national convention in
St. Louis to celebrate a
half-century of achievement.
Rural Renewal Projects (one of
which is the three-county
project in Cherokee, Clay and
Graham) to the Soil
Conservation Service. The SCS
would administer the projects
as Resource Conservation and
Development Projects.
To many the 33-year-old
ACP is considered the
key-stone of Federal farm
programs. A local ASCS office
manager said, "Should the ACP
be abolished, it could be the
beginning of the end of all
farm programs."
The ACP is a program
through which farmers and the
federal government share the
cost of carrying out certain
soil, water, woodland and
wildlife conservation practices
on farms. It is administered by
community-farmer committees
working with county and state
ASCS offices.
ACP funds in 1968 totaled
over $1.2 million in the 19
WNC counties alone and was
carried Out on over 19,000
farms.
As for the rural renewal
projects. Mack B. Ray FHA's
program leader in Murphy, said
he had not been advised on
what changes the proposed
shift would entail.
However when asked if the
scope of the project would be
limited under the SCS, he said
it may be.
The rural renewal project is
similar to a Model Cities
program only for a rural area.
According to Ray, emphasis
is placed on projects that will
not only accomplish the
primary aim of correcting
maladjustments in land use but
will also help to "revitalize the
overall economy, combat rural
poverty and increase the
security of farm families and
other rural residents."
New BPW Officers are (L to R):
President; Bertha Bates, First
Vice-President; Nell White, Second
Vice-President; Miriam Moore,
Corresponding Secretary: Eleanor
Travis, Treasure; Juanita Weaver.
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Since it started in
September, 1965, the
three-county project has
worked on diverse projects as
consolidating the Cherokee
school systems, building
adequate airport facilities and
providing rural housing
projects.
The project has also started
feeder calf sales, pushed hog
raising and initiated
agricultural education
programs.
CAROL McRAE
Carol McRae
On May Court
Miss Carol J. McRae,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert McRae of Rt. 3,
Murphy, is a member of the
1969 May Court at Western
Carolina University. She was
presented at a dance held
Saturday, May 10, at the May
Week Festival on the campus.
Miss McRae is a rising senior
and is majoring in psychology
and art. She is a member of
Sigma Kappa Sorority, the
Student Senate, the Carolettes,
and was a member of the
Executive Cabinet for the
Middle South Model United
Nations held at WCU this
spring.
Ten Inducted
From County
Ten Cherokee County men
were forwarded for induction
into the armed forces Monday,
May 12, according to Frankie
Roberson, Executive Secretary
of Local Board No. 20.
They were: Johnny Julian
Rogers, Ronnie Lee Brooks,
Robert William Mashburn,
John Reagan Brown, James
David Pullium, Larry Ray
Hogsed, James Nathaniel
Austin, Vaughn Reid Wilson,
Jerry Oscar Garren, Charles
Larry Garland.
Twenty-three registrants
were forwarded to Knoxville
for physical examination.
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BENNY SCOTT
Scott Appointed
To West Point
William Benjamin Scott, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L.
Seott of Murphy has been
appointed to the Military
Academy at West Point,
according to Congressman Rov
A. Taylor.
Bennie is one of the
seventeen young men from
eight of the countries in the
eleventh Congressional District
given an opportunity to
compete for academy vacancies
assigned to Rep. Taylor.
Scott had to pass rigid
mental and physical
examinations administered by
the academy before being
accepted to the academy.
Auto Racers Get
Tough Sentences
Judge Robert Leatherwood
of Cherokee County District
Court handed down tough
sentences Tuesday to six -oung
men who had pleaded "no
contest" to charges of
pre-arranged car racing.
Leatherwood said to the six,
I am glad no one was killed,"
and then he passed this
sentence for all six:
Six months in jail
suspended for three years on'
the conditions that each pay
?ien^ of court; each a
$1,000 fine; that all who own
automobiles sell them as soon
as possible; that none of them
own a car for the next three
years; that each surrender his
Ier's li.censes for three years.
The six Murphy men were
Clifton Scroggs, 23, Marvin
Dockery, 21, Kenneth Mills,
Richard Hughes, 20
Charles Ray Stiles, 19, Ronny'
Rogers, 18.
City Policemen Tommy
Palmer and Roy Almond
overheard the six planning a
race within the city limits and
a short time later arrested them
a short time later during the
race They were racing east on
the four-lane highway in front
of Townson's Lumber
tympany.
