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Active f 48,1] That's- W MURPHY ' _____ The Leading W< Vol. L.?No. 1. Work On Hii Going Steadil 1 000 Men Keep Ahead Of Schedule On ^ Project | Despite unusually heavy rainfall ecently, actual construction on TVA's $22,000,000 Hiwassee dam, ' r Murphy is going steadily for- b ward. r With a crew of approximately t( 1.000 men working there on day and 3 night shifts, work has progressed to b the construction of the second cofferdam. About 75,000 cubic yards 11 of concrete has been poured in the b uam, which will ultimately consume P s 50.000 cubic yards. \ccording to figures released re- '' i iit.lv bv TV A officials. tne rlminn<r?> I " an a of the dam, because of its rela. ti\'-!v hiirh altitude, has an exception- u ally heavy rainfall. The average is n ; ; 56 inches annually. The runis estimated at two cubic fee: { -ccond per square mile. hue to the narrowness of the Hi. v.. e river as it twists and winds J through the lower end of the Great j j ?ky Mountains, the land to bv I dated is comparatively small and \ I t; t Wase of the land and rights for! t hike that will be backed up to i M i piiv is smaller than at any of the <i ther dams contemplated by TVA. n M< of the property is used for h gr;i/.ing or stands in timber and does n i < . irry a very high evaluation. c M.?-t of the land in the basin has a 1 eon purchased and those tracts that G have unknown or undiscovered owners d or will have to be take to court for litigation have been advertised. One ti (lew of workmen have beer, busy g the past month removing all graves o in the basin. w With an estimated height of 300 feet, Hiwassee is the highest dam in the TVA program. Its overall length ^ i> set at 1250 feet making it the nor- n lowest in the %program. Three of the TVA's dams will have a greater ( ontinued on back page this section C Eighteen Attend Q 4-H Club Camp At Swannanoa Eighteen Cherokee county youths ,l attended the 4-11 club camp at Swan- ? > anon during the past week. The c< district meet included club members from Cherokee, Clay and Macon d counties. , s* Those attending were Beatrice ^ Bolton, Edd Gee, Mary Frances Car- 11 michael, Dorothy Carroll, Louise ^ Mauney, Gwendolyn Stalcup, Agnes S'alcup, H. L. and Jean Martin, Jack 3 and Jean Dickey, Harold llall, Edd and Burke Wood, Roland Bradley, a Geneva Cook, J. C. Townson and " Maicill Hall. They were accompanied by A. Q. Ketner, Cherokee county agent. ? ? ti w Moody Is Member ? Of School Board id Last week's Scout listed J. N. |to Mauney among the members of the bj Cherokee County School board. The name should have been J. N. lb Moody, prominent Murphy attorney. There is ik> such person as J. N. 0 Mauney in this county. s< s< Murphy To Meet Athens, Tenn., Team The Murphy baseball team will ^ meet the Athens, Tenn., nine on the ? local diamond here Sunday after- j ( noon, it was announced this week. A game was scheduled with a team from Knoxville last week, but a Houdini act was pulled somewhere tl along the route and the Tenneseeans th failed to show up. The Marble team B suffered similar humiliation at the ai hands of the same group earlier in P1 the week. c< The Murphy and Factory town n1 teams split up to play a contest for those who attended the game Sunday. he ft 1? '.My Newt pa per in If estern .\orUi ~ *vassee Dam y Forward LXTEND DATE 1>F PROPERTY REMOVAL IN BASIN Residence and property owners in tie TVA's Hiwassee Dam basin have ecn advised that the dead-line for emoval of buildings has been vxended from Dec. 31, 1938, to Jan 1, 1939, according to a letter tuat u eing circulated. The Authority has been i'urchas ig the land which will be inundatec y the $22,000,000 project over i eriod of several years and remova ,-nvlr ic ~ ...... ..j uviug atrauuy iiUV;ir.C'(*(l. U1 ho 250 resident families in the basin, (? uuve already moved to new homes. The extension of time applies only > buildings, and people living there lust move before the dead-line. loanne Palmer, \ge 3, Dies )f Injuries Joanne Palmer, three-vear-olc aughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Palter, of Murphy, died in the Petrie ospitai here at 0 o'clock Thursday lorning of internal injuries she reeived when she accidentally pulled tombstone over on herself in the Id Methodist cemetery here Monay Mrs. Palmer had gone to the ceme? fry to place some flowers on u rave, and left Joanne and several ther children at the entrance so they ould not trample the graves. In >me manner the child pulled a huge eadstone across her body. Mrs. aimer carried her to the hospital ear by. ? are the parents, two sis*i*s and one brother. )pen Bear Season )ct. 1 to Jan. 1 In publication last week of a dies t of the local revised game laws, was stated