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Vol. 50.?No. 6.
GALA OPENING
PLANNED FOR
COUNTY FAIR
Extensive Preparations
Being Made For
Annual Event
Everything from pickled beets to
colored minstrels will have its moment
when the Thirteenth Annual
Cherokee County Fair is held in Murphy
Tuesday through Saturday Sept.
27?Oct. 1.
More comprehensive and more expensive
preparations are being made
for the Fair this year than ever before.
If the Fair itself is any indication
of the amount of work that is
going into it, then Cherokee coun
" in ns. ttnu CitiZCiiS of SUiTOunuilin
communities, can say they've seen
the gamut run of county fairs.
From the opening: moment on Tuesday
when the first heifer is led
through the pates until the last moment
Saturday nipht when prand
father is led out, the Fair will he one
hip round of somethinp new.
Cherokee county folks have indicated
one thinp to the Fair officials
?they like their Fair, they want their
Fair, and as long as they're going to
have a Fair they might as well have
a Fair and not a half of a one.
For this reason the Fair committee,
leb by County Apent A. Q. Ketner,
has deceided to "shoot the works".
Premiums lists have been stepped up;
arrangements are being made for
larger capacities both for crowds and
exhibits, and a I >r and better
Mi<lway show is be provided?that
is, if money "talk:
Tho holders of .tfidway conccs-i
sion assure the I committee that I
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and amusements for the Cherokee
County Fair and that rides and everything
else they have at their disposal
will be opened up here.
Several sensational free acts are
expected to be included in the enter{Continued
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Land Acquisition
Department Head
Given Transfer
Hoke Lee Mynatt, acting manager
of the land acquisition department
of the TV A here, and family left
Thursday for Dayton, Tenn., where
Mr Mynatt has been transferred.
Mr. Mynatt came to Murphy three
years ajro to be engrafted in the land
acquisition work of the Hiwassee Dam
project.
His wife is the former Miss Grace
Burnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Rarnett, of Murphy.
The work of the land acquisition
oopartir.ent on the local TV A project
has practically heen completed. John
T. Snyder and Bill Sayrcs, employees
in the department, will be in charge
until the functions of the office have
heen completed.
James Mallonee Wins
Tennis Tournament
Tames Mallonee, young Murphy
attorney, was the winner Saturday
"f the mens singles tennis tournament
held <jn the local court the past 1
several weeks. He defeated Edwin
TIlHielo- AS
?~ -oicy, tne runner-up.
Miss Juanita Vestal was the winner |
of the womens singles 'the preceding
Saturday.
School News Again
Appears In Scout
Follow;ng ils annual custom. !
the Cherokee 'vcout this week takes ]
up its practice of presenting all the
new? of the Murphy school.
Each week cosnnlete section of
the paper wil he devoted to the
^ entt transpiring at the school or
0u?*t?nding writings of the pupilsThe
news on the page is gath?d.
prepared and ? lited by the stu- I
dents and their faculty advisers. |
It <gfl
a WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WEST!
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TEMPERATURE OF |
93 DEGREES IS
SEASON'S HIGHEST
With the first tinge of fall in the
night, air here and autumn weather
just around the corner Murphy witnessed
its hottest hour of the summer
Saturday afternoon, Aug. 27,
when, during Gov. Clyde R. Hoey's j
speech here, the temperature went
to 93 degrees.
Temperatures of 91 and 92 degrees
were recorded here this summer
on several occasions by the engineering
data division of the TV A.
The highest temperature reached j
in Murphy last summer was 94 de- j
Hrees which was recorded on two |
occasions. I
Rainfall here is eight inches ahead
of the total this time last summer and
slightly over the yearly average.
Subscription Drive
Ended Saturday
Mrs. W. E. Studstill, of Murphy,
and R. M> Cohen, of Hiwassee Dam.
were awarded $100 each following a
successful subscription campaign conducted
by the Cherokee Scout ai<l
the Junaluska Journal.
Mrs. Studstill took in mote subscriptions
than any of the other 15
contestants in the campaign, and the
$100 was awarded to Mr. Cohen as
the subscriber.
Mr. L. A. Lee, publisher of the two
papers, expressed his thanks and appreciation
to everyone who took part
in the campaign and added that it
was successful from every angle.
Cannery Season
About Ended;
Planning Picnic
With the /ocal Mountain Valley
Mutual cannery's "greatest season"
drawing to a closo. Munnrrm
Shields is planning a picnic for the
general public to be held sometime
the middle of October.
Except for the packing of a few
cans of okra and tomatoes 1938 operations
at the local cannery have
about come to a close. Mr. Shields
states that more than 20,000 cans of
vnirntuhlpR have heen packed.
An annual custom will he inaugurated
this year when the cannery
holds its first picnic. John E. Ban*,
head of the Land O' The Sky Mutual
Canning Association, of Waynesville,
is expected to be here Saturday tc
aid Mr. Shields in setting a definite
date for the picnic, which is expected
to be one of the biggest events in
Cheokee county, and complete arrangements
for it.
"From the standpoint of opera
tions, this is the greatest year we
have ever had", Mr. Shields stated.
