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NEWSPAPERS ARE THE BASIC 4DV?RTISING MEDIUM dftrrnltrr KEEP POSTED ON WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR COCKTS BY READING YOUR HOME PAPER VOLUME 59 - NUMBER 50 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLLNA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30 1949 EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK Lions Club Gets State Blind Work Trophy At Convention Murphy Lions Club was present ed the state trophy for Blind Work among clubs of its size, at the state convention held last week at W'njhtsville Beach. H. G. Elkins. zone chairman of Zone 1, received ? trophy lor his work. Paul Cashion of North Wilkes boro uas elected district governor Those from here attending the convention were: Mr. and Mrs. Eikin-. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Pat ton. and R. W. Easley. Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Patton made a trip to Roan oke Va . before returning home. Carolyn Smith Sails On The USS Marine Shark Two North Carolina 4-H Club members, Carolyn Durham Smith. 18. of Andrews, and Coyte Joseph Sigmon. 20. of Route 1, Catawba, sailed from New York last week to spend the summer on farms in Europe They were among 31 American 4-H boys and girls to embark aboard the U. S. S. Marine Shark. The group will spend the sum mer on farms in 10 European Countries, where they will live, work and play until October. Miss Smith will go to Norrway. while Sigmon will go to France. The Youth Exchange program is de signed to bolster international understanding and world peace. The exchange delegates spent several days preced'ng their de parture in Washington attending the National 4-H Club Camp. There 'ipv associated with 200 boys and ? J* from ? and , rio Rico and 38 youths, extension workers, and others from 10 for eign countries who are in the United States studying agricul ture and extension education. Tlie young American students and ambassadors-of-good-will are slated to make the return trip on the I*. S S. Washington, arriving in New York, November 4. Federation Picnic To Be Held At Andrews Saturday At 10 o'clock next Saturday morning, persons from many parts of Cherokee and surrounding counties will unload from trucks, cars or shank's mare to attend the "annual Farmers Federation pdcndc for Cherokee county, which will be held in the Andrews High School building. On Friday morning at 10 o' clock the picnic for Clay county will be held in the Hayesville High School building. Attendance for the picniics, ac cording to federation officials, is expected to exceed lasit year's enormous crowds. An all-day event, the picnic is filled wiith string music, singing by choirs, quartets and individuals, and is highlighted by the fact that many fiddlers and string musicians will ho present to make an effort to outplay one another. Present for this year's picnics will be "Smilin' Red" Raper. known from one end of Western North Carolina to the other for his mountain ballad singing, among the most popular of which are "Johnson's Old Gray Mule." and When They Ring Those Golden Bells." Red will be present for all picnics this year, it has been announced. Alex Houston, young ventrilo quist of Hendersonville who has attended the picnics for many years, also will be present as will an acrobatic dancer .the purebred ??w that gives milk right on the ^age for all to see, and the hen that waddles onto the stage, looks Me audience over, and proceeds to lay a-n enormous egg in public Choir and quartet stinging will e featured during the atfternoon Prizes for the winners of eocti vision. Athletic gfeimes and eon ^ be held on the school bounds during lunch hour with Continued on page 8 RALPH H. GREENWOOD, of Asheville. with his specially-equipped Boeing biplane, will partic ipate in the air show at the Andrews-Murphy Air Park July 3. Mr. Greenwood's act will include such thrills as looping on take-off and flying upside | down at extremely low altitude. Local Crafters To Exhibit At Fair On July 27, 28, 29. 30. visitors^ from all over the United States and others who are in Gatlinburg. Tenn., will have the opportunity to visit the Craftsman's Fair and see on display, exhibits and demonstrations of the finest craft i work from the Southern Mountain 1 area. This fair is sponsored by j the Southern Highland Handicraft I Guild and Southern Highlanders, i Inc. organizations which are en- j deavoring to preserve and develop the handicrafts of the mountain areas of Tennessee, North Caro lina. Kentucky. Georgia. Virginia. West Virginia, South Carolina and Alabama. Demonstrators from the Cherokee County Crafters and John C. Campbell Folk School will i be there to take part with their | weaving, wood carving, metal ? work, vegetable dyeing and folk i dancing. Last year the interest of the majority of the thousands attend ing was centered upon the craft demonstrations. The visitors strol ling from tent to tent set up on the green