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National Polio Foundation Doctor Gives W onderful News On Disease Probably the most looked for statement a bout that dreaded disease, polio, that has been made since the Salk vaccine announcement was made this week by Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, medi cal director for the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis. Dr. Van Riper said, "There is no doubt that we have it in our power greatly to reduce polio in cidence next year. How well we succeed will de pend largely on how many children receive (Salk) vaccine." He went on to point out that the Salk vaccine was been given the most extensive and careful field trial ever given a vaccine and it proved it self out to be 60 to 90 per cent effective in pre venting paralytic polio. That's a good batting average in anybody's league! The doctor went on to explain that it is too much to hope that all of the 165 million people in the United States can be vaccinated before next summer, but many millions of children will surely he inoculated, including amost all in the highly susceptible five through nine ve.ir age group. Some points Mr. Van Riper brought out: I The vaccine is safe l ast spring, accord ing to a I'. S Public Health Service report, live virus was found in a small amount of vaccine that 10 Commandments For Safe Hunting The Sportsmen's Service Bureau has come out with what it lists as the 10 Commandments of Safety for hunters. Considering the amount of hunting done in Cherokee County and the surrounding counties, ^he accident rate is remarkably low. Cherokee County hunters can keep that rate tow by following the 10 Commandments of Safe ty. They are: 1. Treat every gun with the respect due a loaded gun. This is the first rule of gun safety. 2. Guns carried into camp or home, or when otherwise not in use, must always be unloaded, and taken down of have actions open : guns always should be carried in cases to the shootirtg area. 3 Always be sure barrel and action are clear of obstructions, and that you have only am munition of the proper size for the gun you are carrying. Remove oil and grease from chamber before firing. 4 Always carry your gun so that you can control the direction of the muzzle, even if you stumble ; keep the safety on until you are ready to shoot. 5 Be sure o our target before you pull the trigger; know the identifying features of the game you intend to hunt. 6 Never point a gun at anything you do not want to shoot: avoid all horseplay while handling a gun. 7 Unattended guns should be unloaded; guns and ammunition should be stored sep arately beyond reach of children and careless adults. V 8. Never climb a tree or fence or jump a ditch with a loaded gun; never pull a gun gun toward you by the muzzle. 9 Never shoot a bullet at a flat, hard sur face or the surface of water; when at target practice, be sure your back stop is adequate. 10. Avoid alcoholic drinks before or during shooting. It's That Time Of I ear Again There is a certain time of the year ? and it comes earlier this year ? whan tbe-old family bus just doesn't seem to perform the way it did during the eailier months. Here are some symptoms: Father hears a strange and annoying miss in the motor. Junior begins to notice the car lacks "get-a way'* at the traffic lights and second gear is used tnoM often on hills. ? . ? 'Mother apd sister seem to be discussing out* r ' .. ' ; ... . v ? ' " ?' ' had been released. More stringent government safety standards were promptly established to prevent a recurrence of this incident. 2. A single shot of the Vaccine is not enough for full and lasting protection. 3. A child with three shots, properly spaced, has the full protection of the vaccine. 4. It has not been definitely established how long the effect of the vaccine lasts. 