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^rnut
REA. Project Completed
In 6 County Communities
200 Memberships
Paid up; 44 Miles of
Line Will be Built
Tli* rural electrification project
;or the Suit. Ranger. Shady Grove,
sunny Point. Culberson and Wolf
-reek commtlnities was completed
this week and a total of 200 paid
memberships were turned in to the
TV A for a report to Washington.
;ounty agent A. Q. Ketner has an
nounced.
The project is being worked out
ey the Blue Ridge Rural Electrifi
, ation association, who will build 44
miles of electric lines to home all
over these communities before mid
hammer, following approval of the
project in Washington. The report
to Washington will be made within
the next ten days.
About two months ago a meeting
?as held -with the people of these
immunities to try to work out a ru
iaI electrification project in their
^?ction of the country. At. that time
. ummitteemen were selected from
each community to solicit member
ships for the assocation. and these
.ommitteemen were largely respon
sible for the success of the project.
"The work and perseverance of
ne committeemen representing their
immunities in this project Is to be
. ighly commended." Mr. Ketner
said. "Without a doubt their untir
ing efforts and wil'.ingness to beat
:he expense of such a campa ign hi?
-.ought success to the project. We
believe every member of the asso
ciation in these communities owes
these committeemen a debt of gra
t.tude."
Committeemen working out the
project weree: P. H. Byers, Lloyd
Kisselburg. Tom King. Ralph Shields
I W. Shields, W. L. Garren, O. C.
Fayne. and Mrs. J. P. Woods.
The project just completed is the
second one in Cherokee county, the
lirst being in that section from Mar
tins creek to the Georgia line.
Since all memberships are paid
f.nd not a hitch is left in the plan
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Normal Rain Expected
To Fill Lake by June 1
Although no definite announce
ment has yet been made, usually re
liable sources report that the Hi
wassee lake will reach top level
around June 1 if normal rainfall is
received.
In view of the fact that" most
water sports are not fully under way
intil about that time, it might be
concluded that the lake is working
on schedule. Fishermen will be de
lighted by this fact as the season
opens officially June 10.
ELEVEN MORE GO
OFF TO CAMP TO
TRAIN FOR WAR
Cherokee Draft Board
Still Drawing on Big
List of Volunteers
Still drawing from the big group of
Cherokee County volunteers, anot
her so-called "draft" contingent left
Monday morning to don the OTmy
uniform at Port Jackson. S. C. They
departed at 6:45 A M. on a special
bus. their route taking them to
Franklin. Sylva. Asheville. Columbia
and then the carmp. They arrived at
the Fort Monday night.
Eleven young soldiers-to-be were
in the latest contingent, but only one
of them from Andrews. He is Wayne
O'Neill Adams.
There were two from Murphy, two
from Culberson, and one each from
Letltia. Violet and Postell. Tlie larg
est number came from Unaku. whicll
sent three. All of the boys expressed
the belif that bfore they get back,
they will have seen real war. And not
one seemed afraid.
The group was under the leader -
! ship of Herbert Herschel Crisp, of
] Murphy, with Claude Joseph Jones
'of Postell. as Assistant Leader. The
eomplett list follow* '?
Herbert Herschel. Crisp, Murphy.
Claude Joseph Janes. Postell.
? Charlie Monroe Crain, Unaka.
| Thorn as Roberson, Murphy.
| llowaid Willard Johnson. Letitia.
| William David Smith, Violet,
i Buster Brown. Culberson.
Bill C. Bryant, ulberson.
Cecil Solen Jones, Unaka.
James Clifford Graham. lTnaka.
Wayne O'Neill Adams, Andrews.
23 COUNTY BOYS
ARE ENROLLED IN
MACON CCC CAMP
A group of 23 Cherokee county
boys were enrolled in the CCC camp
at Otto. Macon county. Saturday.
They were accompanied to the camp
by Miss Marvie Walker, member of
the local welfare department.
Those enrolling are: Regulars ?
Garland Allen. Murphy, route 2; E]
vin Monroe Dillard. Marble; James
Marion Doos. Marble; William Turn
er Fair. Topton: Warren D. Farmer,
Grandview; Aud Garland. Letitia;
Plez Gentry Hedrick. Ranger: Louis
Hick;, Andrews; Walter Harding
Hicks. Andrews: Carl Vester Hogsed,
Murphy, route 2: John Quentin Hyde,
Leititia: Cecil Alexander Morgan.
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Game Warden Catches Pearley Mauney
Violating His Own Law Against Working
Deveraux Birchfield. of Tomotla.
Fish and Game warden and one time
Sheriff was driving out highway 64
the other day, ? or rather, a friend
was doing the driving, while the
Fish and Game Warden's roving and
well known eagle eyes were watching
both sides of the road at once.
