The Cherokee Scout
and Clay County Progress
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Vplume 80 ? Number 4 - Murphv. N. C. 28906-Second Class Postage Paid at Murphy, N. C. ? Thursday, September 9, 1971
Marching Bulldogs
Greg Kinney, a Murphy High
Freshman, practices with his
Sousaphone in preparation for the
first appearance of the band, set for
Sept. 18, which is the first home
football game. The Bulldog marching
band, 67 strong, began practice two
weeks belore school started. Director
Paul Peninger says for a more
dramatic effect, the marching unit
this season will include eight black
and-gold school flags. Kinney's horn,
constructed partly of plastic, is much
lighter than the old all-brass model.
Family Possessions Destroyed
Woman Dies In Fire
Mrs. James Nelson, the
former Miss Hubby Lee of
Hayesville, died of suffocation
Sunday at 5 p.m. when the
Nelson's large two-story frame
house near Hayesville burned of
txidetermined origin.
Everything the family
possessed including clothing
was burned. Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson had many antique pieces
of furniture and Nelson had a
collection of 35 antique clocks
and a collection of IS guns
among other expensive items
burned. Nelson said he had a
small insurance policy that
would about cover the cost of
furniture andclothes in the
According to Nelson, be was
asleep Sunday afternoon in a
bedroom and awoke when he
smelled smoke. He ran into the
den and realised the flames
were spreading from the couch
to the new draperies. He
received second degree burns
on his hands and one leg as he
attempted to fight the fire which
was out of control.
He carried his wife, who
had already suffocated from
smoke where she was lying on
the couch, to the lawn. He left
her body in the yard and again
dashed into the burning house to
upstairs bedroom to see if either
of the children might be inside.
Darlene, a senior at
riayesville High School had
already left for work in the
Towns County Nursing Home
where she iaemployed. Charles,
the youngest son, was visiting
with friends and Jimmy, the
oldest son, who married
recently was at his new mobile
home.
The Hayesville Fire Dept.
arrived at the fire; but it was
too late to try to put the fire out
since the entire house was
falling in when the they arrived.
The churches in Clay
County have scheduled a love
offering that will be taken,
Sunday, Sept. 19 for the Nelson
Family, who are presently
living with relatives.
Nelson teaches Physical
Education and History in the 8th
grade at Hayesville School.
Funeral Services were held
at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Ledford's
Chapel United Methodist
Church, of which she was a
member.
The Revs. Harry Hawk and
Boyce Huffsiettler officiated.
Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bobby
Burch, Jack Rogers, Mickey
Powell and Wallace, Wendell
and Frank Moore Jr.
Mrs. Nelson was a lifelong
resident ofClay County and a
member of the Clay Chapter
No. 11, Order of the Eastern
Star. ? ?
Surviving in addition to the
husband are a daughter, Miss
Dariene Nelson and two sons,
Jimmy and Charles Nelson, all
of Hayesville: the mother, Mrs.
John H. I*e of Hayesville; four
sisters, Mrs. Blanche Ledford
;ind Mrs. Mary !<ou Auberry,
both of Hayesville, Mrs. Oma
Morgan of Marble and Mrs.
Helen 1.a whom ofTitusville,
Flu.: and two brothers. Frank
nd C.eorge Lee. N)th of
Hayesville..
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Free Methodist
Is Named
Hie Rev. Joseph Fralick
has just been appointed the
pastor of die Murphy Free
Methodist Oiurch, coming to
Murphy from Columbus,
Wisconsin.
Hie Rev. Mr. Fralick is a
graduate of Hope College,
Holland, Michigan and Asbivy
'
Theological Seminary,
Wilmore, Kentucky. He has
also done graduate study in
education at Western Michigan
University.
Before coming to Murphy,
be served as pastor in Ohio,
Oklahoma and Wisconsin, and
has also taught in secondary
schools for several years.
Hie Rev. Mr. Fralick, his
Ms wife, Nova Jean, and four
children are living at the
parsonage at 100 Oak St.
Theater
Correction
If you're planning to go to
the doable feature this weekend
at the Valley Drive-in at
Andrews, the price of admission
will be fl.M per person.
Throagb an error, the
ndmbrton price in the theater
ad anthe back page ai
aa M cents.
Sheriff's
Pay Is Cut
The battle between
Cherokee County's Republican -
controlled Board of
Commissioners and the
Democratic Sheriff went
another round on Monday.
Sheriff Blain Stalcup
appeared at the meeting of the
county governing board and got
the official word that his $360 a
year pay as radio operator has
been cut.