5. The level of protection after the third shot is given is so high there is no reason to be lieve the effects of the vaccine will last many years. At the conclusion of his statement Dr. Van Riper had this to say: "The battle against polio in the summer of 1956, so far as prevention is concerned, will be won or lost this fall and winter. Success will de pend on how many children are vaccinated. If we vaccinate every youngster for whom we have vac cine, next year should begin to show a significant decrease in the number of paralyzed children. ' Those are indeed welcomed words!! Now it is up to the parents of Cherokee County to see to it that our children get the full benefit of the vac cine and are on hand when the shots are adminis tered through the Health Department. side auto color schemes and upholstery patterns ever\ time father walks into a room. And "the car" of a few months ago is now be ing referred to as "the family bus." Yes, it's that time of the year w hen new mod els are stored away in the towns just waiting for | tlie first day of showing. And new car dealers are at the time when they are offering their best deals so that they can clear out their 1955 models. It's "car trading time" and you can feel it in the air. Motorists all over the nation are dickering for a good price on the "bus." There'll be many new autos ? 1955's and 56's ? taking to the highways. Others of us will just have to "make do" with the "bus." NOT MANY CUT OCT FOR THIS WORK Those who think being a law enforcement officer is such a simple task should try to visually for a moment what one officer faced here last week. This officer stopped a car wKh three men ?or going 66 miles an hour. The officer, alone, walked up to the car, and found these men were all former convicts and they had four loaded pistols in the car, plus five boxes of shells. - . All three of those men could have fired at the of ficer as he approached In the darkness of night, and they even had one pistol as a spare. Those kind of things ni6ht ma*?igood reading, - ??% ??? 5 ? ' '*? ' but is it not the type work many of us could take long. (Waynesville Mountaineer) WE XL NEED IT MORE ? NOT LESS The Russians, who. objected to our requirement j of finger prints on applications for visas to the US. say they are anxious for large scale tourist exchange with us, and are ready to permit "tens of thousands" of their citizens to travel in this country. Secretary of State Dulles says he will .talk about finger prints at Geneva when the foreign minister! meet, and may recommend that Coflgrtoa make some chapges In our law* . ; . If finger printing re mains a travel barrier. If we are facing the Influx of hordes of Commu nist visitors ? some of whom might get lost in our great country ? positive identification would seem to become both more difficult and more desirable. . And if it would soothe the Russian sensibilities, why not change our law* to require that traveller* from the US be fingerprinted too? ' * ? .. . - . - * ? (McDowell News) BY OClf, NO DAVY 7 - *?- ,? - ? ? , The aooii-taube-iiMMt f Trmf ,ump win *mr ? picture of the Alamortfbtea* * 'JLfj ?obo<Jy could lick. (Stanley News A Press) ' ' .. Cherokee I Chatter | j BY BILL COSTELLO GOLFERS CORNER I received a very Interesting let. ter last week from WILLIAM H. BEAVER from the Panama Canal asking about the Golfers Corner In this column and about the course over at Copper Hill. Bill wrote that he is a native of Suit but that he moved in 1933. He and bis wife were back here in 1953 and he had his clubs with him then but didn't know about the course at Copper Hill. He wrote asking me about the greens (they are sand, Bill) and a bout the hazards. He couldn't have asked a better man about the haz ards ? I've been in 'em all. VISITED KEENUMS Bill said he visited GUY KEEN UM and his family recently while in Honolulu. Hawaii. Bill was Just back from Hawaii when he wrote me. He said Guy is a chief petty I officer now at Pearl Harbor. Guy is 1 the son of Mr. and M> s . WILL j KEENUM of Suit. And Guy's wife J is the former Evelyn Radford of Murphy. Bill asked for a score card and other information about the course over at Cooper Hill which I plan to pet up for him and get in the mail this week. ANOTHER MACHINE The Scout will put into service its second Linotype machine next week. The machine will relieve that last minute rush late Tuesdav and early Wednesday and should mean we will be able to put out a bette." paper. The Linotype was purchased from L. A. LEE over at Dalton, Ga. You brobably remember that he is a former owner of the Scuot. During one of our conversations he said that the four and a half years he spent in Murphy were some of the happiest of his life. That's a pretty nice thing to hear about Murphy and its folks. L. A. is a busy man these days. He's on the governor's staff as a commissioner of rural roads and he was in the midst of a rural road problem the last time I saw him. I met PAUL OWENBY fo~ the first time last week. I had heard a lot about him, and of course, he's putting in that new