About four miles outside Murphy,
Deveraux asked his friend to slow
down. "Do you see what I see?" he
demanded, and pointed to a tall, red
faced figure puttering around in a
tsrrden.
"J don't see anything but a man
working in his garden" said Birch
field's friend.
"Yeah" said the Game Warden,"
b?t that man is Pearley Mauney.
* v? known him. mam and boy. for
Wty years, and this is the first time
1 ev*r saw his even pretend to do
;.ny work. Honk that horn. Mister; I
honk tha- horn. This calls for a cele
bration."
Within the next. hour, a dozen or
more cars passed, saw PeaTley. slow
ed down unbelievingly, and also
honked before driving on. It was too
much for Pcarley. He put up his
hoe. and went into the house. The
next day he camc to Murphy, and
looked up Birchfield.
"Deveraux. X want you to do me a
favor" he said. "If you tell anybody
about seeing me in my garden. X
wish you would say I was ploughing
instead of Just hoeing."
"Can't do it" said Birchfield, flatly.
"Why not?" Pearrly demanded.
"Because" said Birchfield. "if I
said I saw you doing any real work,
everybody in the County would know
I was lying."
3 BOY BURGLARS
NABBED FLEEING ;
TO TENNESSEE !
Chief Johnson Catches'
Trio "Toting Big Sack"
Stuffed With Loot
Three ooy burglars, the oldest 16
the other two aged 13 and 12. were
arrested by Chief of Police Fred
Johnson Thursday charged, with
three robberies. Two have confessed
blaming everything on the third.
The boys are Wade Stewart, aged
16: his brother Fred, age 13. and
Clyde Thomas aged 12 If convicted.
Wade Stewart can be sent to the
penitentiary. The other two. if con
victed. probably will go to the reform
school.
Among the three robberies was one
which should be listed among the
"meanest thefts." The tiny stand of
Fiank Taylor, who is blind, and who
makes a few pennies daily near the
Court house, was broken into Friday
night and looted. Taylor had not re
ported the theft. Being blind, he did
not know what was missing The
thieves had unscrewed the door to
the shop, rottoed him. and then
screwed the door back.
The other robberies confessed were
that of ihe stoic of Will Lovingood
and the Henn theatre At Lovingood';
a hole Vas cut in the back door
T.iis happened last Friday night.
At the Henn theatre, last Saturday
night, the penny weight machinc
was broken Into. According to Clyde
Thomas, his brother Wade took out
(i handful of pennies. Clyde said lit
and Fred Stewart came back later
and got twenty cents more.
Chief Johnson caught the boys
walking the highway toward Ten
nessee. Chief Johnson says they were
carrying a tow-sack stuffed full of
goods stolen from Will Lovingood.
Fred Stewart. 13. and Clyde Thom
[ as. tne 12 year old. blame everything
I on Wade.
Lions Win Trophy
At Franklin Meet
The Murphy Lions club carried
away the attendance trophy at the
Ladies' night meeting of the Frank
lin club Monday night with 15 local
mi moers attending.
Canton, liie cnly other visiting
club represented, had eight members
present including Dr. V. K. Duckett,
deputy district governor and presi
dent of the club.
Thad Bryson. president of the
Franklin club, was master of cere
monies at the meeting which was
held in the Panorama court.-- with
about 50 Lions attendinn The Frank
lin troop of Boy Scouts had charge
of the program.
Attending from Murphy were: Mr.
and Mrs. Peyton G. Ivie. Mr. and
Mrs. H G. Elkins. H. A. Mattox.
Frank Forsyth. H. Bueck. Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Hoover Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Fain. Wirt Gudger. T W. Kind
ley and Mr. Young.
The Weather Vane
Listed below are maxnun an<!
minimum temperature and precip -
tation for the past, week compared
with similar data for last year:
Temperatures 1940 1941
Max. Min. Max. Mill.
April 10 55 28 51 41
11 71 36 51 37
12 73 38 75 36
13 43 21 81 40
14 50 28 82 40
15 62 35 84 39
16 81 41 80 47
Precipitation 1940 1911
Total for week: 0.21 0 84
Total for month to date 1.23 1 85
Total for year todate 13.80 10.84
Money Raised to Pave
Parksville Dirt Road
STUDENTS GIVEN
PROGRAM FOR 1st
j "WEEK OF GLORY"
! Class Rites, Musical
Recital, Will Feature
Opening Exercises
The first week of the arumal com
mencement exerciser in the Murphy
schools will begin Tuesday morning,
with other programs through the
week on Wednesday. Thursday. Fri
day and Friday night.
Examinations for the high school
and elementary grades will te con
ducted on Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday of the week. Final closing
exercises of commencement w ill be
held Sunday and Monday.
