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The Cherokee Scout
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and Clay County Progress
Volume 80 ? Number 49 ? Murphy, North Carolina, 28906 ? Second Class Postage Paid At Murphy, North Carolina ? July 1, 1970
July 4 Celebration Set
Wagons, Ho
Down on Martin's Creek Monday
evening it was time to load up the
wagons and hay and horses on trucks to
head for Andrews and the start of the
13th annual Wagon Train. Examining
the harness in the buggy were, left to
right, Nelse Brown, Allen and Bill
Howell. The boys on the truck roof are
Bobby Howell and Greg Mauney.
Farner Man Is Killed
Isi Accident At Liberty
A Farner, Tenn. man died
Saturday afternoon at Liberty
when the aluminum ladder he
was using came in contact with
a power line.
Truman Led ford, 24, was
found dead about 4:30
Saturday afternoon where he
had fallen from the ladder.
Cherokee County Coroner J.C.
Townson ruled "accidental
death by electrocution."
Led ford was trimming some
limbs on a pine tree when the
ladder apparently fell into the
live power line.
He is survived by his wife,
Shirley Hamby Ledford and a
baby son, Anthony John
Ledford. both of the home at
Farner; his mother, Mrs. Onibb
Ledford of Farner; two
brothers, Ulysses of Farner and
David Ledford of Benton,
Tenn.; four sisters, Eula Mae
Akins of Beimont, Merita,
Barbara and Iva Bell Ledford,
ail of Farner.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock
in the Turtletown Baptist
Church with the Rev. Bobby
Wilson officiating. Music was
by the Pine Ridge Boys and
burial followed in the church
cemetery.
Arrangements were by
Chastain-Pack Funeral Home
of Copperhill, Tenn.
Mental Health Group To Meet
The We Care mental health
group will meet Thursday
moming from 10 until noon at
the mental health center in
Marble.
Members are especially
interested in obtaining some
old but usable furniture which
can be used to furnish the
center. Anyone with such
furniture to donate should
contact Harry (Cuz) Bagley at
Suit or Mrs. Cloe Moore in
Murphy.
Community Cannery
An artist's sketch shows the community cannery
which will be completed late in the season at the
John C. Campbell Folk School at Brasstown. Grading
at the site is well under way and construction is to
?tart soon. Memberships are $1.25 for one year or $5
for five years and can be paid to Mrs. Janice Carringer
of Murphy. When completed, the cannery will
operate on a self-service basis and soups, meats,
jellies, fruits and vegetables may be processed there.
Wagon Train, Water Festival, Circus
A gala Fourth of July is in
store for this area, a number of
colorful events scheduled for
the holiday weekend.
The Murphy Jaycees have
planned another bang-up Water
Festival, the annual Wagon
Train will go over the
mountains from Andrews to
Robbinsville and there will be a
circus to see, with elephants
and clowns.
The Wagon Train pulls out
of Andrews onWednesday
morning to cross over the
mountains on the Gen.
Winfield Scott road and spend
Wednesday night in
Robbinsville. On Thursday the
train moves out to Bear Creek
Scenic Railroad and will spend
all of Friday and Friday night
in camp there.
On Saturday, the Fourth,
the train will move out bright
and early for a parade through
Robbinsville and then push
back over the mountains for a
parade through Andrews late
Saturday afternoon.
On Friday night at
Hayesville, the Clark and
Walters Circus of Hugo, Okla.,
will present two performances.
Then on Saturday the circus
moves to Andrews for two
more evening performances.
The Yellow Jacket Club is
sponsoring the circus in
Hayesville; the Andrews
Rescue Squad is sponsoring the
appearance in Andrews.
Advance tickets can be
purchased from members of
the two organizations.
At Murphy the Fourth of
July is associated with the
Jaycees annual Water Festival
and this year promises to be
one of the best in history,
according to Jaycee President
Dick Davis.
The festivities start
Thursday night at 7:30 with a
special stock car race at the
Tri-County Raceway. The race
will be followed by a fireworks
display at the track.