"I expect our picnic will be held about
October 12?sometime after the
Cherokee County Fair."
HUNTING LICENSES
ON SALE IN COUNTY
Hunting license for the 1938-39
season have been placed on sale in
Cherokee county, D. M. Birchfield, l
game warden, has announced.
All 1937-38 licenses expired on
July 31, and it is necessary to have
new permits before hunting this fall,
he advises.
Licenses have been placed on sale
at the following places: Murphy?
Murphy Hardware company and Mallonee
and Davidson; Marble? Arthur
Palmer filling station; Andrews
?P. M. Reagan store; Unaka?Glenn
Crowe; Tomotla?D. M. Birohfield
home.
Cost of license is as follows: non- |
resident hunting license, $15.25; j
state resident hunting license, $2.10;
county resident hunting license. $1.10;
combination hunting and fishing license,
$3.10: state resident trappers
license, $3.25, and county resident
trappers license, $2.25.
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Craven Man Elected
To Tri-Ccunty
Health Post
The Cherokee County Board of
Health Thursday morning accepted
the application of Dr. Murray Par-j
mer Whichard, of Newbern, Craven I
I county, as local health officer to sue-'
I ceed Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, resigned.
Dr. Whichard's application was accepted
by the health units of Clay
and Graham counties, the other two
counties of the Tri-County health
unit, Monday.
The appOlutrrivut wmyuies ejiective
on October 1.
Dr. Mitchell, who has been connected
with the local health department
since its origination a year ago, recently
accepted a position with the
health department of Cleveland county
at Shelby. lie will assume his new
duties on September 16.
Dr. Whichard was advised of his
acceptance by wire Thursday morning.
The new health officer has been
in medical practice for a number of
years and at present is connected
with the health department of Craven
county, lie has a wife, two sons and
a daughter who are expected to move
here with him.
I The Cherokee county health board
I is composed of: L. R. Nichols, chairj
man of the board of county commissioners,
chairman; Dr. W. C. Morrow
Andrews physician; Dr. C. M. Young
Cherokee county physician; A. L
Martin, superintendent of Cheroke<
county schools; Dr. E. L. Holt, Mur
phy dentist, and C. D. May field
piu-icm 01 Murphy.
Prominent Group To
Inspect TVA Work
A group of nationally prominenl
consulting engineers and geologist;
wore expected tc? arrive in Murphy to
day (Thursday) to make an inspec
tion of certain phases of work on th(
TVA's $22,000,000 Iliwassee Dam.
Among those who are expected tr
he in the narty are: Dr. W. F. Prouty
head of the department, of peolopy al
the University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, and head of the consult
in?T engineers of TVA; .lack Savape
of the bureau of reclamation. Denver
Colo.; O. M. Floyd, consulting engineer,
Dallas. Texas, and Carl A
Dock, consulting engineer for TVA.
About 20 are expected to he in the
party.
ALL-STARS WILL
PLAY TWO GAMES
OVER WEEK-END
The Cherokee County ATI-Stars
fresh from their two triumphs out 01
three contests over Canton. Ga., here
during Labor Day week-end, will
play two games this coming week-end
with the itardwiek Woolen Mills team
of Cleveland, Tenn.
The first game will be played in
| Murphy on Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Paul LuyiViaii, of itcwpuii,
Tenn., who won last week from Bob
Hasty will be on the mound.
The second game will be played at
Marble Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m.
with Melvin Ensley Andrews lefthander,
on the mound. Ensley, Idvear-old
high school boy, has pitched
four important frames during the past
six weeks for the All-Stars arrl has
given up no more than five hits in
any one of the frames.
The left-hander youngster, consider
a sensation h" local baseball fans,
was discovered several months ago
when he pitched several games for
the Andrews Junior American Legion
team.
Mr. and Mi's. Ed Madden left
Wednesday for a vacation in Atlanta
and other points.
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A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH
jpt. 8, 1938
"Creamery Day" To Be (
Observed Saturday
Arrangements were being made | j
this week for the annual "Cream- | .
cry Day" celebration to be held at |
Brasrtown Saturday.
Officials of the Mountain Valley
Cooperative are expecting several
prominent speakers to attend.
The public is invited. Lunch can
either be brought along or puri
chased on the grounds.
Last year several hundred persons
attended the affair.
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Opens Campaign
The Republicans of Cherokee county
opened their fall campaign Tuesday
light wiui a Mciico O* COiTtTwUnity
rallies that will extend throughout
the county during the month of September.
Edwin Hyde, Murphy attorney, who
is chairman of the party, is leading a
list of candidates who are appearing
at the meetings.
The first meeting was held ai Topton
Tuseday night. A meeting was
held at Junaluska school house Wednesday
night and the party candidates
planned to appear at Marble tonight
(Thursday).
During the coming week the rallies
will be carried into the following communities:
Friday night, Brasstown;
Monday night. Burnt Meeting House;
Tuesday night, Walker School house;
I Wednesday night, Culberson school
house; Thursday night, Hot House
(at Johnson School House) ; and Friday
night, Sept. 1 C>, Shoal Creek.
