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MIRPHY. N. c. TMIKMIAY, JILY IU 1941.
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SENATE APPROVES TvT APPROPRIATION
TV A Plans to Build
Cafeteria in Murphy
Investigation Made
into Recent Report
Of Food Poisoning
In anticipation of a huge influx of
workers into Murphy immediately
following approval o t the proposed
projects to build four Dams in this
art a by the TV A a decision was re
tched to build a large cafeteria in
Murphy at a meeting here Tuesdaj
o! TV A officials, local resturant and
hotel owners, and health depart
ment officials.
This move was made necessary
by the discovery, through a canvass
oi im-ai food and lodging establish
ments. that adequate accomodations
v-re r.c! now avellabls for the !?.-gr
..umber expected here within a few
days.
In addition to the approximately
300 employes of the TVA now stat
ioned here, an extra 500 is expected
immediately upon approval by con
gress of the $40,000,000 appropriation
for the construction of two storage
and two power generating dams in
this section.
A report of an investigation of the
alleged food poisoning of approxi
mately 20 persons recently was also
made, offsetting any fear of a re
currence of this situation.
Hurried conclusions drawn by va
rious persons not acquainted with
the facts presumably caused an ill
opinion of the town and started \
ugly rumors among the populace.
This, however, was thoroughly ex
plained.
The proposed cafeteria for Mur
phy wouid be constructed along the
same plan as the one operated art
Hiwassee Dam while that project was
onder construction. This establish
ment will be under the strict super
vision of the TVA's own sanitatrians
and sanitary engineers and will be
operated strictly "Grade A."
The investigation into the facili
ties for feeding such a huge number
of persons also disclosed the lack of
high grade eating establishments in
the town, many of which were sud
denly confronted with the task of
feeding an extremely abnormal num- |
ber of people, an unanticipated si
tuation.
Being caught thus unprepared the
entire town suffered from the tem
porary "boom" and many adjust- i
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Sun Strikes Matches,
Match Lights Cigaret,
But Cal Can't Smoke !t!
In newspapers there frequently
appears a picture of some beauti
ful Washington gal frying an egg
on the sizzling hot sidewalk: In
Mississippi during hot weather it is
an old trick to douse sheets in Ice
water before retiring: but Murphy
?'as any "hot weather' story ever
known beat. Cal Jackson, local
and well-known negro will vouch
'or It.
Wednesday afternoon Gal was
working in the yard at the home
Bo Brumby, and so very hot he
took his cigarettes and matches
??t of his pocket to avoid wetting
them with prespiratton. Very care
?ully wrapped them in his hand
kerchief and put them on the walk.
* fa brief lapse of time Cal tum
"1 to get a cigarette, only to see
handkfrchief, cigarettes and mat
ches all going up In smoke. It was
*? hot that the sun had Ignited
the matches, and set fire to the
?halt works.
N?w you tell one.
Federation Picnic
Set for Saturday at
Peachtree School
The annua] Cherokee county Far
mers Federation picnic will be held
on Saturday. July 12, at Peachtree
High School and hundreds of farm
families are expected to gather for
the all-day celebration which will
begin at 10 a. m. and last until 4.
Musicians, singers and entertain- j
ers from all parts of Cherokee coun- !
>y arc invited to cc me and have par! -
in the program. The Farmers Pede- :
ul.v.11 oU.ai band, led by Pender
Rector, will play tliroughout the day.
Fred Sloan. Western North Caro- ?
lina district farm agent, will deliver !
the chief speech of the day. and
James G. K. McClure, president of
;he Farmers Federation, the Re\.
Dumont Clarke, leader of the Lord';
Acre movement, A. Q. Ketner. Chero
kee county farm agent, and Mclvln
Prospt, Federation manager at Mur
phy, are scheduled to make brief
talks.
A basket lunch will be spread out
on tables at noon, and free water
melons and lemonade will be furnish
ed by the Federation.
Foot races for boys and girls and
a tug-of-war for the men will launch
the afternoon program. Then the
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4-H Club Members Go
To Camp for 5 Days
County agent A. Q. Ketner escorted
15 4-H club meYnters to the club
camp in Swannanoa Monday 'or a
stay of five days, tile group to return
Friday.
The camp, which will have about
100 club members, includes clubs
from Clay. Haywood. Swain, Yancey
and Cherokee counties. Each club in
Cherokee county is represented at
the camp.
While there these youths will study
under direction of two camp super
visors.