Then on Friday it's the Miss
Cherokee County Beauty
Pageant. Ten girls will be in
competition for the title , the
winner to be crowned by last
year's queen, Miss Charlotte
Oliver. Tommy Gentry will be
master of ceremonies for the
pageant, which begins at 8 p.m.
in the Murphy High School
gym.
On Saturday, the Jaycees'
field day at the Fairgrounds
begins with an arts and crafts
shown in the old Rock Gym.
"People can come and display
their wares - painting, cermaics,
woodcarving," Davis says.
"And people can see this
craftsman's exhibit and, if they
want to, buy articles." TTie
show begins at 10 a.m.
At noon, the Jaycees will be
holding swimming and diving
contests at the Lions Pool,
with competition for boys and
girls. At 2 o'clock that
afternoon, there will also be
sack races, three-legged races,
chasing the greased pig and
climbing the greased pole.
The Dunking-the-Jaycee
machine will be in action all
afternoon and Army teams
from Ft. Bragg will put on a
sky-diving show,a hand-to-hand
combat exhibition and a
display of troops rappeling on
ropes out of hovering
helicopters.
Also a karate expert from
Jackron County. Carl Smith,
will put on an exhibition
including the breaking of
boards and a practice fight
with a partner in which the
karate blows are aimed to miss
by inches.
The finals of the Murphy
Invitational Softball
Tournament will get under way
Saturday afternoon, the men's
teams and women's teams
going for the winner's trophy.
For supper, the Jaycees will
be selling barbecued chicken,
cooked at the Fargrounds over
real hickory wood by John S.
Jones of Hayesville, the king of
the barbecue chefs in this area.
"And we'll top off the
Fourth with a huge fireworks
display after dark Saturday
evening,"Davis says.
On Sunday, the Jaycees will
be holding the second annual
Elmer Taylor Memorial Race
for boats in Lake Hiawassee off
the Hanging Dog Campground
point. About 50 boats are
expected and Jaycees say it
will be their biggest race ever.
The speedboats will race in
heats in six classes, based on
horsepower, running a mile and
a half closed oval course. Then
they will all race together over
a three-mile oval course for a
timed 30 minutes. The driver
who logs the most laps in 30
minutes will be the overall
marathon winner.
The Elmer Taylor Memorial
Trophy will be given after the
races to the driver selected in a
poll of all the drivers as having
displayed the highest qualities
of sportsmanship during the
past season.
High speeds are expected
for the main event since Davis
said several drivers have already
telephoned local Jaycees and
entered the race, piloting boats
with twin 135-horse motors,
capable of speeds over 100
miles per hour.
Hilton's Hustler
David Hilton of Murphy poses with
his speedboat, which will be one of
about 50 in competition next Sunday
afternoon as the final event of the
Water Festival. (Photos by Avett).
The Scout was printed early this week so
employes could have Friday off for the Fourth
of July weekend. We will be closed on Friday
and will reopen as usual for business Monday
morning. Most leading merchants will be closed
on Saturday for the holiday.
Don't Turn
On Red Light
Murphy Chief of Police Pete Stalcup this
week warned drivers that they are breaking the
law by turning right when the traffic lights at
the square are red.
"Turning right on red was allowed with the
old light and there was a sign on the light that
made it legal," Chief Stalcup said. "But there is
,no sign allowing it on the new lights - and unless
there is a sign, it's illegal."
He added that the town police officers will
have to start issuing citations unless the turning
on a red light is stopped. Several minor accidents
have resulted from the improper turns, he said.
Course Opens
Fully Aug, 1
The back nine holes of the
new Cherokee County Golf'
Course will be opened for play
on the first of August, not July
1 as was previously announced.
Joe El-Khouri, chairman of
the county Rural Development
Authority which operates the
course, said the extension will
give workmen time to improve
the course and especially the
tees on the back nine.
