Bird s-Eye View
A farmer working a field near the Valley River drives a tractor that
is just a speck (left center) in photograph made from a low-flying
plane recently. Black dots along the road at the bottom of the picture
are cattle (Wally Avett Photo)
Fell For Lizard
A five-pound, nine-ounce
iargemouth bass was caught last
Thursday evening in the Valley River at
Murphy by Hank Panther, 12, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Panther of Murphy.
The youngster was casting from the
bank and hooked the whopper on a
lizard. (Staff Photo)
TO THE MEMORY OF ELMER TAYLOR
I was not close
I saw him twice a year at most
to get a dead Johnson five brought back alive
by skill and magic.
He'd put it in a big tank
and (just like I did, or so I thought)
he'd pull the crank
but where I only got a wheeze,
his big brown arm would make it purr
he'd call it bad names
when it died,
and "darlin" when it worked.
Pale green fishing boats
and memories with his name painted on
drift happy
in the morning fog
of Hiwassee.
Jan A. Davidson
June 2, 1969
Written by Jen Davidson
and given to Mrs. Elmer Taylor
Memorial Service
Set In Graham
The annual Veterans
Memorial Day service will be
held Sunday morning at 11
o'clock in the Sweetgum
Baptist Church at Robbinsville
under the leadership of the
American Legion.
It is the 10th year the
Robbinsville church has held a
service to honor the dead of all
wars. All churches, servicemen
and families of servicemen in
the area are invited to
participate in the service.
Leonard W. Lloyd,
Robbinsville attorney and
Marine combat veteran of
World War II, will deliver the
memorial address entitled
"Stand UP For America."
Baptists
Pick Design
For Church
Contemporary, modified
architecture was chosen
Sunday as the style for the new
building planned by First
Baptist Church.
Five different designs were
submitted by the architect,
Robert Daniels of Brevard. On
Sunday afternoon they were
on display, and members had
the privilege of studying them
and expressing a preference.
According to the pastor, the
Rev. Woodrow Flynn, the
decision was almost unanimous
for the style chosen. The new
church will be built in West
Murphy.
All of the building will be
on ground floor level. It will
have approximately 33,000
square feet of space,
accommodating 500 in the
worship services and 500 in
educational organizations.
The construction will be of
brick with a pitched shingle
roof. It will have laminated
beams in the auditorium to
support the roof and a Gothic
type ceiling. Some of the
stained glass windows from the
old building will be re-mounted
and used.
The auditorium will have a
bell tower and spire on he roof.
The interior of the auditorium
will be finished with Roman
brick and decking and have an
elevated n??r- Each end wi"
have a tall window reaching all
the way to the roof.
The education building will
be of brick tod block
construction with a hip roof
and will be in a general "U"
shape with a court in the
center. Full facilities are
planned for all age groups.
There will be two shelters for
loading passengers, and parking
spaces for 175 cars.
The auditorium and parts of
the education building will be
air conditioned. There will be a
recreation hall with a seating
capacity of over 250 at tables.
The present schedule calls
for contracts to be signed in
August and occupancy within a
year.
Wachovia Bank has
purchased the church s
property on Peachtree Street
and plans to tear the old
church building down and put
up a new bank building on the
site.
Sing At Shiloh
There will be singing at
Shiloh Baptist Church at
Hayesville on Saturday night,
beginning at 7:30. All singing
groups are invited to attend.
Young Republicans
The Cherokee County
Young Republicans Club wiD
hold its regular meeting
Tuesday night at Andrews
Community Center at 7:30.
ARE YOU GETTING THE CARPET YOU ARE PAYING FOR?
Is it the same as the sample pattern you looked at?
IF THE ANSWER IS
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Cherokee
Students
Get Grants
StAe School Superin
tendent Craig Phillips has
announced that 677 North
Carolina students will receive
$600 student loans in 1970
from the Scholarship Loan
Fund for Prospective Teachers.
Students from Cherokee
County receiving an award this
year include Barbara I. Guffy,
Clara B. Hicks, Debra L.
Martin, and Emily C. Witt.
Donald Cotton, scholarships
coordinator with the State
Department of Public
Instruction said that some
2,300 students applied for the
loans this year. This year's
recipients, ranging from
graduating high school seniors
to college juniors, are or will be
enrolled in 48 North Carolina
colleges. Most of the recipients,
he said, were in the upper 25
percent of their prospective
class rank.
Some $1,321,000 will be
distributed this year to all the
students in the scholarship
program. The program began in
1957 with 300 awards and has
been increased steadily since.
The 1969 General Assembly,
according to Cotton, raised the
fund by some $300,000 for the
1969-70 biennium. The fund
will benefit a total 2,500
students during these two
years.
Some 427 of the recipients
have chosen to study
elementary education. "We feel
this is particularly
encouraging," said State
School Superintendent Phillips,
"in view of the findings of
recent research that shows a
chronic shortage of adequately
prepared teachers at the
elementary school level."
Young Harris
Teacher Will
Show Paintings
The J. Lon Duckworth
Library at Young Harris
College will feature Pictures
With Words ? And Without, a
showing of drawings and
paintings by Blanche Flanders
Farley, Assistant Professor of
Art at Young Harris College.
An afternoon reception will
be held in the library on
Monday, June 1, at 4 o'clock.
The show will continue
through the month 01 June.
Mrs. Farley holds the AB
Degree from LaGrange College
and MA Degree from the
University of Michigan. Her
works have been exhibited in
several pre-juried shows
including the Atlanta Arts
Festival, The High Museum Art
Shop and the Southeastern
Annual Exhibition.
Prize Pike
Leon Kimsey of Murphy boated this Lake. The big pike weighed nine
walleye on Wednesday of last week, pounds, 12 ounces and measured 27
trolling an orange Beno where the inches long. (Staff Photo)
Notla River empties into Hiwassee
Nice Stringer
John McDonald displays a nice stringer of bass, six
white and one smallmouth, caught recently trolling a
Thinfin in Lake Chatuge. (Staff Photo)
WE DELIVER
IN TRUCK LOAD LOTS WITHIN 50 MILES
Concrete Blocks
Lightweight Blocks
Concrete Septic Tanks
Drainage Tile Cement
Mortar Mix
Murphy
Concrete Products, Inc.
Regal Street - Near Timber Products
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Phone 837-5137
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HELP
WANTED
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which needs to hire at least 30 new employes
every month from now until November.
Apply to: EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION
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"C" Qass - Arlen Ledford
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Racing Activity Starts at 9:00
| ALL CARS MUST BE ENTERED BY 8:30
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CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE
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