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The Cherokee Scout
and Clay County Progress
Volume 81 Number 31 Murphy, N C 28906 Second Class Postage Paid At Murphy N C Thursday, March 11 1971
2 Pages 2 Sections l5' Per Copy
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Hendersonville and Brevard
Haul Kidenhour, a member
ill ibe Murph) school
committee sparked Ihe
div ussion He said he had
sf?.krn to Masor floe Moore on
Mondas afternoon about the
matter and at that Ume the
mas of had told him he could not
guarantee a police officer's
presence at the (Tossing if the
light is taken down
Kidenhour said he wanted
kro.w what the Council
(?tanned to do about the light
?>d what steps would be taken
protect the children if it was
rem s rd
Mas r M nore explained
that the town bought the light at
the school anil put it up in the
early lif50's He said the SHC
objected because it is not
located at an intersection, is
used only to provide a crossing
for children and has been
threatening to take it down ever
since
He added that the town
probably won't be able to stop
the SHC this time but if enough
pressure is applied, may be able
to talk the state highway
engineers into putting up a light
at the Hilton Street intersection,
which would help the children
cross the street and also
alleviate the traffic problem at
the A&P parking lot
What followed was a
lengthy discussion of the police
department's activity, or lack
of it. in helping the children
cross the street
Councilman John Carringer
said he could see no excuse for
an officer not being on duty in
tfie mornings arid afternoons
when the children are crossing
Mayor Moure said cuunciLrnen
Lave constantly instructed the
police to man the crossing over
years, but this has not always
been done
Police Chief Pete Slalcup,
put on the spot by criticism uf
his department, said he had
received no complaints at all
and assumed that his men when
assigned to the crossing were
going there He said there was
no contact with them "once
they 're out of sight
Councilman Bud Brown
said that was not a legitimate
excuse and added that the
policemen "are running out of
control if Pete doesn't know
where they are "
About this time Kidenhour
replied that after hearing about
the failure of the police to man
the crossing, he could now see
why Mayor Moore could not
guarantee an officer would be
there
Bill Hughes, principal of
the school, told the Council that
the time of heaviest use of the
crossing is from 7 45 to 8 30 in
the morning and from 3 until
3 30 in the afternoon
Chief Stalcup assured the
town fathers that he would
assign an officer to the crossing
for the specified times and
make sure the assignment was
carried out
On a motion by Carnnger,
the Council voted to ask the
SHC to leave the light where it is
and if nut, to put up a light at the
A& 1' corner Hughes said the
traffic light is vital to the safety
of the children urged that it be
kepi up at least through the end
of the school tenn. Council
members said they thought the
SHC would agree to this
In other action, the Council
voted to enter a lease-purchase
agreement to purchase a used
street-sweeper The town will
pay $8,000 over a period of three
vears for the machine
Simmons
Seated On
Council
The Town Council in session
Monday night accepted the
resignation of Councilman Ken
Godfrey and named Henry
Simmons to take his place
Godfrey has been on the
Council for the past nine years
and also has been quite active in
Murpl v civic affairs Htssaid he
was resigning for personal
reasons, to spend more time
with his family
The Council accepted his
resignation with regret and
voted unanimously for
Simmons to take his seat
Simmons, who heads the
First Union National Bank
office here, was administered
the oath of office by Mayor Cloe
Moore
Housing Projects
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u'ti-citi saidthe advertising
< !?dv begins this week and
ttw- t?d> will be opened at 2 p m
Spn. I *' the Power Board
Building
k retent pr< lamation by
ISrstdrnl Nixon will enable
? ?ntruttors to use local
l?rtailin? wage scales in
?-Miniating their costs. he
.vptsuied rather than the
tednai wage si ales which have
'set mandatory in the past
rainier >aid this should
?i aba the i '*itractors to offer
'?<1- whg-h will be accepted bv
'? 'ederal Department of
II imhi and Urban
I w-sekpment HUD' in Atlanta.
