Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS Serving Southwestern North Carolina ? Cherokee, Clay, and Graham Counties VOLI MK 56 ? NUMBER 38. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12. 1945. EVERY KIM) OF CHILDREN'S, WOMEN'S, MEN'S C LOTHING CAN SAVE LIVES ABROAD. What Can You Spare That They Can Wear? TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK GOVERNOR CHERRY INSPECTS TV A PROJECTS New State Aeronautics Commission To Meet Here May 1 4 Meeting To Be Held In Murphy T; ' state aeronautics commiss ioi. authorized by the 1945 gen eral assembly. which lias jus: taken oitu'e this week, will hold its first meeting in Murphy on Monday, May 14 The commission was in vited to come here with the idea of furthering local interest in se curing an airport for this section. Mi's. G. W. Cover, Sr., of An drew; extended the invitation fol lowing a meeting of a committee in her home last week. Dr. B W. Wliitlield, chairman, Doyle Burch and C. L. Alverson were appoint ed recently by Mayor W. M. Pain as Murphy's airport committee Thev went to Andrews Thurs day night to meet with Mrs. Cover, F B. Perebee. Bill Whitaker and E A Wood, to work out plans for cooperating in getting an airport in this vicinity. H. Howe of Burgaw , chairman Sam Aionson. who had a con ference with an official of East-em A ways last week, states that this e mpany will establish an airpor; here if the county will furnish as much as ten acres of land with at : .ist two thousand feet length. of the- state commission, advised Mrs. Covet that the members would come to this county on the 14th ' May and spend the night here They will look over the pos sibility for an airport and co operating In having on. estib'is> ed. ' "Die commission is composed f M R we. William Olsen of Ral eigh, Thomas H. Davis of Win rton-Salem. Mayor Herbert H. Baxter of Charlotte and Paul Mc Munay of Fletcher. Accompany ing the commission here will be a federal aeronautics engineer and the manager of the Henderson vilie airport. The visitors will com. by plane to Henderson ville anil ix met by local people and brought tc Murphy. It is tlie purpose of the local committee to invite representa tion from Clay and Graham coun ties t . come over and cooperate Willi Cherokee county in establish ing .! tri-county airport. At the nioeiir.g to be held on May 14, accoiding to Dr. Whitfield, the Presence of county commission ers and city officials, representa tives of service clubs and all inter ested jjeople in the three counties is desired. Red Cross Tops Goal The Cherokee county chapter of the American Red Cross has received thus far a total of $6,388. 59 in the 1945 War Fund drive. This amount tops the quota of 55.900 by $488.59. All funds are not yet reported, one large con tribution expected yet being the one from Cherokee county em ployees at Fontana Dam. Wax Fund Chairman Harry Bishop has rceeived the following letter of congratulations from National Chairman Colby M. Chester i "I am so pleased to learn that your chapter has exceeded its 1945 Ited Cross war fund goal. This fine achievement is, I know due 10 your able leadership and the earnest efforts of your associates. and is a tribute to the splendid generosity of your contributors. All of us at national headquai-ters share your pride and rejoice in your success. "Please extend my sincere con gratulations to all of your co workers". $. H. Bobison of Greer, S. \, ^ived in Murphy Monday to 8pend the summer. SHIP MAKES HISTORY Al vin Beaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Beaver of Murphy. Route 3. who was aboard the vessel which carried King It n Saud of Saudi, Arabia, to the Great Bitter Lakes meeting with President Roosevelt. The ship was an American de stroyer and was the first in history to enter the port of Jidda where it took the King aboard. It also was the first American destroyer to pass through the Suez Canal during World War IT. Beaver < niered service May 24. 1944 and look his basic training at Camp j Perry. Williamsburg. Va. He is ; now on duty at sea. W. 0. W. To Have ; Dinner Keeling The local order of the Woodmen of the Work! will have a supper meeting at Johnson's Cafe on Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. Georgia Officials To Visit Murphy $422 Local Quota In Murphy's Cancer Control Campaign The Women's field aitny of the Cancer Control society has as signed to the people of this com munity a quota of $422.55 in the cancer control campaign which starts on April 15 The local or ganization is not yet complete, but it will be announced next week. Funds contributed to this pro gram are used to prevent and cure cancer, in this county and through out the state. Mrs. Miller Has Report On Son, Capt. Bill Miller Mrs. E. S. Miller has received a copy of a letter written to Mrs. Edward S. -Bill) Miller. Jr.. of Atlanta by a friend of Captain Miller who was with him for more than two years, a major in the medical corps. First at a hospital in Baatan for two months and for j#l6 months at Bilibid, then for most of a year at Cabanatnan. Capt. Miller accompanied a de tail of medical officers to Japan in August or September of 1944. i he says. He reports Capt. Miller as being I in good health and looking well Electric Department To Invest $25,000 q Aronson Is On 1 5-State Board i j Sam Aronson, manager of Mur [ ing Company, lias been appointed phy Box and Flooring Manufactur on the advisory board of the OPA for ceiling prices on boxes, for this five-state district. He attended a meeting in Richmond last Thurs day, making the trip by plane. He has invited the board to hold its next monthly meeting in Murphy. Murphy town council with the fppioval of TVA, voted Monday night lor H. G. Elkins, litad of the city electric department, to pur chase $25,000 worth of bonds with funds on hand to the credit of the I electric department. i During the fiscal year the town has retired $12,279 worth of out standing bonds, which is above the average for previous years. Discussion of license