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Volume 80 ? Number 35 ? Murphy, North Carolina, 28906
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Nine men filed before the noon
leadline last Friday to run for three
eats on the Cherokee County Board of
Elections.
The non-partisan school board
?lection was set up by a special bill
tushed through the last Legislature by
Itate Sen. Herman (Bull) West.
The nine will not be designated by
ipy political party and will not be
concerned with the May primary. They
vill be selected on a special countywide
>allot in the November general election,
he top three vote-getters to be declared
he winners.
Those who filed and paid their $5
Qing fees were: Dr. Charles VanGorder
>f Andrews, Dr. W. A. Hoover of
Murphy, the Rev. Robert Barker of
Peachtree, John E. Boring of Andrews, J.
Doyle Burch of Murphy, Joseph C.
Morrow of Andrews, Lee B. Nichols, Jr.,
of Andrews, Charles Akins of Route 4,
Murphy, and Johnny Wilson of
Peachtree.
The terms of Dr. VanOorder and
chairman Noah Hembree are expiring on
the county school board and the West
bill calls for the election of three
members this year, boosting the board's
membership from six to seven.
Those elected will serve six-year
terms. The terms of the board members
are staggered, with two more to expire in
1972.
Ray Sims
iims Seeks
lomination
:or Sheriff
Ray Sims announced
ruesday that he will seek the
lomination for sheriff in the
lune convention of Cherokee
Jemocrats.
Sims is a graduate of
tfurphy High School, Man Hill
College, and The Univerdty of
Tennessee. He is also a
;raduate of the Army
4on-Commissioned Officers
Vcademy and the Army
Combat Leaders School.
* He is a Korean Veteran,
uving served 18 months in
Korea. He was an active Boy
scout and served as a Scout
feeder for a number of yean.
He is a member of the First
Baptist Church of Murphy.
I For the past four years, he
ua served as vice chairman of
Hie Cherokee County Board of
bommissioners. He is
employed by the Cherokee
County Board of Education as
I teacher at Hiwassee Dam
9cbool. He is a member of the
North Carolina Education
Association and the North
Sarolina Association of County
Wilson Slain
In Vietnam
Sgt. Richard Herbert
Wilson, 21, was killed in action
in Vietnam last week.
He was killed on Tuesday
north of Saigon when a mine
exploded as he led 10 men in a
combat operation. He was the
second Murphy soldier to be
killed last week as Lt. Bill
Graves had died in action late
Sunday afternoon.
Wilson was married to the
former Charlotte Wright and is
also survived by a
nine-month-old son, Richard
Dewaine Wilson, who was bom
just before the soldier-father
was sent to Vietnam last
Wilson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny H. Wilson of
Peachtree, were notified of
their son's death early Friday
morning by an Army major
from Dahlonega, Ga.
Wilson graduated from
Murphy High School in 1966
and attended Western Carolina
Univeristy at Cullowhee for
two years before going in the
Army. He went through basic
training at Ft. Campbell, Ky.
and advanced infantry training
at Ft Polk, La.
He had recently been
awarded the Air Medal and the
Army Commendation Medal
for bravery in Vietnam.
He was a member of the
Peach tree United Methodist
Church, where friends and
relatives have established a
trust fund to provide for the
education of young Richard
Dewaine Wilson. In lieu of
flowers, it is suggested that
contributions be made to Mrs.
Hazel Zimmerman, Route 1,
Murphy, who is in diage of the
trust fund.
Funeral services will be neid
at 2 p. m. Thursday in the
Peach tree United Methodist
Church, with burial to follow
in Peach tree Cemetery.
Full military rites will be
conducted at the burial, with
soldiers as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Richard and Jimmy Simonda,
Charles Moore, Jack Hughes,
Jerry Plemmons, Tommy
Englfeh, Luke Mauney, Dennis
Curtis, Leroy Coker, Dewey
Johnson and Jim Lunsford.
Sgt. Richard H. Wilson
Snow Flowers
Spring flowers were covered with a light snowfall
'uesday morning but temperatures wanned up later in
ha day and melted the white stuff. The snow scared a
hi* visitors passing through Murphy but otherwise had
Iftle effect, schools operating as usual (Staff Photo.)
Election Slots
Filled In Clay
March 20, the deadline for
candidates to file for election
to Clay County offices in the
May primary and the
November general election,
found all slots on both party
tickets filled.
The only primary contests,
however, will be for the three
vacancies 09 the board of
education. This will be a
non-partisan election, which is
being used for the first time
since adoption.
Those in the running are:
Neal Cabe, Ermal Cheeks, Haig
Davenport, San Henson, Harve
Vandals Hit
Campground
The Hanging Dog
Campground, hampered by a
tight budget, was struck last
weekend by vandals.
The campground, along
with others across the state,
was dosed recently due to a
limited U. S. Forest Service
budget. Then Congressman
Roy Taylor announced that
nine campgrounds, induding
Hanging Dog, would be opened
up on April 3.
Other campgrounds
maintained by the U. S. Forest
Service will open on May 27.
The Forest Service opened
the gate at Hanging Dog last
Friday to allow fishermen
access to the boat ramp. By
Saturday night vandals had
shot up several signs, broken a
lock on a gate to one of the
loop roads and were
drag-red ng cars around the
parking log.
Forest Service officers
estimate the damage at $150,
which they say Is another
burden on an already-tight
maintenance budget. They plan
to keep a dose watch on the
campground and my vandals
will be given citations to
Lance, Harrison Martin, Edgar
Moore, Jerald "Todd" Phillips
and Ed Rogers.
The three persons getting
the most votes in the primary
will be declared the winners;
they will not have to run in the
November general election.
There will be no other
contests in the primary. The
following candidates will do
battle in the November
election:
Sheriff: (R) Hartsell Moore,
(D) James Byers.