of the Pi Beta Phi Settle ment School gathered to watdh craftsmen at work on nineteen different crafts. This year on July 27th the Gove nor of Tennessee will be on hand to open the gate in the rail fence that will permit even greater num bers to attend the second Crafts man's Fair which is expected to surpass the one held last summer in many ways. Leather tooling, quilting, rug I (Continued on page 4) Baseball Team To Play 4 Games | Murphy Baseball team will play I Nashville, Tenn.. team on Satur day night, July 2, at 8:15 p m \ and on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 ! y. m. Then on July 4. they will j r.gain meet the Nashville team in j a double header at 1 p. m. and at | 8 p. m. Cathy (Li'l Abner) former pitcher for the Washington Sena- 1 tor's team, will be pitching for | Nashville. Attacks Being Made On The Mosquito Problem TV A and town property and many private places have been made free from weeds and honey suckle vines in recent days. Also, spraying by airplane was done by the TV A to kill the mosquitoes. The town is following up this by spraying and putting out oil. 1 John Jordan has been employed j by the civic organizations and the town to supervise the clean-up campaign now underway, and he is contacting individual property owners and requesting that they cooperate in helping to get the town cleaned up and freed of mosquitoes and flies. CARVING ? John Hall of Warne is shown above as he carves his famous "Braying Donkey". He works and markets through Joflm C. Campbell Folk School. He expects to attend the Craftsmen's Fair in Ggrtlinburg. Tenn., during the week Puly 27-30. He is the oldest carver at John C. Campbell Folk School in experience and years. Use Precautions On The Fourth .More than 900.000 motor ve hicles are expected to be on the highways of North Carolina sometime during the long Fourth of July week-end. the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles estimates. Pointing out that 10 persons were killed on the highways over the three-day holiday last year and that highway atalities are on the upgrade this year, the De partment offered four sugges tions for a safe and sane Fourth: 1. Start that holiday trip a little earlier to avoid temp tation to i peed. 2. Don't ur/??* and drive. 3. Don't cut in and out of 1 heavy traffic. 4. Exercise caution, common sense and courtesy in driv ing. If all drivers will follow these suggestions on the Fourth, they can expect to be alive on the Fifth, the Department stated. Joint Bible School To Start Tuesday 5th A joint Daily Vacation Bible School sponsored by the Presby terian and the Episcopal Churches will be iheld at the Presbyterian Church beginning Tuesday, July 5, and continuing through the 15th, including Saturday morning. Ses sions will be held from 9 to 11:30 a. m. daily. W. H. Bolton, acting pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, and the Rev. James R. Crook, pastor of the Presbyter ian Church, will serve as superin tendents of the school. Department superintendents will be: Beginners. Mrs. Hugh Roberts: Primary. Mrs. J. H. Wilson. Jr.; Junior. Mrs R. W. Easley. Jr.: Intermediates, Mrs. Harry Miller. These will be assisted by Mrs. Ed Brumby. Mrs. Bon Vaught. Mrs. R. II. Foard. Mrs. F. L. Lyon. Misses Mary ami Helen Estes. Sally Folger. Mary Lou Gordon and Mary Bolan Brumby. Mary Farmer Is County Winner Of Dress Revue Mary Farmer. Murphy Higlh 4 H Club member was selected as County Winner iin Cherokee Coun ty 4-H Club Dress Revue held Saturday morning in the Court Room in Murphy She will repre sent this county in Che State Revue to be held during 4-H Club Week in Raleigh in August. Mary modeled a beautiful navy blue rayon stripe dress \vitih harmoniz ing accessories. Dorothy Shields was firsrt; place winner in Uie "Wear And Care Of Clothing" demonstration and will represent this county in tiie Dis trict contest to be held in Fnante* Iin on- July 15. She presented an excellent demon sit nation on the (Continued on pare 4) Sailplane And Racer Features Of Air Show ANDREWS ? The second annual ? air show, to be held at the An drews-Murphy Airpark on Sun cay. July 3. is scheduled to begin at 2:30 P. M The field will bo closed to arriving air traffic at 2:00 P. M. This year the show is being sponsored by the Leslie Still-man Post of the American Legion, An drews. Edgar A. Wood, Jr.. manager of the airport, reports that all show pilots are profes sionals. and that the show program has been designed for the enjoy ment of pilots and spectators alike. All necessary waivers have been approved by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, and a CAA inspec tor from 'the Nashville district will be present for the event. Practical ly all air show flying involves violations of CAA regulations, for which waivers must be secured. Two entrants are scheduled that will be of unusual interest. One is " a German-designed Sweitzer sailplane, the other a miniature racer. The sadlplane will be tow ed to a