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VOLUME m NUMBER ? 41 ' MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MAY 7. MM " EIGHT PACES THIS WEEK Pi?| i?mn wkkki.Y
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| RAMBLER |
The lUmfatar will not appear la
this weeks issue of the Scout due
to sickjiau la the family. The Ram
bler will return next week. Read
ers are Invited to aoatl ar call in
incidents they would like to see
printed in the Rambler column.
First Meeting
Of Loggers
Set For May 16
ANDREWS? The "Old Time Lum
ber and Logger's Association of
Western North Carolina will have
their first meeting of 1959 on Sat
urday May 16 at 11 a.m. at the
court house in Robbinsville.
If weather permits they plan to
have a picnic lunch in the Joyce
Kilmer Memorial Forest picnic
area. Members are asked to bring
sandwiches. Cold spring water will
be furnished in the picnic area.
All old time 'Lumber-Jacks and
Logger-Hicks" are invited to be
present, the "Lily-Whites" or the
white collar workers are also in
vited to attend.
Mack Holland of Andrews is sec
retary -treasurer of the Association.
Wagon Train
Executive
Committee Named
Following is the officers of the
Wagon Train Celebration along
with representatives of civic organ
izations.
The group makts up the execu
tive committee. This committee is
responsible for all major decisions
and will Stands regulate concession
Those interested in operating
concession stands should contact
the executive committee.
Following are the members of
the committee: Holland McSwain,
chairman; Jack Dickey, co-chair t
man; Neal Barnes, general secre
tary; Mrs. Robert Weaver, Treas
urer; Mrs. Glenn Patton, secretary;
Mrs. Holland McSwain, Murphy
Garden Club representative; Mrs.
John L'arringer, Cherokee Rose
Garden Club representative; Mrs.
Herman Kdwards. Women's Club
representative; Mrs. C. L. Alver
son. Business 4 Professional Wo
men's Club representative; Robert
Penland, Rotary Club representa
tive; Ben Palmer, Civitan Club
representative; Robert White,
Lions Club representative; and
Hugh Hensely, American Legion
.representative.
Korean Foresters Visit Murphy
Four Korean forest officials visited Murphy recently as part of their
tour of forest in the U. S. The goup spent two weeks in North Carolina
studying conditions and methods. Pictured with B. A. Nugent and his
assistant, W. A. Tut tie, are Kim, Yungjoon, Chief ROK Bureau of Fores
try; Lee Kyungwhau, Choi Yoail and Oho Taieung.
Whittier Camp
Meeting Set
For May 10-20
The Shoal Creek Camp Ground
will be the light for the n Whittier
Camp Meeting.
Dr. John R. Church Is the evange
list and Mr. Paul Smiley will be the
song leader.
Services will begin at 7:30 each
evening from May 10 through May
20, including Saturday evening ser
vices. There will be special music
each evening of the camp meeting.
Dr. John R. Church, Western
North Carolina Conference Evange
list of the Methodist Church, is
well known in Western North Car
olina. The Rev. Mr. Church served
his first pastorate 37 years ago on
the Whittier (Shoal Creek) Charge.
He was pastor of the Andrews
Methodist Church from 1925-1928.
He has been in evangelistic work
since he entered the Methodist min
t for nearly 30 years. Ar
rangements were made two years
ago for the Rev. Mr. Church to
come for the Whittier Camp Meet
ing.
He is nationally known in evange
listic work with meetings recently
in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kansas.
The Rev. Mr. Church will be the
devotional speaker over WMSJ
Radio for the week of May 11
through May 16 at 8:15 A.M.
The camp meeting will be in a
tent erected on the Shoal Creek
Camp Ground. Tfie camp . grounds,
are locted on U. S. Highway 441.
3 miles south of Cherokee. There
will be ample parking space for
the crowds expected to come from
all of Western North Carolina.
Mr. Paul Smiley, known in re
vival meetings and sings in Swain
and Jackson Counties, will lead the
Camp Meeting songs. He is a mem
ber of the Smoky Mountain Quartet
of Bryson City.