Murphy To Get
New Telephone
Service Oct. 15
Improved telephone service will be
rendered Murphy citizens on October
I 15, it was learned Thursday.
A group of experts from the Wes.
tern Electric company are expected
to arrive here Monday to install the
? new equipment in the local office of
the Southern Bell Telephone and
, Telepgraph company.
A crew of workmen and line rel
pairmen have hen stationed in Mur-1
phy for the past six weeks repairing I
. all lines of the local exchange office.
New telephones are being installed !
in some of the homes and business
houses at present. All will be install-1
ed for the opening of the new service.
The new telephones will not
. * be used, however, until the service
is completed.
The new switchboard to be installed
has arrived. It represents the im-1
proved common battery system where \
in the batteries are charged by electricity
rather than the magneto system
that is used currently here.
Local citizens last fall petitioned
the company to install improved ser,
vice here. The company agreed to
^ do so but asked for an increase in
, rates that represents about 25 cents
I per month for most types of teleI
phones. j
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j AT LOCAL LIBRARY
The Murphy Woman's Club is arranging:
an exhibit at the Library on
the subject of "Christianity in Art".
The exhibit will open Wednesday.
Sept. 14. and continue through the
remainder of the month.
Anyone having M Bibles, hymnals,
prayerbooks. repi ^tions of religious
paintings or b.i< its showing
life in Palestine, please get in touch
with Mrs. O. E. Madden, Telephone
6, or the Carnegie Library. Telephone
65.
ATTENDS DEMOCRATIC
MEETING
Miss Sara Ruth Posey left Wednesday
to attend the Young Democratic
Convention which is being held in
Durham this week. Miss Posey will
be one of the speakers at the meeting.
Attractive
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MURPH'
rERRITORY
$1.50 YEAR?5c COPY
SCOUT-TROOPS
ARE UNDERGOING
REORGANIZATION
Prominent Citizens
Attend Andrews Meet
Tuesday Night
The Boy Scouts of Cherokee, Clay
ind Graham counties were reorgalized
at a meeting of prominent men
from three couuties at the Andrews
Hut Tuesday night.
The meeting was presided over by
Gilb -t Bush, special regional deputy
exc< ive of the Boy Scouts of America,
whose office is in Atlanta, Ga.,
and A. Wr. Allen, Scout executive of
the Daniel Boone court. A.sheville.
Committees appointed at the n1 noting
are making arrangements for a
"trainin" school" for the Scout advisors
w\ .ch will be held in Murphy
at future date.
At the meeting officers and committee
chairman were appoint a
name for the tri-county district 1
discussed and arrangements v J
made for a Court of Honor.
Heretofore there have been only
Two Scout troops in the district?
one at Murphy and one at Andrews.
Recently Mr. Bush circulated a questionaire
in the schools of the three
counties and more than 90 per cent
the boys declared they would like
to belong to some Scout group.
Those appointed at the meeting
were: Frank W. Swan. Andrews, district
chairman; Harve G. Elkins,
Murphy, district commissioner; the
Rev. W A. Barber. Murphy, chairj
man advancement committee; D. H.
Tillitt. Andrews r?^oirmon r:?
. i niniu'i*
committee; O. D. Johnson, Hiwassee
Dam, chairman training committee;
S. B. Churchwell, Hayesville, chairI
man health and safety committee; C|
A. Bales, Tapoca. chairman camping
\ committee, and J. I). Warrick. Rohj
binsville. chairman organization committee.
The committee chairman will
i chose an outstanciing man in each
I county to serve on his committee. jl
| About 25 men attended the meeting.
These citizens were selected from
names suggested by the boys whet:
they filled out the questionaires,
Mr. Bush stated that Boy Scout
officials at present were attempting
j to organize and centralize rural dis!
tricts to bring them up to a par with
I urban districts.
Fashion Show
To Be Given
On Sept. 23
I An entertainment < f so cial interi
est wili be presented at the school
auditorium on Friday, September
23, in the form of a fashion and beauty
show, with varied added numbers.
Fashions for various periods will be
presented in an interesting way by
beautiful young women. Current Fall
Fashions will also be presented together
with a beauty parade.
The entertainment is bcir ^ s|mn_
I sored by the Methodist Ch?rc.(l under
the direction of the f'Jilnwinjr committee:
Mrs. Willp.Vd Axiey, Mrs. E.
C. Mallonee, Miss Ida Belle Entrekin,
1 Mrs. W. A. Honvo* u? t
mis. l?. A. Lee.
i Mi>. Haii Cobb and Mrs. W. Arthur
Barber
Weather Vane
Listed below are maximum and
minimum temperatures for the past
week compared with temperatures
for the same period last year.
TEMPERATURES
1938 1937
X P.? 64 86 65
2 87 61 8'.* 60
:i 86 62 91 60
4 84 61 90 64
5 89 64 88 64
6 90 60 86 65
7 88 64 88 67
RAINFALL INCHES 1938 1937
Since September 1 0.32 0.85
Since January 1 49.81 41.83
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