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THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEKRITORY
VOL 53? NO. I*
MI'KPIl Y. NORTH 1 AROLINA THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1942
COUNTY THRONGS
MEETING TO MAP
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Crowd Told That Damns
Make Section Prize
Target for Foes
proportion from Andrews, Peachtrec,
Topton and other localities met in
the Court House Wednesday night in
a civilian defense rally. So great was
the crowd that approximately 100
rould not get inside the court-room.
Nevertheless they stayed until the
Mid. listening from the hall-way.
Ferhp.ps the most thrilling mom
ent of the evening came when a uni
formed guard of Tntllans. all veterans
of World War 1, and members of
Steve Youngdeer Post of the Ameri
can Legion, at the Cherokee Indian
reservation. nr?^hed iii for Presenta
tion of the Colors.
They marched inio a court-room
t, raped with American flags, and
redolent with flowers. The room had
been decorated by the Woman's Club
under the direction of club president,
lfrs. "Bud" Alverson.
The program opened with the
singing of America, by the audience.
Invocation was made by the Rev. A.
B. Cash, pastor of the Murphy Bap
tist church, and then came the Pre
sentation of the Colors, followed by
recitation by the audience, of the
Salute to the Plag.
Next came three musical numbers
by the big Olee Club of the Murphy
schools, directed by Miss Elizabeth
fuuupB, n4iu wiui Mrs. Jerry uavid
son at the piano. The children sans
"Be Glad You Axe an American;"
ttien "Remember Fear) H?rt>or. end
then "I Am an American". Little
Joequeftta Hill was the soloist, with
?he others harmonizing on the chor
uses.
Prof. H. Bueck, who was chairman
of the meeting, then Introduced Mr.
D. Hlden Ramsey, Civilian Defense
Official from Asheville, who discuss
ed patriotic duty.
Two songs, "White Cliffs of Dover",
with tiny Gloria Kendrick as soloist,
and a "Prayer For Peace", came next,
and then came tiie most interesting
talk of the evening, by Capt. Prank
Swan, of Andrews.
Just returned from Legion and De
fense meetings in Raleigh and Wash
ington, D. C.. Capt. Swan warned
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Henn's Baby "Chic"
Opens and Proves
A Place of Beauty
The prettiest little theater In West
ern North Carolina opened In Mur
phy Tuesday night ? and It Isn't so
little at that, for It will seat 700. It
is the Chic ? latest hatching of the
Henn chain.
A "standing -room -only" crowd
came from all over the County, and
from Graham and Clay for the op
ening.
The new movie house is located on
Tennessee street on the site of the
old Strand, Murphy's first theater
which Mr. Henn bought and tore
down. It has a stable lobby and
a gallery in addition to the main
floor.
Mr. Henn showed marked artistic
sense In the interior arrangement*.
The walls are draped with dark
cream colored mkterial. hung In folds
and presenting the appearance of
satin. Thick mnave carpets are on
the floor, and the plain maple fold
tug seats are upholstered tn white
leather. An indirect lighting system,
of vari -colors. is hidden lnstde the
waDa.
The gr'^-Maek and red carUhness
> little theaters Is
the Chic, replaced
Mrs. Ruth Anne Huskins
Passes on at Age of 91;
At Home Near Marble
A flight cold, which wa.; not con
sidered serious enough to warrant
I calling a doctor, causcd the death of
! Mr: Ruth Anno Huskins at the home
; of her nephew. Sam Huskins. near
Marble last Sunday. Aged 91. she was
| one of the oldest, women in this
ection. but until three weeks ago
' '>.4S active, visiting at man;.' nearb"
| home s. It was while making one of
I these visits that she contracted the
j '..ml cold.
Funeral services were held Mon
day from the Marble Springs Baptist
: church, with the Rev Algie West of
' ficiating. Townson Punerjl Home was
i in charge. Burial was in the Peach
tiee cemctcry. beside the body of
. her husband, Jim Huskins. a Con
. federate veteran who died 40 years
j ago.
Mrs. Huskins was born and reared
in the Peach tree section. She raised
' her nephew. Sam, and after his mir
! rinse, made her home with him
Auto Tire Thieves
j Active in Cherokee;
Pickings are Rich
Tire thieves are busy throughout
the county, and are reaping a rich
harvest. Unless caught in the act,
they generally can operate safely,
because comparatively few car own
ers have registered their tire num
bers. Without registration it is al
most impossible to make legal iden
tifications.
Most of the thefts reported have
been n the more remote sections of
the county, but there have been some
instances where cars have been strip
ped while parked overnight in front
of the homer of the owners.
In most cases the thieves have
not been content to take merely the
tires. They find it easier, quickef . and
more profitable to jack up the cars
and take wheels complete.
Spares, fastened on the backs of
cars, are "duck soup" for the
thieves.
One of the most recent victims is
Austin Arrant, former linotype oper
ator on The Scout, and now work
I ing in the shipyards, in Norfolk, Va.
