M Scout In / ^ Hvery Home I 1 ^9 Cherokee |gB THE LEAD1NI ^ OLTSO.?NO. 41. KirrS AND CR AFTS AMBIT BEING MELD IN LIBRARY Adult Education Of9 ficial To Speak At 9 3 p.m. Friday An exhibit of Mountain arts and crafts are being put on display in the I Murphy Carnegie Linbrary this week. This exhibit^ being sponsored by 9 t? regional library and the Woman's S club v!?! run for two weeks. On Fri9 di'... at '> o'clock Miss Minnie Reese, 9 i \sheville, state supervisor of crafty tne adult education group, w: .l give a talk at the Library on the i ' I w el op men t of Crafts from Natural Local Resources." Several articles that had arrived Wi ln< sday and were being put on display are as follows: The John C. Campbell folk School Exhibit, including wood-carvings, w< nvings, and one especially outstamlr piece consisting of a woven fire i4 en, made in a very artistic design. An assortment of hooker rugs, v. veil rugs, and bath mats, sent in 1 Mi s. M. L. Thompson, of Andrews, cveral hooked rugs presented by Lansing Parris and Mrs. Carrie V. 1 on. of Andrews, were placed on 4 'libit. A collection of woven baskets sent in by Mrs. Wilma McNabb ( ertrude Smith, of Andrews, sent in a selection of handwoven linens, towels and pocketbooks. Paintings sent in by Miss Gillie Martin and Mrs. It. D. Chandler were being put in place. An N. Y. A. exhibit was among the j articles sent in by a Cherokee County project. This exhibit included wcavings of different kinds. A selection made up of pewter, | hammered brass, copper, and weaving j \\a- presented bj Mrs. R. E. Warner. Tlw? -? , . . I .... v .....in.. : c in cnarge 01 this exhibition is: Mrs. Emily Davidson, chairman, Mrs. Bon Warner, Mrs. T.1 A. Mi Ida Belle Entrekin, and Mr<. Willard Axley. Mrs. Davidson said she was anxious to have a large crowd attend] the talk by Miss Reese and outlined tin importance of the exhibit to the community. The exhibit is the last of a series which have been put on by the MurI hy Womans club during the past year. : Club members stated that they '"feci that these exhibits have been one of their outstanding accomplishments of the club activities, sj "Various committees have been in charge of collecting and arranging the lovely and valuable articles that have been loaned for the different exhibits. Everyone has cooperated. The public has responded not only in visiting these displays but in sending their cherished pieces of art and literature to be a part of these exhibits. "Without this splendid community spirit nothing could have been accomplished with this undertaking. Those who have worked to make this activity worth-while wish to thank all who have contributed in any way." Local Legionnaires I Attend'Franklin Meet | Members of the local Joe Miller Elkins American Legion post attended a district meeting at Franklin last Friday night. Those making the trip from here were T. J. Mauney, Ran Shiflett, Col. A. L. Freeman, Jim Franklin, George Mauney and John Odell. Burgan Pennell, state commander, was present at the meeting find gave the main address before a business session was held. Mr. Mauney was recently appointed commander of the district which takes in the five westermost counties of North Carolina. Weather Vane Listed below arc maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall for the past week compared with similar data for last year. TEMPERATURES 1939 1938 4 67 32 87 55 5 75 35 86 53 5 80 39 74 55 7 85 46 83- 46 8 73 54 81 59 9 72 6(5 74 42 ln 69 47 70 41 1 J?A,NFALL INCHES 1939' 1938 S Total Since May 1 0.30 0.89 1 ^otal since Jan. 1 .... 25.98 22.951 1 JL. J Hip (Eh 1 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTE Over 100 Attend Daily Vacation Bible Exercises Over 100 young people in Murphy have been attending the First Annual Daily Vacation Bible school being held, at the Methodist church in Murphy. Children between the ages of 5 and 1G have been meeting for daily in struction and recreation between the ' hours of 8:3(} and 10:30. j The Rev. J. C. Amnions, local waj'nov paacos-, saio it is one of the most, successful vacation bible school^ he had ever seo.n conducted anywhere. ' Other pastors of the town and a \ corps of workers are cooperating in the various departments, i Thf bible school will end this week. WRIGHT ELECTED HEAD OF MURPHY LIONS CLUB HERE I K. C. Wright was chosen president ]: 'of the Murphy Lions Club at annual 4 | elections held by the club at a regit- ! liar meeting here Tuesday night. He j I succeeds H. G. Elkins to the office, j (^ther officers elected were* II. i Rueck, first vice-president; \V. M. , I Fain, second vice-president: Frank El- 1 [lis, third vice-president; C. E. Hyde,! [secretary: Park W. Fisher, treasurer;: Mr. Elkins tailtwister; W. A. Slierrill,' Lion tamer, and directors J. W. Franklin, Frank Forsyth and Peyton) G. Ivie. I In declining renomination for pros- j ident, Mr. Elkins praised the work of j Mr. Ivie, the retiring treasurer, and j the late Dr. E. E. Adams, the past 11 secretary. | Officers