The Cherokee Scout
/ Dedicated To Promoting Cherokee County
VOLUME 70 ? NUMBER 3 /" ^4 MURPHY, N. C., THURSDAY, AUG. 18, 1960 8 PAGES THIS WEEK PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Murphy
Calendar
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11
7 00 P.M.? Meeting at Chamber
of Conmerce in their hall.
Mr. Burch. president, urged
that everyone to be present.
FRIDAY. AUGUST It
7:30 P.M. - Martha Chapter
No. 248 OES will meet in the
Masonic Hall at Ranger. At
this time the District Deputy
Grand Matron and District
Grand patron will pay their
official visit.
t oo P.M. ? Alcoholic Anony
mous will meet at the Regal
Hotel.
7:30 P.M.? Community Prayer
Service at Free Methodist
Church.
SUNDAY, AUGUST II
11 A.M. ? Service at First
Methodist Church. Guest
speaker. Jack Waldrep of
Asheville.
The Rev. Alex Hanson will
conduct services at the
Church of Messiah.
The Rev. G. K. A. Haase
will conduct services at Free
Methodist Church.
The Rev. Robery A. Potter
will conduct service at Pres
byterian Church.
Guest speaker at First Bap
tist Church will be Baxter
Lay of Shelby.
7:30 P.M.? Evening Services al
Free Methodist Church.
1 P.M. ? Union Services of
Methodist and Presbyterian
will be held at First Metho
dist Church.
2 P.M. ? The Cherokee County
Third Singing will be held
at the Marble Spring Baptist
Church in Marble. All singers
are invited to attend.
MONDAY, AUGUST 22
6:30 P.M. ? Rotary Club to
meet at Family Restaurant
on Andrews Rd.
7:30 P.M. ? Women of the
Presbyterian Church will
meet at the church.
7:30 P.M. ? Cherokee Lodge No.
146 will meet in the Masonic
Hall for Second Degree work.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24
6.30 P.M. ? Annual Picnic of
the congregation and Sunday
School of Presbyterian Church
will be held at Folk School.
7:20 P.M. ? Mid-week services
Presbyterian Church.
Prayer Service at First
Baptist Church.
Mid-week services at First
Methodist Church.
7-30 P.M. ? Prayer Service at
Free Methodist Church.
Reese Attends
GOP
Campaign Meet
Mr. Dallas M. Reese returned
to Murphy Sunday, August 14, af
ter attending a Saturday night
meeting of the Republican State
campaign committee at Republi
can State headquarters in Mor
gantoo.
The committee is made up of
Robert L. Gavin, candidate for
governor, Kyle Hayes, candidate
for U. S. Senate. David Morton,
candidate for Secretary of State,
William E. Cobb. State Chairman.
Miss Stella Rut ledge, of Wilson.
State Vice Chairman, 0. B. Bat
ten, o { Keniey, and D. M. Reese,
of Murphy, candidate for State
Auditor.
Mr. Reese is also on the recep
tion committee scheduled to meet
Vice President Richard Nixon at
the Greensboro Airport Wednes
day evening to escort him to the
Greensboro Coliseum where he is
scheduled to speak at 8:00 o'clock
P. M.
AUNT HET
Talkin' o blue streak
about nothing may be a
sign of old ope, out it
Ain't prove Emily old.
She's been doin' it ever
since she wore pina
fores.
FOUR HURT IN COLLISION
Four persons were Hurt here Friday in o two-car
collision. The Volkswagen shown above, driven by L.
H. Ponder of West Asheville collided with a car driven
by Mrs. Norma Poteat of Bloirsville, Ga., who suffered
cuts and bruises and broken ribs. Ponder suffered a
fracture of the right wrist and face lacerations. Other
passengers were Thomas Patterson of Lo Grange, Ga.,
and Wm. Charle Mundoy of West Asheville. Mundoy
suffered a concussion ond face lacerations; Patterson
a dislocated shoulder and collarbone injury.
Murphy High Gridders
Prep For Sept. 2 Game
The rain - plagued Murphy High
School football team is hoping for
clear does the next two weeks as
the practice tempo picks up in
preparation for the season-opening
game Sept. 2 against Copper Basin
High at CopperhiU, Tenti.
Coach Chuck McConnell appears
well pleased with the progress of
his team despite the handicap of
rain that has kept the club in
DEAN TRUETT
Dean T ruett
To Head
j
Marble School
ANDREWS ? Dean Truetl, for
mer elementary school teacher ia
Andrews for the past two years
has been appointed pincipal of
the Marble Elementary School,
Charles Fraizer has announced.