"They're cutting all the
Democrats," the officer said
angrily, adding that former
Sieriff Claude Anderson, a
Republican who was placed on -
Sheriff Stakup's staff by the
present commissioners, said he
received the $30 a month check
in addition to his regular salary
the entire 16 years he served as
Sheriff.
Chairman Jack Simonds
spoke up for the Board of
Commissioners, saying with all
the deputies and jailors Sheriff
Stalcup has now, the
commissioners didn't think he
needed the extra money for
ruining the radio system in his
department.
Simonds added that during
die time Anderson served as
Sieriff, the money went to Mrs.
Anderson, who worked at the
Cherokee County Jail.
Sheriff Stalcup said the
commissioners "didn't have the
nerve " beforehand to tell him of
the cut in pay and he had
learned of it when he came to
the County Accountant's office
last month for his checks.He
said he was paid the radio
operator's allowance in July.
Shnonds said if the $30 monthly
check was paid in July, it was a
mistake because the radio
operator's pay was cut out when
commissioners prepared the
budget for the fiscal year
which began July 1.
In other action Monday, the
Board of Commissioners:
? Released a $3,500 welfare
lien against property owned by
Wyndom Roberts in the Shoal
Q-eek section for $1,125, which
represented about $75 an acre
an the land involved.
? Approved the low bid of
Gulf Oil at 12 cents a gallon for
fuel oil to heat the Courthouse
this Winter.
- Approved the bid of $1,037
by Hughes Electric for
changing the wiring inside the
Courthouse to correct an
overloading situation ciriticized
by a recent Grand Jury. It was
the only bid received although
the commissioners had asked
for bids for two months from
other electrical firms.
- Made the final payment on
construction of a new hangar at
the Murphy-Andrews Airport.
The hangar cost a total of
$18,000, all of which came from
money distributed by the State
of North Carolina for improving
local airports.
- Approved naming of a
Cherokee County committee to
participate in a seven-county
Child Care Center program
under the control of the State of
Franklin Health Council. As
planned, centers which would
accomodate 15 pre-school
children would be located
initially in Murphy and
Andrews. They would keep
children all day, teaching the
children and checking on their
medical and dental needs
inaddition to the day care
function.
Parents would pay to the
degree that they are able to do
so and the entire program
would be funded with federal
money for the first two years of
its operation.
Traffic Light
The traffic light at Murphy
Elementary School is gone but
it's expected to be just a
temporary situation.
Town Clerk Charlie
Johnson said this week that the
light was knocked out of
commission, probably by a high
truck which bumped against it
and it had to be removed.
Policemen are now helping
school children across busy U.S.
19-129 each day.
Johnson said the State
Highway Commission has been
informed of the situation and a
state engineer is expected to
come to Murphy shortly to work
something out with the town on
a traffic light in that section.
The Murphy Town Council
has discussed putting the light
beck up in its old location,
Johnson said, or else moving it
to the intersection in front of the
A & P store. The SHC
engineers lean toward the A & P
intersection, as they have long
frowned on the light operating
in its old position, in the middle
of a block.
The light is expected to be a
topic of the Town Council at its
meeting on Monday night of
next week.
Margaret Studios
Damaged By Fire
Margaret Studios was damaged by a fire
Sunday afternoon and the Murphy Volunteer
Fire Department was credited with keeping
the blaze from destroying the plant.
Mrs. Helen Arp, office manager of the
Tennessee Street woodworking business,
estimated damaged damages and production
time lost at between $8,000 and $10,000.
The fire apparently started in a drying
kiln located with wahiut lumber, she said.
Before it was extinguished, the blaze
destroyed the lumber, the kiln and a shavings
bin.
The Murphy volunteers "did an excellent
job," Mrs. Arp said,in containing the fire and
preventing it from spreading inside the plant.
The company has three of the kilns, she
explained, where walnut and other woods are
dried to reduce their moisture content before'
they are turned into wooden bowls and other
items. The heat rises to between 200 and 250
degrees during the four-week drying time.
Mrs. Arp and other company officials
speculated that a thermostat in the gas-fired
furnace which heats the kilns may have
struck, causing the heat to rise high enough to
ignite the wood.
The shavings bin catches all the shavings
and sawdust from the plant's blower system,
syc said.and until it is replaced, work has been
stopped. "We hope to get back into production
by the end of this week", she said.
