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The Cherokee Scout
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and Clay County Progress
12 Pages
Volume 81 - Number 7 - Murphy, North Carolina, 28906 - Second Class Postage Paid At Murphy, North Carolina - Thursday, September 10, 1970
Winners In Clay
Pictured are individual flight winners
of the first annual Chatuge Shores
Invitational Golf Tournament.
Kneeling, left to right, Gordon Baker of
Atlanta, Tod Phillips of Hayesville, and
Dan Paris of Hiawassee, Ga. Standing
are Neil Battle of Buford, Ga., the
overall tournament winner, Larry Cloer
of Cullowhee, Gene Carter of
Hayesville, nd Frank Weldon Berrong
of Hayesville, who won a dozen balls
for the best tee shot. (Photo by Larry
Ford)
Clay, Cherokee Host
Golf Tournaments
The Labor Day weekend in
both Clay and Cherokee
counties was marked by golf
tournaments at the two new
courses.
In Clay County, the new
Chatuge Shores 18-hole course
held its first tournament. There
were 134 players in the
qualifying rounds on Sunday
and about 500 people at the
course, including spectators.
Hie 27-hoie competition
began in earnest on Monday,
with 49 players vying for prizes
in seven flights.
The winner in the A Flight
and overall winner was Neil
Battle of Buford, Ga., with 121
for 27 holes. He won a gift
certificate worth $60 at the
pro shop of the Clay course.
Glenn Matheson of Andrews
was second in that flight,
winning $20 gift certificate and
Guy Taylor of Brevard won
$10 for third place.
Larry Cioer of Franklin won
the B Flight and a $40 gift
certificate. Jim Lambert of
Murphy and Perry Gribble of
Hayesville tied for second in
that flight and will have a
playoff next Saturday.
Winning $20 gift certificates
for first places in Flights One
through Five were,
respectively, Dan Paris of
Hiawassee, Ga., Bill Stalcup of
Atlanta, Gene Carter of
Hayesville, Gordon Baker of
Atlanta and Tod Phillips of
Hayesville.
Frank Weldon Berrong of
Hayesville won a dozen Titleist
balls for putting a tee shot
closest to the pin on the par
three 16th hole.
At the Cherokee County
Golf Course on Monday,
colorful golf umbrellas dotted
the fairways as members held
another Scotch foursome
event.
The Cherokee golfers played
18 holes. Bill Christy and Anne
Wells winning with the low
score of 92. Second place went
to Everett English and Maudie
B. Alexander with a 103 and
third was Dr. Bill Gossett and
Ruth Sprung, at 104.
A pot-luck pinic at the
clubhouse was held after the
tournament and Bud
Alexander, chairman of the
tournament Committee,
presented trophies to the
winners of the recent Men's
Tournament. The top trophy
went to the new club
champion, Lonnie Hoover.
Trophy Time
Bud Alexander, left, chairman of the Tournament
Committee for the Cherokee County Golf Course is
shown with Lonnie Hoover, above, new club
champion,and below with the winners of the Scotch
foursome event, Bill Christy and Anne Wells. (Staff
Photo).
Thrif-Tee
Opens In
Andrews
Thrif-Tee Discount opens its
newest store this week in
Andrews, located on Main
Street next to Burch Drug.
The first Thrif-Tee Discount
opened in Canton in 1963 and
since then has moved twice in
Canton, expanding its facilities
and line of goods.
There are now 21 stores in
four states. North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee and
Georgia.
Action Expected
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On Auto Dealers
The Cherokee County Board of
Commissioners in their meeting Tuesday
indicated that some action may be taken
at the regular October meeting on the
car dealer situation.
The major car dealers of the county
have been filing a large inventory figure
with the state revenue offices and a
much smaller one with the county tax
office, a fact which came to light last
February in a commissioners' meeting.
So far no action has been taken on
the matter and The Scout has published
several editorials critical of the
commissioners, the latest in last week's
issue. That editorial was the focal point
Tuesday afternoon of a discussion,
which grew heated at times, between
Scout Editor Wally Avett and the county
commissioners.
Commissioner Emogene Matheson of
Andrews presented a copy of last week's
paper to County Attorney L.L.Mason
and at her request he read the editorial
aloud to the commissioners.
"I'm pretty tired of dirty insinuations
when there's no guilt concerned," Miss
Matheson said, adding that the tax
information on the dealers from Raleigh
was "privileged" and was not intended to
be used "to smear people with."
