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Volume 79-Number 50 -Murphy, N. C. 28906-Second Class Postage Paid at Murphv, N. C.?Thursday, July 29, 1971
Summer Treat
Happiness is a cold, wet ice cream and Scout Photographer
cream cone on a hot July afternoon. Weaver Carringer, using a telephoto
The Murphy Day Care Center lens, got this shot of three-year-old
youngsters walked uptown from their Gina Taylor, daughter of Mr. and
playroom at the First Methodist Mrs. Howard Taylor.
Church on Tuesday afternoon for ice
Forest Service Explains
Plans, Policies To Public
About SO people attended a been getting on the entrance fee
public meeting on Wednesday and suggested that it be
night of last week, called by the dropped.
U.S. Forest Service for the The Forest Service's
purpose of explaining its plans "wilderness area" policy for
and policies in the local lanc' surrounding Hiwassee
Tusquittee Ranger District. lake was questioned by a
In the question-and-answer Murphy real estate agent, who
period tlat followed the local economy was
presentation of Forest Service being ''eld back because
work plans for the current year, waterfront land could not be
the main items were entrance developed and sold to retired
fees at Hanging Dog people and summer residents.
JQunpground, land use around People who are familiar
Hiwassee Lake and use of trails with lake Chatuge in Clay
on government lands by County then answered the
motorcycles. question by saying private
The entrance fees will landowners there keep
continue in effect, according to fishermen off the shore in some
Del Thorsen, Forest Supervisor areas and the overwhelming
from Asheville who attended number of skiers and pleasure
the meeting. Some in the boaters on the weekends make
audience said the money fishing nearly impossible,
involved, at $1 per vehicle, was Forest Service officials did not
not much compared to the bad comment and their policy on the
publicity the Forest Service has lake remains unchanged.
Courthouse Repairs Are Urged
The Cherokee County
Grand Jury inspected the
Courthouse and county jail
Monday, calling for a number of
repairs.
Signed by the foreman,
Mrs. Ruth Forsyth, the Grand
Jury's report says most
Courthouse offices were clean
and orderly but electrical
wiring in the marble building is
Inadequate and most of the
offices need repainting and
replastering.
Members of the Grand Jury
found existing electrical outlets
overloaded in most Courthouse
offices. Nine lines were found
connected to one outlet in the
Clerk of Court * office, seven in
the license Examiner's office,
six to an outlet in the Extension
office.
The outside of the building
needs mortar replaced between
the marble blocks, the report
stated, "and the edge around
the top of the building should be
inspected by a competent
builder to determine if there is
danger that parts of the building
might fall on passers'by".
There is evidence, the report
added, that part of the upper
edge has already fallen, without
injuring anyone.
The jail was found to be
dean, but in need of extensive
repainting and replastering.
On trail bikes, Thorsen said
the Forest Service is in the
process of writing a new policy
on the use of motorcycles on
forest trails and roads, which
will be released soon.
Bridge
Figures
In Wreck
Highway Patrolman Bob
Ogle reported that one of the
narrow concrete bridges along
US-19-129 between Murphy and
Andrews has figured in another
wTeck.
Trooper Ogle said a 1969
Volkswagen just before noon
Tuesday struck the bridge at
Marble School. It was driven by
Marvin Dawson, 50, of Mt.
Pleasant, S.C., who escaped
injury. The car was damaged
beyond its market value.
The concrete bridge at
Marble was the scene earlier
this month of a fatal wreck and
a death was also recorded in
June on the bridge at Tomotla.
The bridges, built in the 1920's,
are very narrow compared with
modern highway bridges.
Parker Wins
50-Mile Ride
Jimmy Parker of Route 4,
Hayesville, won a grueling
horseback endurance ride on
July 18 in Habersham County,
Ga.
The 50-mile ride had 19
entries with only seven finishing
the long race. Four horses died
during the event.
Georgia Revives Boundary Dispute
Georgia is reviving an old boundary dispute,
saying its northern boundary should actually take in a
strip of land which includes parts of both Cherokee
and Clay counties.