The soifg service which begins
at 7:30 each evening will be pro
ceeded by a prayer service at
7:00. This prayer service will take
place on the mountain side near
the tent. The Stump Prayer Meet
ing will be. led by Mr. Orville Sher
rill of the Olivet Community.
has Ijjeen ? conference
PERCY B. EEREREE
ELECTED
ANDREWS MAYOR
Percy B. Ferebee was named
mayor of Andrews Tuesday in the
town election.
Elected to the Board of Aldermen
were Luther Tniett, incumbent:
Galusha PuUium. incumbcnt: Zeb
Conley Sr. and A. B. Chandler Sr.
All candidates are democrats.
There was no opposition.
Mr. Ferebee succeeds L. L. Love
as Mayor. Mr. Ferebee held office
for several terms previously.
Methodist Church
To
Increase Budget
The proposed church program of
Murphy Methodist Church was pre
sented to the church congregation at
two congressional meetings on
May 30 and 31.
In an effort to meet the needs
of an expanding church program
the Every-Member Canvass Com
mitee has set the goal for a one
third increase in the church budg
et. The present budget is set at
$19,500.
Plans are being made to increase
the benevolence giving of the
church, provide class-room equip
ment and secure the services of an
educational and secretarial assist
ant.
Hugh Howard Is Chairman of the
General Committee, Merle Davis
is Chairman of the Committee on
Program and Resources, William
Hodges is Chairman of the Commit
tee on publfcity and materials and
the Reverend W. F. Elliott is
Chairman of the Committee on Vis
itation. ~
Sunday, May 17, has been desig
nated as Church Loyalty Sunday. On
that Sunday is expected that fifty
vision will go in teams of two to
visit the entire resident member
ship of the church and present the
church program for the new year.
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Topli" Man Killed When Struck
By Falling Stone After Blast
Plans Announced For Giant Boy
Scout Rally Planned For Murphy
twcivc m vv oi-ouimg units organ
ized this year in Nantahala district
are being honored in a gigantic
Scout rally at Murphy Saturday.
The boys themselves, Scout lead
ers, parents and all interested in
the Scouting program arc invited to
the charter presentation ceremony
at the court house at 7 Saturday
night, when Joe Edwards, of Ashe
ville, Daniel Boone Council execu
tive, will speak.
The twelve new units with hund
reds of boys embraced within their
membership, are troops and packs
at Hiwassee Dam, Hanger, Mar
lins Creek. Peachtree, Marble and
White Church.
tarner m me aay the scouts win
rally at the fair-grounds at 2 p.m.
for raising of the colors.
There will be an afternoon of games
and competitive field events; and
from 5 to 6:30 p.m. the visiting
Scouts will have a picnic supper ?
which they bring themselves? on
the grounds.
Led by Holland McSwain, district
chairman, and John Jordan, dis
trict commissioner, the Scoutcrs
will march to the music of the Mur
phy High School band, directed
by Kd Reynolds to the court house
lor the presentation.
Hobart McKeever. local leader in
Scoutfng and current^ dfstricf
finance chairman, will preside at
the meeting; and Joe Ray of Mur
phy. organization and extension
chairman, will lead in the presen
tation of charters. President of
sponsoring PTA units are to receive
them.
The Scouting rally is being plan
ned as the biggest event ever held
in Nantahala district, according to
Francis Pless of Franklin, district
executive. Along with PTA
pre s identi, institutional rep
resentatives, unit leaders, com
mittemen and the Scouts ami cub
bers are urged to be present to
receive their membership cards.
WAGON TRAIN PROMOTED
Harr> Seamanot Murphy is shown as he was greeted al the State Capitol recently. Mr. Seamon was in Raleigh
to promote the Wagon ? ram Celebration planned for July 4 at a parade as part of "See North Carolina week."
Pictured with Mr. Seamon is Addison Hewlett, speakerof the House of Representatives; Mrs. Sara Everett of
Dare County in costume for the "Lost Colony" drama at Manteo; and W. N. Rose of Kitty Hawk in Buccaneer
attire for the Dare Coast Pirates Jamboree.
