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Our Aim: ?
A Better Murphy
A Finer County
MlbTIIV, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 15. 1S4I
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LOCAL CANNERY
OPENS SEASON'S
WORK WEDNESDAY
Operations Begin
In Spinach Canning;
Wage Law in Effect
Beginning ai 110011 Wednesday the |
ncal canning factory o 1 the Mount- !
a:n Valley Mutuai Canning Associat
,in turned out 125 cases of canned
npinach to open this season's operat
ors.
The cannery also received 2631
ix.unds of spinach during the first
(.pen day, and will continue to re
ceive and can spinach for the next
mo weeks, according to J. B. Shields
manager.
John E. Barr, general manager of
Uie Land O' the Sky Mutual Canning
association, of which the local plant
?? a subsidiary, was present for open
ing day operations and expressed
l.imself as being "highly pleased
with the quality of the spinach."
At present the cannery is em
joying 23 persons, all working under
tlio new provisions of the Wage and
Hour law. This is the first year the
cannery has operated on this wage
basis, and all employes now receive
minimum of 30c per hour.
Mr. Shields stated that the spinach
nop had been cut almost in half
by the dry weather this season and
that he feared, if the dryness con
tinues, that other crops and berries
would likewise be affected.
Immediately following the spinach
? nning. the plant will begin cann
ing blackberries, with a few huckle
berries later on. The largest amount
of canning will be beans which also
follow the spinach. This year's con
tracts call for a higher price to the
grower for beans if the demand and
retail price take a rise.
Following the beans, tomatoes and
ultra will be canned and a large
aumber of employes will be needed
Sot this work, Mr. Shields said.
The local cannery has been operat
ing in Murphy for a number of years
successfully and the quality of the
foods preserved has brought a great
oemand from all over the country.
Only two years ago the factory was
?oved into a new building, made
necessary by the flooding of the Hi
wassee basin, and many modern im
provements have been made in the
way of equipment, etc.
Dickey Hotel Changes
Management; Two New
Lodges are now Open
The Dickey Hotel, pioneer lodging
establishment of Murphy, went into
the hands of new managers Thursday
morning and Mrs. Thelma Dickey
lessee of the hotel for the past foui
years, opened two new lodging house?
on the adjoining block.
The new lessees are Mrs. Nina
Hubbell and Miss Hattie Axley.
Mrs. Hubbell and Miss Axley took
eharge of the complete hotel proper
?nd two annexes, one over the city
electric department, and one over the
Postoffice.
Mrs. Thelma Dickey, retiring ma
nager, has completely remodeled and
repaired her two large houses, one
which is the old Konnaheeta club
house, and will continue to entertain
tuests and serve meals.
The Dickey hotel has been operated
ln Murphy for almost sixty years,
having been established by the late
Mrs. Nettie Dickey.
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E. E. Smith Returns
To Murphy to Practice
Dr. E. E. Smith, chiropractor, well
flown to many people of Murphy
this scction for his practice here
?"veral years ago, has returned to
'wump his practice wlth 0ffic<,s in
Mauney building.
People, Spots in The News
KNOX AT DIX . . . Scene as 1R5th Field Artillery passed in review
as 44th Division's 17.000 men and 1,500 vehicles paraded at Fort
Dix, N.'J., in honor of Secretary of Navy Frank Knox,* guest of
veteran*' n?nei?tinn annual meeting.
SEMI-'UNDERGROUND' . . . Despite bomb craters, subways con
tinue to operate, in London Here s a place where bomb has pro
vided an excess' amount of "ventilation" for what Britons call
"the underground." ?
Wells Purchases Four
Registered Guernseys
I
The American Guernsey Cattle Club
Peterborough. N*. H reports the sale
of four registered Guernsey cows by
Lucius 15. Cjmpton to H. N. Wells of
Murphy, North Carolina. These ani
mals are Myralea of Eluda Farm
315118, Miss Holderness of Eliada
Farm 323250. Topsy's Irene of Eliada
Farm 333750, and Holderness' Melbrt
of Eliada 512646.
Officers are Elected
At American Legion
Meeting Wednesday
| Joe Miller Elkins Post No. 9G
American Legion, met in Barney's
Cafe Wednesday night, for the pur
pose of electing officers and trans
acting other business. In the absence
of the post commander. Adjutant
Winslow Melver conducted the meet
in?.