Two Georgia legislators were in the vicinity of
Highlands last weekend, trying to survey what they
claim should be Georgia's norhtern boundary. The
claim by Georgia is that the line should be the 35th
parallel of latitude.
The present boundary, which was settled on about
1807 according to North Carolina officials, runs
roughly a mile south of the 35th parallel.
If the Georgia boundary was extended a mile
north to the 35th parallel it would take in parts of
Chattanooga and all of Copperhill, Tenn. . In
Cherokee, it would take in Culberson and Bellview
communties and it would include Warne and part
of the Ledford's Chapel community.
Ironically, if the Georgia line was moved north, it
would include the isolated Macon County community
of Betty's Creek, which petitioned without success
several years ago for permission to withdraw from
North Carolina and join Georgia. Residents of Betty's
Creek have to drive into Georgia before the road turns
north to take them back into Macon County.
Georgia's Gov. Jimmy Carter has made an
official request of North Carolina Gov. Bob Scott that
the border question be restudied and Scott said in
Asheville last week that he is taking the request
seriously.
Tennessee officials, however, say as far as they
are concerned the line was settled years ago.
There is much talk of the issue in the three North
Carolina counties concerned and Oscar Ledford,
chairman of the Macon County Commissioners, said
in Franklin Tuesday that the idea is 'far-fetched."
He added that his board was in the process, of writing
a strong letter to Gov. Scott, opposing any movement
of the boundary line. v , r * +
Howard Wimpey, chairman of the Clay County
Commissioners, said "I don't think it's much to get
alarmed about." He said his board may discuss
writing a letter or two on the issue during their
meeting Monday but emphasized that their main
problem is the Clay County budget and tax rate,
Rogers Goes Free
Will Rogers, charged with
murder in the June shooting
death of his son Edd, went free
this week as the Grand Jury did
not indict him, finding a no
true bill in his case.
A former law officer now in
his 70's, Rogers had been
housed at the Cherokee County
Jail since the shooting. Officers
who had served the warrant on
Rogers admitted their case was
weak; the only witness to the
shooting was his wife, they
said.and by law she cannot be
forced to testify against her
husband.
The one-week term of
Superior Court, during which
the Grand Jury was meeting,
wound up on Tuesday, Judge
Fred Hasty of Charlotte
presiding.
Russell Lee Jones, who
escaped from jail three times
awaiting trial, pleaded guilty to
two counts of breaking and
entering and two counts of
possession of a stolen car.
Prayer for judgment was
continued until the November
term of Superior Court, with
Jones ordered to go to a medical
diagnostic center in Central
Prison in Raleigh between now
and November.
The Grand Jury did not
finish its deliberations and
returned a continued bill in the
case of three young men
charged with rape of a Marble
girl and also Ervin Whitener,
charged with manslaughter.
The only jury trial was that
of J.W. Bryant of Andrews,
charged with exceeding the
creel limit on trout. The jury
deliberated for about an hour
and a half Tuesday morning and
found him not guilty.
The majority of the cases
were continued until the
November session, a number of
defendants and witnesses
failing to show up. Appearance
bonds were doubled for
defendants who failed to come
to court.
which still has not been decided on. Carolina and Georgia met in Asheville and agreed on
There were also indications that the boundary the line,
dispute will be discussed in the Monday meeting of Georgia State Rep. Larry Thomason of Decatur,
the Cherokee County Commissioners. who heads the boundary study commission of the
North Carolina sources say the boundary line was Georgia Legislature, says his state has never ratified
fixed in 1807 when boundary commissions from North an agreement fixing the boundary.
To Compete For Crown
The 10 Cherokee County girls who will compete pageant will be held. The winner of the annual
Aug. 7 for the title of Miss Cherokee County are Jaycee-sponsored event will represent the county
shown in one of their nightly practice sessions this in the Miss North Carolina pageant next Summer,
week at the Murphy High gym, where the beauty (Staff Photo)
State Officials Tour Here
Officials of the North Power, Western Carolina
Carolina Department of Telephone and Western
Conservation and Development Carolina University,
who advise new industries on it was designed to acquaint
where to locate in this state them with the potential of the
visited Cherokee and Clay far western counties and,
counties last Thursday. hopefully, to influence them into
The tour, which took them mentioning a far west county
to Clay, Cherokee, Graham, when industrial prospects are
Swain, Macon, and Jackson looking for a place to build a
counties, was sponsored by new plant.
