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t Ttm CHEROKEE SCOUT kit oma box i?o 7" mi City County 28906 / MONTH CAHOUMA or rics* m mubphy. b.c. phomi mia code tm umii? ESTABLISHED JULY. 1U! Jock Owwis EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Bob Sloan EDITOR in chief Dave Brwc* managing editor Red Schuyler advertising manage* Jim Morgan production manager Weaver Corringer studio manager Thomasino Almond _bookeeper Nancy Dockery Typesetter Barbara Waldrup .typesetter Hugh Carringer compositor Pakllaliad n?r Thursday ar (IwkIi Straat, Ihtpfcy Mwlfc CnllM. 2890# S?ci?< Clau PmM|I Paid At Murphy, Mailh Carolina. $3.09 Om (1) Yaar la Charafcaa, Clay aid Cnka Caaa tlaa, M. C., and Nantahala, N. C.; Tmi, Unian and Pannla Cawntlaa, Ga., and Palli Cawnty, Tana. ALL OTHER AREAS 1 Yaar sd.00 - ? Man Hi. JJ.JO All swkrcrlpt tans dallvarad la Mailfc Carallna Includa ?ha atata'a thraa par cam a alas tax. Accident Odds Go Up As The Sun Goes Down When the sun goes down, the odds go up, that you'll be involved in an automobile accident! "Not me," you're pro bably saying, "I'm not a speeder; I'm not reckless; and I never drink when I'm driving." But how well can you SEE at night? Experts estimate that more than 90 percent of the opera tion of a motor vehicle de pends on what is seen. Acc ording to many safety ex perts and optometrists, a great number of after-dark accidents do occur simply as a result of not being able to see properly. A look at the statistical picture re adily confirms this opinion. Joe Register, Department of Motor Vehicles statistician, reports that North Carolina's night-time accident rate is nearly double the day time rate. "And," says Register, "two and one half times more fatal accidents occur at night than during the daylight hours! "Percentage-wise," the statistician continues, ' 'appro ximately 40 percent of all traffic accidents in rural areas occur during non-day light hours." About 35 percent of the tra ffic accidents in North Caro lina's cities happen during hours when headlights are needed, according to Register. Experts from the American Optometric Association say that the problems of night driving are largely biologi cal. They point out that hu mans driving at night are working at a task for which they are poorly equipped. "Our eyes," says Dr. Os car W. Richards of the A. O. A. "while readily adaptable to a large range of light, can see less well as darkness comes." "Unlike many animals," Dr. Richards' report conti nues, "our eyes have no spe cial adjustment for a after dark seeing." The Optometric Association experts believe that night driving demands three impor tant visual skills; the ability to see efficiently under low illumination, the ability to see against glare, and rapid re covery after being blinded by the glare of on-coming bead lights. Dr. Doyle V. Bedsole, A Raleigh optometrist who is keenly interested in the re lationship of good vision to safe driving, explains the dif ficulty that most night drivers encounter. "As dust comes on," He says, "the sky is still bri ght, while the objects on and around the road are in sha dow and darkness our eyes must strain to adjust to the changing light conditions." The optometrist adds that full darkness greatly de creases our ability to see distinct details clearly, cau sing more strain and hastening driver fatigue. As the driver strains to see, Bedsole asserts, more mus cles are involved? those of the brow, the cheeks, and even the lips. The resulting "dri ver fatigue" is cited by many experts as a mjor cause of night-driving accidents. The best way of relaxing these straining muscles, says Dr. Bedsole, is simply to look about as much as safe driving permits. He recommends frequent movement of the eyes stra ight ahead to rear view mir rors, to dashboard and to the sides of the road. "Try not to stare contin uously at the same region," he advises. -M Mrs. W. M. Lay spent last week with her sister-in-law Urs. B. E. Ferguson and vis ited other relatives and friends in Cleveland, Tenn. -M Mr. and Mrs. James Brad shaw and son, of Liburm, Ga. were the weekend guests of Mrs. Bradshaw's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morrow. -M Mrs. Ople McKeever left Tuesday for a visit with rel atives in Mobile, Ala., visiting relatives. She was acc ompanied by her mother, Mrs. Clarence Anderson of Gains ville, Ga. -M Mr. C. E. Hyde and daugh ter, Miss Peggy Hyde, Miss Susann Coward and Mrs.S. M. Benton spent Saturday In At lanta. -M Mrs. F. C. Bourne, Jr., and Mrs. Henry Hyatt spent Tues day In Asheville. -M Mrs. W. M. Lay spent Tues day in Cleveland, Tenn att ending the Lay & Co. Inc. stockholders meeting. 1 SEVEN SEAGOING SENSATIONS! CHRYSLER CHARGER 118 A ^ yvjdro-vee forW HYDRO-VEE HULL? ONE OF A KIND FOR FUN OF A KIND ONLY CHRYSLER OFFERS! Chrysler's exclusive fiberglass Hydro-Vee hull combines all the premium performance features of the deep-V, cathedral and racing hydroplane hulls, plus advances found in no other de sign. You never had it so smooth as the Hydro-Vee "water softener" ridel Take your pick of seven Chrysler Hydro-Vee boats, from the sassy 14-foot Charger 118 to the spacious luxury of the Commodore 486) Incom parable styling inside and out. Sensa Boats tional maneuverability and stability make for the best kind of water fun! But, you've got to see them to believe just how great they really are. Stop in and see Chrysler's new Hydro Vees and our complete line of Chrysler boats for 1968! \.v<i AUISON CRAFT, CRESTlINi ft STAR CRAFT BOATS juMmm I ? U S ? ??!???. H.C. Cum i Com t. By Boglcy Showed Under-- Almost Maybe this should appear on a society page or somewhere. Then, again, I kinda wonder If even that would be the place to put it. 1 reckon this is the very place for stuff like I'm about to write. Remember last Thursday morning? Snow was belly deep to a tall giraffe and more was falling. 