North Carolina Newspapers

bxE Kin Cherokee ^ THE LEADINC || IVol. 3.?No. 50 J,AND PLANNING h JURVEYTOBE : iMADE OF COUNTY Committees Are Appointed To Make Recommendations | A country-wide land use planning Bprogram was begun in Cherokee ! ^ county Monday night, when a group Upof citizens met and discussed the fin Wancia\ and sociological factors of the ' H|county. The meeting was called by repreHfcentatives of the United States De- ! BBpartment of agriculture and was atMfcended by about 75 persons from all ' Egfcections oi the county. r Miss Alline Richardson, home demonstration agent; A. Q. Ketner, county agent, ad Miss Ida Belle Entrekin, - Bfcregioal librarian, were .in charge of the meeting, g&f It was explained that Cherokee j [ county had been chosen for an ex- 1 SBBberiment in land use planning. It was Mutated that the completion of the afiRTVA's Hiwassee Dam and the resor voir will create problems in Cherokee | gjfc-lcounty that call for group planning. : The various problems confronting , the county were listed and the follow- j iHing five-point program was outlined: j 1 consult planning specialists, setting ( up of machinery to meet the prob- j t Ef'lenvs, adequate advertising, market-1 i^ing and beautifieation. A general discussion of the prob- j ^ gpulems confronting the people of the 1 ^ m county ensued. It was then agreed to | elect chairmen of committees to J j thoroughly investigate each problem, i t Later they will meet and formulate a t county-wide report which will be put , t in the form of a formal request to go | before the state and TVA planning boards. These planning hoards are then ex- ' ^pected to send specialists here to eo- ' Operate* in increasing the wealth, the 1 1 living conditions and the development I \ of resources in the county. | * Mayor J. B. Gray of Murphy was ! ; chosen general chairman of the group, j x and E. Van Horn also of Murphy was ! 1 appointed to assist him. Committee j1 chairmen, elected were: beautifieation, I1 Park V/. Fisher, of Brasstown; re-1 1 creation, Tom Case, of Murphy; crafts, Mrs. B. E. Warner, of Murphy;' 1 agriculture, Clyde McNabb, of Bell-11 I view; housing-, Mrs. Walter Witt, of j < Peachtree: general industry and gov- j < ernment, H. Bueck, of Murphy, and j < advertising, Sam Carr, of Murphy. | 1 The chairmen were authorized to * appoint their committees. The date ; [they are to make their reports has not 1 |becn set. NEW IVIE FUNERAL ! HOME IS NEARING COMPLETION HERE j The new Ivie Funeral Home building being constructed on Valley}5 River avenue near the Methodist. 1 church in Murphy is rapidly nearing j completion. Tho four-story structure will have | J a brick veneer finish when com- > pleted. The first basement will be used as a garage and storage room and will also contain equipment for heating 1 the building by steam. The second J floor will be used for a casket display 1 room and morgue. The third and main floor, facing Valley River avenue, will contain a t modern funeral chapel, with a seat- < ing capacity of approximately 100 versons. The fourth floor will do < used as Mr. Ivie's residence. * Mr. Ivie states he will conduct his . I furniture business at his present lo- * cation. A. S. MAUNEY, 82, OF NEAR MURPHY, BURIED ON SUNDAY K Funeral services for Mr. A. S. |(Gus) Mauney, prominent 82-year-old BCherokee countian, were conducted i J from the Tomotla church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Mr. Fry officiating. Interment was in the Tomotla cemetery. .Townson Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements. Mr. Mauney a life-long resident of Cherokee county and son of one of this section's pioneer families, died Saturday afternoon following a lengthy illness. He is survived by: his widow, Mrs. Martha Mauney, and two sons, Charles and Rush Mauney. If ttffl , WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTEI Murph NANTAHALA GORGE S WILL BE REBUILT DUR Construction on the Nantahala I Gorge section of Highway No. 19 I i leading to Ashoville will be started i this summer, according to a notice | received by the Scout office this week. i The intention to pave the road was contained in a letter from I Highway Commissioner E. L. Mc Kee, of Sylva, addressed to J. A. Gray, editor of the Bryson City Times. A copy of the letter was forwarded to the Scout. In an editorial several weeks ago, the Scout made a plea that this work not ho