that there would be no pen season on bear in Cherokee aunty. I). M. Birchfield, local game waren, has found a correction to the :atement in which it states that lere will be an open season on bear i Cherokee county from October 1 ? January 1. ^ree Dental Clii Children Being Hundreds of underprivileged school hildren in this county will have denil treatment provided for then: ithout cost during the next 16 eeks. Treatment will be administered at linics to be conducted in several iwns or communities of the county r Dr. H. R. Peannan of the Division r Oral Hygiene of the North Carona Board of Health. The first clinic was opened in \lnndiiv Mftinimr lt?i J jrvices will be available during hool hours. Insofar as time permits, all school lildren who so wish will be examled. Free treatment will be given lose whose parents, in the judgment f the school authorities, are unable > bear the expense. Children deemed ble to pay will be referred to their imily dentist. Like others being conducted iroughout the State, thus clinic has le hearty endorsement of the local oard of Health, school authorities, rid dentists, who point out that the rogram supplements but does not >mpete with the work of the local ioi.?bers of the profession. Dr. Pearman comes here highly 'commended. A native of Asheboro, took his undergraduate work at trpkf Carolina^ Covering o Large and Pc lurphy, iN. C.lhursday, A MURPHY SCHOOL UNIT TO OPEN MONDAY, AUG. 29 Record Enrollment Expected; Teachers Announced All schools in the Murphy unit will open Mo;tlay, Aujr. 2"J, 11. Bueck, superintendent, announced \\ ednesday. He said he expects an enrollment ' : of be twee:. 600 and 625 in the hi?li school ant! a total enrollment of ' about. S00 in the elementary schools. I He estimates 450 will be enrolled in the Murphy elementary grades. There I were 572 pupils enrolled in the high school last year which marked the largest enrollment in the school's hisThe complete faculty for *he schools of the unit were also announced. Mr. Bueck said a general , teachers meeting would be held Friday afternoon. Aug 26. at 3 p. m. j Those named to the faculty this year are : K. C. Wright. B. K. Carroll, Hall Cobb. J. H. I'itzer, C. B. Chambers Mr.-. Fannie Hathcock Lee, Mi . .\n11< i aiutii i ward. .Mis. \ i.-. gir a ?S. C? b' i - I) ?>:' Lid *, Mi - Laura Overton. ->.i s Ne?i incL.augniiii, Miss E: i'/.aI beth M; J). Hig' m. Mis V. i: Bel' . Mi-- Mered th Whi :? - r. Mis Clara McCom is, .Mis I > i Met'racket!. Mrs. Kvelyn Fatten, Mi.-s M. rlha Neil Wells, Miss I Emi > Sword. Miss Addic Leatherwoo.'. M ss Fannie M. Case. M s Lelia (I. Axley, Mrs. Emily Davidson, Mrs. Miriam S. Allen, . Clan nee Hendrix, Frank Walsh, Miss i Bert :? May field. Miss Francs l)ixl | on. Miss Mai i'v.dle Williamson, Miss j Bes ic Crain, Miss Lelia Hayes and i Mrs. .Mary Emma Meroney. Tin* Texana (colored) school , teachers will be: William Wade and | Helen Lowery. LIONS INITIAL PICNIC MEET TO BE HELD ' The Xlui phy Lions eluli will hold I its l il t picnic meeting of the summer at the picnic grounds near the V;uj ley River Tuesday night. I The picnic co.vmittee have selected 1 thl? t ' il < i wilier to tfi'iVi. tl??. 1 ' *? ingr: Mrs. A. (2- ivetnor, chairman; Mr: . ( . IK M .yfield. Mi s J. P. Mooiv, Mrs. W. YY. Hyde, MiVyton G. I vie, Mrs. W. M. Fain, Mrs. K. C. i Wright and Sam Carr. lie For School Conducted i? iSxgjBp ^ DR. H. R. PEARMAN the University of North Carolina and his decree in dentistry at the University of Maryland in 1925. He has done post-graduate WOrk at the Porsythe Infirmary for Children in Boston, the largest of its kind in the Continued on back page this section A t nw >tentially Rich Tern tor + ir This .$ ug. 4, 1938. New Schools Built Here, I I Superior Court To Open On Monday The regular August term of J Cherokee County Superior court will open in Murphy Monday morn - ' ! ' ar>u civil caiei. Juuijr FciiX M. Alley, of Wayncsville, is schedul- * fd to preside. It was erroneously stated in last week's paper that court would open on last Monday. As usual the criminal docket will be tried the first week with the civil cases scheduled for the second week. Democrats Hold Rally, Banquet Here On Monday Several hundred Democrats attended a rally in the court house in Murphy Monday night. and about 7."