height of several thousand feet, where it will be cut loose to perform a variety of acrobatics commonly associated only with powered planes. The midget rac er. a Goodyear Trophy design, has a wing less than twenty feet long, and a cockpit so small it can barely carry its pilot. This "Mid get Mustang" streaks along at more than three miles per minute. The American Legion, through the efforts of Oapt. F. W. Swan, adjutant, has the assurance of the presence of ia fighter squadron from the North Carolina National Guard base a tCharlotte. This unit will perform in a 15-minute "operational" flight. Since this will be the first air show of the season in the Atlanta Asiheville-Knoxville triangle, plans are being made by the Legion and local flyers to handle a consider able number of visiting planes with Murphy and Andrews girls serving on a reception committee Adequate plans are also being drafted to streamline the flow of auto traffic to and from the show crea. T. C. Day. Commander of the Andrews post, has announced that a square dance will be held in the Andrews school gymnasium on July 2 at 8:00 P. M. Sam Queen and his famous Soco dance team and band have been engaged for (Continued on paffe 4> EVANGELIST? Dr. J C. Canipe. secretary of Evangelist. Baptist State Convention, who will preach in a Tenit Revival in Murphy July 10 through July 24. at 8 o'clock each evening. Q. L. Frye of Can ton will lead the singing. CHAIRMAN? The Rev. T. Earl Ogg. chairman of arrangements for .the Tent Revival to be held in Murphy July 10-24. He is pastor of Andrews Baptist Church and -is one of the Evangelism Com mittee of the Baptist State Con vention. Businesses To Close July 4th Practically all of the sitores and places of business in Murphy will be closed on Monday. July 4. CHAPTERS ? Exhibiting some of their work at the Craftsmen's Pair in Gatlinburg. Tenn., July 27-30 will be some of the Cherokee County Craftcrs. Shown above are three: Mrs. Clyde McNiaibb of Belview, seated at loom, and Mrs. Guy Hill, also of Bellview, standing; and. below, Mrs. A. B. Miartdn, Bnassftown. Mrs. McNa/bb and Mrs. Hill weaver, and Mrs. Martin specializes in doing wood carving of ear rings and pins. Highway To Ranger Completed The stretch of 5.3 miles of U. S. Highway 64 from Ranger to a point near the city limits of Mur phy which lias been under con struction for a year, has been completed and accepted by the state and is now open to the public according to announcement by F. L. Hutchison, resident engineer. The project is a bituminous sur face treated road, 22 feet wide. It has been constructed by the Ashe ville Contracting Company of Asheville at a cost of $333,000. This is a link of the road leading from Murphy to the Tennessee line near Ducktown and the Cop per Basin, and to Chattanooga. Tenn. It also connects with U. S. Highway 60 leading to Blue Ridge and Atlanta. Ga. From waste materials, a parking area was made on the edge of Hiwassee Lake at Cain Creekj Mr. Hutchison stated. Wilson House And Local Men Discuss Power Stoppage C. Wilson House, district mana ger of the department of power for the T. V. A.. Knoxville, Tenn.. met with W. M. Dans and H. A. Mattox, who represented Murphy Chamber of Commerce, and Bus ter Bayless and J. \V. Franklin, who represented the town, on June 21, to discuss the stoppage of power in Murphy. Mr. Wilson said that according to data com plied on the power stoppage in Murphy for the past 18 months that the T. V. A. lines were re sponsible for 50 percent of the stoppage and local lines for 50 percent. Mr. Wilson also stated that T. V. A. is spending about $250,000.00 at Hiwassee Dam on transformers and other devices to prevent stoppage by switching to other units and power from other dams. An auxiliary transformer has been placed in Murphy at the substation. Mr. Wilson pledged that T. V. A. would do everything possible to perfect Uie present system. He siaid that an auxiliary line into Murphy is impossible and .can not be put here at this time. J. M. Baity To (Represent County In Tourists Assn. J. M. Baiity of Andrews was j elected to represent Cherokee County in the Western North Caro | lina Tourists Association which was | organized at a meeting held last Thursday in Haywood County Courthouse. Development of the I tourist industry will be the objec I t.ive of this group. Groups will include the membership of hotel tourist courts, eating places, guest lvomes operators and others deal ing directly with the tourist indus try. Ten counties were represent ed at the meeting. Local Firms Donate Lumber Lumber manufacturers and deal ers of Murphy have given lumber valued at more than $130.00 to the 4-H Club for use in their camp, now being built ait Waynesville. Visits Scout C. L. Kelley of Mont Belview, Texas visited the SOOUT Wednes day. Mr. Kelley said tfialt getting the SCOUT was like receiving a letter from home Mr* Kelley is the former Miss Mary Porter F?rin.
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