Chatuge Shores
At the Chatuge Shores Golf course in Clay
County, some 67 golfers teed off in the annual Labor
Day tournament. Mrs. Harrison Martin, secretary
of the club, presented the trophies. Earl Jackson,
front left won the second flight and Lanny Correll
won the first flight. Standing, left to right, are
Edward Ashe, who won the fifth flight; Blaine
Press ley, fourth flight winner; and Gene Moss, who
won the third flight. The 74 carded by Moss over the
l8-<hole course was the lowest of the day.
Cherokee Hills
At the Cherokee Hills golf course on Labor Day,
20 players participated in a Scoutch foursome
tournament, which was followed by a potluck
supper held by the membership of the course.
Tournament Chairman Bud Alexander, second
from left, then gave out trophies for the Scotch
foursome tournament and also the recent club
chamDionship tournament. M.G. Curtis, left, wo.,
the first flight of the club championship and
Alexander is shown presenting the club champion
trophy tto Wayne Holland. Mrs. Maxine Gossett
and Everett English, center, won the Scotch (day
and Mrs. Maudie B. Alexander and Dr. Bill
Gossett, right, were runners-up. (Owens Photo)
Don Maynard
Housing Group Formed
The Cherokee County
Housing Authority held its
organizational meeting last
week, naming an executive
board which will handle much
of the work of the 30-member
group
The Cherokee County
commissioners named the 90
members, who in turn selected
the five-member executive
board.
Jeff Brooks was named
overs 1 chairman of the group
Mrs. John Dickey was named
vice chairman and Don Ramsey
was named Secretary
treasurer. Ihey will make up
the executive board along with
leonard Ramsey and Thomas
Blount.
The purpose of the housing
authority will be to provide
housing for families of low and
Maynard To Meet Shots Set
Local Fans, Players For Horses
Don Maynard, star pass
receiver for the New York Jets
professional football team, will
meet local fans and players on
Saturday afternoon at the
Mirphy High School gym.
Maynard plays at the wide
receiver position for Jhe Jets
and has been a favorite target
for the aerials of Broadway Joe
Namath and other
quarterbacks.
He has played pro ball since
moderate income. The
immediate goal is to establish
here a financed largely
with federal money, by which
men with low incomes can be
taught carpentry skills and
loaned the money to build their
own houses.
Other members of the
authority are Lee Nichols, John
Boring, Frank Ledford, Pure 11
Miller, Robert Heaton, Huston
ledford, Wendell Lovingood,
Randall Munday, Mrs. Casteel
Floyd, Lowell Ballew, Weldon
Helton, Marvin Cook ,
Talmadge Wiggins, H. E.
Dickey, Harold Hatchett, Dr.
W. A. Hoover, J. Doyle Burch,
Truman McNabb, Mrs. Charles
White, lessard Radford, Edwin
Hendrii, Johnny Wilson. Posey
CTisp. Frank Plemmons and
1968, when he signed with the
New York Giants. He then spent
a year in Canadian pro ball and
returned to New York in 1960,
where he has played ever since,
as a Titan and more recently as
a Jet.
Maynard is the only pro
pass receiver to have gained
11,000 yards and is credited with
682 catches. He holds about IS
pro records.
A native of El Paso, Texas,
Maynard has been a friend
since his high school days in
Texas of Richard Howlett, one
of the directors of Greerdawn
Memorial Gardens. The firm,
based in Spartanburg, S.C.,
operates several perpetual care
cemeteries and has started one
recently in the Peach tree
community. Maynard's
appearance here is sponsored
by Greenlawn and The
Cherokee Scout.
Maynard will play in a
game on Friday night in
Memphis, Term, and then come
here. He will be at the Murphy
High Gym from 4 untB 9:30 on
Saturday afterndMh the
admission is free and all
football fans andplayers,
including high school, Midgets
and Mites, from this area are
invited to come out and meet
On Saturday
O'Dell's Restaurs
?ill be the guest of honor at a
" IS
North Carolina is instituting
a vaccination program for the
control of Venezuelan Equine
Encephalomylitja (VEE). a
highly fatal disease of horses,
ponies,mules and asses (equine
species). The vaccination
program officially "Begins
September 9, and is expected to
be completed statewide within
30 days.
Dr. A. J. Headrick will be
responsible for vaccinating all
horses mules, etc., in Cherokee,
day and Graham counties.
Clinics will be held throughout
the three con ties. The vaccine
will be furnished and
administered at no cost to the
owners. The owners will be
responsible for getting their
animals to one of the scheduled
clinics.
The vaccine to be used
locally will be received in 100
dose containers with a viable
life of only 12 hours alter
mixing. This makes it
practically impossible to)
individual
owners with large
horses may make
arrangements to have
on their farm if they
neighbors cat
area of 1M I