> attended a banquet that was given | preceding the general meeting at the : Dickey hotel. j This is the first of a series of rallies to he sponsored by the Young Democratic club throughout this sec- I 11 ion. The banquet was arranged by E. 1 f \t..n. i- * - - v . .'laiiuuee, cnairman ol ibu Demo-j , cratic Executive committee, and D. II. Tillitt, Andrews attorney, acted las master of ceremonies. Guy M. j Uouk, of Franklin, pave the principal : address. | At the pen end meetinp in the !court house a larpe number of promjinent Democrats from this section were heard. Five Attend 4-H Club Course Five Cherokee county 4-H club ? members were among some 900 boys and pirls who attended the annual j 1-11 Club Short Course at Raleigh j the week of July 25. Those attending from Cherokee j county were: Emogcne Voyles and i Hubert Wells, both of Murphy, Car roll Brown, of Andrews, Marie ! Hughes, of Bellview, and Mary Lena j Martin, of Martin's Creek. They j were acco v.pnnied by Miss Allinej Richardson, Cherokee home demon- 1 stration agent. I While attending the Short Course ' they heard discussions of 4-H club j work, attended assemblies, and par- j Iticipated in recreation, tours and team demonstrations. l i 4-H Club Meeting Is Scheduled Only one 4-H club meeting: is scheduled for the 'month of August, according to Miss Alline Richardson, home demonstration agent. It will be held for boys and girls at Bellview on Monday, Aug. 15, at 9 a. m. 't The others have not been scheduled/ due to the opening of schools and i other conflicting schedules. Regular meetings will begin again J in September, she said. New Precinct Is Established At Hiwassee Dam A voting precinct near the Hiwassee Dam was established at a f meeting of the Cherokee County j Board of Elections Friday. It is lo- j rated at Simpson's garage and will j be known as the Hiwa.?*see Dam Precinct. It is the 25th precinct in the , county. B. M. Ring has been named as the registrar. Judges will be appointed at s a later meeting of the board it was 5 announced. J* - IDEAL jlBJl VACATION RESORT V 1.50 YEAR?5c COPY May Be n Andrews Commissioners Approve Drawing Up Plans Monday The Board of Commissioner*- of Cherokee county at their repulai meeting Monday authorized the school boards of Murphv and An. drews tc? draw up plans for a new school building at each place. When the plans are submitted the commissioners have uim>?>il t?? means of financing the structure. Members of the board following the meting stated thai "it is likely a plan will he found to finance them." It is estimated that the two build* ings will cost a total of about $70,000. part of which may he obtained from WI'A funds. There is a pressing need for new buildings in both the towns. Overcrowded conditions exist. at both I .aces and present buildings are in need of improved facilities for porperly curing for th" students, officials stated. ' County Attorney 1). 11. Tillitt. or Andrew.. H. Bucck, superin!endent of the schools <f the Miir; !:y unit. I. I: Hud n. superintendent of the Andrews ( -y Administrative school unit. I)r. .1. .\ Hill, of Murphy, and other members of the public education systems of the county have made repeated inquiry of the possibilities of construction of new school buildings of the town, and the move is seen as a climax to a long-sought search for a means of financing tho schools. At present there are two school ^ui.uiuj;.^ in iiiui|?iiy ami imw in Andrews, irrespective of gymnasiums. Increased enrollment, however, make added clas-room space and improved equipment a necessity. The Murphy school has been greatly overcrowded for the past several years, and one of the buildings in Andrews ta frame structure) was recently condemned by fire insurance officials. Plans for the new buildings were being drawn up this week. ATLANTA JOURNAL FEATURES KILMER FOREST SUNDAY The Joyce Kilmer Memori il Forest in Nantahala National Forest was given prominent space 'n the Sunday, July 31 Rotogravure section id' the Atlanta Journal. A map showing the location of the Memorial Forest routed trave'eis to this outstanding scenic point via Murphy, Andrews ami Rooninsvnie The Atlanta Journal, recognizing the wide appeal of this virgin tract of timber, detailed one of their staff photographers to a three-day trip to the Joyce Kilmer Forest and other points of interest in the Nantahala National Forest for the purpose of securfrig photographs for use in their paper. Hayesville Man Seeks Damages From Show Company A warrant of attachment was serv. id in Hayesville Monday 011 officials )f the Mighty Haag shows. The warrant was served by Sheriff tohn Tiger, of Clay County. It was ssued by the superior court of Gralam county at Robbinsville on appliation of Glance Roberts, of Robbinsille, who has entered suit in Graham ounty superior court for damages or injuries alleged to have been aused by the negligence of the show ompany. Roberts in his complaint, alleged hat while in the employ of the on puny, he suffered injuries when \ truck, on which he wife riding, left he highway at a point between Marhall and Burnsville last April. He aid he suffered a broken arm, a iroken nose, and internal r.juries.
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