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THE LEADINC
Vol. 50.?No. 39T~
Three Con
Members of 1
Society Visitc
Inspect Various
Features of TVA's
Hiwassee Dam Froject
Picturesque Hiwassee Dam in
( iTnkcc Count) was visited Satur4
i\ hv a larjre number of prominent
engineers and visitors who attended
I the annual spring convention ol the
Xmerican Society of Civil Engineers
Chattanooga, Tenn., last week.
I lie tour including Hiwassee Dam ;
wa> one of llie most scenic trips J
planned for members and visitors |
to the convention. It was one of a .
- i ie> of visits at Various TV A projects
that was outlined for those at-1
tending the. meeting.
The tour originated in Chattanooga
and included the Parksvillc and
Ococe projects and the scenery along
the river. The route led the group
through the Ducktown basin and
over the Access road into lliwassec
I Dam.
Quite a number of local TV A employees
were among the estimated
1,100 persons who attend the semiannual
conference. Those attending
from here said it was the best meeting
held by the society in many years.
Among local TV A employees attending
were: James Smallshaw,
lames B. Ward, Earl VanHorn, B. C.
Moneymaker, Clarence E. Blee, Project.
Supervisor of Hiwassee Dam,
Sam Harding, Jack Blagg, O. Laurgaard,
Fred Weis, Lou Hixon, George
Hall and others.
The Hiwassee Dam is a straight
gfayitv structure. 1.250 feet long on
' i h?i crest and 522 feet high above the
)"\v? st point of the foundation. When
c nij leted, this will be the highest
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Health Departn
For Last Quart*
Mary King Mallonee Is
Named To Faculty Here
Miss Mary King Mallonee, of Murphy,
has been elected to the Muprhy
high school faculty, it has been announced
by Superintendent H. Bueck.
Miss Mallonee is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mallonee, of Murphy.
She graduates from the Woraans 1
College of the University of North j
Carolina, Greensboro, in June. Miss
Mallonee is also a graduate of Murphy
high school, and is well-known
among the younger social contingent
? * the town.
i
Bible School To
Open On May 8
l The local pastors announce that for
m ?-nc urst time in several years there I
will be conducted a Cooperative Daily |
Bj Vacatioi church school.
I This : hool will be held in the
Methodi Church and the Rev. J. C.
E Ammoiu vill be Dean of the school
and will ct his faculty from those
B who will olunteer their services from
B the sevc al churches of the commun
All cl Idren, ages 5 to 15, in the
B community are eligible whether they
B attend ^ mday School or not. The
schoo'i f open Monday, May 8 and
0?ntin| 1_wo weeks. The hours are
H *'-3? -o ( ;30 a. m. Monday through
ff] FrHav
B ll d that this school will af
h deasurc and profit to all
jH *ho ? The nastors and other
B lir,01^"" ' are contributing
H nd ta ent confidently
fount the t ope rat inn of the
raren hildr. to make this ven
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It fji
; WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTE
Murp
imunities 1
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Engineers I
>rs Here ^
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C. E. BLEE
Project Engineer
Law Requires All Dog
Owners To Have Them
?
Vaccinated On Schedule I
In addition to the article published ]
in the Cherokee Seoul la&L week Cun- }
cerning the vaccination of dogs, Dr. ,
M. P. Whichard, Distiict Haelth Of
ficer, would like to add the following ^
paragraph taken from Section 4895, ,
Article 15, North Carolina Code. .
Section 4805 of said Article states. (
that any owner who fails to have his
dog vaccinated at the time the rabies J
inspector is in the township in which
the owner resides, as provided in sec- i
tion 4895, shall have said dog vacci- .
natcd in accordance with section 4895 r
(8) and shall pay the rabies inspector
the additional sum of twenty-five -
ceuin n? ot ri'utuieu oy mm ior eacn I ,
dog treated. I
1
lent Report
er Is Give n
Dr. M. P. Whichard
Lists Work Done In
Three Counties
The following report of work done
ir. the health department in the coun- ,
ties of Cherokee, Graham and Clay
has been released for publication by
the* office:
It will readily be seen by a glance i
at the tabulation of the work done by
this district for quarter ending March
31, 1939, that the major effort for the
past quaver has been School Hygiene
and the examination of 4-11 Club mem- 1
bers. On the other hand much has
been accomplished in other fields.