'Tweren't fit wea ther out for man nor beast. Power lines were down ever y were. The roads were, uh? well, even as messy as they were, they were in better shape thatn anything else I knew of. Well, our Mayor Moore, and the First Lady, Miriam, had em a trip planned to sunny Florida. And last Thursday morning, yeah, that terrible awful day, they lit a shuck for the Sunshine State. When I heard they had gone I muttered to myself, "There's gotta be sumpin' wrong with any body who'd take off for any where in such weather." No , of course, 1 didn't say that out loud on account of by BW and Sharon are mighty bad about quoting me right when it'll do me the least good. And if they had heard me muttering a thing like that, why , that'd have been the first thing they would have relayed to said Mayor and First Lady. Yeah, that's the way they are?BW and Sharon. And, now, you're wondering why I should be worried about their quoting me when I am plastering it all over the news paper? Well, I'll tell you about that: It's a sight safer to put it right here than to have either of the above mentioned two quoting me. Then you say, "Well, folks' 11 read about it and quote you." I ain't worried about THAT a tall. Oh, every once in a while someone will tell me that they read this mess but, I know, they're just being kind. You see, they look at me and say to themselves, "Now here Is a sad looking character if I ever saw one. I'll see if I can cheer him up a little." Then they tell me they read this junk. And I smile all over myself. But I know they're just being nice, and I always ask the Good Lord not to hold it against em for trying to make me feel better. Just the other day no less than TWO people -- you can't get much less than that, can you? told me that they ALWAYS read this stuff. A lady even went so far as to say that she let her supper burn one night while she read this. Now, I said that I always asked the Good Lord not to hold these things against people when they say such nice thing. But this parti cular yarn, about this lady's supper burning while she read you know what? I reckon I'll really have to bear down when I speak to the Master about this lady's yarn. And a fellow made a special point of telling me that he, too always read it But 1 knew they were teasing, and I'm pretty sure that they knew I knew it. They must have felt good saying it and I know I sure did listening to it The point is that nobody'll ever know I even muttered that about our Mayor and First Lady taking off to Florida in the dangedest snow storm, nearly, that anybody ever saw. They have, lemme see, what it is they do have? preser verance, persistance, pert like A ddison said, they "ride with the whirlwind and di rect the storm." There oughta be a few good adjetives that'd fit these two resolute, diligent, assiduaous, uiilaltering, unwavering and unrelenting. I know a few more too, but maybe you get the idea about this pair of folks. But you know what, a few hours after they left I decid ed that instead of their being tetched in the haid they had more sense than anybody I could think of. Why stay in a cold, dreary, place like it was around here last week? 1 stayed here. No power, no lights, no cooking, no water no bath, no nuthin almost. And my pump! 1 was worry ing about it freezing and the stuff in my freezer unfreezing. And my elctric clock, it would n't work either. But there was a little consolation about that As long as my clock didn't run I was saving an awful lot of TIME. 1 think, altogether, I saved close to 48 hours. I haven't made up my mind yet about what I'll do with all that time I saved. Maybe I'll go to Florida some time my self. And that's all I have about our Mayor and the First Lady. Sponsors Show Beebe Hensley and his Cou ntry Boys are playing every Friday night at 7:30 at the Andrews Community Center. The show is sponsored by the Andrews Rescue Squad. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. On Guson Newman List 1 JEFFERSON CITY, TENN. Two students from Murphy are among the 111 student* Carson- New man College who are currently in the academic spotlight on this camp**. The students have just been named to the Dean's List due to their excellent academic achieve ments during the first semes ter. Dean Walter Guytoc anno unced the list today, and It includes ti?e names at Mil dred Elaine Woodard whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Woodard and Jimmy F. Coleman whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coleman. A 3.5 average is necessary to make the list at Carson-Newman. ATTENTION MOTHERS L^lJ BIG 11 x 14 PORTRAIT $|.00 Black and Whit* Plus 50C REG. $8.00 VALUE, ONLY ... _. Handling Charge Photo Hrs. ? No appointment necessary ? Full selection of poses 10- 1 2-5 ? No age limit ? All work guaranteed WESTERN AUTO Murphy, N.C. March 7-9 Limit ? One Per Subject ? 