undertaken during the summer months as it might interfere with the tourist season trade locally. Last summer a large portion of I the road between Topton and Bry- ! j son City was rebuilt with the re- i suit, that it was closed to traffic j during most of the season. The four-mile stretch through the Nantahala Gorge was not undertaken at that time. Mr. Gray answered the Scout edi- ] tonal in his paper by stating sum- j marily that the work had to he Rep. Jarrett Is Author Of 2 House Bills Representative Clyde 11. Jarrett of 'herokee is the autnor of two house nils?one to provide for the ap>ointn.ents of trustees for Andrews j ity administrative school unit and the ither to authorize the recording of i true copy of tne original map of he town of Andrews in Cherokee :ounty. The school bill would provide: ! "Section 1. The board of trustees I vf A ? ?i uiv fviiurcws city auininistrative : ? init shall be composed of five mem- ? >ers, whose term shall begin the first C Holiday in April of the year 1939, tnd said board of trustees is hereby 'f rested with all the authority, rights, lowers, and duties which are now >r may hereafter be granted to city \v ulministtative units under the gen- tii *rai school laws of North Carolina. "Sec. 2.The title to all school T iroperty in said Andrews city aci- SI ninistrative unit shall remain vest- a ?d in the board of education of th Jherokee county, ami it shall be the til luty of the said county board of ed- w ication to properly protect by iniurance any property belonging to ai ;aid board of education and situated st within said administrative unit. b< "Sec. 3. That H. M. Whitaker, J. b' W. Christy, W. C. Morrow, L. B. Nich- ft tils, and W. A. Puett be, and they ire hereby appointed trustees of the 11 Andrews city administrative unit for \] term of four years from and after * the first Monday in April of the yeai 1939. The* said trustees shall meet and organize on the said first Monday ' in April, 1939, or soon thereafter Continued on back page (jj Buys Land Near Here; m Will Construct Cabins Several acres of property belonging ;o P. F. Jones near Murphy adjoining ^ .he Copperhill highway was leased * Wednesday to W. E. Brown, of j IVarne. ; Mr. Brown plans to begin construe-1 ? ion immediately on eight tourist n< ramps to be built on the property hi SOME TIMBER IN RESE! jr r hklu r rll wiihk Fire wood which ran be consumed for personal use is available to Cherokeo countians, within certain restrictions, as a result of the TVA's Hiwassee Dam basin clearance work in the Town of Murphy. The official announcement was made Wednesday by Robert F. Hoi- j ley, superintendent of the Hiwas- j see Reservoir Clearance project. ! The statement was as follows: i "To the Local Citizens of Mar- J phy and Cherokee county: "The Reservoir Clearance Divi- i sion, of the Tennessee Valley Au- j thority, is now engaged in the preparation of the Hiwassee Reservoir for impoundage, and has started clearing operations in the various areas along Hiwassee and Valley j Rivera. "One of the crews is now engag- | ed in clearing the Valley River tmkt IN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERINl y, N. C. Thursday, Mar IECTION OF NO. 19 ING SUMMER done and it might as well be done now and over with. Following is Mr. McKee's letter to Mr. Gray: We thank you for your editorial relative to the re-construction of ection of Highway l'J in Nantahala Gorge. There never has been a time that building a highway wa- convenient to the public and while we know there may be some inconvenience in beginnig work tins summer. I am of the opiion that this work can go ahead with very little inconvenience to the tourist. If contract was held up until next winter, it would probably interfere with the tourist business in t U.. f i"<" ' ui.v ovoouu *?x jiii-i. i am anxious to get this, piece of road improved. Also, wish to confirm the statement made to you and Mr. Bennett (hat the contract for the completion of No. 2K will be in our April letting. Yours very truly, E. I.. McKEE Commissioner Tenth Division Baseball Fans Meet Here Thursday Night All baseball enthusiasts of Cherokee county were planning to hold a mass meeting in the Murphy library Thursday night for the purpose of organizing the Cherokee County All-Stars for 1939. Last year the Murphy, Marble and Andrews players combined to form one good aggregation. The purpose of the meeting Thursday