Mr. Truett is agraduate of
Andrews High School, attended
Western Carolina College for four
years; receiving a Bachelor of
Science degree in education,
majoring in Art.
In addition to teaching Mr.
Truett has been active in many
dvic organizations in Andrews.
County Peppers,
Tomatoes
Sent To Market
L. F. Lochaby Murphy RED
2 and Claude Stiles of Murphy
RFD 1, have one-half acre each
in manalucie tomatoes. They
are growing them on trellises and
they have started selling these
tomatoes at the Waynesville Co
operative Market.
Jim Barton of Culberson has
four acres of bell peppers that
are looking good. Barton will sell
his peppers to the Manclni Pack
ing Company, Blairsville. Ga.
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doors for skull drills on more
than one occasion.
Among die 35 candidates who
turned out for the opening o i
practice on August 10 were six
returning starters from the team
that won nine games and lost only
two last year.
McConnetl is hoping to moid his
1960 team around these boys.
The returning veterans are
equally divided between the line
and backfield.
Up front McConnell greeted back
Roy Morris, a tackle and guards
Hubert Hinton and Robert Hall.
Hatfbacks Frank Hill and David
Thompson and full back Bud Kil
liam are the returning backs.
"Progress is about normal," Mc
Connell said. "We think we have
a real fine tackle prospect in
Charles Smith and four good end
candidates."
The team will continue twice
daily workouts at 9:30 a.m. and
5:30 p.m. until school starts.
Ebenezer Church
Reoairs
Cemetery Road
-
The people at Ebenezer Baptist
Church at Route 3, Murphy, are
doing a lot of work on their
cemetery. They have built and
graveled a road around the ceme
tery at a cost of about $800.
Those who have relatives buried
at Ebenezer that would like to
make a donation to the church
to help on this project, please
contact Rex Kephart of Citizen*
Bank or J. E Graves at the
Register of Deeds office. Murphy.
Hot TV Antenna Wire
Shocks Murphy Girl
Two Groups
Help
Ricky Hughes
Among those who have respond- ;
ed to the appeal (or financial j
aid for little Ricky Hughes of
Hayevsille are the employees of
Brumby Textile Mills, who contri
buted about $60. and residents
of the Hanging Dog Community
who sent about $30.
Ricky, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Hughes is striken with
Leukemia, and in order to re
main with his son during his
severe illness. Mr. Hughes gave
up his job in Atlanta.
Holiday At
Recorder's
Court Monday
Maybe it was a first for the
record in Monday, we didn't have
time to check btfore press time.
At any rate, there was no Re
corder's Court held in Murphy
this past Monday. There were
no cases on the docket.
Sheriff Claude Anderson re^
marked that is was the first time
that he could remember this hap
pening. "Either they are getting
better or they are not getting
caught." he said.
it would be nice if we could
: maintain this record.
GOOD EXAMPLE
Pictured above is a good example of an arrange
ment suitable to be entered in Class A, Page 4, in the
schedule of the coming Cherokee County Fair flower
show. This Class A, ("American Heritage"), colls for
arrangements of the 1 7th and 1 8th century. The flower
show, sponsored by the Valley River, Cherokee Rose,
and Murphy Gorden Clubs, will be held in connection
with the annual county fair on Sept. 12, 13, and 14.
The show will be judged by nationally accredited flower
show judges from out of town.
City Schools Open Aug. 22,
Students Report Tuesday
The Official opening of Murphy ]
j City schools will be held August
Area NC State Alumni Plan
Meeting At Nantahala Inn
W. H. Taylor, Director of
Alumni Affairs of North Carolina
State College, has announced that
a meeting of North Carolina State
College alumni and their wives,
residing in the southwestern cor
ner of North Carolina, and friends
of the College has been set for
Friday evening. August 26, at
the Nantahala Inn located on U.
S. 19 about eight miles west of
Bryson City towards Andrews.
Mr. Taylor stated that this
meeting is being arranged at this
time so that the alumni and
friends of the College may meet
Dr. John T. Caldwell, former
President of the University of
.Arkansas and the new Chancellor
of North Carolina State College,
and his family. Dr. Caldwell will
address the group after a buffet
supper at the Inn's assembly
room.
Car Has 123,000 Miles
Lady Tours States In 1938
Automobile; Visits Here
An overnight guest recently at
the Shangra-La Hotel was Mrs.
Grace M. Haigler. widow of Wai
ter Haigler of Hayeaville, N. C.
and sister-in-law of Mrs. Kate
Mauney of Murphy. Mrs. Haigler
was here to attend the Haigler
reunion held in Hayacville re
cently.