2 Per Family Each Additional Subject $3.95 PUBLIC NOTICE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL WIRING IN THE STATE CF NORTH CAROLINA AS OUTLINED BY THE N. C. INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, THE FOLLOWING RULES AND REGULATIONS WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM THIS DAY FORWARD IN CHEROKEE COUNTY (MARCH 7, 1968). (1) It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector to enforce all State and local laws gov erning electrical installations and materials , to issue permits for and to make inspections of all new electrical installations and such other permits and inspections. (2) No electric wiring, devices, appliances or equipment shall be installed within or on any building, structure, premise, nor shall any . ilterationi or addition be made in any such existing wiring, devices, appliances or equipment without securing a permit. , (3) Any person may be permitted to perform electrical work upon his own property, except property intended for rent, sale or gift, provided he first makes application for and obtains a permit from the electrical inspector to do the specific work comtemplated, provided applicant satisfies the electrical inspector that he is competent to perform the work for which permit is requested in a manner which will meet all statutory and ordinance requirements. If so satisfied, the Electrical Inspector shall issue a permit to the applicant personally to perform the particular work for which application was made. Such permit shall extend to the applicant only and shall not authorize the applicant to employ the services of any other person to assist him unless such other person is a qualified contractor. The permit granted the applicant shall automatically ex pire upon completion of the work for which application was made and the permit issued. All work done under such permit shall be subject to regulai vlectrical inspection requirements and fees and shall be required to satisfy all statutory and ordinance requirements applicable to such work. (4) Upon completion of any installation for which a permit and/or inspection is required, it shall be the duty of the person installing same to notify the Electrical Inspector, who shall inspect the installation within 48 hours of the time such notice is given if possible, and in no case shall inspections be delayed more than one week. (5) //here the electrical Inspector fines the installation to be in conformity with the provisions of the public safety laws of the State governing electrical wiring installations and materials and of this ordinance, he shall issue a certificate of approval in duplicate, one for the utility fur nishing the electrical service and one for the property owner. (6) The Electrical Inspector shall have the right during reasonable hours to enter any build ing in the discharge of his official duties, or for the purpose of making any inspection. . rein spection or test of the installation of electric wiring, devices, appliances and equipment con tained therein, and shall have the authority to cut or disconnect any wire in case of emergency where necessary for safety to life and property. Said Electrical Inspector is hereby authorized to disconnnect, or order the discontinuance of electrical service to any electric wiring, devices, appliances or equipment found to be dangerous to life or property because it is defective or de fectively installed until such wiring, devices, appliances and equipment and their installation have been made safe and approved by said Electrical Inspector. (7) ./hen a certificate of approval is issued > authorizing the connection and use of temporary work, such certificate shall be issued to expire at a time to be stated therein and shall be revocable by the Electrical Inspector for cause. A preliminary certificate of approval may be issued author izing the connection and use of certain specific portions of an incompleted installation; such cer tificate shall be revocable at the discretion of the Electrical Inspector. (8) All installations shall be in conformity with the provisions of the public safety laws of the State of North Carolina governing electrical wiring installations and materials. (9) These regulations shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility or liability of any party owning, operating controlling or installing any eleqtric wiring, devices, appliances or equipment for damages to person or property caused by any defect therein, nor shall the County of Cherokee be held as assuming any such liability by reason of the inspection author ized here in or the certificate of approval issued as herein provided. (10) Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions as stated shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than 550.00 for each offense, together with the costs of prosecution and in default of payment thereof by imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days. ^r^!^l?J?AVING ANY QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE RULES AND REGULATIONS CONTACT THE CHEROKEE COUNTY ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR. L. D. SCHUYLER, CHEROKEE COUNTY EL?C iJBi | " 'i iff J. . i* , ? . - _____
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