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Dedicated To Service For Progress _ (Ehprokfp j^rottt ? - ?? ? ?? ?? ? ?"? ? ?. THE LEAPING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TERRITORY VOL 52. ? NO. 31 Ml'RPHT. N. C. TIU HSDA V. If BKI WRY 27. )<M| ?V ( OPV ? si.r>? PER VI AK $10 Prize Offered for Name For New Lake Near Murphy Contest is open to all;! No charge to enter, and Rules Simple The Murphy Chamber of Com merce. in cooperation with the Nan lahala National Forest, has an nounced a contest to select a suita ble name for the recreation area now being constructed on the Per Mmmon creek of the Hiwassee reser voir. A prize of $18.08 is offered for the best name submitted. The contest is open to any person, regardless of age, living in Cherokee county, except thr directors of the Murphy Chamber of Commerce and their families, or employes of the U. 8. Forest service and their families. All contestants are subject to the following rules: 1. No name of a living person will be considered. 2. Entries must be mailed, or brought to the office of the U. S. | Forest service in Murphy. 3. All entries must be sealed and j have the name and address of the sender plainly written on the paper, and entries must be rendered not later than April 15, 1941. 4. The decision oi the judges will i be final, and all entries become the I property of the U. 8. Forest service. The winner of the contest will be ! announced In the April 24 edition of the Cherokee Scout, and the award will be presented on the date of the opening of the development. Plans are now being made for a huge opening celebration on the day the recreation center is opened to the public. NEW RULE EXPANDS MATTRESS PROJECT A new ruling concerning the mat tress project in Murphy was recently passed whereby more mattresses are available to those families who have been limited heretofore The new rule makes the provision that families of more than three members may secure three mattress es The local mattress factory has turned out 1507 mattresses since the project was started, having made 92 during the past week. Plans are also under way for a comforter project to start soon in the county, and those who have mattres ses may also get comforters to be made under the same plan. Helen Wells Honored Miss Helen Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Wells, was initiated in the Chemistry Club of Woman's college In Greensboro on Tuesday, February 18. Miss Wells is a fresh mam in the college. The Weather Vane Listed below are dally maximum and minimum temperature and pre cipitation for the pant week compar ed with similar for last year: TEMPEEATOTTO 1940 1941 Max. Mil Max.Mln. Feb. 20 40 32 44 19 21 38 32 46 14 22 34 29 43 16 23 52 16 50 9 1 24 49 36 46 13 25 45 34 54 32 26 66 14 50 22 PRECIPITATION 194? 1941 Total for this week 0.32 trace Total for month to d?te . .3.60 0 80 ] Total for year to date . . . 6.93 4.03 Project is Scheduled to be finished soon a* Work is Rushed Although construction has pro gressed rather slo*l7 through the winter on the recreation area at Per- j simmon creek, the spring months arc expected to speed up the work. t?d completion of the project ,-hould bt reached by early sumrr.c Soundings have been completed loi the foundation of the dam. and work men are expected to start pouring concrete within the next ten days, probably the last of next week or the first of the following week. Materials for actual construction of the dam are now on the site, and about 35 men. of the local CCC unit, are at work on construction. Pouring of concrete in the dam will be starr ted at the center and bottom of the structure, with the ends following. Extra speed will be required in order to complete the work befo.e the waters of the Hi wassee dam reach rull height, as the water level of the larger dam will reach within two feet of the spillway top of the small dam. The walkway across the small dam will reach three or four feet above this level. The large concrete and stone dam will be built so as to hold a constant level lake of approximately 65 acres. This lake will provide fishing, swim ming and boating. The principal rec reation developments will be located on the east side of the lake. The full picture of the develop ment. as it will be when completed, starts on highway 294; at the point where a drive turns off at Persimmon creek bridge. About one half mile out thi sroad there will be a parking lot. fro mwhich a large stone stair case will lead into the area. At the foot of these stone stairs two trails will lead out, one to the left and one to the right. The trail to the left will lead to the bath house, and the trail to the right will follow the edge of the lake to a beau tiful picnic unit, and the ncontinue for the complete circuit of the lake. The bathhouse will be a large, com modious building, housing berth and toilet facilities for the recreationists. In front of this building is a large sand beach leading to the water. The swimming area