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PRODUCER ASS'N
is ORG ANIZED BY
AREA DAIRYMEN
Improved Production
And Distribution Aim
Of New Organization
Grade A milk producers and dis
tributors in the area surrounding
Murphv mr: with F. R. Farnham.
extension socialist. Tuesday, Sep
tember in the courthouse for the
purpo* < f discussing policies of dis
tribution and production of their
products I'pon recommendation of
Mr. Furnh im. the group met again
on the following Tuesday, October
1. and organized the Cherokee Milk
Producei Association.
Office: for the new organization
were elected for the coming year
and a set of regulations, designed
to improve the service and product
ion of Grade A dairy products in
this area, was adopted.
Mr. Farnham. in addressing the
group at the first meeting, made con
structive criticism of the operartion
of the local producers, stating that
"the handling of the milk situation
m this section is not up to par with
the state" and suggested the "org
inization of a milk producers as
sociition as a remedy for these in
adequacies.'' It was upon this rec
1 conmendation that the association
I to formed.
to the organization meeting Tues
| ikj night the following officers were
I fjtctrd: L. E. Tuckweiller, president,
a K. Wells, vice-president, and John
Shields, secretary-treasurer.
The following articles were also
adopted for governing the operation
and activity of the association:
Art. I; See. 1 ? Name, Cherokee
Milk Producers Association.
Art. IT? The purpose of the as
sociation shall be to cooperate with
each other in the producing and
distributing of Grade A dairy pro
ducts, in the area surrounding Mur
phy. including Andrews. Robbinsville,
Hayesvillc, Copperhill and Duck
town.
Art. Hi; Sec. 1 ? Any person or
cooperation producing Grade A. milk
and dairy products to be sold in the
area mentioned in Article 2, shall
he eligible for membership in the
association. Sec. 2 ? Any person or
cooperation who has become inact
ive in the production of dairy pro
ducts will cease to be a member at
the date of proval of his inactive -
ESSC.
?rve as an officer or on a working
committee. Sec. 2 ? The officers shall
he president, vice-president, cccret
?rj-treasurer, who iAU ww: a term
of one year.
A business session of the assoc
iation wacs called immediately fol
towing the organisation at which
several standards for service and
Production were set up. Among these
,as a rule to pick up only milk
*hich had become bad through
latilt of the producer, payment by
customer for lost bottles, regular
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Art. IV; Sec. 1 ? Any mrnrtirr of
the association shall be eligible to
RESERVE
MEET1NP. ic CALLED
NIGHT
A meeting of all persons who have
COW*"1 ? '
Winners Announced In
Home Beautification
Contest For County
Winners in the home beautification
contest begun Ian May and sponsor
ed by the home demonstration ag ncy
of the county were selected Wednes
day, the closing day of the contest.
Prize winners were as follows:
homes. Mrs. Lula Hatchett. Belleview.
first $5.00: Mrs. Burton McNahb
Suit, second $3.00: institutions. 3?lle- 1
view Methodist church. fir?t $5.00
Winners were selected in the basis
of improvement since the beginning
of the contest according to photo
graphs taken before the improve
ments began. These Improvements
included lawns, flowers, shrubbery,
painting and under-pinn'.ne. The
judges toured the entire county be
fore making the selections. The
judges also recommended further im
provements to all contestants, such
reccomendations to be given by the
home agent. Miss Aline Richardson.
Prizes were donated by the Junior
woman's club. Woman's club and the
Fair Association. Judges were Miss
Rose El wood Bryan state home dem
onstration agent at large. J. H. En
loe. field superintendent of the AAA.
and Mrs. Dale Snodgrass. Mrs. B. W.
Whitfield, chairman of the beautifi
cation committee accompanied the
judges on the tour.
FffTEENTHFAII
FESTIVAL HUGE
SUCCESS HERE
Attendance At Fair
Reaches New Peak;
Excellent Exhibits
The Cherokee county Fair con
cluded a very successful week here
Saturday from the standpoint of
exhibits and attendance, marking
the fifteenth milestone for the an
nual event.
Exhibits reached a greater height
in quality and quantity than ever
before in the history of the event.
Premiums in the amount of over
$1200 will be paid winners in the
various departments as soon as lists
can be ciieckeu uuii cuuiplet?u, the
association announced this week.
Attendance held the high average
that has been evident during the
past five years of the festival in
spite of colder than usual weather
during the last three days. Rain
failed to mar the attendance a single
day. however, with only a slight
sprinkle falling on Tuesday.
