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BOOK CORNER . . , ~■■■ —.—l—. u -■ What Maimer Os Mtui: Biography of Martin hither King Jr. by Lexone Bennett, Jr. 1964. Pp. 227. Johnson Publishing Co. Chicago. B was the peace-loving Gandhi who ? 'teds "Perhaps it will I* through the Negro that the unadulterated message of nonviolence will be delivered to the world. " His prophetic words were fulfilled in later years when the Rev. Martin Lu ther King Jr. , his ardent follow er, grafted the ideas of Gandhi onto the Negro religious tradi - tion in America. The struggle It takes more than riiih i ml" L •» iKbk I :: Birth _ Defects are forever ...unless I you help. March of Dimes THI* SPACE CONTRIBUTED SY THE PUBLISHER B If you've got the monvi, V: we've got the time. • Jjjf A We've got the time in eight beautiful watches. And the more you deposit in a Northwestern savings plan, the less you pay. With a $5,000 savings deposit, you select the watch of your choice absolutely free. Deposit $250 or more, and you pay only $9.95. On deposits of SIOO or more, you pay only $10.95, and if you save $25 or more, your cost is $11.95. All prices are plus tax. All eight watches are on display in all Northwestern Bank offices. Visit the one nearest you today! Offer good only while supply lasts. • Other models may be substituted at Bank s discretion THE NORTHWESTERN BANK % Member FDIC m.. '.a.: Si'.'. . 1 that followed is told byLerone Bennett, Jr. in his biographycf Martin Luther King, Jr. entitled What Manner of Man. Believing in a personal philosophy of a "social gospel" which states that the c hurch should take a direct, active role in the struggle for social justice, King was hurled head long into the fray by a sudden turn of events. Basically, the Negroes had already changed in spirit, but were slumbering fitfully as if in a nightmare. It took only the 'right man at the right time to awaken and lead them. The Montgomery, Ala. bus boycott in 1956-1957 trig gered the beginning of the cru sade for racial justice, in which King became the right man at the right time with the new ideology of nonviolence. King did not seek leadership; leader ship sought him. 'Tracked down and chosen" by the times, he served as a magnet to attract and release the energies of men and women of varying view points. From Montgomery to Bir mingham, Greensboro, Albany, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, from ghetto to ghetto, the em bers King had lighted burst into flames of revolt of unpreceden ted intensity. Building on the Gandhi tradition, learning not so much from words as words fed by the blood of experience, he gave the Negro a new vision of struggle and a new vision of the possibilities of man. The long sought for victory was waiting for them at the end of the road with the passage of the historic Civil Rights Billon July 2, 1964. Although What Manner Os Man was written before the tra gic death of Martin Luther King, Jr. , the author states that ne vertheless King believed in a strong sense of destiny, as if he were possessed by God,or fate, or history. As such, he showed that he had conquered all fears when he stated: "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live." I Property Tax Notice All persons owning property subject to taxation must list such property at the Courthouse in Burnsville during the month of January, 1973. Any person who fails to do so will be subject to the penalties proscribed by law. fDec.21,28, Jan. 4,11,18 ,25) Cone River 'Rebel News By Betty Buchanan The Cane River Rebels tra veled to Spring Creek Friday, December 15, and played two victorious games, fa the boys j game, the score was 100-78;fa-., this game, James Paul Young scored 52 points, breaking the Cane River record. The girls game ended with a score of 70- 44. Linda Doan has scored 20 points for the last 3 games. There was no J. V. game. * By Audrey Renfro On December 18 the Cane River Beta Club made fruit bas kets and delivered them to the Sun Valley Rest Home,the Free Will Baptist Rest Home,and the private home of Elsie Higgins. Everyone gave the baskets and sang Christmas carols. The re- . maining fruit baskets were ta ken to the Yancey Hospital and were given to the patients by the Beta Club. The patients en joyed themselves and so did the Beta Chib. * By Pam Fox During the week of Novem ber 13 through 17 a book fair was held at Cane River High School. The students had approxi - mately 5000 books to choose from. There were many differ ent types of books: mystery, adventure, science fiction,bio graphy, autobiography, honor, suspense, romantic and others. The students were very eager to select the bools of their choice. | The price ranged from 50$ to $2.00. The s.chool collected nhrw.l- $500.00. Marine Gets Navy Medal Marine Staff Sergeant Jo ’ seph M. Bundy, hisband of the former Miss Marie A. Mele of Cherry Point, N.C. was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal at the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni,Japan. He is a 1965 graduate of Worthington West Franklin High School in Pennsylvania. WAh IV Sponsors Christmas Dinner Approximately jO persons attended a Christmas dinner sponsored by WAMY at Arbuckle Community Center December 14. Older persons were special guests for this occasion. Men and women were fcom Arbuckle, Seven Mile Ridge, Bowditch, Celo, Newdale and Crabtree. Gifts were given to the oldest woman and man present and to the one with the most grand - children. Turkey and dressing and many other festive foods were prepared and served by volunteers. Volunteers, including Dallas Renfro and Howard Buchanan, assisted