In Communicable Disease Control
tho following work has been done by
this department: Admission to service
76, consultation with physicians 3,
field visits to diphtheria cases .5, typhoid
fever 5, scarlet fever 2, measles
1, whooping cough 48, chickenpox
and pneumonia 15, and one pneumon- j
ia patient was admitted to hospital.
Two hundre^ fifty-four individuals
were immunized for smallpox, 98 a- ?
gainst diphtheria, ranging from the '
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Weather Vane
Listed below are maximum and
minimum temperatures and rainfall
for the past week compared with
similar data for last year.
TEMPERATURES
1939 1938 '
20 48 33 79 55
21 66 37 70 58
22 66 31 71 56
23 70 31 67 38
24 82 38 72 40
25 83 57 76 40
26 74 60 81 46
RAINFALL INCHES 1939 1938
Total since April 1 4.05 10.12,
Total sine January 1 .... 25.59 22.04 (
pruto
RN NORTH CAROLINA, COVER1NC
thy, N. C. Thursday,
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1RAY, MALLONEE
1EAD TICKETS LN
TOWN OF MURPHY
Two Factions Seek
Office in Andrews;
Marble Votes
Three communities in Cherokee
iwnl\ will hold in (in ic - i |>a I elections
ii Tuesday. Ma\ 2.
'I lie warmest politicalHbattle in I
lie count\ i- being fought in Mm- !
ill) where two non-partisan faction:- j
iic seeking municipal offices.
f)n on? ticket J. II. Gra\. iriouni?ont.
i-. running lor mayor. Seeking i
he si\ aldermen seats with him arc:
<.. Moore. C. I). Mayfichl. Waler
Maunc\. \oali Lovingood. T. \\ .
Vxlev and \\ . P. ()dnm.
Mr. Gray has held the office coninuoush
since 19.12. Moore. Ma\ichl
and Lovingood are also mcixiiiM'lil
inciuliers of the hoard.
The other ticket in the Town ol
Murphy is headed by J. I). Mallonec,
Vlurphx attorney. On the ticket with,
iiin are: J. \V. MeMillian, K. I.
Stiles, 11. S. Parker, Hayes Dook ry.
Frank IHckev and Mrs. Ihelnia
Dickey.
More political activitl is seen in this
race than has been evidenced in a
muncipal election here in the past 10
years.
Members of the Democrat and Republican
parties met in separate contentions
in Andrews Wednesday night,
Hid selected candidates for partisan
ickets.
The Democrats, meeting in the
\merican Legion Hut, selected: D. H. j
rill it t for mayor, and B. P. Grant, j
\. B. Chandler, Sr., W. G. MeKeldrey,
a net R. A. Greer, Sr., for aldermen,
rhe Republicans held their convenContinucd
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To Give Examination
For Rural Mail Route
The United States Civil service
commission has announced an examination
is to be given applicants seeking
to fill the position of rural carrier
out of the Murphy postoffice.
The examination will be held at
Murphy at a date to be stated on admission
cards mailed to applicants
After the close of receipt of applications.
It will be about 15 days after
the closing date.
Receipt of applications will close
on Friday, May 5, it was announced.
Quite a number of persons are expected
to mail application for examination
of the route that was left open
iluo to the death recently of Mr. K.
V. Weaver. At present J. L. Rail is
delivering mail on the rouot.
'You Haven'
Houk Tells '
New Dod?e Pick-Uns
Sold By Mr. Moore
The cost of the new Dodge Pickup
truck sold locally by Mr. E. C.
Moore is $662 delivered at Murphy
fully equipped but not including
state and local taxes.
Through an error this was adverted
last week at $662 delivered at
Detroit.
Mr. Moore, who Vns been enjoying
?n unusually wide sale of Dodge and
Plymouth cars and trucks as weil as i
rars in his used car department this I
rear, points out that the new Dodge j
Pickup truck is priced among the lowest
and displays some unusual and
;xclusive features.
Mr. George Phillips, who is connected
with Mr. Moore's firm, was in
Detroit the early part of the week standing
a salesman's convention. He
vill return with several new cars.
Mrs. ,T. II. Pitzer left Friday for
Corbin, Ky. to visit her father.
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A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH
ApriT27 rT939^ I
lections Or
Town Is Negi
T\/A D
a i uwci,
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JUDGE HILL DIES
! AT RICHMOND; TO
BE BURIED FRIDAY
End Comes After
Several Months of Illness
To Murphy Man
Word was received here Wednesday i
| night that Judge Frank S. Hill, oil
, \!urnhv had died Wednesdav after- I
| noon at the Terrace Springs Nurs,
?nij home in Richmond, Va., after an
illness of several months. He was II
Funeral rites will be held there
Friday afternoon al 3 o'clock, it was
announced.