graduates from one to four feet in depth. The sand bot tom area is 200 feet long and 50 feet widee, providing a safe place for the beginner or non-swimmer to play in the water. Just beyond is a diving j platform where the expert swimmer I can enjoy diving and swimming to the utmost. The water here is much deeper. The bathhouse trail will continue south to a beautiful handhewn tim ber shelter. Surrounding this shelter will be 22 picnic tables. Including some with simple fireplaces for those who wish to cook picnic lunchees. Freseh, cool, pure water will be piped to convenient stone fountains about the are?. o Meetings of 4-H Clubs Scheduled for March Two meetings, one of the Home Demonstration club's county council for Feb. 28, and one to be conductcd by the food expert. Mrs. Cornelia MorrU, for the clubs March 4, ha\-e been postponed indefinitely, Mrs. Al llne King, home agent, announced thi* week. These experts and officials who would have conducted these meet ings, have been called for special work in the defense program and will be unable to hold the meetings until later. BLUE RIDGE ROAD PAVING PROJECT GETS NEW BOOST Joe Ray Enlisting Aid of Leading Citizens in Campaign by Mail Joe E. Ray. president of the Mur phy Chamber of Commerce, attended the annual banquet of the Ashevllle chamber of Commerce given at the Battery Park hotel in Ashevllle Sat urday afternoon, and at the same time made several contacts with of ficials in behalf of Murphy and de velopment of this section. Ray addressed the gathering brief ly in behalf of bringing about the paving of the 12-mile stretch ol gravel road from the North Carolina line to Blue Ridge in Georgia. This is a contract on which the state of Georgia has fallen short in the past seven or eight years. He also contacted E. L. McKee. highway commissioner for this dis trict. and Mr. Stikeleather. former I commissioner. Stikeleather recalled the agree ment between the two states with reference to the paving project, but said no binding or definite written contract existed. McKee promised his support of the drive for paving of this Georgia stretch of road during the remainder of his term of office. He also ad vanced reasons for the halting of work on the Topton stretch of road, now in process of construction, and stated work would not be resumed for about thirty days, due to Incle ment weather. This delay is proving very costly to Cherokee county, be cause many tourists and other trav elers refuse to cioss the streetch. Ray also state dthat, in coopera I Continued on Back Page) WHAT OUR LEGISLATURE IS DOING 'Prepared by the Staff of the Institute of Government The biggest news of the eighth legislative week was the introduction of the long-expected liquur referend um bill and the passage of the rev enue act. The liquor bill calling for a state wide vote next November 4 on the question of prohibition, was intro duced in the House by Representa tive McGowan of Pender County on Friday, together with a bill to re strict the importation of liquor and wine into the State. The revenue measure was given final passage Thursday when the House concurred in a batch of minor Senate Amendments. The biennial budget appropriations measure is ex pected to emerge from Committee this week. The thirty-odd other bills parssed during the week, most of them local in nature. Included acts creating a Motor Vehicles Depart ment and a State Marketing Author ity. Of the 170 bills introduced during the week, the preponderance of pub lic measures, once more, related to roads, commerce, education and ag riculture, plus a goodly sprinkling of municipal and county legislation. One bill affecting local units would place every county and municipality whose governing body does not notify the Retirement System's board of trustees otherwise by January 1. 1942. under the statewide teachers' and state employees retirement system. This would mean that municipal and county employees would receive pen sions. contributing 5 per cent of their salary while the town or county ap ' Continued on Back Pare) Two Workers Killed In Slide at Nantahala HIGH SCHOOL RADIO PROGRAM GETS NEW SPOT ON SUNDAY The radio program recorded by the Murphy schools for broadcast on Fri day. March 7. has received such rec ognition by radio authorities at WWNC In Ashevtlle that it has given 3 better spont on the schedule Sunday night In a letter this week to C. D. Kil lian. who directed the recording here, Mr Mcintosh, program director of the station, stated that he preferred to place this broadcast at 6:30 to 7 o'clock Sunday night, one of the most desirable spots on radio, in stead of the former schedule of 2:30 to 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. Miss Virginia Richardson, whose voice has been recognized as ex tremely suitable for broadcast, car ried the connecting announcement burden of the program, and this par ticular clear feature was held largely accountable for the recognition the program received. Maslntosh also suggested that