Atom Heat To Electricity Break Through
Forecast Era Of New Nuclear Progress
The new atomic era foretold by
the announcement that Atomic
Energy Commission scientist have
experimentally converted the heat
of atomic fission directly into elec
tricty won't come overniaht.
Some practical applications will
take a decadc to develop.
But the Los Alamos discovery
will "speed the day when the U.S.
can land a man on Mars.
It will hurry the time when re
liable weather satellites regularly
circle the globe giving the data to
accurately predict weather.
It will make possible baby-size
atomic submarines which can sneak
in and out of enemy harbors past
convential defenses. It will make it
possible for the Army some day to
carry small, portable power plants
on major landings.
It could largely eliminate the i
greatest bugaboo an atom-power
ed naval fleet faces? break-downs i
in the atom power plant which i
might be imposible to repair at sea. i
It could some day make power i
practical for mines in isolated
mountain regions, far-off military '
installations along the DEW Line 1
la Canada, at Thule Air Base In I
Greenlaad. and a scientific outposts i
in t ha Antarctic. <
Some day it should make elec
tricity from atoms cheaper than
conventionally - produced electric
power. And concelivably, it eventu
ally would make possible not only
atom-powered trains but even large
atom-powered military tanks and
trucks.
There are some who believe It
may help solve the thorny problem
of a practical fast military bomb
er. But this is not at all clear.
What then are the advantages
that this new direct conversion of
atomic fissiou heat into electricity
promises?
FIRST? Simplicity, compactness.
Up to now, it's been necessary to
convert the heat into a force?
i.ay bteam power. Then the force
of the steam has been used to turn
a turbine to produce electricity.
That calls for a bulky, expensive
plant, baselcai.-y inefficient because
of ail the steps involved. Direct
convention plants can be small, un
complicated.
SECOND? No moving parts.
Therefore, the power plaat requires
ess mamtenaance is. less likely to
>reak down. Thia la crucial in a
satellite, a space rocket, a wanUp,
in isolated power plaat
Right now, however, direct con
version is inefficient, too. That is,
it takes a great deal of heat to pro
duce a little electricity. Today, di
rect conversion generally is less
than a sixth as efficent as in less
steam engine.
But this is just the beginning.
Scientists at two dozen private
firms and colleges? and at govern
ment iaroratories? are working oa
the basic problem of raising the ef
ficiency of direct conversion of heat
into electricity. The government
alone probably will spend 94 mil
lion this year oh this task.
Reliable scientists think that
eventually direct, conversion might
be made 20 per cent efficient ?
that is, a fifth of all the beat pro
duced would be converted into elec
tricity. Small as that efficiency
sems. that would make the direct
conversion type of atom power en
gine or power - plant practical. For
uranium is cheap considering the
power it contains.
The Rusians arc known to have
been working oa thia problem for
at least a decade Indications are
the U.S. to ahead. But pntakiy got
far.
Another Man Injured As Rock Rolls -
Under Shovel Where Two Seek Shelter
A 58-year old Topton man died at a Murphy Hospital Tuesday from
injuries suffered when tie was struck by a falling rock at Clement Con
struction Co. quarry at Murphy Monday.
Shake And County
Operation Set
By "Bootstrap"
As Western North Carolinians
wait the results of "Operation Boot
strap" days held last Friday and
Saturday, some 3,000 tin cans all
over Western North Carolina may
be filled or only partially filled.
The directors of the Western
North Carolina Industrial Develop
ment Corporation, at a board
meeting held April 27, voted to
shake the cans ? all 3.000 of them?
and those cans that seem to be
only partially filled win remain un
opened and an effort will be made
to fill each and every can. Those
tin cans which are fined will be
opened, always by two of the di
rectors, at a local bank and the
money will be deposited immediat
ely.
"County collections and overall
collections", stated J. C. Keeter,
Treasurer, 'will be announced just
as fast as possible, for we knotv
that the public is anxiously await
ing the outcome of the operation
"shake and count.'