with trans portation. A get-together lunch also was held at Prices Creek Community Center. Persons attending were from Jacks Creek, Banks Creek, Bowditch and Prices Creek. The main ac tivity for this event was the gathering of.gifts for a needy family in Prices CreekCbmmunity. Social Security Questions And Answers By Doug Butler Field Representative Q. I' m a 20-year-old col lege student getting monthly social security payment*, [was recently suspended from school for 3 months but I plan to re turn to classes again at the end of my suspension. Will my ■ monthly checks continue duriig my suspension period? A. No. Your payments will stop for the 3 month period of your suspension. Payments c3fe not be made to a student for the period in which he is sus - pended during a school year. Your payments will start again when you return to full-time attendance if you file a tew claim and re-establish yolr en titlement to benefits. Q. I had worked at a job for nearly 25 years until my doctor recently ordered me to quit becatse of a serious heart condition. Even though my husband is still working, can I receive monthly social securi ty disability payments? A. If you are found eligibfe for disability payments on your own work record , you will be able to receive monthly checks. The fact that your husband is still working will hav<? no ef fect on your monthly payments. You should call, write, orvisit your social security office im mediately to apply for disabili ty payments. Q. Pm a widow getting monthly social security pay ments. I have a chance now to do some part-time work. Since I've never had a social security number of- my own, should I use the number on my check? A. No. The number on your check is your late husband social security number. You should apply for your own num ber. To get one, just call your social security office. Q. Pm retired and getting monthly social security pay - ments. My 30 year old men - retarded son, who never worked, was also getting moith ly checks on my work record until his death last month. Can I get a lump-sum payment to help with his funeral expenses? A. No. A lump sum pay ment is made only when the deceased person himself had enough work under social se curity to be insured on his own, Q. Since a heart attack a couple of months ago, I have not been able to do any kind of work. My doctor suggested I check into the possibility of getting social security disabili ty benefits. What information do I need to apply for disabili ty benefits? A. You'll need your social security number, the date (month, day, and year) you last worked, the date (month, day and year) you became dis abled, information on the kind of disability you have, and the . names and addresses of the doc tors, hospitals, and institution that treated you along with the date of each treatment. If you've received any treatment or examination by the VA,you should also have your service serial number and your V A claim number handy. fa addition, you should bring along information about the kinds of jobs you worked at most in the 10 years before your disability began and, if you've received Workmen's Compensation benefits, you THE YANCEY JOURNAL Burnsville, N.C. Sd Yuziuk-Publisher Carolyn Yuziuk- Editor Pat Briggs-Managor .Indy Hlggins-Assoc. Editor Published every Thursday by Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Paid at Burnsville, NC. 28714 Subscription rates *.'l yr. in county *5 yr. out of county Thursday,December 28,1972 Number 39 should have your Workmen's Compensation claim number available. Q. My fasbandkis 66 years old but can't get monthly so - cial security checks because he's still working full time and earning too much. Pm 62 but not working. Can't I get a wife's payment on his work re cord even though he isn't get ting payments? A. No. Since your husband is still working and is not get ting monthly checks, you can rot get monthly payments as a wife. However, you may be eligible for payments on your own social security record if you bud enough woric over the years fa jobs covered under social security. You might also have your husband check with us again, to see whether, with both of you now old sough, he is still earning too much to receive ■'some benefits for the year. Q. My mother, who's in a nursing home in smother state, has most of her care paid by the Medicare program. I would like to report some unsanitary conditions in the home. I heard that social security offices will acceprt such complaints. Is this true? A. Yes. Local offices of the Social Security Adm inis - tration now receive and report such complaints, so that they can be investigated. If you have any nursing home com • plaints, call, write, or visit any social security office. Rural North Carolina Narrowing Gap Rural North Caro linians are gaining on their city cousins in terms of jobs and income. Dr. Paul Stone, an extension economist at North Carolina State Uni versity, reports that per capita income and indus trial jobs are increasing faster in North Caro lina’s 87 rural or non metropolitan . counties than they are in the state’s 13 urban or met ropolitan counties. For example, per capita income in the 87 rural counties increased by an average of 46 per cent between 1966 and 1970. The average for metropolitan areas was 32 percent, and the average for the entire state was 41 percent.. Stated another way. Dr. Stone said, “Almost 60 percent of the $5 billion Increase in total personal income from 1966 to 1970 occurred in nonmetropolitan areas.” Dr. Stone also noted that 96 of the 143 new Industrial plants last A THE YANCEY JOURNAL DECEMBER 28, PAGE 2 BY JIM DEAN ! Two of North Carolina's best "native" trout streams— Steels and Upper Creek, both in the Daniel Boone Game Lands—ere being threatened by a major highway project o Route 181 from Morganton to Linville. But thanks to Trot* Unlimited, the U.S.Forest Servici and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, the renc vation of this road may not result in the destruction of thes two fine "native" trout streams. That hopeful possibility i a big improvement over some earlier highway construction projects, one of which recently silted the excellent Thomp son River so badly that its ability to sustain a wild trout fishery is highly questionable. Here's why tire outlook seems better for saving Steels and Upper Creek, not to mention several smaller feeder streams where wild native brook trout live. A few weeks back, membeis of Trout Unlimited disco vered the road construction, part of which goes through the Pisgah National Forest. It was apparent that few, If any, stepls to control silt were being taken by the road builders. Furthermore, no environmental impact statement had been prepared, the result of a loophole in the law. Trout Unlimi ted quickly contacted the U. S. Forest Service, and Forest Service personnel inspected the work. They too were upset. Meanwhile, one of the Wildlife Commission's biolo - gists reported the 'potential for destruction to the Commis - sion's headquarters, and both the Forest Service and the Wildlife Commission urged the Highway Commission to take the necessary steps'to pro vent siltation. "As of Wednesday, December 6, the Forest Service ha: declined to grant the Highway Commission an easement to continue the work on Section B from the Fox Camp check station to the top, " said Jack Kennedy of the U.S. Forest Service. "This is the area higher up the ridge where the most silt damage could occur. We will not allow woric to begin on this section until the state can prove to is that all the stipulations on silt control are working on the first segment of the road where work is already underway." On Sunday, December 10, Trout Unlimited membeis again looked at the road where massive cuts and fills are in progress, and some silt controls had already been estab - fished. Some of these controls—particularly the silt nets in the gullies under the worst sections —seemed to be work ing fairly well although there have been no heavy rains tc test their real effectiveness, fa other places, silt controls were virtually nonexistent, but have been promised as quickly as possible. Among the controls requested by the Forest Service are settling basins, polyethelene runs at the sides of fills, silt. . . nets, brush barriers, straw u» d asphalt cover over raw eartl and several other measures. "If these are followed out, they will be effective, "sai Kennedy. "We also plan to check the controls weekly, am set up two stations on Steels Creek and two on Upp>er to check the sediment so we can see if the controls are working Trout Unlimited members, Forest Service and Wildlif. Commission personnel plan to keep a close watch on the pperation to make sure file destruction of natural resources in the area is held to the barest minimum. "Once the problem was brought to their attention,High way Commission personnel have been very cooperative, and promise to do what is necessary to protect this area," said Del Thorsen, North Carolina National Forest Supervisor. It is perhaps a little early to announce a victory for environmentalists. After all, some would suggest that the road work could never have been justified had an environ - mental impact statement been required. But apparently that's water over the dam. The road is being built, and the j objective now is to insure that its construction does not ha on irreplaceable resources. But don't breathe a sigh of relief yet. Wait until the road is finished and the soil stabilized. Then, if the strains still run sparkling clear and cold, we can all rejoice. And vve can point to the project as an jxample of how things can be done with the proper cooperation. year and 130 of the 221 industrial expansions were in nonmetropolitan areas. Morover, over 18,000 of the 25,400 new man ufacturing jobs in the state during 1971 and almost 80 percent of the state’s increase of 195, 113 in manufacturing employment from 1960 to 1970 occurred in met ropolitan areas. Despite the progress in income and jobs, the NCSU economist said, “Very serious problems remain in rural areas.” Per capita income in rural areas still lags about S3OO behind the state average and SI,OOO behind the national average. Dr. Stone, who is secretary of the N. C. Rural Development Com mittee, said rural res idents also have poorer quality schools, health services, police and fire protection, and water and sewer facilities. Among the barriers that he foresees to fur- ther development of rural areas are poor housing, low levels of education and nonfarm occupational skills, inadequate \and use planning, and insuffi cent t /ays to dispose of trash, junk and litter. The Rural Develop ment Committee, of which he is a member, is composed of IB representatives froth state government agen cies of the United Stat£ Department of Agrlculf ture and the two land*- grant universities. At the local level county rural development panels are involved in various types of rural develop ment progress. The state committee and county rural development panels seek to increase the level of Income, create more jobs, provide better training opportunities, develop better commu nity services and Improve the quality of environment for res idents in small towns and rural areas. .