Register of Deeds: (R) Mrs.
Ruby Ledford (D) Mrs.
Carolyn Parker.
Clerk of Court: (R) Ralph
Allison (D) Clarence Martin.
County Commissioners:
(three to be elected)
Republicans: Max Payne,
Wayne West, and Howard
Wimpey; Democrats: Neal
Jarrett, Keith Miller, and
Ronnie Smith.
In district contests shaping
up in Clay County are:
Representative in the General
Assmbly: (R) Bill Bradley (D)
Erwin Pat ton; State Senate:
(R) Herman "Bull" West (D)
Carl Killian; Congressman for
the 11th District: (R) Luke
Atkinson (D) Roy A. Taylor.
Bids To Be Opened
On Round Building
The Cherokee County
Board of Education will open
bids on Thursday afternoon for
completion of the round
building at Murphy High
School.
The outside of the building
is finished and the upper floor
is in use; the lower floor,
however, needs partitions to be
built in it to divide it into
classrooms and it also lacks
restrooms
Superintendent John Jordan
says construction on the lower
floor should be completed In
time for use of the damrooms
at the opening of the 1970-71
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James C. Howse
J.C. Howse
Announces
For Clerk
James C. Howse announces
that he is a candidate for
Cherokee County Clerk of
Superior Court, subject to
nomination by the county
Democratic convention.
Howae served as clerk of
court for one term, from 1958
to 1962. For the past eight
years he has owned and
operated the Cherokee
Restaurant in downtown
Murphy.
He is a member of the
Murphy Lions Club, which he
has served as treasurer,
secretary, second vice-president
and first vice president.
Howae is a graduate of
Humboldt High School at
Humboldt, Tenn. and is
married to the former Gertrude
Makeia of Negaunee, Mich.
They live on Mauney Street in
Murphy and attend the First
United Methodist Church here.
Howse has a son. Tommy,
who Uvea in Atlanta, and two
step-daughters, Barbara
Johnson of CaitersviBe, Ga.
and Mrs. Tom Davis of
Easter In Living Color
This pretty little miss is surrounded its modern offset printing processes and
by Easter bunnies of every color, a equipment in a special edition and open
full-color photo reprinted with four house scheduled for early summer,
plates, black, red, blue and yellow. The Color separations courtesy of the
Scout, now in its 80th year, will display Fairbanks, Alaska, Daily New-Minor.
Court
Term Set
Superior Court begins a
two-week term here Monday,
Judge P. C. Froneberger to
preside.
The docket includes the
case of Mrs. Fannie Moore
Ramsey, of Murphy, charged
with murder in the Dec. 24
shooting death of her neighbor,
Mrs. Pauline Roberts.
Investigating officers said the
shooting occurred inside the
Ramsey trailer home after ap
argument between the two
women.
Also set for Superior Court
is a petition by Noah Dockery
for a new trial. Dockery was
convicted for the 1953 shotgun
slaying of Cherokee County
Sheriff Frank Crawford.
He had a similar petition
before the court at its
November session here,
requesting a new trial or his
freedom, but withdrew it
without explanation and
returned to the state prison
system, where he is serving a
life sentence.
Reception Set
For Taylor
U.S. Rep Roy Taylor of
Black Mountain will be the
guest at a reception in the
Murphy Power Board Building
next Tuesday afternoon.
Taylor, a Democrat, is the
incumbent seeking re-election
from the 11th District. He is
opposed by Republican Luke
Atkinson, an Asheville City
Councilman.
The reception is to last from
1 until 3:30 p. m.,
refreshments to be served by
the Democratic Women's Club
of Cherokee County. Everyone
Dr. Miller Dead At 64
Dr. Harry Miller, 64, of
Murphy, died unexpectedly
while visiting a aster, Mrs.
Frank K. Justice of Asheville.
A native of Murphy and a
graduate of Emory University
Medical School, he was a
charter member of the
American Academy of General
Practice, the Murphy Civitan
Club, Masonic Lodge No. 146,
Sigma Pi and Theta Kappa Psi
medical fraternities.
He graduated from the
North Carolina University
School of Public Health in
1936 and was former Cherokee
County coroner.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Susie Nevins of Liverpool,
N. Y.; a sister, Mrs. Frank
Justice of Ashevilie; and three
grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Saturday in Murphy
Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. Robert Potter
officiated and burial was in
Sunset Cemetery.
Masonic graveside rites were
conducted by members of
Murphy Masonic Lodge No.
146, who also served as
pallbearers.
Townson Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
A Dr. Harry Miller Memorial
Fund has been established at
Murphy Presbyterian Church
by friends and relatives.
Dr. Harry Miller
School Makeup
Schedule Posted
Cherokee County Superintendent of Schools
John Jordan announced the schedule this week
for schools to make up days lost to snow.
School pupils will get no Easter holidays, he
said, thereby making up two days lost to snow.
School will be held on Friday and Easter
Monday.
Schools will also be open on two Saturdays in
April, Jordan noted, the 11th and the 25th.
The other make-up days will be tacked on the
end of the term, he said, and the hwt day of
school will be June 1. Teachers wiH work June 2
and June 3 before beginning rammer'
The term was originally scheduled to.
May 26.
Gay Hawkins
Gay Hawkins
Announces
For Board
Gay Hawkins announces his
candidacy for the Cherokee
County Board of
Commimioners, subject to
nomination by the county
Republican convention.
Hawkins, 70, lives on Route
4 Murphy. He was a
commissioner from 1962 unto
1966.
"During my term of office
in 1962-66, I worked for
schools, industries and roads,"
Hawkins says. "And if I am
elected for this term, I wfll
continue in the
capacity."
He is a retired lumi
having worked in the
buainem since he was a :
man. He
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