THE WAYNESYILLE MOUNTAINEER
D-.MAV7. 1951
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U. S,. DEPT. t AGRICULTURE
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Iclifie Cove Citizens
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pjects; Seek Mew Honors
itizcns of Ratcliffe Cove are
that cooperation,' and
is paying dividends. . In
is paying the community
' as well as the individuals,
community has In their
nily Development Program
' . the $500 which they won
Place in the 1949 achieve-
tf communities. The 1950
; have not been announced,
'Icliffe Cove citizens feel
fit treasury will be-increas-
,ln the check . awards are
out.
Cove is looking beyond
avartU and havo pn.
' Western. North Carolina
and Impe t0 come out 0f
h a lot 0f folding green-
It small in are, the npnnle
ilTe Cove were quick to re
importance of the Com
Development Proaram.
nt "ght to work. The names
!r mail boxes soon caught the
"any other ' communities,
f almost cverv sprtlnn nf
the county has their mail boxes
named.
One main roau serves Hatclifi'e
Cove, and from it branches sev
eral side roads, including the pav
ed one around by the State Test
Farm. The Ratcliffe Cove road,
paved for about half the distance
through the community, connects
with the Pison Cove road through
South Clyde in the gap of the
mountain. There are 2' 2 miles of
paved roads, and 10 miles of un
paved ones.
Not long ago they got a voting
nrecinet and together with elec-
uiey
No, 1 Officers of the KatclilTe Community De
velopment Program, are shown in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Galloway, Seated, left to
riffht: R. C. Francis, chairman; Mrs. Carl Jones,
yporter; Mark Galloway, treasurer: Miss Nancy
Leopard, secretary, and Iom Leopard, vice
chairman.
No. 1 group ol mail boxes with identical
name plates. This was one ol the first such
projects in the county.
No. 3 The Community ('enter IliiiUliiiR. This
brick building was once used as school, and
then converted Into a nicctiiiK place for the
clllcnn of the community.
No, 4 The two slns at the intersection of (be
ItalcllfTr Hoad and Highway l!A-:!.'t uttrail
much attention. The sif. 11 on the right was
erected by the community, while the one on the
left was put up by the State Test r'arm.
No. 5 Mrs. Rramlelte Stone has one of the
manv deep freeze unltn in the community. In
these, large quantities of food arc kept.
each other. They take pride in the
accomplishments of their fellow
citizens. As one drives through the
section with a citizen of the com
munity, they will point to such
places, and remark, "there is where
the chairman of the Haywood
board of commissioners lives," or
"now there' is where a former
member of (lie state highway com
mission lives."
The Community Develftpmenl
Program group lias a community
bouse a former brick school,
where the meetings are held the
second Thursday of each month.
R. C; Francis 1s chairman: hem
Leopard is vice-chairman. Miss
Nanev -Leonard.' secretary, Mark
: Galloway, treasurer, and Mrs Carl
! Jones, reporter.
i The children of llatclille Cove
Whether a debating team could i stale
he classified as a form of recrca- U'ovi
tion is questionable, but the ma'i-' estal
ner 111 winch llie Kalciilie l.uvciinn
people enter debates, makes il an
educational feature. Some of their
debaters are in demand for per
formances throughout the area.
INCOMI.
The farms of llalelilie Cove are
generally rather small, with many
families working at industrial
plants, and caring for small acre
age to supplement their industrial
incomes. Vet with all this, there
are three of the largest dallies in
the county in KatclilTe Cove, about
30 acres of hurley mown
Last year's hurley crop meant
will be found in Kalelille
Several ol the cows have
ished i 1 i k 1 1 records, some g'v-
much as 12.(100 pounds of
milk in 3tl.r days, as in the record
of the Ayrshire cdw of David Nol
.inil I'ot Lilly
Kalelille Cove has stalled inlo
the poultry business in a hi way.
and several new flocks are being
added, llighl now Lem Leopard
has the largest poultry project,
with 225 laying hens. He produces
hat riling cays, and has I lie New
Hampshire Reds, Mrs. Frank Leop
ard has 150 hens, as does Charles
C Francis Mot h of IIm'iii also have
the New Hampshire type.
(..intti. anH tn onhnnp service
i!m ",h- ! Hrivp.in theatre in ! attend the schools in Waynesville
this end of the county-
There are but 90 families with
460 people in Ratcliffe Cove, but
their friendly spirit, and determ
ined efforts are indicative of the
manner in which they go after
projects for themselves and com
munity. They share their interests, and
rejoice at the good lortunes of
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mere "C oc nu, ruiu,
and Ferjuson tractors. $473 wiin
6-feet blade, plus freight.