Mr. Hill was appointed a Supcriot
court judge by Governor O. Max Gar- 1
dner in 1932 and had been reappoint-:
eel the post bi-annually since.
Judge Hill, the son of the late Mr.!
and Mrs. C. R. Hill, of Murphy, was!
born and reared here. He was grad- J
untcd from Murphy High school and .
later completed his law course at the J
University of North Carolina.
For a while h^ was connected with J
the Federal Reserve Bank system and j
the Associated press.
Later he entered law practice here I
with John H. Dillard. and when Mr. I
Dillard died. J. R. Gray became a !
partner in the firm.
In 1932, at the age of 35, he re- j
reived his snecial appointment to the
North Carolina Superior court bench, i
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t Seen First c
seniors at Ex<
Seventy-Two Senio
From Murphy High
"Von haven't begun to see the fir:
and lawyer of Franklin told Murphy H
exercises here Friday night in referenc
Mr. Houk's address was given he
auditorium as the highlight of 1939 ?
Seventy-two seniors were awarded
FISHING SEASON
OPENS JUNE 10
Open season on fish to be caught .
with hook and line or rod and reel
opens on June 10 and not May 10 as j
it was stated in last week's Scout.
Game Warden P. M. Birchfield!
caught the error and announced the |
correct day of opening on succoi type :
of fish in the Hiawassee. Valley and !
Notla rivers. It is legal, however, to |
shoot succor type fish in these three 1
rivers (excluding the Valley river be-j
yond the town limits of Andrews) j
until June 10, he added.
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atiating For
Mayor Says
jray Says Powelson Has
Agreed Tc Sell His
System Here
Murphv and sections i
ind <!l a\ counties ma\ mhui Im the
irst communities in North (-.n?d;na
(i l?c .served with T\ \ power. ac ?nclng
to an announcement made hen
I hursdav.
Mavor J. If. (Irav. of Murphv.
lated that the Iowii of Murphv i.cgolialing
with the Southern States
'own- compnuv t?? ohtain di-liihuion
line> in the Town of Minplix.
lie said W. \ . \. Powelson. ol
\ew \ orh. owner "I the Southern
'tales Power eouipans. has agreed
o sell the system. has named a price
for it and lias authorized the town
through its engineers and representatives
of T\ A to make examinations
;>f lines, record ol power users and
customers and quantity ol electric
light and power dislrihuted during
the past 12 months with a view to
determining whether or not the price
I* reasonable.
Members cf the town hoard. Mi.
Gray added, have already taken th?
matter up with the TV A. "Their
engineers and legal department", he
said, "will cooperate with u- in work
ing the matter out".
The Southern States Power company
has a franchise in Murphy that
las^s for 47 more years. They have
served the town for the past l.'l years.
The impounded waters from Hiwassee
Dam, when the $22,000,000 TV A
project is completd, will render tin
power company's dam ami powet
genet at ing equipment useless, and it
will he necessary to either move them
oi sell them.
The Southern States Power company
also serves Hayesville and rural
portions of Cherokee and Clay counties.
The town is not interested in
any community outside of the town
limits, Mr. Gray said.
At present the TV A is building a
rural line through portions of Clay
county and ;?/]oining counties in
Georgia, and in the event the Southern
States Power company sells its
line to the town, it is anticipated that
the TV A will take over the other power
lines.
When it was learned here several
months ago that Mr. Powelson was
considering selling his franchise, a
ulCClriiig U* .UUIJJIIjr ClUiVUS \%US
held in the court house and it was unanimously
voted to obtain TV A powt-r
for tin- town.
>f Progress'
jrcises Here
rs Are Graduated
Friday Evening
st of progress". Guy I.. Houk. mayor
ligh school seniors at their graduation
e to the possibilities of future jobs,
fore a parked audience in the school
graduation ceremonies.
! diplomas at the exercises.
Directing the first part of his address
to the parents assembled in the
audience, Mr. Houk, who served
as superintendent of schools in Macon
county for many years, said "public
education in North Carolina in the
last half century has made tremendous
strides in the quantity of the product.
Th" quality has also improved."
The speaker added that classical
education is being stressed in school
rooms "while in the world. in the
main, it is not. There are places for
n great many of lis in the field of
manual labor without knowing the
meaning of a Greek verb. Too many
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