also serve as directors. A number of civic projects were I discused at the meeting. ' GIVES INSTRUCTION IN AVIATION HERE I I Ralph E. Adams, of Dallas, Texas,! | formerly of the United States Marino < corps, has arrived in Murphy to act as instructor in aviation. He will! use the Taylor Cub plane belonging j 'to Bert Davis, TVA employee, to give ; flying lessons. The plane jfc maintained at the airport at Tomotla, five miles north of Murphy on the Asheville highway. I The non-profit flying club being formed under Mr. Adams' supervision in order to make aviation avail- 1 able to those persons locally who would care to learn it. Six have already enrolled and about 10 more i are expected to join soon. When this j1 number is obtained, Mr. Adams j state?, ground instruction will also | be offered. j1 The charges for this service is $8 I, per hour, divided into lo-minute] periods. I Eunice Shields Ends Extensive Tour of U. S. j Miss Eunice Shields, youngest ' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Shields, has just returned from an j 8000 mile tour of the limited States, ' including a six weeks stay in Los An->( geles and a visit to San Francisco's Fair. Miss Shields will leave soon for New York to join her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Lambert, for the summer. High Rating Given To Andrews Dairy The Dairy and Pasteurizing Plant i owned by A. E. Wood, of Andrews, has been placed on the United State? Public Health service honor roll aftei i making a rating of above 00 per cent. < This high rating is obtained by com- ) plying with the United States Pub- I lie Health service rules and standards ' ! for the operation of dairies and pas- I teurizing explicitly. These rules are ' adopted to insure the public of a | clean and sanitary source of milk from healthy cows milked in clean ' I dairy barns, with the added health 1 | measure of complete pasteurization 1 ' " iiii.ii uviiuiivij III.1UI inu laiiiiuc.' that consume the milk that all organisms and bacteria of a harmful nature 5 or causing* disease has been killed by ' this process. The Andrews Dairy is one of 18 1 communities in the entire United 1 States in which all market is pasteur- ' ized and has obtained a rating by the United States Public Health Service standards ' ^ve 90 per cent. ifrnkw RN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING IURFHY, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY I WEAVER CONFERS , WITH MAY ABOUT ' TVA PERCENTAGE 1 Mayfield Aiding In Attempt To Get j Power Sales Returns i Representative Zebulon Weaver, ' accompanied by C. L). Mayfield, of Vlurphy, conferred Wednesday with Chairman May, of the house military t if fairs committee, regarding his bib c o turn over to Cherokee county five J ?er cent of the ^rc.-e power sale re- I eipts frym operation of TVA's Hiivassee dam. \ May told Weaver that his commit- tee would begin hearings on amend- ? merits to the TVA act to permit < taking over of private utilities and |' at that time he would permit him to ' * appear in support of his measure. j' Weaver said he was gathering material and data fot presentation to ] the committee. This will include the ' ' amount of land which has been withdrawn from taxes in Cherokee coun- : ty as a result of the construction ol' the dam, and its bonded indebtedness. ; , The TVA act provides for pay- ' men' of a percentage of collections 1 i?? Alabama and Tennessee and the Weaver bill wouuld broaden this to , apply to the authority's operation in North Carolina. It has never been estimated local- ' ly just how much of a cash return this would mean to Cherokee county. ' About 11,000 acres of land was ob- 1 tained by TVA for basin right. j Seven Persons Fined i For Failing To Have Dogs Vaccinated Here Seven persons in this community 1 have been fined 'by justices of the peace for failing to comply with county-wide dog vaccination laws, it has 1 been announced. The law requires that ail persons i have their dogs vaccinated when of 1 ficers make their rounds of the coun- ' ty. The seven persons indicted were fined $10 and costs for failing to 1 have their dogs vaccinated within 3 j 1 days after notice had been .served j 1 by inspectors. | ^ DANCE TO BE HELD L AT HIWA^CPT nAIV* i' r? a a ai ? t ? ' " ? - ^ i^inri 1 Another in the series of popular dances will be held at the Commun- 1 ity building' at Hiwassee Dam Saturday night. May 13, it was announced this week. I The dance will be sponsored by the < Hiwassee Dam Athletic association. ] Ben Franklin and his 12-piece orL'hesti-a will furnish the music. J CHEROKEE NYA CRAF AT EXHIBIT IN RALEIC Examples of youth work and craft j 1 performed in Cherokee County will Is be on display at the N. C. Youth j 1 Oraft Exhibit and Conference to be , held in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. j Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20, ] < according to Mrs. Willabelle Posey* i NYA Supervisor for Cherokee Coun- ' ty. The Conference, sponsored by the