night is to determine just what the fans want in the form of a baseball team here this year. HERIFF BRINGS IN WO MORE STILLS Two more stills have been added i the long list of those being capired by the Sheriff's department. On Wednesday night Sheriff Carl rnvnson, and Deputies Sheridan tiles and Richard Meroney raided > ? w-^anuil villi ii- I'll UlUt'll l>I alien ill ie Topton .section and poured out >out 150 gallons of mash. No liquor as found and no arrests were made. Last Sunday night Sheriff Townson id Deputy Patton Coleman raided a ill 011 Grape Creek. The still had ien taken away from the furnace, nt about 200 gallons of beer was mud and poured out. Unisteral Conference Vill Meet On Monday The Cherokee-Clay county minis'rial conference will meet in Mur!iy Monday, March 27, it is arinouncl by the Rev. Fred Stiles, secretary f the club. The club is regularly scheduled to leet on the first Monday after the rst Sunday of each month, but >me of the pastors were not able to ttend the regular-scheduled meeting lis month, and it will' be held this >ming Monday. After the meeting, the conference ill begin meeting again on their gular date. ?ar the "Deep Cut" section of the orhwnV RVOIR TO BE ESTRICTIONS banks within the city limits of Murphy. "In areas where there is no merchantable timber being sold, it is the policy of this Division to permit the local citizens to remove all, or any part, of the fire wood that can be consumed for personal use, provided it is removed from the area between the time it is cut and before it is piled. The removal of this wood must in no way interfere with clearing operations. We cannot permit the removal of any wood after an area has been piled for burning. "Anyone may consider themselves welcome to this wood, provided it is removed under the above conditions, and they contact the Foreman in charge of the work in the area from which they wish to remove the wood." i A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICI . 23, 1939 TV A Highwc Work In Ful WORK ON GOLF COURSE MAY BE STARTED SOON Town Board Requested To Help Get WPA Funds Definite plans for the construction of a nine-hole golf course at Peachtiee five miles from Murphy were laid before the town aldermen here I Wednesday morning. The building of the golf course i< I part of a long-range recreational program that was outlined at a mass meeting here March Jf>. It was rej vealed at the meeting that Murphy had approximately $35,000 available in WPA funds for recreational purposes, and plans for a golf course, a swimming pool, tennis court- and oilier recreational facilities were discussed. Following the meeting a committee composed of Tom Case, Dr. B. W. Whitfield, I'aul Oxvenby, Harry Bishop, W. Allison Sherrill and T. W. Kindley investigated possible sites for j the establishment of a good golf i course which, it was explained at the j meeting, has been a necessity for , j the town and tourists for a long time. | About GO acres of property have been offered for this purpose from the Mauney heirs near the site of tne new prison camps at Peachtree on the Hayesville highway. The land is ideally suited for a good nine-hole course as it has a good surface hut contains a number of naii.mv.I ........ ..in. iiiu-icsuiij,' nuzaras. Construction of the fairways ? mi I greens is expected to start as soon i as the town can get its formal appli? cation okched by WPA. I It. is expected that, most of the slimmer will be required in construction of the course. FIRST AID COURSE WILL BE OFFERED 1 AT LOCAL LIBRARY A 15-hour Standard Bureau of Mines first aid course will be conducted by the public safety service of the TV A at a series of meetings at the Murphy-Carnegie library begin nj ing March 2K. Meetings which begin at 7 p. m., will be held March j 28 and 29 and April 4, 5, 11 and 12. j W. O. Watson will be directly in I charge of the classes. Those passing | the course will receive a degree from ; the department of interior in ackj nowledgenient. The classes will be for men only and all are invited to attend. There j will be no charges as this will be conducted in the regular outline of TVA I work under T. T. Lindsey, supervi| sor of the local training division. Local TVA Man Buys Plane, Keeps It Here Burl T. Davis, a TVA employee of Murphy, is the first man in Cherokee county to own an airplane and maintain it locally. I .nr. uavis recently purchased the I new