! Arrant, whose family is still here.
' left his car parked beside the road,
about fifty feet from the house. The
car had four almost new tires, and
two extra wheels, with good tires, in
fender wells.
Next morning Arrant found his
car resting on its axle6, all six wheels
and tires gone.
A fanner living near the Tennes
see line had car trouble on the way
home, in the evening, and left the
machine parked off the highway. Next
morning he found four almost new
tires gone. His spare, which was old.
was left, but a new tube it contained
had been taken out.
More than twenty other tire thefts
have been reported during the past
week. In almost every cace, the car
was robbed of wheels too.
Dri\ er in Auto Wreck
Uses a New Phrase
To Tell of His Speed
A new expression for speedlug hps
come ourt of the RnMistown section,
it is reported by Leonard West, me
chanic now employed by the TVA.
West, coming home from work,
saw a car lying on its back, at the
bottom of ten foot embankment. The
driver said the accident happened
when he was hurrying to get to a
funeral on time. He said his car
left the road, "landed on its nose",
and turned two somersaults before
finally coming to rest upside down.
The dilyci escaped without a scratch
"It -was my own fault" be told
Leonard." 2 was late, and so I was
really Mrd-watktDg!"
COUNTY'S CLOCKS
ARE MOVED BACK
TILL FEBRUARY 9
Central Time in Effect
For One Week, When
Hours Change Again
Cl.injjtet' County moved the hands
of tin* clocks back one hour on Mon
day. and will operate, for one wrfk,
ui'.d'-.' Central Standard Time. Next
Monday. Feb. 9. all clocks in the
County will be moved up an hour.
Thus the County will observe the
Presidential order to advance time,
but will operate under the same day
light hours that it lias been using !
all alonp.
Tne switching to Centra) Time was
. ordered by the Board of Coiinty
Commissioners, in accordance with a !
rwoUlUorr introduced by '
sioner E. A Wood, of Andrews. This,
resolution read:
"Whereas the Tennessee Valley ]
Authority is now actively engaged in
! the construction of several dams ir. j
i this immediate vicinity and is furn
i lshing employment to more of our
1 citizens than any other industry or
agency, and
"Whereas the main office of the
Tennessee Valley Authority is in
Knoxville, Tenn. in the Central Time
Belt, and the Authority therefore
operates largely under Central Time.
"Now. therefore, be it resolved:
| that local time for Cherokee County
be. and is hereby declared by the
Board of County Commissioners to
be Central Standard Time, effective
on and alter the second day of
February, 1942."
It will not be necessary for the
i Commissioners to call a special meet
i ing to move the clock up again on
| Feb. 9. That must be done according
: to a national edict.
The temporary reverting to Central
Standard Time throughout the coun
ty was voted after it was pointed out
that remaining under Eastern Stand
ard Time, and moving the clock up
an hour would not only cause much ,
inconvenience and actual discomfort, j
but also would tend to defeat the |
purpose of the Presidential order.
The President acted to conserve
electric power. Since this county is
j geographically within the Central [
Time belt, moving the clock ahead ,
under Eastern time would cause
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NOTICE
Rising costs of paper and labor
make it necessary to abandon an old
custom. Most of you are old friends
of The Sront; and so, when sub
scriptions have expired, we have jtist
waited for you to come in. We have
known you would do so, when con
venient.
Much as we would like to continue
this policy, rising costs forbid. We
simply cannot afford to buy the
stock, print it, address It, and pay
the postage unless we collect.
The figures which follow your
name, on the address, will show
whether your subscription had expir
ed. For instance. If the figures are:
"9-41", your subscription expired In
September, 1941. The first figure
shows the month and the second fig
ure shows the year.
If your time has expired, oome in
and see us ? or write. If you renew
within the next two weeks, any back
subscription that may be due will be
cancelled. Just pay for one year's
subscription in advance, and those
extra weeks you have been getting
the paper will be a gift from as.
We dont want to rush you, and
so those In arrears win receive two
more Issues of The Scout.
Then, on February tl, wflJ revise
our mulHag lists, and the name of
every one who Is not paid up, win be
taken off.
We are sure you redbe what we
are up against In the war of In
creasing easts, and we hope you will
have os walhw to an in im
Applications for Jobs
At Fontana Must be
Filed at Bryson City
Applicants for jot* ai the Fontana I
Darn ? amid not o to the dam. but j
to B \ m Cit... ac< >rding to word |
recclvL'l her- from the TVA. Tiie
Bryson Cit" ? raploynn nt office is lo
cated in the Community building: on
i he public .vquaiv W. N. Itoger s. is
11 ? :uti h.ivin been tnULsfrr^pH
from similar post in Murphy.
The chief demand, at present is
for clearance workers and men to
assist in heavy construction work,
and in road building.
Applicant:, must pass a physician's
examination before bemp employed.
Physical tesis will be given in the
same building.
