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  • s?< THE WESTE OLUMM VOL. XXX, NO. 5 Friday, October 9, 1964 CULLOWHEE, N. C. Floods Swamp Jackson County Democrats Obtain Landslide Victory In Carolinian Mock General Election The Democrats obtained a landslide victory in Tuesday's Mock General Election sponsored by the Western Carolinian. Each of the four Democratic candidates appearing on the ballot received over half of the 673 votes cast by Western Carolina College students. With 422 of the 673 votes cast President Lyndon B. Johnson was re-elected President of the United States by the WCC students. His Republican opponent Senator Barry Goldwater was the choice of 247 students. Governor George Wallace of Alabama received two write-in votes and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge received one write-in. The final tally showed Senator Hubert Humphrey as the students' choice for Vice-President. The Democratic Senator from Minnesota carried 422 of the votes, while William Miller, his Republican opponent, carried 244. One write-in vote each was recieved by Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania and former Vice-President Richard Nixon, both Republicans, and George Maddox. In the contest for Governor of North Carolina the Democratic candidate Dan K. Moore carried a large majority of the student votes. Moore, an attorney in Canton, received 455 of the votes cast. Attorney Robert Gavin of Sanford, his Republican opponent, was the choice of 198 WCC students. Democrat I. Beverly Lake received one write-in vote. Incumbent Lacy Tornburg, Sylva attorney, won the race for a seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives by overshadowing his Republican opponent, Attorney Hugh Montieth, also of Sylva; by more than 200 votes. Thornburg received 398 votes while Montieth received 174. The Mock General Election was sponsored by the Western Carolinian in an effort to encourage student interest and participation in the political issues facing this country this election year. Both the Young Democrats Club and the Young Republicans Club on campus played vital roles in the preparations for the election. The polls were located in front of Stillwell Building from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6. Western Carolinian staff members manned the polls all day. Editor Bill Shawn Smith and News Editor Betty Sprung tabulated the results of the poll of student opinion. Tlie Young Democrats Club held a pre-election rally in the Waynesville Armory on Tuesday, September 29. Zeb Alley, the North Carolina Young Democrats Club National Committeeman, was the keynote speaker. He emphasized the role of the college clubs in the national election. Other speakers included Lacy Thornburg, incumbent candidate for a seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives; Neal Evans, immediate past president of the YDC of Western Carolina College; and Bob Clontz, current president. Entertainment was provided by the Mark IV, a combo from Sylva, and refreshments were provided by the Haywood County YDC. Approximately 100 WCC students attended the rally which was under the direction of O. L. Yates, Jr., a WCC student and the President of the Haywood County Young Democrats Club. The Young Democrats also conducted a poster campaign several days prior to the Mock General Election. The Western Carolina College Young Republicans Club used as its primary campaign device a poster campaign conducted throughout the week preceding the mock election. Van Stayton, YRC President, and Betty Sprung, Secretary, served as coordinators of this campaign. Both of the campus political organizations have plans to continue their campaigning for the November General Election. Bob Clontz, YDC President, announced that twelve Western Carolina College students will serve as marshals at the Vance- Aycock Dinner, a $25 a plate affair to be held in Asheville October 10. The Western Carolina College YDC will also participate in the district Young Democrats rally to be held in Canton and in a few state-wide rallies. The Young Republicans Club is tentatively planning a rally for later in the month and an open forum on the issues of major interest in this year's election between the YDC and the YRC members. A large scale poster campaign will continue through the November General Election. Thornburg and Monteith will appear at an open forum before the student body of Western Carolina College on Monday, October 12, at 3:00 p.m. in the Gallery of Hunter Library. The forum will be centered around the national Issues in this year's election. Concerning the success of this special project of the Western Carolinian Betty Sprung, News Editor, stated, "The enthusiasm and interest shown by the Young Democrats Club and the Young Republicans Club in participation in this Mock General Election and the large turnout at the polls shows that the students of WCC are not indifferent toward the the elected officers in our government. The News staff will continue to encourage wholehearted student support and participation in political endeavors throughout the year." President Lyndon B. Johnson Dan K. Moore Lacy Thornburg Tuckasegee Floods Sunday; Many Left Homeless In Area Western North Carolina has, by today, for the most part recovered from one of the worst floods to devastate the area since 1916. Jackson County was among the hardest hit sections, with damage that could not be estimated at press time Tuesday night. Many families were driven from their homes by the rising waters and much of the county's industry was forced to curtail production in order to repair damages and clean up the mud left in the wake of the rampaging Tuckaseegee River. Western Carolina College received the prelude to the inundation at about 8:30 p.m., Saturday, October 2, when the first rain started to fall and by 12:00 Noon on Sunday the Tuckaseegee had reached flood stage. The river continued rising until 3:00 that afternoon, when the crest was reached, completely covering the small dam above the bridge with water. The dam, part of the college's steam plant system, remained indiscernible throughout the afternoon. As the water lapped at the concrete bridge supports within approximately two to three feet of the bottom of the bridge, students stood at Perry Sutton's Gulf station on the college side of the bridge in the sometimes driving rain and waited for some indication of the river's fall or further rise. River Road, on the north side of the Tuckaseegee, was rendered completely impassable by the torrent and an eight ton load limit bridge providing several families access to River Road was demolished by the flood. Further downstream the river had risen out of its banks and flooded several homes, as well as many of the trailers in Battle's Trailer Park, approximately one mile down from the bridge. Flood waters covered the roads at several points between Cullowhee and Sylva and south on the road toward Glenville, cutting off all entrances to Western Carolina College except the road to Franklin, which was inaccessible at that end. At the height of the flood, statewide radio and television broadcasts advised students re turning to Western Carolina College to remain home rather than attempt the trip. Those in transit to the school were instructed to report to the nearest Red Cross office for accommodations. About one hundred students who had reached Sylva by Sunday evening found that they could not travel the remaining six miles and received food and lodging in the town. Throughout Sunday afternoon, when the river was maintaining its crest, rumors were circulating to the effect that twenty- five feet of water had been backed up in Bear Lake to permit the river to recede and that this water would have to be released in order to prevent a rupture of the dam, in either case heightening the flood danger in the Cullowhee area. This rumor eventually dissolved in light of the fact that the flood gates at Bear Lake had been opened and closed periodically in order to maintain a consistent depth in the Tuckaseegee and other rivers fed by the lake. The same was true at Lake Glenville, where there was at no time any fear of overflowing. The level of the Tuckaseegee River in the Cullowhee vicinity had fallen two feet from its crest by 8:30 Sunday night and by 9:10 p.m. Highway 107 between Sylva and Cullowhee was re-opened to traffic. At some time during the flood a leak or blockage was created in the reservoir serving WCC, resulting in a water shortage that caused severe rationing on campus Sunday night and Monday. See picture story on page 4.
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