Officers elected to serve for the
next year, were:
J. L. Hall, commander: Harvey El
kins. first vice-commander; Jake
Jordan. second vice-commander:
Winslow Melver, Adjutant; Jim
Franklin. finance officer; John ]
O'Dell, service officer; J. B. Hall,
guardianship officer; Fred Johnson
sergeant-art-arms: Fred Stiles. Cha
plain: I. J. Moon, publicity officer:
Fred Christopher, historian: Harvey
Elkins. Americanism: Dr. Hill, child
welfare; A. M. Simmonds. graves
registration: Jim Franklin, member- I
ship: H. H. Davidson, chairman, !
sons of the Leglom.
Delegates and alternates to the
State convention to be held in Dur
ham June 24-25: T. J. Mauney. Jim
Franklin and A. W. Melver. Altern
ates. J. L. Ha.'l, I. B. Moon and John
O'Dell.
(Continued on Back Page.i
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Clay Convention Set
Sunday at Hayesville
The Clay County singing conven
tion will be held in the Court Housr
at Hayesville, Sunday. May 18. Sev
eral out of the county quartets are
expected to be present and singing
leaders from every section of the
county and some from adjoining
counties will participate in the ac
tivities of the day.
Final Tribute Paid
Mrs. Fannie Calhoun!
i Tuesday Afternoon
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Mrs. Fannie L. Olhoun, age 71.
| died at the home o. her daughter
j Mrs. Florenrc M.ibe. i 1 Gastonia Sun
j day. May 11 .
Funeral services \v . e held here at
jiho Baptist church Tuesday after
1 110011 with the Rev. Thomas True 1 1
I and the Rev. C. B. Newton officiat
ing. Interment was in the Peachtree
cemetery. Townson Funeral home
va-. in charge.
Mrs. Calhoun had been a membei
of the Baptist church over 50 years.
She is survived by six daughters.
Mrs. J. E. Mcintosh, Mrs. Amos Kel
so, Mrs. Frank Mabe. all of Gastonia.
Mrs. H. C. Wood of Asheville. Miss
Frankie Calhoun of Knoxville and
Mrs. L. H. Owenby of Murphy: three
sisters. Mrs. Will Duckett of Swan
nanoa. Mrs. Joe Brooks of Jasper.
Georgia and Mrs. Fide Sawyer of
Hayesville; two brothers. Phil and
Charlie Lovin of Wayside.
During the services a special pro
gram was given with John Donley,
C. I. Calhoun. Melvin Pyrox and Mrs.
Blanche B. Davis singing "Never
Grow Old." There was also a song
'Where the Sweet Bye and Bye is
Ended" by the three children of Ed
Owenby and "Good Night. Good
Morning" by Mrs. Hadly Dickey. The
choir sang "On Jordans Stormy
Banks."
Active pallbearers were Fred Kelso.
Carl Kelso. Frank Mcintosh. Frank
Couse, al grandsons, and Clyde and
Homer Gladson.
Honorary pallbearers were Noah
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The Weather Vane
Listed below arc maximum and
minimum temperatures and precipi
tation for the past week compared
with similar data for last year:
Temperatures 1940 1941
May 8 92 50 79 47
9 91 50 81 52
10 84 55 71 35
11 69 41 71 33
12 72 33 69 36
J3 77 36 68 32
14 84 40 70 30
Precipitation 1940 1941
Total for week 0.10 0.10 :
Total this month 0.93 0.13 ?
Total for this year 18.42 12.61 '
Murphy, Andrews,
Prepare For Tourists
Work Progresses
Slowly on New WPA
Fair Exhibits Hall
Construction of the exhibit 1
hall for the Cherokee county fair as- ;
, sot i a lion is continuing slowly due to I
difficulty in securing materials but
will be easily completed in time foi :
the next annua', fair, W M Pain, i
president of the association, said
Itliis week.
Dtmnnd for construction material?
i on defense projects anil an unforc
| seen upi uni in prices has been a
| drawback to the work. Fain cxplain
: td.
At present the buildlnK has t- in
raised above first floor levels .-.nc!
stone layers are building tlii walls,
framing windows and doo: and
layinK floor foundations.
A comp i "el:.- rlosed-in stone room
I to contain the heat ins plant h
been finished and walls and exca
vations for the basement space, with
' entrance.-, have been enmtileieri Tt?
trances with a great deal of window
.space. Tlie floor will be of hardwood
rather than concrete as was origin
ally planned.
A crew of more than forty \VPA
workmen are doing the actual con
M ruction under supervision of L. E.
Bamett. head of the local division.