A full midway or good shows and
concessions furnished the entertain
ment for some 15,000 people who
attended the fair.
Especially fine this year were the
livestock exhibits in which many
more and larger premiums were of
fered. Young works tock and the fat
calf show clearly led all other ex
hibits. General farm exhibits, and
booth displays were the best ever
displayed here, association officials
declared.
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Annual County Singing
Convention Set For
October 13th at Marble
The semi-annual session of the
Cherokee County Singing convent
ion will be held in Marble the second
Sunday in October, the 13th, Ernest
V. Trantham. sectary, announced
this week.
A cordial invitation was tendered
all singers, quartets and the general
public by Mr. Trantham. who stress
ed the fact that the convention was
held for (he people of the entire
county. An especial invitation was
given singers from the lower end
of the county to attend this year's
convention.
MRS. W. A. PAPER
TAKEN BY DEATH
AT NOON TODAY
Dies As Result Of
Operation At 11:45;
Fnreral Not Set
Mrs. Hester Paper, wife of Dr. W
A. Paper, of Murphy and Richmond.
Indiana. died today tThursday) at
11 :45 o'clock A. M. !n a local hospital
while she was undergoing a major
operation.
Dr. and Mrs. Paper, who had
recently moved from Murphy to j
Richmond. Indiana, returned about
a week ago in order that she miglit j
have the separation. A blood trans
fusion was given yesterday afternoon
end Mrs. Paper was placed on the
operating table this morning, death
resulting. Homer Glad son. of Mur
phy, was the donor.
Mrs. Paper was a native of Ashe
ville, the daughter of a Baptist min
ister, Rev. Howard. She graduated ]
as a trained nurse from Biltmore
hospital in Asheville.
Dr. and Mrs. Paper came to Mur
phy in 1937. at which time he took
the position of druggist with Parker
Drug company. Mrs. Paper attended
several persons in the capacity of
nurse and was the constant attend
ant of Col. J. N. Moody until his
death last year. She had been a mem
ber of the Baptist church since
early childhood and took a very act
ive part in local church activities,
at one time serving as secretary of
the Woman's Missionary society. Both
Doctor and Mrs. Paper were widely
known in and around Murphy.
Surviving are her husband. Dr.
W. A. Paper: her father, Rev. Howard
of Asheville: and one sister, Mrs.
James Griswold, of Asheville.
Townson funeral home took charge
of the body to make preparations
for shipping. Funeral arrangements
had not been made late this after
Abernathy Makes
New Aerial Bomb;
Called To Capital
Boyd Abernathy was summoned to
Washington, D. C. Monday to con
fer with Defense authorities on a
bomb he has invented. Abernathy
drove to the National Capital with
Harold Hatchett.
The new bomb is designed for de
fense against sir invasion. It is said
to explode at fixed distances burst
into hundreds of far-flying frag
ments to create a barrage. If it
works it will make it unnecessary for
anti-aircraft guns to score direct
hits.
The bomb is the latest of a number
of inventions devised by Mr. Aber
nathy. He invented and built the
first soft drink vending machine,
but neglected to take out a patent.
A representative for a big company
came to Murphy, studied the mach
ine for several days, and left, prom
ising that Abernathy would hear
from him.
A few months later e machine using
Abernathy's basic principle was put
on tne market, patented, and is now
in use all over the nation.
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SUNDAY HUNTING
For the benefit of those persons
unfamiliar with the law, hunting on
Sunday in the State of North Car
olina is postively prohibited. Dev
ereaux Birchfield. game warden,
stated this week. Fishing on the
Sabbath, however, is legal, he sarld.
Recreatior^Lake Will Be
Constructed Near Murphy
Bulldogs Will Play
Robbinsville Friday
. The first home came of the cur
rent grid season will be played here I
Friday afternoon at 1:00 P. M. |
when the .Murphy High Bulldog s
meet the Robbinsville high eleven
So Far these two teams have
pl^vfd on** ciimo each, both a
galnst Sylva. Robbinsville defeat
ed Svlva 13-0. while Murphy lost
to the same team 19-13.
This game promises to be a
thriller from beginning to end and
i probably a victory for the local
eleven. Coach Pit/er has been
tra{nir.g 1 is Miuud hard during the
week and promises a tough scrap
for the larger and heavier team
from Graham County.
5.000 MAN PLANT
IS CONSIDERING
LOCATING HERE
Aluminum Co. Options
1500 Acre Site, And
Survey Is Started
Rumors were flying throughout the
county during the past week over the
prospect of a 30 million dollar plant
being established by the Aluminum
Co. of America, between Andrews
and Marble.