j J N. C. Council ol* Youth-serving agon-!1 eies, will combine an exhibit of 11 handicraft achievement by youth of | North Carolina with an open forum j ? discussion program dealing with im- J mediate problems facing young people of today. Mr. John A. Lang, State NYA Di- 1 rector, who is also president of the < council of youth-serving agencies, re- ' ported to Mrs. Posey that present 1 plans indicate this conference will t he highly successful in its efforts to I jive expression to the works and * thoughts of young Tar Heels. A number of outstanding speakers * from North Carolina and other states ! < have accepted invitations to partici- j * pate in the discussion forums which jx ire to be conducted all-day Satur- 11 lay. May 20. ! v The exhibit of vniifh o?-to 1 i - - - " ? w I ind,works will be opened to the pub- I * ic beginning:, at 1 o'clock Friday af- \* ernoon an dwill be on display all I through the following day. Among J organizations which will participate N in the conference are the 4-H clubs. ^ rhc Future Farmers of America, the ' Civilian Conservation Corps. The National Youth Administration, the W ^rnu A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH 1, 1939 Stay Of Exec Granted Cha I Seek Supervised Playground Here A meeting was held by represenatives of various civic and social lubs in Murphy Tuesday night with t view to establishing a supervised daygvmmd in Murphy this summer. It was pointed out at this meeting here is no provision or facilities foi ! upervised play of any kind for chil- [ hen in the town of Murnhv nn>?. it, and it was proposed to raise funds to establish such a recreation enter and provide someone to superrise it. Those attending the meeting were Mrs. James B. Ward, Mrs. Cyrus White. Mrs. Karl Neiswanger. H. i'alph Jacobs, K. C. Wright and W. A. Sherrill. McKee Assures Wcrk Will Be Continued On j Shoal Creek Highway Highway Commissioner I". T,. Mr ' Ivee, of Sylva, assured a group of i Murphy citizens appealing beforei lum Monday that additional work J would be clone on the Shoal Creek highway leading to Iliwassec Dam this spring and summer. At present TVA is engaged in relocating portion^ of the highway and Mr. McKee said the stfte would supplement the work by widening, rerrading and eliminating bad curves )n the worst portions of the widelytravelled highway. Those appearing before him were Mayor J. B. Gray, K. C. Moore and C. D. Savage. | Sheriff Townson's Son 'njured In Accident J. C. Townson, Jr.. was improving his week from severe injuries sustained in an automobile accident at Five Points last Saturday. IT" i> the son of Sheriff and Mrs. Carl Townsnn. Thn vnnth l-,wnivn/l .. ...... ?nd loir and a fractured jaw in the ?"eident. Walker To Vaccinate De^s At Texana May 13 Mr. B. C. Walker announces he will ie at the Texana school house Saturday, May 13. at 9 a. m. for the purpose of vaccinating dogs. The North Carolina law requires iht all dogs he vaccinated. T TO BE SHOWN iH MAY 19, 20 PA Education and Employment Divisions, and the Junior Placement Bureaus of state Employment Service. Public school children. College Stu- | dents, Education officials and other | interested in the problems and,activities of youth are being extended invitations to attend the Conference and participate in the discussions which will be a major part of the program. The conference this year is an outgrowth of an exhibit sponsored in j Raleigh last year by the National j ifouth Administration which was j lighly successful, according to Mrs. Posey. This year, however, the scope >f the affair has been extended, and t is believed that the Conference will esult in a clearer conception as to he approach to problems of young leople in their efforts to adjust hemselves to modern conditions. The NYA youths in Cherokee bounty will send as their part of this xhibit a group of articles such as urniture made by the boys in NYA vork shop, Indian ' dolls, childrens S ? hcsm-s, oags, weaving:, painting:, bead vork made by the girls on Homemakng project in Andrews, wood carving ind all crafts which are being taught he NY A youths in Cherokee. The projects in Cherokee county ire always open to the public and a "isit from any one interested in the rouths of our county is appreciated, ind the Supervisor, Mrs. Willabelle Posev extends cordial invitation to the Public to v; the work rooms. ? The Scout J, Bring# You J | Weekly r^^ All Th j News I TERRITORY :ution Is rles Fain Supreme Court To Hear Appeal In Case During August Session A stay of execution has been granted Charles Fain, 26-year-old Murphy Negro, who was to have died in state's prison's gas chamber today for the assault of a nurse and the robbery of a woman patient in a local hospital last. January 28. The postponement of the asphyxiation was the result of an appeal made by y. II. Tillitt and Edwin Ilyde, Fain s attorneys. The appeal will be heard bj the North Carolina Siinivm,. ......,i ...u.... it convents in Raleigh in August. Fain was sentenced to die