plant in And rews. He, FRANK FORSYTH and a Mr. LEE from Asheville were out at Duke's Lodge the other night for dinner. PREACHER-TO-BE DON ELLIS was telling me by phone the other day that he will be going off to study to be a preacher next spring. He'll make a good 'un. He needs a couple of credits before he will get his A. B. degree; then he'll have to go to a seminary for his preaching education. NEW FEATURE The Scout started a new feature on its front page last week, "Bloodshed Boxscore". The in formation for the boxscore will come from Raleigh each week. I hope Cherokee County motorists will do their part in keeping that score down! i . I 'Jesus'jjiftr i Is Life off'j The Spirit <T*HE raising o t Lazarus from A the dead, as recorded in John, the bringing to life from the dead of the son of the .widow of Nain, in Luke, and the Resurrection of Jesus Himself are the only in stances of bringing to life from the dead recorded in the Gospels. K In the case ef the widow's son ?a plausible explanation might be that the boy was apparently | dead, but actually in a tranc*. But in the case of Lazarus bo such plausible explanation is po?thle. for the rtcord specifi cally states that Lazarus had i dead four day* and cation had set in. - So the event as recorded is wholly and completely mirscu tous. With no erplanatfcw what dwr^but tojhe Itfegiying power Owbt. Why. then, with His lty ving power, did Jys exer JesuT1^1* tbe*< bwUDCe,? miracle all i 1iiTh*GcTu "W?aa^have mm ? lout thtngi. but 11 im < alike o(UMirgrwtnc? and agaasaasi; Ifs tb* TALK 0' THE TOWN By Emily Coittllo For several year* now ? usually around school opening time ? we've heard Murphy mammas of Just-before-school-age.toU wishing for a kindergarten. So, finally, this year somebody took them up on it. KATHLEEN DAVIDSON (Mrs. John A.) started making plans for converting her den Into a kindergarten. At the same time MARIAN KINNEY (Mrs. Wiley C., Jr.) began planning a nursery school for her upstairs. Neither knew about the other's plans. But from the looks of things both new p re-school schools\are going to have plenty of pupils and some of the little folks are already starry eyed over prospects of "school" for them. Kathleen was telling me she plans to have only IS In her kindergar ten because that's all she thinks she can handle. She's working now on some bulletin boards, animal ruotouts, and other things children like, while John is making tables for the room. Kathleen will take only children from four to six yean old. ? # KINNEY'S KIDDIE KOKNEB Meanwhile, I.iarian has ordered equipment for her nursery school ? which she has named "Kinney's Kiddie Korner". She will- enroll chil dren from three to six and plans to hire an assistant to help her with the school. The nursery school will be upstairs In the Kinney home (the house on Hilton St. formerly occupied by W. A. Bell). The upstairs has an out side entrance with nice safe steps, close together, for little feet. Marian has ordered wooden toys, a record player and records -r- and other stuff for the tots. * Marian ? who is a graduate of the University of Georgia with spec ial training in nursery school work ? has taught first and second grades for about four years. , I I think prospects for both schools look very bright And I'm. wishing ffc ? very best success to both Marian and Kathleen. RATHER NEW Some rather newcomers to town are MR. and MRS- W T. BROWN and their two children, who are making their home in Marie Price's house on Valley River Ave. (formerly occupied by the Penningtonsl. The Browns came here from Georgia ? Atlanta, Ithink, and Mr. B. is in the egg business. Both children are going to Murphy School. Although X don't know the Browns, I almost feel as if I do because we have a mu tuol friend from my home town. GLAD YOU'RE BACK We do a lot of wishing about not having so many things to go to and do, but it's rather nice to have the club season start up again. I was es pecially glad to get back into the AAUW season last week. For our first meeting ? which was held at the home of MRS. JOHN H. BAUGHMAN (Elgin) ? a "reflection of summer reading was en joyed" with all members participating. Everyone discussed something she had read ? or heard ? or seen during the summer that helped broaden her horizon. A very interesting prcjram. Next month FRAN PUETT is going to teach U3 to use pastels, I think, and we'll all take a crack at drawing. LOTS O' SPIRIT I enjoyed going over to