He said the greens are in
excellent shape for a first-year
course. The architect who drew
the plans for the golf course,
Ed McClondon of Atlanta,
inspected the course last week
and was impressed with the
greens, El-Khouri said.
"They are the best greens
you could expect," El-Khouri
quoted the architect as saying.
"They will equal the greens on
any course that is five years
old."
El-Khouri added that the
membership rolls of the new
course will remain open for
joining at $10 until the full 18
holes are opened for play.
After that, a $100 initiation fee
will be charged.
The original golf pro the
authority had hired, Jack
Williams of Bryson City, is a
schoolteacher and had to go to
summer school, El-Khouri said.
He has been replaced by Milton
Carlson of Bryson City, a
retired Air Force colonel.
He noted that half-price
greens fees for guests of
members have been dropped
and now all non-members will
be paying the full greens fee,
whether they ate playing with
members or not.
CHARLOTTE OLIVER, Miss
Cherokee County of last year,
will crown the winner on
Friday night and then on the
weekend go to Raleigh for the
state pageant, which begins
Monday.
There is no admission for
the boat races and the Army
skill teams will be in action
between races, parachuting and
rappeling into the water. The
Jaycees will also give away a
Ashing boat at the conclusion
of the event.
Clay Democrats Pick
Parker For Sheriff
Clay County Democrats
Saturday night selected Jack
Parker to campaign as the
party's nominee for the sheriff
against Republican incumbent
Hartsell Moore for the
November election.
About 300 Democrats
attended the meeting at the
Clay County Courthouse in
Hayesville, called by Chairman
Otti Kitchens to All the slot
left open by James Byers, who
originally Hied for sheriff and
then withdrew due to business
reasons.
When Kitchens asked for
nominations from the floor for
a candidate for sheriff, three
men were nominated, Claude
Kitchens, Burton Sayles and
Jack Parker. After Parker was
nominated, Sayles and
Kitchens both withdrew.
Parker was then appointed by
the County Democratic
Executive Committee.
Parker, 42, is a native of
Clay. He graduated from
Hayesville High School and
graduated from Nashville
Technical College in Nashville,
Tenn. He is a veteran of World
War II. He attended Law
Enforcement Officers Training
School in Chapel Hill and
served as a security guard at
the Savannah River Atomic
Plant in Aiken, S.C. He was the
North Carolina Forest Ranger
for Clay County for nine years.
Parker has worked as a pipe
fitter with the B.F. Shaw
Construction Co. He has
operated the Lay
Manufacturing Co. for the past
Jack Parker
four years and is self-employed
as a farmer in the Sweetwater
Township of Clay County.
He married the former Miss
Louise Cleer. They have two
children, Wallace, 15 and
Yvonne, 10. They attend the
Sweetwater United Methodist
Church.
If elected, Parker says he
will give good law enforcement
to Clay County and plans to
work very closely with youth.
Erwin Patton of Macon
County, Democratic candidate
for state House from the 49th
District, and Dr. Cart Killian of
Jackson County, 33rd District
state Senate candidate,
attended the meeting and
spoke briefly.
Dr. Killian's son Dan was
the featured speaker of the
evening.
1 Dead,
2 Hurt
In Crash
An Ohio man was kffled last
Thursday and his wife and son
injured as their plane crashed
on Snowbird Creek near
Robbinsville.
Dr. Joseph Skaggs, piloting
the plane headed for Orlando,
Fla., was killed on impact. Two
fishermen, Harold and Hugh
Williams of Robbinsville,
pulled the doctor's wife and
son out of the wreckage before
it exploded and burned.
Mrs. Skaggs, 43, of Celina,
Ohio, was first taken to
District Memorial Hospital at
Andrews and then transferred
to an Asheville hospital in
"critical" condition.
The son, 12-year-old Steve
Skaggs, was admitted to the
Andrews hospital for a few
days and then transferred to a
hospital near his home in Ohio.
The fishermen said the
plane was coming down, losing
speed and altitude, when they
first saw it. They said it hit
some trees and then bounced
into the creek.
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