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The Cherokee Scout
12 Pages and ClaY County ProgTuss 15( per Copy
Volume 80 timber 30 Murphy Nur th C.iroluui 28006 Second Cldv> Postuye Puid At Murphy. North Curulnui I hursd.iy April 23, 10/0
Fires Started By Arsonists, 700 Acres Burned
Monster Winners
Betsy Henri Hall |>oM-d with the
checks Monday while the winners of
the Snowbird Mountain Monster .Man
art contest made like monsters around
her Mrs. Hall, who judged the contest
for the best likeness of the April Fool
story character. stave first prize to
Hrenda Hughes, left, sei ond prize t<>
Michael h oust and third prize to Sall\
Curtis. Honorable mention went to
Kenneth Lee Blackwell of lliuassee
Itam School (Staff I'hotot
FIRST PR1ZF Brenda Hughes, 10. Peachtree
SECOND PRIZE Michael Eoust. 10. Peachtree
THIRD PRIZE - Sally Curtis. 12. Have* tile
Translator
Situation
Explained
A television translatoi
station for Marble will have tc
be bullt before Murphy can be
served by WI.OSTV, Asheville
I hat was the w ord this
week in a letter from Mortor.
Cohn. vice president and
general manager of the
Asheville television station
The letter was in response tc
the Scout's editorial of April 1
urging operation of a Murphy
translator.
"Some time ago we applied
to the Federal Communi
cations Commission for a
translator station to serve
Murphy and were giver
permission to build the
station," Cohn's letter reads
"We planned to pick up the
signal from our existinf
translator station servinf
Andrews and Kobbinsville and
rebroadcast it on the Murphy
translator
"Unfortunately , contrary t<
our expectations, we founc.
that the incoming signal wai
not sufficient and that il wa;
subject to interference from
other distant televisior
stations. As a result we are not
currently on the air in Murphy
"In the meantime, we filed
an application for anothei
translator station for Marble
This application has been al
the FCC for some time If we
get permission to establish the
Marble translator, it will
provide a much stronger signal
for pick up and use hy the
translator serving Murphy and
should enable us to put ar
excellent quality picture intc
Murphy
"We are very hopeful that
we will receive permission ir
the near future to serve Marble
which will then make il
possible for us to servf
Murphy We are most anxioue
to bring to the people nl
Murphy a good quality
television picture from a North
Carolina station so that you
will have news, sports, and
public affairs programs from
vour home state
Iv i e Suffers
Heart Attack
Peyton C. I vie suffered a
mild heart attack on Friday
and is a patient at Providence
Hospital
A hospital spokesman said
he is doing well and is ir
"good" condition
Ivie owns Ivie Funeral
Homes in Murphy, Hayesvilk
and Andrews and also Ivie
Furniture Store in Murphy and
Clay County Furniture Store ir
Hayes ville
M ? 111 -1- i '.Hi ' 1 \ > d a. 1 a >n tarth s
started !1'ri -' Pi.s whah S.iriii'i! over
hlindlvh. .1 ai s I!: I herokee I (lUlllV
atui aKii .i r-.s- the !> r<l, r i!i 1 ennessee
along Ha brown Hichwav mi
Sunduv
I'. "t? M -?-n u I >i-tr,.t Ranger
Harold h >;:<?( >C \'.iirii|i\ said the
firebugs apf -anr t _ct tir?-- at 1 ?.
location- al'iiit t P>? dirt road in th??
wt^trrn ? *r11i : 11 , uuntv Sunday
morning. event,chlv burning nairi' than
Til-' acres in i tn-i'. k < ?. - County as the
bla/e merged into 11v<? major fires.
II.' said tin In.-- occurred along tin
road in an an a ruughh between the
Morrow (Ian and I mcoi (lap, which is
the North Carolina border 'I fieri- were
also at least lour more forest fires set on
the 1 e 111 lessee side, lie said, along the
same road between I nieoi (lap and
t oker ( reek. I i-nn
I here are several methods of setting a
fire which will flare up some length of
time after the arsonist has left. Hanger
Fisher said I la s.- include candles,
slow burning ropes or cigarettes with
matches inserted to ignite when the heat
reaches them.