Pilot Project At Robbinsville To
Be Dedicated 2 pm Saturday
Fort Hill Homesites at
Robbinsville, a Rural Renewal
Pilot Project, will be dedicated
on Saturday, May 24, 1969, at
2:00 p.m. Congressman Roy A.
Taylor of the 11th
Congressional District will be
guest speaker.
Following dedication
services, a tour of the
Homesited Project will be
made. This project in
Southwestern North Carolina is
one of five such pilot projects
in Rural Renewal in the United
"States. Of special interest to
the public will be a chance to
review the 18 modern
three-bedroom homes now
occupied by rural residents and
workers of the area. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
The Graham County
project, located three - tenths
of a mile East of Robbinsville
on Fort Hill, is one of the pilot
projects in Rural Renewal
being conducted in Cherokee,
Clay, and Graham Counties in
North Carolina. Better housing
for our low to moderate
income rural residents has been
a major concern of the Graham
County Rural Development
Authority, according to
Chairman Tom Carpenter of
Robbinsville.
The three individuals who
really helped to bring this pilot
program to Southwestern
North Carolina were former
State Senator W. Frank
Forsyth, the late State
Representative Will Cooper and
Tom Day of Hayesville.
Senator Forsyth introduced
enabling legislation that
resulted in the Secretary of
Agriculture naming the
three-county area as one of five
eligible in the United States.
This pilot project in Rural
Renewal within the Farmers
Home Administration provided
a project leader for the
three-county area, to help in
coordinating the overall
program. Mack B. Kay, ItVated
at Murphy, works with the
Five Member Rural
Development Authority Board
in each county. The Farmers
Home Administration acts as a
banker for the Authorities
when funds are not available
for long term credit from other
sources. The five member
board. appointed by the
County Commissioners to
administer the program, are
deeply interested in taking
necessary steps to help in
upgrading the overall economy
of the area. According to
Carpenter, plans are underway
to develop another homesite
project. A large number of
applications for homes in the
first project could not be filled.
With each homesite having at
least one acre many nice home
gardens are already becoming a
reality. This provides a true
rural atmosphere according to
Chairman Carpenter.
Other projects being given
consideration included outdoor
oriented recreational projects.
Efforts are underway to secure
a recreational complex that
will include a heated swimming
pool, childrens play area,
tennis courts, a picnic area, and
other facilities that the whole
family can enjoy.
Chairman Carpenter is quick
to point that this project
would not be a reality without
close cooperation and
assistance from other Federal
and State agencies. Special
recognition is given the North
Carolina State Highway
Department, all agencies of the
United States Department of
Agriculture, The Western
North Carolina Regional
Planning Commission,
Four-Square Community
Action. Inc., State Board of
Health, and the Town of
Robbinsville.
The engineering for the
projec t was done by Patterson
and Dewar Engineers, Inc..
Decatur, ( Georgia. The general
contractor was P & B
Construction Company. Inc.,
of Waynesville, with Collins
and Minor of Murphy as
subcontractors. Hughes
Electric of Murphy, N.C. did
the electrical work for the
homes, with Bowen Sheet and
Metal Work of Andrews
providing the heating systems.
Landscaping was done by
Hatchelt Landscaping
Company of Murphy, and the
Town of Kobbinsville provided
the water system.
According to Attorney L.
W. Lloyd for the Authority,
"Kort llill Homesites is one of
the most down - to - earth
projects ever undertaken in
Graham County."
Graham County Rural
Development Authority
members are: Tom Carpenter,
Chairman; Nledeal Walsh,
Vice-Chairman; Harry Rogers,
Secretary-Treasurer; Mrs. Oleta
Wilson, and Boyd Crisp.
$20,000 Suit Charges Town
Of Murphy With Negligence
A $20,000 suit has been
filed in District Court against
the Town of Murphy.
The suit, filed by Lawyer W.
A. Hoover, Jr. in behalf of Mrs.
Pernie Britt claimed that the
Town of Murphy was negligent
for failing to maintain the
sidewalks in a reasonable
condition. The suit claimed
that the sidewalk was broken
for approximately twenty feet
on the East side of Tennessee
Street, between Cal's
Supermarket and Margaret's
Studio and that the sidewalk
condition had existed for quite
some time.
The suit stated that on
February 28, 1969 at
approximately 4:30 p.m. Mrs.