Baby Service
Planned For
First Baptist
A special baby service will be
held at First Baptist Church Sun
day in connection with the Morning
Worship Service at 11 a.m.
This wiU be the climax of "Baby
Hunt" which is being held this
week in an effort to enroll and en
Ust in Sunday School aU babies in
our community who are Nursery
and Cradle RoU members and pros
pects.
During the service on Mother's
Day, aU babies as well as mothers
will be recognized.
Special music wUl be furnished
by the Junior Choir.
| Coroner J. C. Townson said Mr.
| Reighard was struck by a rock as
he lay under a shovel. The rock
was loosened by a blast set off to
dislodge stone. The rock went into
the air after the blast, crashed
through the trees and struck Mr.
Reighard uDder the shovel.
Another man was injured at the
same time. He is Bruce Clement
from Whittier, N. C. He is listed
as in good condition at Providence
Hospital.
The blast shook windows through
out the town and dislodged plaster
at Murphy Electric Shop. The fall
ing plaster damaged crystal and
china at the shop.
Mr. Reighard died at the hospital
at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning.
He was a shovel operator for 35
years. Mr. Reignard was a member
of the Woodmen of the World.
He had been a member of the
Sweetgum Baptist Church of Ro'o
binsville since he was 17 years old.
Mr. Reighard is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Flora Brady Reighard;
two daughters. Merle and Pealr of
the home: one son. John Ervin of
the home; three brothers. Etaest
of Atlanta, Ga., Hub and Emmet of
Topton; three sisters. Mrs. G. W.
Hooper, Mrs. Earl Shuler of Rob
binsville and Mrs. Sarah Godfrey
of Topton.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Thursday at 11 a.m. at
Topton Baptist Church by the Rev.
Clarence Adams. Burial will be in
Valley River Cemetery.
Palbearers will be Howard Greg
ory, A. B. Chandler, Jack Shuler,
Clyde Sawler, Hubert Bryson, Wil
son Carpenter and Will West.
Nephews will be honorary pall
bearers and nieces will be flower
girls.
Ivie Funeral Home is io charge
of arrangements.
Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N. C. May 3, 1959, Baltimore, Md.
To the People rf Cherokee County,
I was born and reared in Murphy, and for years have been
very proud of it. Just recentlf 1 have begun to think differen
ly. We have always subscribed to THE SCOUT, by receiving the
weekly home town paper we still felt like we were home in one way.
Always on Saturday morning we have a wonderful time reading the
paper.
For months though every lime we finish the Scout we are more
upset than overjoyed. Seems like Mr. I. D. Clare's item ahtays
just urps me. He is an outsider so why should he have the privilege
to our own kind. I think your paper would be much more interest
ing if you would just let Mr. Clare keep his two cents worth oat.
worth out.
* I have my doubts to whether you will publish this letter, but I
sincerely hope so. From my talks with others I am sure we are not
the only ones who fee Is this way.
I will be looking for this letter in your Scout and I do hope I
haven't offended anyone.
Sinerely,
A COUPLE REARED and
SCHOOLED IN MURPHY
P.S. Please Give Mr. Clare A Message. He Might Be The Next One
On The Sick List 11 He Doesn't Stop Talking About The Good People
In Murphy . . .
Speaking for I. D. Clare, It is not the usual policy of the Scout
to publish letters from persons who do not have enough powered
conviction to sign their own letters but an exception Has been made
in his case. ? ; , ? 4
The Scoot fails to see where Mr. Clare, a rustdwnf of Burpfcy,
Could b* oentldMtd any mare of in "outsider'' tnart spsr**xie living
in Baltimore. Maryland. It.is the Miei of the Scout that Mr. Clare's
letters have pipltd sotoe .teals l^irphy that nea^ to ba
looked into. This was done In interest of the community
^ ' . The. thraat ot '' 'ifcciEiia*'.' foasto show how our transplanted read
er's mtod warta. W?wWld , that*. or- she or bath haye a
'? W??M pirwn.s*rt W 4 rfonMaa ? mini** and let
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