When completed the new build
ing v.ill not only be used as an ex
hibit hall but will be a gymnasium
for all indoor athletics, a public
meeting place for social, civic and
all types uf public gatherings
| Lions Visit Canton
Club and Recapture
Attendance Trophy
Almost the entire membership oJ
the Murphy Lions club chartered a
bus and several cars and visited the
Canton club at Canton Tuesday
night, bringing home the bacon in
the form of the mileage basis at
tendance trophy.
In all. 26 members made the trip
and were entertained by an even
larger number of the Canton mem
bers. being joint guests with seven
members of the Black Mountain club.
At the last meeting of the local
club 29 members of the Canton club
were visitors here, and several mem
bers of other nearby organizations.
All clubs are making an extra drive
during these few weeks in order to
carry the attendance trophy to the
state convention to be held in Ashe
ville in June.
Dr. Reaves, head of the Canton
organization for relief to Britain,
made the principal address at the
Canon meeting, urging all-out aid
for the war-stricken civilian peoples
of that country and asking the aid
of the Lions clubs of this district.
Following the meeting the visitors
from Murphy and Black Mountain
were taken on a tour of the new me
dical center recently opened in Can
ton.
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Miniature Golf Links
Will Open Here Soon
Miniature golf will return to Mur- I
phy after ar lapse of several years j
within a few day? The new Hol-Hi
Links will have its formal opening
across from the Regal hotel soon.
This miniature course Is being built
fcy George Phillips and V. M. John
son and will be operated in the same
manner as former such courses were. 1
Two Towns Expect
Greatest Season in
History this Summer
Behind ;ue KC&cna trasiticsa ur
tivitv o 1 Murphy a beehive of indus
try has sprung up in the form of
preparation to entertain tourists thiA
summer. New and improved lodges
food .serving businesses, and reci
ion projects are springing up on all
sides or have already been com
pleted.
, Activity of the same nature us
I spreading over Andrews also, and if
j :h-: tourists come as expected, these
two towns will enjoy their greatent
i year.
A recent umy tern North
? Ca: 1 : 21 - i tourist ;> ?:no at ions lai!
ltd to tl\ >\. lam several new tourist
.. :r.e*\ .' .. . and lodg?. have been
... ned -m tear and an even pivn'er
number of people c an be entertained
than has been in past seasons.
According to the survey Mur
phy has a. cnodatians for approxi
1 mately 400 tourists while. Andrews
can accomodate about two-third this
number Actually, however, with tht
new hotels, tourist cabins and home*
an i stimuli tl 300 more people can
bo accomodated at one lime
Several homes in both Murphy
Mid Andrei*.- have been renovated
to house tourists in addition to Die
existing tourist homes, ;.nd wveral
modern tourist courts have sprung up
Although only u rumoi it is reported
that Andrews' Riverside hotel inny
may be opened for the season, and
\ ariou.s olher accomodations provid
ed. In Murphy two new tourist courts
have been opened this year Moore
l.ind Heights and Hiwas.-ee Motoi
court, and extensive additions and
improvements have twn made 111 the
Shields courts, one on either side of
town. The new Cherokee hoiel lias
been open and operating for more
than a month.
More and more preparations are
being made for recreational enter
tainment for the tourists in this
section. The Andrews Golf club is
now conducting a membership drive
and planning various improvements
to the course, with the idea of mak
ing it equal to any course in its class
in this entire section.
Andrews now has two billard halls,
bowling alleys, tennis courts, and
has organized the first baseball
team in several years. Murphy als >
has two billard halls, four bowling
alleys are under construction and
should be completed soon, tennis
courts are being improved, and a
mi nature golf course i? being fc*iilt
in the center of town.
Construction is progressing rapid
ly on the Cherokee lake, new re
creation area being built by the
forest service. Picnic grounds, a bath
ing beach, hiking trails, boathouse,
dancing pavilion, and other provi
sions are being made for the enter
tainment. of visitors at the Persim
mon creek project.
Projects have also been approved
by the TV A for the town to build
two recreation areas, one on either
side of the town, for picnicking,
tennis shuffleboard. and other popu
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H. D. Federation Meet
Scheduled for May 30
The District Federation meeting ol
Home Demonstration Clubs will be
held in Hayesville May 30 Members
from clubs of six western North
Carolina counties will be present at
this meeting.
Mrs. Alline R King, home Demon
stration agent, urges all women in
this county to attend Means of tran
portation will be provided for those
wishing to go to this meeting.