"Several places where the fires were
started were discovered and quickly put
out," the ranger said. "We have some
special Forest Service investigators in the
lire area now looking into the matter
and searching for evidence."
1:,j, - v.i n dm, "V!. .1 .it"-'.it 11?..? 11
or: SiiMj.u I' isher ->?i111 '.he ! im oi
area Uy Sunday aft. rn,,. m U , t>
were 1 ,, i; i?? i; tin- I in 'in. - Irving to
. oittrol tli.' In s. tn. ' ir. i >|. v. -
and Iuh build,>/<rs
\lso a water tion.iier a plane
dropping tire retarding labial, was used
against 'die fire-,, flying out nt K:.,,\w.le.
lellfl turbulence. tiiiHenr got s,. I,ad
Sunday afternoon .n a thunderstorm
fmilt up over the fire that tin plane had
to tie eulled ot!
"We finally mil a hall in, i. ot ram
Sunday night." Hanger fisher -.aid It
didn't eomplel. ly put the tin out hut It
did stall It
lie said the fire, although, pa-da d ny
high winds, stayed on the ground and
did not i ompU tely destroy all tree- as
SOllle forest fires do I lie pities suffered
most, he said, as many ol the larger
hardwoods will not l? atfeeted ny tiie
fire (If the trees that were hurtled too
badly to survive, lie said some timber , an
be salvaged
I he young growth. Hanger fisher
said, was completely lost as small trees
which did not burn up were killed by the
heat Included in thi- eategory was a
f> f-aere "pine plantation," planted b\
forest Service crews in !00.r)
He estimated the cost of the fire,
including lost timber, labor rusts and the
expense of operating the machines, at
roughly $2(1,000
GOP Speaker
Luke Atkinson, COP Congressional
candidate, is shown drawing a laugh
from local Republicans as he joked
with them during an off-the-cuff speech
Saturday night. Mure than 1(H)
attended the dinner meeting at Odell >
Restaurant (Staff Photol
Republicans Hear Atkinson
More than 100 loyal
Republicans attended a dinner
meeting Saturday night at
Udell's Restaurant, to hear
Congressional candidate Luke
Atkinson and also to gel in
some local politicking
The affair was sponsored by
the Cherokee County Young
Republicans Club and the
crowd included a delegation
from Clay County , led by State
Representative Bill Bradley of
Havesville and Chairman Andy
Padgett of the Clay County
Board of Commissioners.
State Senator Herman i Bull I
West of Murphy was present
seeking re-election this year,
and with the county COP
nomination convention set for
May 9, all the county
candidates attended and were
introduced to the meeting
Atkinson said he thinks this
is a good year for Republicans,
"better than we probably ever
believed."' A first term
Asheville City Councilman, he
is running for the 11th District
House seat now held by
Democratic Congressman Roy
Taylor of Black Mountain
"I guess it's no secret that
the National Republican Party
has declared the 11th as a
target district.'' Atkinson said
That means well be getting a
lot of national help And that
means they w ant a Republican
Congressmen in this district to
take in with him all the local
candidates, commissioners,
sheriffs, school boards ..."
Atkinson said he had been a
Democrat "until I found out
better"' and said other
Democrats throughout the
district are now switching and
registering Republican
"Right now it looks
wonderful," he said of the
election He predicted that
Haywood County, without a
Republican officeholder, will
elect several Republicans this
fall "We're picking up
Republicans all along "
Atkinson said Asheville's
City Council, elected with a
Republican majority last year,
has lightened up city
government procedures in that
city "this is the good business
type of government of the
Republican Party" and could
do the same for the nation if
enough GOP candidates are
elected " The Republican Party
can bring us out of the
dilemma we're in "
In closing, he made a plea
for party unity "If your
choice in a primary or
No-Parking
Warning
Is Given
Murphy Police Chief Pete
Stalcup reminds Softball
players and patrons of
activities at the Rock Gym that
Conaheeta is a no parking
street
The Murphy Town Board
passed an ordinacne
prohibiting any parking on
Conaheeta Street in March,
which became law on April 13.
