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*
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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,
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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?
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(McDowell News)
BY OClf, NO DAVY
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The aooii-taube-iiMMt f Trmf ,ump win *mr ?
picture of the Alamortfbtea* * 'JLfj
?obo<Jy could lick.
(Stanley News A Press)
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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.
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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
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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.