She further charged that in Scout
coverage of the commissioners' meetings
"facts are distorted." Avett maintained
that the meetings are reported accurately
and that The Scout plans to continue
publishing what goes on in open , public
meetings.
When it was all over, the
commissioners agreed that Chairman
W.T. Moore will entertain a motion as to
what to do about the dealers at the next
meeting. Tax Supervisor Andrew Barton,
who is also a commissioner, noted that
two or three of the dealers have adjusted
their tax listings since the matter became
public.
Commissioner Ray Sims said he
agreed with the Scout editorial in that
"they've had plenty of time." He said he
hoped dealers who have not adjusted
their tax listings with the county will do
so before the October meeting .
County Accountant Barbara Stalcup
brought in the bills of the Medicaid
program for commissioners to see after
the lunch hour and there was much
noisy discussion as they were examined.
The Medicaid program, which began in
Janurary, provides free medical benefits
and drugs for the poor.
The commissioners were shocked to
see the size of the bills, which Mrs.
Stalcup says are growing each month.
The county pays a fraction of the cost of
the program, most of the money coming
from federal funds. The county's budget
called for $32,000 in local money this
fiscal year, she said, but the county's
part for July and August alone has
already reached $9,000.
"If it lasts until Christmas, it'll be a
wonder to me," Mrs. Stalcup said of the
local allocation for Medicaid. Some of
the commissioners said when the
budgeted $32,000 runs out they won't
appropriate any more funds.
"This is incredible,"Mason said, and
he apparently voiced the sentiments of
the commissioners as they pored over
the bills. Poor people of Cherokee
County are going to doctors and dentists
in this state, Tennessee and Georgia and
Medicaid pays the bills. One dentist's bill
just for August was more than $2,800
with eight indigent patients having work
done which cost $250 each or more.
Another dentist billed Medicaid for
$3,418 for the month and an
out-of-Cherokee County hospital put in
a bill for $3,844. One drug store's bill to
Medicaid was $1,619 for the month for
free drugs to the poor, another's ran over
$1,800 and a third drugstore billed for
$2,400. One patient went to' an
out-of-town doctor several times during
the month and ran up a bill of $652 for
Medicaid.
Mrs. Stalcup said the 1970-71 budget
allowed $1,500 for transportation of the
poor needing medical care. However, she
said, since the fiscal year began July 1
over $1,000 of this has been spent as
"they call for an ambulance to carry
them to the hospital and they call for an
ambulance to carry them home."
In other action, the commissioners
voted to release the county's tax and
welfare liens on a piece of property in
the Shoal Creek section for $1,000.
Known as the John Quincy Allen
property, it consists of 21 acres.
The lien settlement was made to
Noah Stiles, of Charlotte, and will enable
him to purchase the property from the
Allen heirs. At more than $47 an acre, it
represented an increase since March
when the commissioners released a piece
of land for $30 an acre.
Firefighters Return After Duty In West
A total of 20 men from the
Tusquitee Ranger District, with
headquarters at Murphy, have
returned home after nearly two
weeks of fighting forest fires in
Washington and Idaho.
The local men were
dispatched on three separate
occasions.
Those from the Murphy
area were:
Jack Thompson, James
Crisp, Bailey Coleman, Arvil
Stiles, Marshall Allen, Larry
Bishop, L.C. Loudermilk,
Tyrone Burnette, Tom White,
Edwin H. Manchester, Glen
Beaver, Earnest Sudderth,
Republican
Rally Set
The first big political rally
of the season, with
speech-making and free
barbecued chicken, will be held
by the Republicans on
Saturday night.
The festivities begin at the
Rock Gym here in Murphy at 5
p.m. There will be string musk
aod gospel singing by local
talent and free barbecued
chicken, to be served from 5
until 7 p.m.
Luke Atkinson, of
Asheville, GOP candidate for
Congress from the 11th
District, will speak. Alto
scheduled to speak is State
Senator Herman (Bull) West of
Murphy, seeking re-election.
Local Repu bllcan
candidates for county offices
will not make formal speeches
but will be introduced from
the platform.
Howard Kilpatrick, Wayne
Roberson, Ralph Freeman,
Low Reid, Clifford, Stringer,
Jefford Jackson, Harvey Stiles
and Hoyt Dockery.
Theywae part of 50 crews
from the Southeast called out
to help combat the fires.
Forests in the West have
been suffering a long dry spell,
they report, and all recent ^lres
were started by dry lightning
storms.