Andrews last week and photographing The Andrews Wildcats and their cheerleaders. The football boy 3 seem to have a wonderful spirit among themselves ? but there's something about team-work, like football that makes for good friends anyhow. And, besides, the Wildcats know the students and the town are backing them. I'd like to see Murphy citizens take a more active interest In the Bulldogs. The band, the cheerleaders and the student body are all behind the team 100 per cent ? but some of us townspeople are falling down on the job. It really makes for a good family Friday night outing to fol low the football game. You'd be surprised what a charge you can get out of high school football again if you get with a team early in the sev son and follow it through. ?-? .Holidoy Binds . THE CHEROKEE SCOUT ErtabUtfMd Jtfy, UN ? Publijhed rrery Thur?d*gr at Murphy, OwnkM County, R OL WILLIAM V AMD tfULT P. CpBTEUX>-PubU?h?r? and Ownan WILLIAM V. OOSTSLLO BM Y?r. *3.80; 81x Month*. $1J0 OmTut ?.??; ttx MteOa, |L1f Letters To Editor Mr. wnitam Cootello, Editor Cherokee 8cout Murphy. N. C. Dear Sir: Am I was chairman at Cherokel County Commissioners at the time Mr. A. Q. Ketner left as County Agent I wish to ask for apace in your paper to reply to some of the statements made in the Scout Sep tember 8 in discussing the need for a County Agent. In that article it was stated that Mr. Ketner was fired for political reasons. The facts do not bear out this statement. He had served for years under different boards of commis sioners that were majority demo cratic. If there had been any desire to Are Mr. Ketner for political rea sons it could have been done long before he left as county agent. Since Mr. Ketner worked so long under the Democrat party it seems rather unfair for him or anyone else to say he was fired for politi cal reasons. It was also stated that Mr. Ket ner was not given a fair deal as he had only three years to work before he could qualify for retire ment under the State's program. When he left as County Agent the State offered to transfer him to an other county and I understand the State now offers to give him work in another county. Both of these offers were made by Democrats. So it seems Mr. Ketner has re ceived very fair treatment at the hands of the Democrat Party. Yours truly, W. E. Moore A Backward Glance 5 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 28, 1IN Frank W&ldroup of Roan Moun tain, Tenn., 1* spending the week with his family in Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiley Davis of San Juan, Puerto Rico, axe the guests of Mr. Davis* brother, H. E. Davis and Mrs. Davis in Andrews. Sam Kaye spent several days this week in Aaheville. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taylor and daughter, Roma, spent Sunday with George Hall at HayesvOle. Max K easier of Akron, O., visit ed relatives an dfrlends in Andrews and Murphy recently. 1* YEARS AGO Sept. tl, IMS Miss Elisabeth Young, member of the staff of the gmithfield Her ald, is spending some time as the gueet of Mrs. George Mauney. Mr. and Mrs. A B. Hampton have come from Norfolk. Va., to mAerthbi# hbme in Murphy. mi? Helen Slier of Robbinsville spent the week end with Miss Helen Hampton. Mrs. J. E. Vice of Dry Ridge. Ky. is visiting her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Rice this week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Landau spent Monday In Chattanooga. M YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 28, IMS Mr. ani Mrs. T S. Evans were in Andrews Friday on business. Miss Tllltha Sparks spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. B. B. Sparks. M. H. Bryant of Copperhlll, Tenn. was a visitor in town Sunday. Mr.- and Mrs. Earnest Ledford of ^ekwtty -ar* moving hi the house wHhWier father at Poetell on Oct. 20. - ?? - - ? ? W H. Boyd Jeft early Sunday morning for Brevard where he will enter college. * AGO ' ? "" Friday,. Sept. u, IMS ? -v J. V. Brittaln spent last week end at Black Mountain with his mother. J. W. Anderson and family of Mineral Bluff, Ga., were guests Sunday of Mrs. Letha Anderson at ' Culberson. . - Lloyd Kbselburg left ta^kjr for . jciarskvllle, Ga.. to enter **09!,, Missis Mary and rtnth Poster t Friday morning for Morgan. 0*.. 'to-enter tehotf . they W. accon panled to' Atlanta tar their parents. , Ut ahd IK*. G. A f)o*lV. Bob. and Dave Helen <rf ro days las Kn. R. V.
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