Wachovia Bank, Nantahala The group of industry
Dockery FHA Official
The Farmers Home James T. Johnson, state
Administration County director of Farmers Home
Committee certifies eligibility Administration, has announced
of applicants for Farmers the appointment of Luther M.
Home Administration loans ad Dockery of Rt. 3, Murphy, to the
and recommends action in Cherokee County Farmers
making and servicing loans to Home Administration County
the FHA county supervisor. The Committee for a three-year
committee also advises on other term.
activities connected with the Dockery succeeds Don
varied programs offered by Taylor, whose term has
Farmers Home Administration, expired. Dockery's term of
office began officially on July 1,
Dockery lives in the 1971, He will serve on the three
Hanging Dog Community of member committee with Roy P.
Cherokee County. Qonts and C.B. Newton.
hunters flew in from Raleigh Murphy, saying that the area
and landed Thursday morning needs is an industry to work
at the airport at Andrews, men. There are about 800 men
traveling by chartered bus to in the area now who need
Hayesville, where the steady work, he said, adding
presentation of the local that local plants work a
industrial picture was made by disproportionate number of
banker Tom Day, head of women,
the Clay County Development The Cherokee County
Corp. Development Corp. has
Day told the visitors that purchased a plant site at
Clay County has built a fine new Peachtree, he said, which
golf couse and some new would be available immediately
housing but it needs more if an industrial prospect was
housing, motels, expanded interested,
recreational facilities and an Cherokee has also built a
industry that would employ golf course, he said, and
men. The tour included stops at housing projects have been
the Chatuge Shores Golf course completed here. The visitors
and several industrial sites in were shown industrial sites, the
Gay and then moved on to golf course and then had
Murphy. lunch at O'Dell's before going
Merle Davis, representing on to Andrews,
both the Chamber of Commerce Their tour ended Friday
and the county development with stops in Bryson City,
group,made the presentation to Cherokee, Sylva and Franklin.
Memorial Held For Christopher
A memorial service for Memorials, a vo'ume of
Murphy attorney F.O. memorial resolutions in honor
Christopher, who died June 9, of attorneys who have diod.
was held Tuesday morning in Relatives and friends
Superior Court in Murphy. present at the service, as
The opening and closing several out-of-town lawyers
prayer was given by the Rev. here for the session of Superior
Carlton Thompson and brief Court,
remarks were made by Solicitor Christopher was lauded in
Marcellus Buchanan, Ed Hyde the resolution as the "soul of
and Herman Edwards, who was integrity and courtesy," a
once in a law office partnership "courtroom tactician of pre at
with Christopher. ability and success...
Attorney Hobart McKeever industrious, meticulous and
delivered the memorial highly capable, re spaded by
resolution, which will be all, biut especially by his fSDow
entered in the Cherokee Book of lawyers."
Ledford Works On
Apollo 15 Project
Harold Ledford, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Ledford of
Rt. 3, Hayesville, has a personal
Merest in the Apollo 16 mission.
Ledford is employed as
deputy chief of the launch
v*hie led systems engineering
division with NASA's George C.
Marshall Flight Center which
provided the huge Saturn
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Construction Pace 'Excellent' On New Baptist Church
Construction work is going along at an "excellent" pace educational building, at right. "We hope to be holding general contractor on the project, which will coat over
on the new First Baptist Church building , according to the services in the educational building by October and then be ssoo ooo to comnlete ?'?rrinser Photo)
Re. Woodrow Flynn, pastor. Work has been temporarily able to move into the sanctuary by Christmas," the Rev. Mr. * ' complete. tt.arnnger r noio>.
halted on the sanctuary, at left, and concentrated on the Flynn said. Buncombe Construction Co. of Asheville is the