Taylor Cub and Sunday began ; taking flying lessons from Rao Moore, | local flying enthusiast. Sunday the plane attracted quite a I bit of attention on. the flying field in Woods pasture near Andrews, but i later in the day Mr. Moore landed the j plane in a field near Tomotla where it will be kept. Cherokee Countians To Play Professional Ball Two Cherokee countians will play professional baseball this summer. J. H. Pitzer, Murphy high school athletic director, will go to Lenoir where he is signed for the summer to play in the Tarheel league Melvin Ensley, spectacular 17-yearold southpaw, of Andrews, who made his pitching debut last summer, will go to Charlotte to try-out with the team there. Ensley has aiso had offers to try out with Norfolk, Va.. ?. New York Yankee outfit, and Albany, Ca.. a St. Louis Cardinal team. ^ The Scout 'diTT Brin^s Y?u IBIB II Weekly All The News ^ TERRITORY 5c COPY?$1.50 YEAR iy Relocation 11 Sway Here (More Than 17ft Man ! Worked On $670,000 I Extensive highway relocation work is being undertaken by TVA workmen locally at present. I he building of the TVA's $22.00o. 00() lliwassee Dam will necessitate the ielocution of more than i7 miles oi I highway and about five miles of rail: toad. It is estimated that the to| tal project will cost $670,011. i According to present plans the dam will start backing water up in the reservoir about January 1, 1040, and I it will be necessary to complete the relocation work by that time. Alout 175 men art on the job at present keeping the huge trucks and shovels running in the relocation work, j which includes the building of 17..I miles of highway and at out five miles 1 railroad. ! The highway relocation work will ; require the construction of 10 bridges ; and l.'l box culverts. Five of the bridges will l?e over 100 feet long. 1 rations of both railroads serving Murphy?tin* Louisville and Nashville and the Southern?will have to be constructed. The relocation work will he done ; on both the Joe Brown and State No. ! 28 highways. The Joe Brown highi way is a dirt road leading down the I north side of the river toward the ,lnm ?o i ?.o is a puvea road leading t<> Copperhill, Tenn.# and the Hiwassee daw down the .south side of the river. Where the impounded waters covet these two highways they will eithei be constructed around the edge of the I lake or forded. Portions of both | railroads coming into Murphy lie in ! the basin. | Most of the work at present is bring done on the Cane Creek section of Highway No. 28, and the Murphy ] baseball park and Fair grounds. The I park is being elevated above the coii1 tou.* line. | A rock quarry on the Joe Brown 1 highway near Murphy is being used i to supply rock for the work. All dwellings and buildings have been moved out of the reservoir and I clearance of the lake bed has also begun. Also under construction at present is a portion of the highway lead ing from the Suit community to the TV"A access road. This project is being undertaken by the state high way department. It is the only road requiring a detour at present. INITIAL DAY OF SPRING IS END OF MILD WINTER Spring made its 1939 debut with an abundance of nice, warm sunshine on Tuesday. Although the past winter has been marked by heavy rainfall, it hue ?w I been considered a severe one. Tlu I lowest temperature officially recorded was nine degrees above zero on one occasion. The next lowest temperature was 14 degrees. This is contrasted with the severe winters of many years ago. Mr. James Small shaw recently went through the Scout files of 50 year ago to obtain data on the weather. On one occasion it was found to have gone to 22 degrees below zero in January 1889. At that time, it was reported, the river was frozen over 1 lor many days at a depth of nine inches. Listed below are maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall for the past week computed with similar data for last year. TEMPERATURES 1939 1938 15 05 49 70 52 If, 55 31 68 56 17 52 20 65 45 18 50 28 71 31 j 19 60 17 69 31 20 65 25 72 51 21 70 28 79 38 i RAINFALL INCHES 1939 1938 j Total since March 1 . 4.10 5.10 I Total since January 1 19.39 10.76 ' will speak at services Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cary. of the John C. Campbell Folk School. Brasstown, former missionaries to Japan, will speak at the Methodist church Sunday at the 7 p. m. service. The public is cordially invited to attend.