Britt was walking along the
sidewalk on Tennessee Street
from the direction of Cal's
Supermarket toward the square
when she tripped on a piece of
broken concrete causing her to
fall to the sidewalk. She
claimed that the poor
condition of the sidewalk
caused her to fall and that she
substained injuries to her left
wrist, mouth, bruises on her
legs and a broken right
kneecap, from the fall to the
sidewalk causing her to be
hospitalized for several days
and that she was unable to
work while she was injured.
Top Students At HDH
Mary Sheilds, Joanne
Hedrick, and Patricia Hawkins
lead Hiwassee Dam's
graduating class of 54 seniors.
Mary and Joanne serve as
Co- valedictorians.
Patricia, daughter of Mr. nd
Mrs. James Hawkins of Rt. 4,
holds the highest average but
does not qualify as
valedictorian because of
residents requirements. Patricia
is a member of FHA, Beta and
the Drama Club. She attended
Western Carolina Summer
School in English in 1967, was
a waitress in 1968, and played a
leading role in the Senior play.
Joanne, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. B. Hedrick of Rt. 4, is a
The three leading seniors at Hiwassee Dam High
School are L to R: Mary Shields, Co-valedictorian;
Joanne Hedrick, Co-valedictorian and Patricia Hawkins
Miss Hawkins holds the highest average, but could not
qualify because of residence requirements.
member of Beta, FHA, and
Monogram Clubs. She was
Freshman class president,
Sophomore waitress, and Chief
Marshal. She won the Typing I
and Typing II awards. During
her senior year she made the
Girl's Basketball Team, Editor
of the Annual, and she was
voted Most Talented and Most
Likely to Succeed.
Mary, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. O. J. Shields, is a member
of FHA and Beta Clubs. She
was a Waitress and a Marshal.
She also served as Art Editor of
the Hi-Lites her shopomore
year and attended the
Montreat - Anderson Editors
Workshop, and this year has
been Art Editor for the
Annual, Beta Secretary. She
has also earned two credits in
Office Practice assisting the
School Treasurer.
Townson Attends
Career School
A Certificate of
Achievement has been awarded
to J.C. Townson, Special
Representative in Murphy for
the Jefferson Standard Life
Insurance Company, for having
completed the Company's
Career School in Life
Insurance, held at the Home
Office in Greensboro, N.C.,
April 28 - May 2.
Mr. Townson was among 20
Jefferson Standard
representees from 11 states,
who were invited to attend the
school because of their fine
records with the Company.
"This school is designed to
increase the representative's
ability to give sound counsel
on the use of life insurance for
individual and family
protection," according to R.B.
Taylor, C.L.U., Senior Vice
President Agency Operations.
"Jefferson Standard
recognizes the fact that sound
vocational education and
training broaden the
opportunities for the agent and
help him do a better job for his
clients, his Company and
himself, " Mr. Taylor stated.
Jury List Drawn For June
Session Of Superior Court
A Jury list was drawn May
5, to serve on the June Session
Of Superior Court. Honorable
Harry C. Martin will preside.
Although court begins
Monday, June 9. Jurors are
summoned to report for duty
Tuesday, June 10. Due to the
heavy civil calendar the Grand
Jury will not be required to
meet for this session.
Jurors to report June 10
are:
Laura Raxter Derreberry,
Rt. 1, Marble, Quay Ketner,
Murphy, Modean Chastain,
Marble, Andrew J. Rose,
Murphy, J. P. Garren,
Andrews, Mrs. Frank Cagle,
Andrews, Claud E. Crisp, Box
341, Andrews, Russell Sims,
Andrews, Rachel Lovingood,
Andrews, Lee Royce Hugh,
Murphy, Margaret (Mrs.
Howard) Scroggs, Murphy,
Lyle Carringer, Culberson,
Lucille T. Derreberry, Murphy,
Edna Conley, Andrews, Robert
Rich, Culberson, Maynard Jack
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Alice Sheilds Wins
Robertson "Y" Award
Mary Alice Shields of Murphy High School won the
Robertson "Y" Award for the "Most Outstanding
Athlete of the Year" of the large schools of WNC.
Athletes were honored at the 11th annual WNC
Sports Award Night Banquet, May 10, in the
Asheville-Biltmore College gymnasium.
Judging for the award consisted of an individual's
athletic ability which made up 80% of the scow.
Twenty percent of the evaluation took into
consideration the individual spirit and attitude,
academic attainment and sportsmanship.
The banquet was sponsored by I
Amateur Athletic Club of Asheville.