The proposed plant would employ
5 000 workmen, working on three
eight hour shifts daily. Although the
immediate purpose would be in con
nection with the defense program,
the industry would be permanent
Painstaking investigation by the
Scout shows that plans, at present
are indefinite. Present chances, how
ever. are better than even that the
plant will come here. This is what
has been done, so far:
Options have been taken on ap
proximately 1,500 acres of land, be
ginning just outside the town limits
of Andrews, and tending toward Mur
phy to take in part of the Ed Woods
Dairy Farm. Some of the options
were given, but about $1,000 was
spent for the others.
Experts have been at the County
Court house since Saturday, looking
into titles preparatory to outright
purchase, if the plan goes through.
A group of engineers have been
busy since Saturday surveying the
sites and marking them off with
pegs. More than two truck loads of
pegs have been used.
The Aluminum Company is ad
mittedly interested in establishing a
plant in this section, and almost
certainly will come here if the re
ports of the surveying engineers is
favorable.
If it is decided to build here, con
struction of the plant will start within
the near future, with completion
scheduled for "not later than July 1.
1942. "
This last does not mean that no
production work could be str.ted be
fore 1942. The plant would include
many building}., and production
might te started in each of these
buildings as soon as it was com
pleted.
Discouraging reports were current
Wednesday that the project was
dcrnied because the engineers htrd
found that there was too great a
danger of the land being flooded.
These reports, however, were declar
ed by a man closely connected with
the project, to be untrue.
"If the engineers had made an7
such finding, they would keep It
quiet until they made their official
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Will Be Used As
Fish-Rearing Pool
To Stock Hiwassee
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Preliminary work has been .started
on the construction of a recreation
lake and (ish rearing pool on Per
simmon cretk in this county. W M.
Palmer, district national forest sup
ervisor. announced this week.
This project, wnich has been un
der consideration tor several months,
was approved bv the regional forest
ry office In Atlanta several weeks
nc" final approval from the nation
al headquarters in Washington was
icceived Tuesday.
Arco-dlng to Mi Palmer, the lake
will be built on Persimmon creek at
the point where the creek is crossed
by the highway to Hiwassee Dam.
about 12 miles from Murphy. The
dam will be built about three quarters
of a mile below the bridge, with the
waters of the lake backing up to u
point just above the bridge.
The development of the lake will
consist of a bathing beach and bath
house, boathouse. picnic grounds and
other recreational facilities in ad
dition to use of the lake as a 'ish
rearing pool to stock Hiwassee lake.
Plans for the entire structure are
complete with the exception of the
type of dam to be built. Decision on
this will be made later due to the
fact that actual construction of the
dam cannot be started until mid
winter when the waters of Hiwassee
lake are at the lowest point.
The lake will be constructed very
much on the same plan as Vogel lake
on Neal's Gap in Georgia, frequently
visited by local people due to insuf
ficient recreational facilities in this
county. The Persimmon creek lake
will, however, be about four or five
times a! large as Vogel lake and will
be much more adequately developed.
Covering an area of about 40 acres,
the lake will hold a constant level
throughout the entire year, even
while the water is low in Hiwassee
lake. Actual size of the lake will be
equal to an area one quarter of a
mile square.
The dam. the type of which has
not been determined yet. will bo
approximately 250 feet wide t.nd 33
feet high. The larke will back up be
hind this dam for a length of ap
proximately one mile, and a width
of 750 feet at its widest point.
One side of the lake will be de
veloped into a bathing beach with a
bathhouse and shelter for small
boats. No motor boats will be allow
ed on the lake due to its small size,
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BULLDOGS LOSERS
TO SYLVA, 19-13,
IN OPENING GAME
The Murphy Bulldogs lost the first:
game of the 1940 grid season to Syl
va High Friday on the Sylva field by
the score of 19-13.
A nip ant" tuck battle thorughout,
the Jackson county clan finally came
through by virtue of a recovered
fumble In the last period which was
run tack 92 yards for a touchdown.
In first downs and yardage gained
the two teams were pretty evenly
matched.
Murphy's first score was made
through a blocked punt and a pass
to Amos who stepped across the goal.
The second marker came on an in
tercepted pass by Mallonee who ran
for 90 yards to score. A line buck
made the extra point.
Sylva scored first on a blocked
punt and a pass. The second mark
er came from a long pass, and the
third was a recovered fumble which
a Sylva back returned for 92 yar.de
and a touchdown.