Carload of Phosphate
Delivered in County
A carload of phosphates, contain
ing 515 100-lb. bags, was delivered
in the county Wednesday afternoon
for distribution, D. C. Snodgrass,
assistant county agent, has announc
ed.
This phosphate will be distributed
o the Grandview and Persimmon
creek watershed areas which were
organized in May. Part of the ship
ment will also go to fill garden ap
plications to applicants from old
watershed area organizations.
Cherokee County Boy
Wins 4-H Scholarship
One of the delegates from Chero
kee County to the 4-H Short Course
at State College this year will be
Charles Hughes, of Murphy, Rt. 2.
He was named the outstanding 4-H
Club boy in the county, the honor
carries with It a scholorship to the
Short Course, awarded by the Chile
an Nitrate Educational Bureau, of
which A. G. Floyd of Raleigh is State
director. The scholarship pays all
expenses and is worth $5.50.
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R, F. Williamson of Jefferson City
spent last week end here.
TVA WILL BUILD j
FONT ANA PLANT, I
KNUDSEN SAYS
Agreement Reached
By Aluminum Co. and
Authority Recently
The Tenntsste Valley Authority
fcrjd the Aluminum Company ol Ame
rica have reached an agreement lor
the construction o f the Fen tana Dam
and power facility on the Little
Tennessee river in Swain and Gra
ham counties, it was announced by
William S. Knudsen, director of the
OPM Friday.
The agreement was reached after
a series of conferences sponsored
by the Office of Production Manaje
mtnt. the authority and the alumi
mm company, providing for the con
iuction cf the project by the TVA.
the agreement on the part of the
TVA is subject to securing the neces
sary appropriation from congress.
Exact cost of the project, with re
ference to the two parties involved,
and details of the agreement have
not as yet been disclosed but is is
supposed, that if the project is ap
proved. it will be constructed along
the same lines as formerly planned
by the aluminum company.
In October of 1940 the aluminum
company announced intentions to
build the Fontana project at a cost
of $50,000,000. The federal power
commission rulid. however, that the
dam would har\v to be constructed
under federal license which would
give the government the right to
take over after 50 years.
The aluminum compan;: decided
this too great a sacrifice for the in
vestment of such a large sum and
asked that its petition of intention to
build be dismissed. The petition was
refused and the company withdrew
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EIGHT ALUMINUM
PLANTS SOUGHT;
N.C MAY GET ONE
Definite Information
Concerning Plants
Not Available Now
A recent announcement was made
by William Knudsen. director of the
Office of Production Management,
that the OPM planned the construct
ion of eight new aluminum plants,
one of which would be located in
North Carolina.
Representative Zebulon Weaver, of
Asheville. who Is working in con
junction with nfficals of the Office
of Production Management, the war
department and the Washington of
fice of the state board of conserva
tion and development in an effort
to secure the site for western North
Carolina expressed himself recently
as being highly optimistc concerning
the selecton of this section for the
PlilfU.
The recent announcement of the t
OPM stated that the eight plants- 1
would be sought, but no official go
vernment recognition has been given
the plan as yet. It was also indicated
. that no announcement would be
made concerning the program untl'
some definite official action has been
taken by the government either ac
cepting or refusing the plan propos
ed.
"In view of the power facilities of |
the Tennessee Valley authority it i?
logical tnat the plant, should be es
tablished there 'Cherokee county'."
Mr. Weaver said. "A great deal of
data covering Cherokee county has
been submitted for consideration not
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2 Power, 2 Storage
Dams Will Be Built
liSO Fluids Drive
Meets With Success
Throughout foimtv
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A drive lor funds by the USO com
mittee in Cherokee county is meet
ing with fcreater success than anti
cipated and t!>i quota is expected
to be reached a.:d passed soon.
The county quota was divided
amoni'. Hie various communities, one
of which lias already been filled. Dr
G. M Younu. committeeman of Post
ell has reported the quota for his
community raised and turned in the
first in the county. This is exception
ally fine cooperation on the par*, of
the popele c..' that community.
Murphy Chairman Frank For
s.vth staled this week that the drive
in the lower part of the county wf
very successful and a complee list
of contributors will be available for
next week's issue of the SCOUT.
P. B. Ferebee has turned in the
'ollowins list of contributors in An
drews:
Chain (iron I \ Company
Kantuhala rower A. I.ieht Co.
Nantahata Talr tk I.imestone Co.