? ?el i? ^mating thr low-rent
!? let ts
HI I > officials had
ricir.ilh planned on building
is- tw- proyects for about
|Mai AM> The first bids were
peted Last July and totaled
?sws ?*? HUD -edered the )ob
pu' n f.e bids again and in
September thr total bid ran to
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Direr Murphi firms were
-?? e t>th bids Smith k Jones
< general oeitrad. Hughes
1 let iri< .>n the wiring and Wells
A ?e*' *i thr plumbing The
lump is-weser was in the
.rsria) < ontract which went up
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aitribuied it to ruing casta last
oa in tsdh building materials
and >utM-ntracting
The two projects are 10
units for the elderly on
IHawaswee Street and JO units
i.e low -mo cue families, to be
Scaled <?i Park Avenue near
the Hwnrii plant
Carter McCall
Ex-Sheriff
Hired As
Inspector
Carter R McCall, former
sheriff of Transylvania County
has been hired by the Farmers
Home Administration in
Murphy as Constructor
Inspector
McCall. a native of
Transylvania, was sheriff of
that county from 1962 until 1970
He is from Rosman, where he
heads his own firm, which
operates as a coal mining
company in Tennessee
He has also worked with
several construction companies
and as a logging contractor in
North Carolina and adjoining
states He will assist the FHA
borrowers on constructions,
specification, workmanship and
problems in building
He is married to the former
Elsie Owens and they have
three children
Ca* of Aatlnki the former Nancy Sales of Murphy
Sought In Rope Cose,
Two Youths Surrender
Two youths sought by
Murphy police officers on
charges of rape surrendered
early Sunday morning to their
probation officer
Steve I,ance, 18. of Route 2,
Hayesville and Barry Dockery,
19, of Route 3. Murphy, were
being sought last week on
charges of raping and robbing a
Marble girl
Steve Thrasher, 18. of
Murph>. was arrested by town
iifficers on Jan 30, the day of
the incident He has been held in
?ail without bond . e his
arrest
All three youths were on
probation at the time of the
incident from earlier court
appearances and Dockery and
l.ance surrendered early
Sunday morning to Edwin
Hendrix. of Peachtree. their
probation officer
Murphy Police Chief Pete
Stalcup reported Wednesday
that all three are being held
without bond in the county jail
and said they would probably be
given a preliminary hearing on
the charges in District Court on
March 23
Putting In The Snow
Hobbie Whitener, banjo-playing employ" of the
Cherokee County Golf Course, swapped his 5-string
last Thursday morning for a putter and tried his
luck on the practice green The greens happened to
be white with a light layer of snow but the sun
erased it later in the day and county school pupils
returned to classes on Friday On warm days the
course is drawing a number of golfers and this
week embarked on a fund-raising campaign (see
story below t Photo by Weaver ("arnnger
Golf Course Fund Drive Begins
Ihe fund-raising drive of
the Cherokee County Golf
Course began in earnest this
week with a letter to users and
friends appealing for donations
Attorney Herman Edwards,
who heads the Finance
Committee for the course,
emphasized in the letter that the
Internal Revenue Service says
contributions to the course are
tax-deductible
Edwards contacted the IRS
and recently received a letter
advising that donations for the
use of the course are tax
deductible if the check is made
payable to Cherokee County for
the use of the Cherokee County
Rural Development Authority
"We hope to keep the
membership dues low to assure
that everyone who desires can
play golf but the income from
membership dues, cart rentals,
etc. is not sufficient at this
time," Edwards said
He pointed out that the
course now owes $8,600 for
money borrowed to buy carts
and lockers and other expenses
A number of improvements
are planned at the course, he
said, as soon as funds for them
are available The Rural
Development Authority, which
suilt the course, is also now
accepting applications, he said,
tor a fulltime manager for the
course.
The manager will not be a
golf pro. he explained, but will
be in charge of maintenance at
the course and carrying out the
needed improvements, such as
reseeding tees and bare spots on
the fairways and completing the
clubhouse
"By giving some of our
money, we can have a beautiful
and enjoyable golf course,"
Kduards said When >ou are
contacted. please help
He said applications for the
course manager's job or
contributions to the course
should be mailed to Merle
Davis, treasurer of the Rural
Development Aulhontv at Box
400. Murph>
TV Translator To Move
WU)S-TV- Ashevilie rec
eived an official order from the
Federal Co mm un it'a tion s
[ oniiimssion in Washington.
I) C last week to alleviate the
situation" concerning its
translator here
The Ashevilie station sends
a signal into Murphy through a
translator on Fain Mountain
which beams out the signal on
Channel 5
Viewers in the Hanging
Ikig-Unaka area complained
that the Channel 5 translator of
the Ashevilie station knocked
then out of receiving Channel 5
from Atlanta, Ga and began a
battle of petitions last Fall
They i irculated petitions
which complained of the
interference. And in Murphy,
led In the Jaycees who had
worked to briny' in the ABC
network Asheville station,
people circulated petitions in
favor of the station
Bill Heiffer, WI.OS vice
piesident. told The Scout
Tuesday that his organization
hoped to be able to keep
Channel 5 in Murphy but would
have tore-locate the translator.
He said the FCC order was in
response to the petitions which
were siyned complaining about
the translator
.lavree President Dick
I>a\i- said arrangements are
u: <!<?] h.i> t'i put the Channel 5
translator on a high point in the
vicinity of the town reservoir
I'his would put it across the
Valley Kiver valley from its
present location, he said, and at
a lower elevation.
Ideiffer said the lower
elevation would mean that the
translator signal would not be
revering the wide area It is now.