Mrs. Haigler Is driving a 18M
Pontiac bought by her husband
prior to his death and has 123,000
miles on U. Mrs. Haigler having
driven from Seattle. Wash., to
Punsutawaney. Pain to visit her
brother, and now enroute to her
permanent residence in Dallas,
Texas. ?
Shown Id the picture is Mrs.
Haigler and her car.
First Methodist
To Hear
Rev. Waldrep
Reverend Jack Waldrep will be
the guest speaker at the Metho
dist church on Sunday morning.
August 21. Mr. Waldrep has been
Director of the Religous Depart-,
ment of the Farmer's Federation
for the past several years. Much
of his work has been with the
Lord's Acre program which was
instituted . by the late Dr.
Dumont Clark.
Mr. Waldrep has served as
pastor of churches in the Blairs
ville and Hiawassee, Georgia
areas for a number of years and
has preached for a series oi
revival services in the Murphy
Methodist Church.
Rollman Will Not
Use Posters
During Campaign
WAYNESVfLLE, N. C. - Heinz
Rollman. GOP Congressional can
didate, announced today that in
view of the fact that we are
all trying to get the tourist sea
son here last through October,
he will not use any posters in
his present campaign for Con
gress.
Rollman said. "It would be a
pity to ruin the beautiful country
side with posters on trees and
telephone poles, but I will use
advertising on legitimate bill
boards during the campaign."
Students trill report to school
on August 23 (or assignment to
rooms and classes. They will
also be issued books on that date.
Teachers will hold an orienta
tion meeting on August 22.
Following is a list of the tea
chers for the Murphy City Schooi
for the coming year, according
to Superintendent Holland Mc
Swain.
Elementary School: John Jor
dan, principal; Miss Clara Mc
Combs, Mrs. Martha Hatchett,
Miss Eunice Shields' Mrs. Mar
garet Bruce, Mrs. Ruth Forsyth,
Mrs. Christine Ingle, Miss Leila
Hayes, Mrs. Martha Dreher, Mrs.
Annie Brandon, Mrs. Margaret
Rhodes, Mrs. Willie Lou Shields,
Mrs. Lena Thompson, Miss Emily
Sword, Mrs. Marie Hendrix,
Miss Bobbie Joyce Hartness,
Miss Ella Faye Byers, Mrs. Olive
W. Williams, Mrs. Ottilie de
Calongne, Mrs. Jane Reynolds.
Mrs. Edwina Shelton, Mrs. Mar
garet Akin Bare, Bobby S. Burch,
Mrs. Margaret Gibbs, Mrs. Ruth
L. Wilson, Mrs. Emily C. David
son, Mrs. Edna Whitley, Mrs.
Mary B. Jones, Charles Hawkins.
High School: Walter R. Puett,
principal: E. B. Armstrong, Mrs.
Velma Umphries Burch, David
Bristol, Mrs. Margaret Carter,
Frank B. Gasaway, Mrs. Shirley
Bates Graef, Miss Elioese McBee.
Mrs. Barbara McConnell, Ralph
McCennell, Mrs. Geraldine Mea
dows, Mrs. Emma Louise Minor,
Felix Palmer, Glenn Andrew
Patton. Mrs. Moselee Puett, Mrs.
Frances W. Ray.
Edward J. Reynolds, Randal
Hubert Shields. Mrs. Imogene
Smith, John Thompson, Mrs.
Marie Louise Travis, James
Samuel Webb, Mrs. Pauline B.
Bault.
Texana School: Mrs. Ella B.
Ragsdale, principal: Mrs. Helen
McMickens Smith, "rtximas Ed
ward Jordan.
Sanford To Speak At WNC
Regional Planning Meeting
Terry Sanford, Democratic
nominee for Governor will be the
principal speaker at the Quar
terly Meeting of the Western
North Carolina Regional Planning
Commission. The luncheon meet
ing has been called for 12:3C
p.m., Wednesday, August 24th. al
the Jarrett House in Dillsboro
Percy B. Ferebee of Andrews,
Chairman of Hie Commission, sak
that Sanford would relate th<
Region's prospects for sound
economic growth to those of th?
entire State
A progress report will also be
1 given on the proposed economic
' study for the fourteen county
, area served by the Commission.
The study, when completed, will
I provide local leaders with infor
; mation needed in making long
' range decisions.
[ Commission members and their
! guests from fourteen counties
I and twenty-six towns and ckies
t are expected to attend the meet
ing
'Am I In Heaven'
Youngster Asks
A "hot" television antenna wire nearly took the
life of young Susanne Ivie late last Saturday.
