The Byrd Creek Tidings
By: Donald McCourry
Rt’ 1, B„x 16, Relief. N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Maddox of
the state of Mich., were here
over the week-end, visiting with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Seth
Hughes, and also a sister and a
brother.
During the 4th, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Hughes of Penna., were here
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Seth
Hughes and a sister and brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Hughes of
Pigecn Roost spent several days
recently up north, visiting with
relatives.
Bill Willis from Pennsylvania
is here at the present time, vis
iting with relatives and friends.
Mr. Willis plans a several weeks
stay while here.
The writer of this column re
cently traded his ’59 Chevy car
for a blue and white Cattlenia
Pontiac, ’6l. The writer also re
cently had moved in on Mr.
Peterson’s trailer lot in west
Burnsville. A '67 Mobile Heme.
The writer extends his greatest
appreciation to all the visitors
to his new home in the past
month The writer only stays at
the Mobile Home during part
time. It's 12x45 feet. The visi
tors were: Rev. and Mrs. Wade
Murphy, and two children; Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Austin, and sev
en children; Mr. and Mrs. Ral
ph Austin, and two children; all -
of Burnsville; Mr. and Mrs.
Ronnie Austin of Marion, N. C.;
Mr and Mrs. H. J. Miller and
two children of Relief; Park and
Floyd Hughes, Walter Ray and
son -if Relief; Mr. and Mrs.
Ezra Fender of Burnsville, and
two children; Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Ray of Charlotte. Mrs.
Fender is the writers half-sister,
and had been nearly 17 years
since we had seen each other,
until July 16. 1967. Jimmy, the
w; l'rr’s half brother, and had
l " <‘o oeary 18 years since see
ing »Mch other, until July 23,
'’>r<V and Rev. and Mrs Char
les Webb and two children, of
Green Mountain.
Hamy weather has pervailed
tier.' in this mountainous sec
tion nearly all of this summer.
Tins :s a good season for crops.
The writer used to keep a re
cord of the weather but no lon
ger keeps anv record of the
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Burnsville, N. C.
THE YANCEY RECORD
weather conditions, due to so
much work and travel and
church work, the writer is kept
nearly busy. The writer for 4
Sundays in a straight sung with
a quartet and duet over WKYK
in Burnsville, at 1 p. m., up un
til Sunday, July 16th.
This writer used to have sev
eral readers of his column in two
local newspapers, which we
wrote for one nearly 3W years.
We wou'd like to welcome all of
you back to reading it once
more, if in any interest to you.
Would like to receive a letter
or card, if you read this.
Springs Should
Be Properly
Protected
For sometime now we have
had, and are still having, show
ers in the vicinity. Many people
of Mitchell and Yancey coun
ties do not have their springs
properly protected from surface
water, animals, etc.
There is no law requiring pri
vate home owners to properly
project their domestic water
supplies but we strongly recom
mend that every one do this on
their cwn. When surface water
or animals have access to your
spring, then a public health haz
ard exists. The cost to properly
fix a spring or reservoir is usu
ally small "and not prohibitive
of mest all our people. It is di
ficult tc do concrete work in the
winter time so now is a good
time to do this kind of work.
The health department will be
happy to assist anyone in our
area in a problem as important
as this is; we will also tell you
the proper way to sterilize your
spring reservoir and, or, pipe
line.
DISTRICT HEALTH DEPART
MENT, By: Jake F. Buckner,
District Sanitarian.
Spotted Fever
Cases Bising
The rising number of cases of
“Spotted Fever” has put North
Carolina second only to Virginia
in the incidence of this acute
communicable disease, accord
ing to Dr. P. E. Schrag, Field
Epidemiologist, Communicable
, Disease Section Beard of Health,
Raleigh. There have been sev
eral deaths aireaay this year
and a large number of cases
have occurred considering that
it is still early summer.
“Spotted Fever” sometimes re
ferred to as “Rocky Mountain
Sp tted Fever” because of its
original diagnosis in the Rocky
Mountain states, is often mis
judged as measles or German
measles. It is an acute communi
cable disease characterized by
fever, headache, muscle pains,
and a rash. The rash generally
begins on the hands and feet
and rapidly progresses to cover
the entire body. In severe un
treated cases, delirium, convul
sions, and death may occur.
The organism that causes this
disease (Rickettsia) is very
similar to a -irus and is trans
mitted by the bite of the dog
tick. The disease is most com
mon on the eastern seaboard,
especially in North Carolina,
Virginia, Maryland, and Tennes
see. The largest percentage of
cases occurs in the months from
July to September when the
ticks are most prevalent and
when people spend more time
out of doors. Almost three-four
ths of the cases are in pre
school and school age children.