The Asheville station began
broadcasting to Murphy with
tiie translator last June, using
the same Fain Mountain site
where the translators for both
the Chattanooga stations are
located
Former Resident Writes Of Life In Australia
Rv Louise A Rayless
Correspondent
In May. 1968 Mrs Don
Cash, the former Nancy Sales of
Murphy, received a telephone
call from her husband in Spain,
and during a chaotic. 10-minute
transatlantic conversation
made the most important
decision of her life
Do you want to live in
Australia" He yelled
??What"" It ?as a bad
connection to New York She
said why not. he finished his
w ork in Spain for the American
Broadcasting Company, they
packed up and moved to
Sydney. Australia
Nancy Sales Cash of
Murphy Is the daughter of Mrs
C V Sales. Beulah to her
friends, and the late Mr Sales
Her mother is a teacher on the
faculty of the Murphy City
Schools She has a sister, Jean,
Mrs. Gordon Trull, Jr living in
Canton Nancy was born in
Hay wood County later moving
to Cherokee County.
She is married to Don Cash,
a native of London, an
Englishman in his 40 s who has
an incredibly even disposition,
successfully affects an old briar
pipe has a two-year old Alsatian
dog called Dolly and drives an
M G sports car He has a fine
background in film production
which takes in eight years with
N B C in New York During this
time he produced a four-hour
documentary about .Africa and
a show for Fd Sullivan in
Moscow
He has recently completed
a film entitled Squeeze a
Flower - a comedy for world
release, filmed entirely in
Australia. Shortly before
production plans were plotted
for Squeeze a Flower" Don
( ash said Yes" to an offer
from Sydney-based N L T
Productions Proprietary
l imited to leave New York and
take up a staff job down under
as Producer and General
manager of NI.T
Their marriage made
tieadlines in the New York
newspapers Registers rang
w hen Nancy Sales married Don
Cash", etc Even the Asheville
Citizen noted it on the front
page
They have tastefullv
renovated a Victorian terrace
Mouse at 63 Moncur Street,
Woolahara. and are completely
absorbed tn the Australian way
of life
Under her maiden name.
Nancy has earned a creditable
reputation in jounahsm. public
relations, ad advertising, radio
and television script writing
and editorial magazine wwork
A few weeks after she
graduated from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. the Andrews Journal
sought her out and offered her a
job as editor She accepted the
offer and endeavored to keep
the readers of the Andrews
Journal well informed
Sometime later she went to
New York and tried her hand
with public relations work She
took a position with a large
firm. Young & Rubican,
handling lots of individual
clients Two years later she set
off with a friend for a year's
working holiday in Europe
"We had a marvellous
time,' she recalled, "Such as
skiing in a little village near
Innsbruck And later I decided
to travel alone " Nancy stayed
in I.ondon for a vear But the
mid weather bothered her so
she returned to her public
relations position with Y&R
Nancy is now a writer -
editor for Women's Weekly."
the bluest magazine of any
kind in Australia primarily a
women's magazine, though, but
not like American women's
magazines such as McCall's or
I. H ,1 Women's Weekly also
has straight news, and comes
out once a week
Some excerpts from
Nancy's letters to her mother
tell of life in Australia.
"The reversal of the season
here continues to amaze us.
August is the month that
precedes Spring proper, is the
month of fierce winds, coming
in like a lion, just like March at
home April showers come in
September and the summer is
extremely hot
It is very pretty here The
city is very clean, with beautiful
views of the ocean, harbor and
rivers everywhere Most of the
houses are white with red tile
roofs so they are very
picturesque Sydney itself is
very British; I feel almost back
in london again. Cars drive on
the left hand side of the road;
they have double decker buses
lust like London.
None of the houses have
central heating, so it's always
Aarmer outside than in
We keep pace with events
n the United States through
rime magazine It is our main
wurce of information
Newspapers here are pretty
oad There's really only one
that gives good international
tews, and that leaves more than
a lot to be desired
"In the Summer we are
invited to a lot of weekend day
time parties which the
Australians call a barbecue
which is in fact a noon-time
cookout but there the
resemblance to an American
barbecue ends. Such as using
several bales of hay for a huge
table. They're so much fun that
we decided to have one of our
own and it was most enjoyable
I'm getting back into the
swing of writing. The television
show I wrote when I first
arrived in Australia was shown
recently and I was quite elated.
S'lnetimes I do get very
Imincsick but life is good here
and Don is so happy that I can't
stay homesick very long. r
I)nn has been working
terrifically bard and has
completed his new television
series It is called The Rovers
and is an adventure at sea on a
Ixautiful big schooner, The
Pacific lady. It has lots of
Australian wildlife and animals
in it. as does every T V series
made here because that's what
sells them overseas, which is
America and Europe
The premiere of The
Rovers was shown recently in
Sydney The Mars Candy
Company has taken an option to
show Rovers in the U.S.
The whole country grinds
to a screeching halt for about a
month just after Christmas.
Offices, factories, moat
everything closes down! It's
very frustrating if you Ye trying
to get anything done, but
otherwise pleasant to thMt a
country can still behave in axk
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