Susanne, 10, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton
G. Ivie of Murphy, was playing with friends behind
her father's funeral home when she touched a TV an
tenna wire strung across a backyard of an adjoining
house. She fell to the ground, the wire across her
neck, and started to turn blue.
How Town IV
Antenna Can
Become 'Hot'
i Editor's note: From an inter
view with an electrician and a
TV repairman, the Scout offers
the following article as an ex
planation of how the Town an
tenna became "hot" and almost1
took the life of Susanne Ivie last
week.)
As the town .antenna feeds to
many sets on the network, there
is usually no harmful current on
the wires, though they are naked.
But on any television set on the
network, if something happens,
such as one of the diodes of the
i lead-in comes in contact with the
case of the set, the case of the
' set is grounded to the chassis of
the set and when the chassis of
the set is carrying one side of
the power source, i either the posi
tive or the negative) a short can
result. Now this would not have
produced a harmful shock unless
the set was plugged into a re
ceptacle with the "hot" prong
plugged into the cold side of the
receptacle.
but it is common on most elec
trical appliances these days to
have the ground, or cold side ol
the line, connected directly wii'n
the cabinet, frame, or some other
part o f the appliance which is
touched in everyday life by
everyone in the home. This is
U. L. approved procedure, and is
recognized in law as Standard.
But the public should be informed
about their house power and
should know when plugging in an
appliance whether they are plug
ging a ground to a hot lead or
to a ground side of the power.
There are simple ways to deter
mine which is the ground side of
the power. Two appliances which
are setting side by side may give
a shock and electrocute a person
under the right circumstances if
one is plugged into a receptacle
in reverse to the other and if
each has a chassis grounded to
the frame of the appliances, and
both machines are touched at
the same time.
A method was offered to pre
vent this power on the Town an
tenna which would definitely pre
vent shock, unless the antenna
came into contact with a live
wire somewhere else, or from
lightning. This method is inex
pensive and practical, and the
product is on the ctpen market
today. It consists simply of an
A.C. blocking device of H Watt
register, in conjunction with a
capacitor (installed on every set
on the network, which will pre
vent 110 volts current from flow
ing from the set to the antenna
and which will still allow the
passages of the television signal
without any other alteration.
As a safety precaution, the
sections that are fed by the Town
antenna network are separated
into areas on a distributor signal
arrangement. And if one section
has a set that is causing the an
tenna to be charged with raw
current, then this distributor sys
tem prevents the current from
entering all the other sections.
This Is by no meant a safety
measure that will prevent (hock
if you happen to be on the same
section with a set that Is short
Her playmates racea lor neip.
Her father, sitting on the side
porch of their home, was aroused
by the commotion. He hurried
lo her rescue, tumbling down the
S US ANNE IVIE
steep embankment behind die
house.
With the aid of Steve Craw
ford. owner of the Texaco Station
across from the lvie Funeral
Home. Mr. Ivie was able to re
vive his daughter with mouth to
mouth artificial respiration.
Mr. Ivie's detailed account of
the incident is as follows:
"1 was sitting on the side of
porch at the funeral home read
ing my Sunday School lesson. I
was in my stocking feet. Some
how I realized something was
wrong. Maybe it was my wife or
oldest daughter. I don't know. I
heard a child say "Susanne-Wire.
? Dead." That was all that regis
I tered.
"I shoved my feet down into
jmy shoes and ran down the cliff
behind the house. I found Susanne
' lying on her back at the rear of
Rev. R. T. Houts- home. Her
eyes were very glassy, she was
frothing at the mouth, and not
j breathing.
i "Realizing she had suffered an
'electrical shock. I hesitated. A
| wire was lying across her neck
and body. With the tips of my
| fingers. I grasped a loose piece
of clothing and pulled her away
from the wire. I was afraid of
the wire.
"Then I started giving her
mouth to mouth artificial res
piration with the assistance of
Steve Crawford to whom I am
very grateful."
"On the way to the hospital.
Susanne remarked to her mother,
"Is it real or am 1 in Heaven?"
Her mother assured her it was
real.
Susanne was admitted to Provi
dence Hospital. She suffered
from electrical shock and burns
around her neck. After an hour
she was released.
"As best we can figure. Susanne
reached up and got hold of the
wire. She couldn't speak nor
could she turn loose. She fell
carrying the wire with ber to the
ground. The wire was about five
feet above (he ground," ber father
added.
Plan Annual
Revival At
Fields Of Wood
TV annual revival at the Fields
of the Wood will be held Sunday.
August 21 through September 4.
Guest evangelists will be BUI
Dennish and Deo Hattin from
Louisville, Ky Service* will be
gin each evening at 7:M pjn.
and there will be special singing
nightly. The public is cordially
invited to attajd.
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