P. S. FERGUSON
New and Used Farm Equipment
Your Kosch Dealer for
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the grammar school students go
to East Waynesville, and the oth
ers to high schpol. The school has
3fi4 students, six grades, and is
served by three buses.
Clll'KCIIES
There are two churches in Rat
cliffe Cove the KatclilTe Cove
Kaptist church, with a membership
of 186. and the Rev. R. P. Mc
Cracken. pastor. The Sunday school
enrollment is 154, which oddly
enough, is just one more than tin
Sunday School at Elizabeth Chapel,
the Methodist church, with a mem
bership of 125. Rev. Paul Taylor is
pastor of this church Both
churches play an important1 part
of the community life, and are
well kept, and progressive,
ft I CREATION
.People are. still .talking of the
womanluss wedding staged by the
Ratcliffe Cove men some months
ago. This is typical of their recre
ation on a community-wide basis.
W hen they go out to put on a pro
ject, they go all the way. The
same applies to their basketball,
softball teams, and spelling bee's.
over $20,000 to HalelilTe Cove
farmers, who averaged 50c per
pound, and grew an average of
1, 1,(10 pounds per acre.
Hov Meadors avcraiied -r!' cents
for his crop' of 1.41!) pounds, while i
J,. U. Swayngini received 54. cents
average lor his crop of 1,002 j
pounds. Sam Liner was right close ;
at hand with a 53 cenl average lor j
a larger crop o! 1,070 pounds. j
DAIRYING I
There are seven grade A dairies 1
in KatclilTe -Cove, with 00 Hiaile A 1
cows, A tola! of sixteen silos are
utilized in the business, and 1H5
acres of pasture devoted to the
dairy herds. There is also a wide
variety of dairy cows, with Guern
sey, 'llolstein and Ayrshire's leading
all others,
Ed Sims milks 20 cows, alid lor
ihe year will gel about 115.000
pounds of miik. Mrs liaik Leop
ard has a herd of 10 cows, and
Kets 104.000 pounds ol milk David
Noland has 14 cows, and Rets about
109,000 pounds per year,
..Practically every family in the
community has from one to five
cows for supplying home needs of
milk.
Some of the best milk cows in
the entire western part ol the
A survey shows there are !ll
home (locks in the community, out
ol 90 lanuhes. The same survey
.-bowed, that about 2,000 hroili is
,11 e produced I'ach ear
F RUTS-VEGETABLES
About S)5 per cent of t tie homes
111 -Ratcliffe Cove have gardens.
with many ' producing more than
enough vegetables for their own
use. There are some who sell on
the Iresh vegetable market, but
the vas( majority can. or freeze
their surplus. Hence, the stoic
houses, freezer lockers, and pan
tries of KatclilTe are well slocked
with ample food for year round
use Almost every farm has apple
trees but there are mil any coin-'
menial growers in the community,
BEEF CATTLE
A count iusl made shows I hat
there are .101 head of beef cattle
'in the community',' with dohniiy
I Morrow heading the list with 45
j head, lie devotes 150 acres to pas
' luring his herd, C. ('. Francis has
j a herd of 4(1 heel i altle and pas
j lines t lieni on 15(1 acres, while
; Hugh- KatclilTe has 211 head and
1 devotes 70 acres to their pasture
.In all, about 000 acres arc devol
,c(l to pastures for the catlle, and
lb retold is Hie leading tvpe for
the larmers of Hie community.
The pastures of lialclilfc Cove
have been myen special treatment
of lime and phosphate, and are
kept in excellent condition, which
adds to the increased profit for
the cattlemen..
FORESTRY
There, are .'Kill acres in woodland,
witli about 1 .000 seedlings being
set 1 iii I diinnj! the past year. There
are several special forestry tracts
in the coniiniiiiily, including the
special planted plot of pines on
the Frank Leopard farm. These
trees were set out about 15 c.u-,
ago. There are also several projects
of forestry throughout the com
munity where cattle have been
kept out, and extra care given the
trees. .
KatclilTe Cove community was
first settled by Abraham ItalelilTe,
in about 1820. The entire broad
valley along Raccoon creek became
known as KatclilTe Cove.
A citizen of the community, m
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District Manager
I'Iioiic" 705 Maiii Street
Representing
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LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Greensboro, North Carolina
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