pic tures and news articles be furnished for the daily papers in publicizing the program. Committees Nearing Full Membership in New Power Project A check-up of committeemen j working in Suit, Culberson. Wolf , Creek and Persimmon creek com munities on the rural electrification i project recently begun there shows a total of 120 memberships paid, with the one ramaining community. Ran ger. not reported as yet. These memberships represent the sum of $221.50 guaranteed revenue monthly, which is short of the a mount needed. $340. The Ranger re poit is expected to bring the total up, however, until only $50 will re main to be subscribed. Enough sub scriptions have been promised, but not paid yet. to more than reach the necessary quota. An official of the Blue Ridge Elec trification association, which Is pro moting the system, stated that re sults from the project have been ex tremely gratifying, and shows greater promise than any project yet under taken. Many of the residents of these communities have been holding back until the system is installed with the idea in mind of receiving the service cheaper. This cannot be done, the of ficial stated, as late entrants will be charged an average of that paid by original subscribers and will actually cost them much more. Those wishing to become members may contact the committeeman serv ing their community or the county agent, A. Q. Ketner. o Methodist Churches Will Note Sunday ag 'Day of Compassion" More than 1900 Methodist church es in North Carolina will participate in a nation-wide observance of Day of Compassion on March 2. Special sermons and services will emphasize the extraordinary world situation. It is expected that North Carolina churches will contribute $41,000 on this day in the $1,000,000 drive to re lieve human suffering. One half will be used for overseas relief. The moth er Church in Britain will get $250,000. The remaining fourth million will be used in meeting religious needs in draft camps. John Nichols, Allen Lovingood Crushed by Rock Avalanche Two men. John Nichols. 26. of An drews, and Alien Lo\ingood. 39, of Marble, were killed Sunday night toy a rock slide in the stone quarry on the Nantaliala Poower and Light company dam project at Nantahala Both men were employees of the Utah Construction company Both men were killed while clear ing loose stone after ? ulast it reported Nichols died instantly, but Lovingood. who was completely bur ied. lived for almost two hours while workmen frantically tried to uncover him. Following the tragedy it is said that 21 fellow employees of the two victims quit their jobs. Tlie quarry crew of the construc tion company had bten dynamiting the walls of the quarry for stone, it was said, and Nichols and Lovingood had gone to the top of the quarry to release some loose rock that had failed to fall when blasted. Apparently the amount of stone loosened by the blast was more than they estimated, and a huge avalanche of stone, from gravel to boulders, car ried them to their death at the bot tom of the quarry, witnessees stated. Lovingood was conscious during the entire two hours he was buried and the heroic efforts of the company doctor, who crawled under the rtiass himself to administer a hypodermic, only affected a lessening of the pain until merciful death took him. Final rites for Lovingood were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Marble Baptist church. He is survived by his widow; three daugh ters. Mrs. Warren Stepp. Mary Nell and Madeline Lovingood. all of Mar ble: three sisters. Mrs. Julia Bcttis and Mrs. Cora Anderson, of Marble, and Mrs. Lee Git-by of Aquonc; four brothers. Mildred. Charlie and A. Lovingood, all of Marble and Nathan Lovingood of Davidson. Pallbearers were: Messers W. B. Dockery. Foreest Abernathy. Pearley Arwood. Wayne Anderson. Fred Bar ton. Gordon Parker. Funeral services for Mr. Nichols were held from the Andrews Metho dist church Wednesday with the Rev. Dulin and the Rev. Baker officiating. He is survived by his widow and two small children: his mother, Mrs. E. A. Nichols, two brothers, Paul and Adam, all of Andrews. Pallbearers were: Messers J. D. Kinsey, Clyde McJunkins, Marvin Pulliam, Lee Pulliam. Ned Pulllam and Ed Newmon. High School Dramatics Class Enters Tourney At Western Carolina Four members of the Murphy high school dramatics class, under direc tion of Miss Evelyn Brown, will com pete with ten other western North Carolina schools in the ar.nuil dra matics tourney at Western Carolina Tcachers college. Cullowhec, Friday and Saturday. The local comigent will present "Pink and Patches", a one-act play by Margaret Bland. The cftst Is com posed of Elizabeth Franklin. Mattle Lou Crisp. Leila Mae Stiles and Ed gar Darnell. Awards will be made at the end of the tournament to the best group presenting a play, and one each to th best boy and R'r^ actors appearing. The tournament is sponsored by the Western Carolina Playerea of Cullowhee.
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