tax for taxicabs was held. New licenses must be purchased by May 31. State laws will be carried out in the KTantinj* of licenses to the ! cabs. BACK PROM PANAMA ? Pfc. Huston Keasler, above, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M Keasler of Murphy, has returned to Camp Shelby, Miss., after spending a thirty-day furlough with his parents and wife, the former Juanita Tar water of Servierville, Tenn. Pfc. Keasler entered service Sept. 21, 1942, and has served 26 months in Panama. Pfc. Keasler received his basic training at Port Hus'on, Texas. Howard Vaughn Martin S 2/c. above, lias returned to duty after spending a 72-hour leave with lis wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Martin of Murphy. Rt. 3. Sea man Martin took his basic training at Camp Perry, Williamsburg, Va.. and advanced training at Camp Bradford. Norfolk, Va., and Bos ton, Mass. Before entering ser vice he was employed by the Ten nessee Valley Authority 8> Distinguished visitoi s from Geor gia, including Former Governor Ed Rivers; George McDonald, state highway engineering chair man; Andrew Smith, manager of Robert Fulton Hotel; Director Elliott of the game and fish de partment, and Highway Director Keeney of Atlanta are exj>ected to visit Murphy tonight (Thurs day), arriving here about six o'clock. They wil be accompanied by a reporter and photographer from an Atlanta paper. These visitors will be entertain ed by some of Murphy's business men at a dinner at Regal hotel at 7:30 o'clock. Following the din ner they will go to Andrews to greet the Governor and others making a tour of this section Thursday and Friday. Local people hope to interest the Georgia visitors in improving the highways leadings to p incipal Georgia cities. Schools To Have Special Drive For Old Clothes H. G. El kins, ch&>m committee to arrange for the call sulc. Ten Officers Are Killed In Plane An army B-17 P.- ??? was forced down and burned, kill ing the ten officers 1. it. on Syca more Creek, in Tenr. -see. near the North Carolina me Sund. night about. 9 o'clock The burn ing plane set the foie- on fi. ? which caused an in'. 15 10,1 vcaling the tragedy Names 10 the dead are not avmlftble _ T1 e b -dies had not been emo\ ed . > m the scene Wednesday according to local people who lu.e \iMtca the place. Road To Be Paved Cherokee county motorists who travel frequently to Atlanta read with interest this week the an nouncement that the Georgia highway commission will let con" tracts on April 18 for hardsurfac mg 'wo important stretches of highway connecting this section with Atlanta. Contracts are scheduled to e ,et for surfacing 2.82 miles of the Blue Ridge-Murphy highway, be ginning at state Route 2; and sur face 4.87 miles of the Blue Ridge-Blairsville road beginning at Union county line, both roads being in Fannin county. Party Expected At Noon Today Governor R Gregg Cherry, members of the State Board of Conservation and Development, other state officials, members f the Asheville Chamber of Com merce board of directors, and representatives of the Tennessee Valley Authority will come to this section today* Thursday) for a two-day visit and inspection tour of T. V. A. power projects and lakes. Among the visiting delegation will be D Hiden Ramsey, general manage) of the Asheville Citizen Times and president of the Ashe ville Chamber of Commerce, and A D. Rieger. property manager of the T. V A Chattanooga. F\ B Fere bee. district highway commissioner, is cooperating with the Asheville Chamber of Com merce in making local arrange ments. The Town of Murphy will be host a i a picnic lunch at the city park at noon, and the Town of Andrew- will be host at dinner at Ten ace hotel in Andrew s :n the evening. A short program will be present ed at the Murphy picnic, when Mayor W. M. Fain will welcome the visitors; D. Hiden Ramsey will be called upon to summarize the purpose of the visit: A. D. Rieger will be asked to speak, and P. B Ferebee will present the Governor, who will address the group. Gov. Cherry, accompanied by members o* tin ' 'id o' directors of the Asheville chamber of com merce. will leave by bus Thursday morning for Southwestern North Car >lina, and will remain in this section through Friday. The purpose of the trip is to study the region in which a num ber of big lakes recently have been created as a result of liydro-electric power developments, and to con fer with local officials of the coun ties involve on ways and means of developing the ana. taking ad vantage of the tourist appeal of the lakes. The section has lost much farm land and considerable in tax valuations, as a result of the power developments, and it is felt that post-war planning for the area should rec gnize this fact and attempt to compensate by the creation of recreational areas around the lakes. Possibly industrial development also is said t te under consideration. The party will visit the Nanta hala project of the Aluminum Company of America and will stop at Murphy for lunch. After visit ing the TV As Hiwassee power project and lake near Murphy, the govern *>r and party will proceed to the Chatugc project, also a TV A development, stopping en route at II ayesv illc . . Citizens of Andrews will be hosts t ? the visitors at a dinner ;v Junaluska teirace in Andrews, where the group will spend the night. Friday morning the tour will head for Robbinsville to sec coun y and town officials and mem bers of the planning committee, with Pontana lake the next stop. Members of the group will have lunch there. Heading back to Asheville. the party will make its final stop at Bryson City, where the citizens I will be hosts at supper. Park Commission To Meet Monthly Members of the city park com mission met at the town hall Tues day afternoon and heard reports en the progress on the building of ;. caretaker's house. It was voted that the first Tues j day nijrht. in each month will be i the regular meeting time. : I Mrs. J. D. Elrod of Greenville. ; | S. C.. spent the week -end here with her husband.