Citizens Rank * Trust Co.
Ferebee & Watkim
Davis Drue Co.
Andrews Drue Co.
Terrace Hotel
R. T. Heattin Lumber Co.
Andrews Motor Co.
Oxford Singing Class
Coming Here Tuesday
The singing class of the Oxford
Orphanage will appear liere in their
annual performance on Tuesday
evening. July 15. in the school audi
torium at 8 o'clock.
The group this year, smallest to
travel in many seasons, will consist
of 14 boys and girls. The program
lanned has many features of sink
ing. dancing, skits, etc., and pro
mises to surpass any former per
formance.
The class appears here under
sponsorship of the Masons, the or
phanage being a Masonic sponsored
institution.
Two of Wreck Victims
Reported as Improving
Mary Enloe and Walter Kopec,
victims of am automobile accident
last week which took the life of one
and injured seven, were reported
Wednesday as improving nicely at
a local hospital. The five others in
jure! have already teen discharged.
Both Miss Enloe and Kopec suf
fered fractured skulls and various
other injuries. Carl Stahl. of Phi
ladelphia. was slain in the wreck
which occured on the Hayesville
highway near Brasstown.
Huge Turnip Raised
On Farm of Joe Ashe
Joe Ash of the Martin's Creek sec
tion. displayed a. huge turnip in the
Scout Office Wednesday. The vege
table was of the purple op variety,
weighing 4 pounds and .unces. Mr.
Ash said he believed the turnip would
have grown much larger if It had
been left in the ground until the
top was fully matured. It was five
inches in diameter and was 32 in
ches in height, having been grown
in the garden of Mr. Ash. who has
also some unusually large beets.
Preliminary Work
Completed ; to Rush
Immediate Building
A bili to appropriate t4U.000.000
this section, two .storage and two
for power generation, was passed by
the Senate today (Thursday) anu
sent to the Whltehouse for the Pre
sident's signature.
The four projects, together with
ot.;.! .-.'iiM.it. :>iuj;v.v lor increasing
power generating and distributing
facilities, were proposed early In
May to overcome a serious shortage
of electric power needed for national
defence industries.
wnrV hn? hp**n iinripr
?iy on the sites of the four projects
for se\eral werks preparatory foi
immediate action as soon as con
gressional approval was given. The
bill passed the house of representati
ves some time ago, and now lacks
only tne president's signature.
Power generated from the extra
plains is expected to afford tne
manufacture of approximately 400.
000.00 pounds of additional alumin
um per year.
Two of the d.ims will be storage
dams, while the other two will bt
power dams. The storage dums aie
expected to supplement trie flow of
streams into power dams duiing dry
seasons.
One of the storage dams will te
located in North Georgia on the Not
tely river and the other will be on
the Hiwassee river in Clay county.
These two projects are expected to
be rushed through in seven or eight
months lime each.
A power dam will be located on the
Hiwassee river below *he present
Hi'vassee Dai . A i ralaihiu. Anot
her lower dam will be constructed
on the Ocoee river above the No. 1
and No. 2 dams, to b known as ilir
3 Ocoee dam Construction on
these two dams will require a longei
time tut will be rushed through as
quickly as possible.
D,iiing the past several weeks
large crews of drillers have been at
vork seeking suitable foundation
for the dams at all four sites. Tem
porary warehouses and other neses
sary buildings have been erected and
put into use as fast as possible.
All available office space in Mur
phy has been taken and ether of
fices .'.re being prepared. These of
fices house the personnel of the
Land Acquisition, engineering, rescr
vior. construction and maintenance,
electric, and project planning divi
sions of the TVA.
More than 100 men arc now at
work with the engineering depart
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REV. CASH ACCEPTS
CALL AS PASTOR
I OF LOCAL CHURCH
1
Rev. A. B. Cash, pastor of the
Adairsville, Ga.. Baptist church fo i
i the past twelve years, has; accepted
a call to the pastorate of the first
Baptist church of Murphy. He plan?
| to begin his work here Sunday. July
I 13.
During the past five years Rev.
Cash has been sr member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Georgia
Baptist convention. For a number of
years he was superintendent of
schools at Kingston and Adirirsville,
Ga. He attended the University of
Georgia and Atlanta Uaw school be
fore taking seminary work.
Rev. Cash plans to move his family
Mrs Cash and two children. Jacque
line and Amos to Murphy some time
In Aapwt.