"We're going to try to warn
them about it first," Chief
Stalcup says "And then we're
going to have to start enforcing
it."
He suggested that
ballplayers, fans, tennis players
and dancers park their cars in
the parking lots near the gym
or in the field across the road
from the softball field
convention doesn't win. please
for goodness sake get behind
the man who wins and let s put
Republicans in office If we
don't, we'll be helping to elect
Democrats"
District Raimer H;irukl I isher in blackonetl tort's! nt'.n I ciincsscc Iiih
Hayesville Housing
Project Announced
Golf
Is Hin d
I urn Day. chairman of the
Clay (' iiiintv Rural
Development A uthor11 > .
announces that a Rural
Renewal loan has been made
and the contract awarded for
i onstruction of a housing
iroject at Hayesville.
The contract was for
$93.1)00 and was awarded to
Collins and Minor Construction
Co. of Murphy. Day said
The project is called Moore
View Homesites and will be
located on Tusquittee Road,
joining the Hayesville town
limits on the north
Day said the project will
have eight new homes
constructed and there will also
be nine lots available there for
construction of homes in the
future
1'he water for the project
will come from the Town of
Hayesville and necessary road
construction will be provided
by the N C High
way Commission
In cooperation with the
Klue Kidge Mountain KMC. the
homesite project will be
constructed with all utilities
underground. This is the first
project of this type in the area
The Kural Kenewal project
will be financed and supervised
by the farmers Home
Administration, an agency of
the Cnited States Department
of Agriculture
In addition to Day. other
members of the authority are
J W . Stanley. Wallace
Crawford, W G Mingus and
Carroll C. Met lure
tor Course
A tuHtune golf pro has been
hlrt-ci for the ( herokee County
Coif Course, set 'o open
officially for play on May J
He is .lack Williams of
Brvson < ity, who was pro for
the golf eourse there when it
was in operation.
Joe hl-Khouri, chairman of
the Rural Renewal Authority,
made the announcement. He
said Williams will be in charge
of the driving range, pro shop,
cart rentals and will offer a full
range of individual or group
lessons for golfers.
Local Cloggers
To Perform
The Carolina Sweethearts
clogging teams will dance at
the Rock Gym on Saturday
night. in a performance
sponsored by the Murphy
Lions Club
hollowing the clogging
teams, there will be square
dancing for the general public.
Music will be provided by the
Bald Mountain Boys from
Hiawassee, Ga.
Town Registration
Ending Saturday
According to election officials, there are
about 300 voters in Murphy who must he
registered Saturday if they are to vote in the
May 5 town election.
Mrs. A <1. Quinn has been named registrar
for Murphy and has been registering voters in
the mandatory loose leaf system for the past
three Saturdays. She will be on duty in the
county elections office in the Courthouse
Saturday, from 0 a. m. until 6:30 p. m.
Glenn Stalcup. chairman of the Cherokee
County Board of Elections, savs so far Mrs.
t^uinn has registered about TOO voters There
were about 1,000 eligible voters on the old town
books, he said, leaving at least 300 to he
registered on Saturday.
Challenge day for the town election will be
the Saturday before the election which falls on
May 3. the day the state primary election will be
held
Ground Broken For Bank
Ground was broken officially this week for
construction of a new First Union National Bank
building on Peachtree Street, to cost in excess of
$115,000. Left to right are John Smith, contractor;
Henry Simmonds, city executive of the bank; director
John Dickey, director Doyle Burch and
demonstrating the modern method of
ground-breaking on the backhoe, Aklen '
chairman of the bank's board of directors.
(Dub) Singleton, director, wa? not present
picture was made. (Staff Photo)