Later it is planned to open a sec
ond personnel office at the dam
1,000 TVA' Workers
Will Lose Jobs by
End of Next Week
Approximately 1.000 workers who
ivo been employed an the several
dams in this section are expected to
be dropped from the payrolls on the
15th of tills month. Still more will
be separated from the service in the
following two weeks.
Within two months, according to
a TVA official, only a skeleton force
will remain.
Unskilled tabarara are not trans
ferred. according to TVA officials.
Skilled and semi-skilled employees
can be transferred either to Fontana
or to the Douglas Dam. on recom
mendation of their immediate su
periors. Unskilled laborers, will be
required to file new applications. If
their previous records are good, how
ever. it may be that they will be
given preference.
Meanwhile construction and paint
ng of the portable TVA houses in
Bealtown continues; and there is no
explanation why. Rumors are heard
that an auxiliary dam is planned
long Martins Creek. Both are en
tirely without foundation, and TVA
officials say they know nothing of
iy plan for any additional con
struction in this immediate vicinity.
The rumors persist, however, it be
ing pointed out that it would be an
absolute throwing away of money to
continue to work on the portable
houses unless some project is plan
ned that will supply workers to
occupy them.
Students to Get Use
Of Space in Library
For Recreation Room
High School students are to have
a recreation room in the Library
building, in Murphy. Arrangements
have been made for them to use the
Woman's Club room, from 7:30 A.
M. dally except during the hours
when the club meets.
There will bo no dues, or fees. All
that is asked is that the students
do not breal* or damage anything.
The room may be used for dancing,
games, handicraft work, or pursuit of
hobbles.
Suggestions for new activities
should be made either to Mrs. J. T.
Marshall or Mrs. Paul Holley.
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Folk School Completes
Winter Short Course
On Community Work
A Short Course in community de
velopment, democratic-style, came to
a close Saturday night at the John
C. Campbell Polk School. Winter stu
dents participated in the one- week
sessions conducted for visiting young
people from Farm Security Admin
istration Projects in Florida. South
Carolina and Georgia.
The course Is the second of Its
kind, the first having been given to
February last year, at the request of
the Farm Security Administration.
RED CROSS DRIVE
SETS I . S. RECORD:
COLLECTS $11 500
Collections Incomplete
And Total Expected
To Exceed $1 2,000
{esidesr in Murphy, .nui nearby
>.-cttons will be advertised all over
ilu- by th< National Red Crc.sj
as the mo* onerous donors, as a
roup, ilk tile United S'.iies. BaseU
on population the Murphy Rcl Cross
chapter t an all time record for
the country at lartte in the reccn"
drive for war relief fund*
Murphy- <juotu was $1 000. To
date. Chairman Joe Ray ha.* collect
ed $11,500. and the returns are not
>et complete.
Aide.1 !?> sr. v oricrs. uli
tlie school teachers and many busi
ness men who abandoned their pri
vate interests to work without, pay,
the returns exceeded even the hopes
of tile workers. At the start, they
Iscped to set 510.000 but admitted,
privately, that the goal miRht be too
high.
It now is believed the total will
reach $12,000; possibly more. Collect
ions are yet to be made from several
teachers of rural schools and from
all the officials and employees of the
Town of Murphy. There also are at
least 100 persons whom the workers
were unable to contact when making
their rounds. "Hiesc are urged to
trinp their contributions direct to
Chairman Ray, if they live in or near
Murphy, or to see the teacher of the
nearest school, if they live in one of
the smaller localities.
A portion of the money collected
will be kept in the local treasury
lor emergency and relief work at
home. A portion also will be allotted
to Hiwassee Dam. to Blairsville, Ga.
and to Copperhill. Term. There were
residents of these towns, employed
by the TVA, who gave to the Mur
phy fund instead of to the chapters
in their towns. Some of the fund
also will be allotted to Andrews, for
tho same reason.
Just how much will thus be ap
portioned has not yet been figured
out.
Chairman Ray received glowing
praise from the Red Cross National
Supervisor, for topping the entire na
tion in the drive. Ray promptly de
clared that the National organiza
tion had "made a mistake."
' The credit does not belong to
me", he told the Scout." It belongs
to the splendid corps of volunteers
who did practically all the work. A
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Four in Car Struck
By Southern Train
Escape with Cuts
State highway police are looking
for occupants of a car which forced
four men in another car so close to
the edge of a curve, near Bryson
City that the automobile plunged
down an embankment dircctly in the
path of the Asheville -Murphy train.
It happened last week.
It is believed the men sought life
in this section, for they were driving
in this direction. They did not stop,
and neither their identity nor the
license number of their car Is known.
Police admit there is small chance
of apprehending them "unless one
of them talks."
The four men in the car which
was forced off the road escaped death
by a miracle, for the train struck
the automobile squarely, and knock
ed it more than 100 feet.
Fortunately the engineer mew the
car as It left the road, and applied
the brakes. As a result, one otf the
occupants escaped injuries entirely,
and the other throe got only cuts and
bruises. The four an live to or near
Rryson City.