The local smoke-eaters said
the fires they were on burned
over 110,000 acres and did
damages estimated in excess of
$5 million. They said more
than 8,000 men were working
at the height of the fires, aided
by 12 aerial bombers and 40
helicopters.
Water Systems
To Be Dedicated
James T. Johnson, state director of the
Fanners Home Administration in North
Carolina, and Ronald Ingle, state cordinator for
the Economic Development Administration in
North Carolina, will be the speakers Saturday
afternoon at the dedication of the Marble
Community Water System and the Texana
Community Non-Profit Water System.
The Marble dedication will be held at 3 p.m.
Saturday in the Marble Community Building.
The Texana dedication will be held at 5 p.m.
Saturday in the Texana Community Building.
The public is invited to attend these
dedications.
The Marble Community Water System was
made a loan of $100,500 by the Farmers Home
Administration and a grant of $100,500 by the
Economic Development Administration to
construct their water system which will serve
135 families and it is expected that additional
families will be served in the future.
The Texana Community built its system with
a loan of $20,800 by the Farmers Home
Administration and a grant of $45,200 by the
Economic Development Administration. It
serves 46 families and it is expected that additional
families will be served in the future.
Wells & West of Murphy was the contractor
on both jobs.
Gifts From Levi's
Dave Gribble, left, and Frank
Atchison of the Murphy Levi's plant
are shown presenting a selection of
sportswear to the new Miss Cherokee
County 1970, Linda McRae. Gribble
and Atchison are also both members of
the Murphy Jaycees, who sponsored
the beauty contest in July as part of
their annual Water Festival. (Staff
photo)
Trainable Class Funded
Cherokee County has been
approved for state money to
operate a class for trainable
retarded children and that class
will begin next Monday.
That was the word Tuesday
from John Jordan, Cherokee
County School Superin
Trooper
Will Not
Be Charged
No charges will be made
against State Highway
Patrolman Patt Miller, who was
driving a patrol car which
wrecked last week in the
Liberty section.
Patrol Sgt. C.F. Capeil of
Bryson City investigated the
accident, which occurred as
Miller and his passenger,
Cherokee Deputy Sheriff Dude
Radford, were in pursuit of a
man they identified as Jimmy
Eller.
Capeil said a front tire on
the 1970 Plymouth Patrol car
apparently blew out, causing it
to wreck. The car was a total
loss, he added.
Radford received minor
injuries in the crash and was
back on duty the next day.
Miller, who suffered a head
injury is still at Providence
Hospital where he is said to be
"doing fine."
tendent. The class will be held
at Murphy Elementary, he said,
and Mrs. Bill Hughes will be
the teacher.
The message from Raleigh
that the funds have been
approved for the Cherokee
County class is the result of
about three years of effort by
Jordan, members of the local
association for mentally
retarded and Bill Hughes, who
is head of the elementary
school for the regular term and
head of the Camp Butler session
in summer for retarded.
Hughes said this is the first
time a class of this type has
been established in any school
system west of Hendersonville.
He urges all parents with
trainable retarded children to
get in contact with him.
The letter from the state
Department of Public
Instruction stated that $6,750
has been approved for one year
for the class, which will take
students from all across the
county.
Jordan said this is for an
average daily attendance of 10
students but the letter from
Raleigh indicated that if
attendance increases the state
money will be increased, funds
permitting.
The state funds are provided
at a rate of $75 per child per
month, the $750 monthly
payment to go for teacher's
salary, an aide and materials.
Trainable children are
classified as those with an I.Q.
of between 30 and 50, capable
of learning simple tasks.
Hughes said the program is still
in the experimental stages but
added that these children
should be able to learn colors,
a little arthimetic, social
studies and arts and crafts.
Highway 64
ro Be Closed
US?64, under construction
between Hayesville and
Franklin, wQl be closed on
Friday afternoon and will
probably stay closed until
September of next year.
The State Highway
Commission made the
announcement Wednesday,
saying that the contractor for
the job, Asheville Construction
Co., has done all the
off-the-road work it can and
now must begin work on the
roadway itself.
A highway spokesman in
Bryson City said the stretch
across the mountains will
probably be closed until the
road is completed, which is set
for Sept. 1, 1971. He said
provisions will be made for
families living along the road so
they will be able to get in and
out.
Detour signs will go up
Friday afternoon and the
suggested route will be US-19
to the Almond section of Swain
County and thence to Franklin
by NC-28.
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