In calling attention to the ser
iousness of this disease, Dr.
Schrag gave the following prac
tical preventive suggestions:
(1) Parents should examine
their children at least once a
day for ticks. If the ticks are
present, they should be removed
gently with tweezers or forceps
so that the head of the tick does
not remain imbedded. (2) Dog
owners should remove all ticks
from their dogs each day. (3)
The possibility of “Spotted Fev
er” should be, kept in mind
whenever a person complains
of a rash and fever during the
warm summer months. Antibio
tic treatment is effective if in-,
stituted early.
Pepto Bismol i
Reg. SI.OO
Now 77$ I
. Bisodol Powder
Reg. $1.19
Now 99$
Philips Magnesia
Reg. $1.29
Now 97$
NEW BOOKS ADDED TO
REGIONAL LIBRARIES
By: Ashton Chapman
DO GOOD by William Sayres
is a novel about a Peace Corps
reject, in a dusty South Ameri
can village.
TREBLINKA by Jean-Francois
Steiner is causing a world-wide
re-examination of the Jewish
experience in face of the Nazi
holocaust.
WHERL*~DO WE GO FROM
HERE: CHAOS OR COMMUN
ITY? In its breadth of vision,
its compassion, freshness and
felicity of style this book by
Martin Luther King Jr. is a ma
jor advance along the frontier
of democracy.
THE CONVERTS. Folio* Ag,
his much-praised Julius Caesar
novels, Rex Warner has written
a fascinating resonstruction of
the early years of St. Augustine.
THE ANTHEM. Bold and
sweeping in scope, moving from
the present day to the 16th cen
tury and back again, this novel
by Neel B. Gerson is the story
of the de Motauban family, a
family that bears witness to the
bitter and often bloody fight for
religious freedom.
NEW TRENDS IN THE
SCHOOLS, edited by William P.
Lineberry. An interesting and
important sidelight on American
education, which has entered a
period of great ferment.
TALL AND PROUD by Vian
Smith is the story of how a
girl’s desire to be with her horse
enables her to overcome the
fear and pain of polio and learn
to walk again.
THE PEACH STONE, Stories
from Four Decades. A wide ex
perience of American life is in
terpreted in’ this rich collection
of short stories by Paul Horgan.
PASSIONS OF THE RING.
Love and hate, fear and violen
ce, envy, vengeance are the pas
sions that make a world in mini
ature of Boonham’s circus in
this novel by Arthur Acred.
ANALOG 5, edited by John
W. Campbell. These nine tales
from the pages of Analog Mag
azine range from a nightmar
ish novella about a deadly inter
national war game to a witty
fantasy about the difficulty of
finding, and keeping, supersized
pets.
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Jergens Lotion
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White Rain Spray
Net
Reg. $1.49
Now 97$
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1967
BREED OF GIANTS. The
Cumberland fells of England’s
lake country is a marvelously
fitting background for the tri
umphant affirmation of life as
symbolized by the Shire horses
in a novel by Jovce Stranger.
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD by
Philip Roth is the story—at once
satiric and serious—of Lucy
Nelson, a Midwestern girl who
believes herself to be a moral
superior of her family and
friends.
COLUSSUS by D. E. Jones is
a novel of tomorrow that could
happen today. There is excite
ment and drama in the stark
confrontation between Prof.
Forbin and his monstrous crea
tion.
THE MAN WHO LOVED CHIL
DREN by Christian Stead (new
edition). In Samuel Clemens
Pollit, a scientist employed by
the government, is offered an
uncannily accurate characteriza
tion of the complete egocentric,
seemingly adored by his six
children.
Ltrary Acquires
Color Slides
By: Ashton Chapman
The Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Re
gional Library, composed of the
public libraries in Bakersville,
Burnsville, Newland and Spruce
Pine, has recently acquired a
series of color slides on ARCHI-
Tf.v’T'iTtj-, AND
SCULPTURE ava table for
groups 'visaing to exmuit them
with a projector.
Accompanying the slides Is a
comprehensive manual on ART
HISTORY AND RELATED STU
DIES, edited by Nahum Tschac
has on. The slides cover examp
les of painting etc. from the
paleolithis period to the present.
Inquiries about available dat
es for booking the slides are in
vited. Interested persons should
contact the librarian at any of
the four public libraries compos
ing the three-county regional
library.