The schedule of events opens with
Senior class day exercises in the high
school auditorium at 8:30 o'clock
Tuesday morning. At this time the
various prophets, pessimists, opti
mists. etc.. will orate their version.-*
of the future. The last will and testa
ment will be read and various stu
dents will be recognized for outstand
I ing achievements or characteristics
during the past year.
Mrs. Henry Akin and Mrs. J. W.
! Davidson will present their pupils
' in a joint recital Tuesday night be
ginnig at 7:30 o'clock. The program
will open with the kintiergarten
drills, graduating to the more ac
complished musicians. A special
feature of this program will be a
vocal solj by Mrs. Hadley Dickey.
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COOKING SCHOOL
SET FOR FRIDAY
AFTERNOON HERE
The annual Electric show, spon
I sored by the city department and
local electric dealers completed the
first day of demonstration of apli
ances today. The Cooking school will
be he!d from 2 until 5 o'clock Friday
j afternoon in the Library, under di
rection of Mrs. Beulah Harris.
Dates for this show were erron
cously reported in last week's paper
I as Wednesday and Thursday, and
I should have been Thursday and Fri
! day. The main feature of the two
! day show is the cooking school Fri
j day and all housewives are invited
j and urged to attend.
i All prizes for the electric show and
Cooking school will be given away
during the school Friday afternoon.
Contract to be L?t
Soon for Completing
Chattanooga Route
A Polk county couit appropriated
S10 20? iasi wetk for ti>-ar:ni' ol a
right-of-way for Die water-level
route of U. S. highway 64, through
the copper basin connecting Chat
tanooga and North Carolina
The Tennesse highway department
is expected to let the contract for
widening, straightening and paving
this load within the next few weeks.
The improvement of the nine
mile stretch of gravel road between
Parksvllle and the Gmisv Creek
tridge has been delayed for a year
or more because of ten or fifteen
high tension towers of the TVA
which were located on the right of
way.
Chairman Hoyt L Lillard. of the
Polk county court budget committee,
said Monday night that an agree
ment had been made with the TVA
for removal of the towers at a cast
of $10,200
Lillard said lie understood that the
state highway department would let
the contract for improving this
stretch of road as soon as money was
appropriated for clearing the right
of-way The money would be turned
over to the TVA who would do the
work of removing the towers Thus
the load could be ui<p;oved accord
ing to federal specifications for nat
ional highways.
Tills highway slietche* from (nasi
to co.isl of the United Stales. When
paved U will offi r a di ec 1 and con
venient route between Murphy and
Chattanooga bring ng ihousands of
tourists through "i region included.
At present the road is paved from
Cleveland to P.^rksville and a drain
ape and grading project has recently
been completed to Greasy creek
bridge. From the bridge to Ducktown
the road is paved with asphalt and
from Ducktown to the North Caro
lina the pavement is concrete. The
entire part of highway 64 in North
Carolina is paved.
Blue Ridge Hi Band
Plays Serenade Here
The Blue Ridge. Ga.. high school
band, composed of 34 members, play
ed a short concert at the Murphy
high school auditorium here Wed
nesday afternoon. Later this excel
lent little band made a musical tour
of the city, stopping to play two
numbers in the public square.
After 29 years a nickel was sent
to a Denver drug store to pay for a
i 2c stamp that was credited.
Field Day for Essay Contest Winners
Will be Held in Kilmer Forest April 19
Ar all-day out inn in .Toyce Kilmer
forest will be enjoyed by winners
f:->m three counties of the Forest
Fire Prevention essay contest recent
ly completed by the forest services
of tl ;? nation, state and TVA. Ap
proximately 75 persons will make the
trip. Saturday. April 19
A full day program has been set
up for he trip in which forestry
officials of all divisions and other
sponsor will take par
The hedule arranged calls for
all Clay county winners to meet at |
Havesville High school at 8 o'clock
'EST) Saturday morning They will
come in body to meet the Cherokee
county winners at the Murphy high
school at 8 o'clock 'CST). From
there they will be escorted to Rob
binsville by the state highway patrol
to meet the Graham county winners
and continue on to Kilmer forest.
Upon arrival at the entrance to the
forest the group will enjoy a picnic
lunch Following this n representa
tive of the North Carolina forest
service will award cash prizes and
jackets to principal winners.
Under direction of Ranger Btl!
Nothstein the group will then hike
to the Memorial Plaque in the forest
and here several contests will be
held including a test in tree ioentift
cation. These will be conducted by
Ernest Nutting. TV A forestry repre
sentative. Ranger W. M Palmer,
Nothstein and the State representa
tive.
The group will begin the return
trip around 3 o'clock in the after
noon.
Winners from each county who
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