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PAGE TWO 7 THE YANCEY RECORD Establkhed July, ISB6 LESSOR A&NEY JPOX EDITOR and PUBLISHER h SEEING TONfiSS Published Erery Thursday By - YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY 1 A Partnership Entered u second-class matter November 11th, 1938, at the Poet Office, Burnsville, North Carolina, under Urn act of j March 3, 1879. " " ; Editorial Comment Some searching questions for any community that is deeply concerned for its young people * are given in the Working Man ual for this year’s Community development program. The ques tions make ifp part of the work sheet for a community youth committee. Since they seem to add a little more substance to the general idea we expressed in this column two weeks ago, we quote them: “Have you listed the various youth organizations and club! young .people encouraged to 1 in- your community? Are the participate in helping improve the community? Have you con sidered some improvement pro ject that could be carried out & entirely by the youth of the community? Does„the commun ity have*, a place where the young people can get together? Is there adequate recreation and recreation facilities for the young people? Do you have any suggestions on some type of agricultural project for the young people that could be sponsored by the community de velopment organization? Can you arrange for the young peo ple to help out on some of the programs at the community meetings? Are there active ad- ult 4-H club leaders in the community?” We are sure these questions were not intended as a complete list of all the needs of youth. But we also feel sure these questions contain in themselves some answers to the problem of “What can we do? Where can we begin ?” SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECORD FIRST STEP! L In Spartan’s .. i 10 10 10 PLAN I to help you 3 GROW GREAT LAYERS ! j SPARTAN QUALITY, %% | Growing really great layers | : jj begins with the chicks. §•■ iSSSISf ;I I And the first days are the start! . V juif d . * ■■ it Spartan Quality Chick Ststftfr is the right V feed for the job. It has everything chicks need to live and grow .. .perfectly balanced so that every bite counts. It’s really got r.- -' the starting quality you want! JOHNSON & COMPANY I PRESNEIX & PRESNELL N ■ . NEWDALE, N. C. VIOLET RAYS ON 01) R WAYS By H. M. Alley #* * # Note: This column is written with malice toward none, but with the common good of all in mind. ** * • Uncle Josh says: “A small crowd were on hand down to Cedar Crick Church this last past Sun day. I reckon them as had been sayin they’d come when „ the weather warmed up, desided to wait ontil hit gits (cojd agin. ’Pears like some folk air alius a-waifin fer sumthin dif’runt from what got. The rever-rant Samuel Go forth were a-fussin bout a miss pelled word in his Sundauy ’n ouncement in last week’s paper. The Cedar Crick Chronicle. WharTiit were supposed to say ’a warm welcome awaits ever bodv’, the eddyter put hit, ‘a warm Helcome’. H’m, come to think on’t, thet maybe were the reason so many stayed away last Sunday. Folks’ll stand fer a heap of hellfire preachin endurin big meetins in summer time, but somehow they’uns don’t seem to hanker fer eny ‘Helcome’ in dead o’ winter.” #* * # Sure enough, the early spring gardening fever has started its annual rampage. Several victims have been observed giving forth those un-mistakable signs of restlessness which attend the first stages of the malady. And one or two whom we personally know about had already reached a more advanced and aggrftvat- ] ed condition, refilling in hav- < ing their land plowed while it ‘ woa go’ wet it oould been slicked dowfc with a' cement trowel. Naturally they insist , that wet plowing'doesn't do the land any hand while the ground continues to freeze at night. But to date nary a one has come forward with any evidence that this “breaking of wet ground is harmless. Lets have evidence. And here is how to get it: Di vide your plot or field into equal halves. Plow one half of it wet -each winter, but wait until the other half is dry enough not to s slick off the plowshare be fore breaking it. Otherwise treat both plots exactly alike, If after three years of this pro cedure both plots produce equ ally well, and are equally easy to cultivate, let us know. • * •* » • There 5 usually enough dry weather for farmers and gard eners tq break and prepare their seed beds, and to cultivate a ; growing crop, and enough wet weather to keep the crops and weeds growing. Trouble is, the weeds keep growing while folk doaf or go fishing,- whereas crops and vegetables depend for their growth in large part upon proper and regular cultivation. 1 This is just as true of flowers 1 as it“is of other crops. But this' regular attention and care i should be considered a privilege and pleasure instead of an irk some grind. ■'**** Speaking of flowers and gar dens, now is the time to begin , planting. Also better be order ing certain seed and plants, also shrubs and fruit trees and vines for spring planting. Most Seed and Nursery Companies are slow bnaagti in making ship ments that it will be the right time for planting, or BEYOND, before your arrives! Be sure to include in your order a variety of colorful flowers to i give you an abundance of color through-out the summer and fall.-And another thing to be sure about, —plant those flowers where the passing public may see and enjoy them too. ** * * A mighty fine project for the Community Clubs would be to take vacant and un-sightly plots along the country roads and highways and prepare them as fertile seedbeds for flowering plants of various_kinds. Another suggestion; Build‘a trellis be hind mailboxes along rural routes and plant running roses or some other kind of flowering vine, such as woodbine or cy press. ’ij ** # • Uncle Josh says: “I shore hopes Salley, My Wife, don’t see this artickle. Same time o’ year I starts tinkerin aroun a gittin my fishin poles dusted, and seein they r s a good s’ply of flies an all Enem other thing a-ma-bobs in my tackle box, Salley, she starts a-thumbin through seed catalogs, and mind * ing me not to let tne neighbors git ahead of me a-fixin the gar den ready to plant. Short, effen she reads this here piece—ihit’ll git her all flustered an ’cited, ontil they'll be no rest fer me, an chances air I won’t git to wet a hook ontil t’other bey’ll hev all the big’uns done ketebed an told about.”—’Nuff Sed. Consumers In ladvjtrlal eoun tries pay out, as a group, an esti mated 18 to 30 per cent of their Income in taxes (including indi rect taxes and custom duties) and put 7 to 10 per cent into savings, say authors of a Twentieth Cen tury Fund report. • ■ 'mm- r .-mm-. ’--s ■ i*•• , - . . ’ • KEEPING IN SHAPE . . . Rose mary Christie makes like a weight-lifter with “barbells" made of coconuts. Scene Uat ‘ Nassau in Bahama (SHE YANCEY RECORD IRVING BERLIN’S 'WHITE « CHRISTMAS’ IN SENSA TIONAL NEW VISTA VISION The entertainment world is agog about Paramount’s brand new musical comedy extravagan za in Vista Vision, Irving Ber lin’s “White Christmas,” and it id little wonder. Due to open Sunday, February 27, at the Yancey Theatre, for four days. “White Christman” stars Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen with Dean Jagger and if that no table galaxy of stars is not enough, it also has Irving Ber lin’s music and lyrics, a waim, moving story and production numbers that literally bedazzle the eye. Filmed in the rich hues of -Technicolor ana in the revolu tionary new Vista Vision film process the viewer is able to see images on the screen with such clarity that it defies the imagi nation. “White Christmas” was the perfect selection to be the first such film to be filmed "in the electrifyingly stunning pro cess. One of the most spectacu lar musicals of recent years, it is the culmination of almost a decade of planning by Irving Berlin, acknowledged by his peers and the public alike as the country’s and perhaps the world’s, greatest writer of pop-Tx, ular songs. While carrying the title of a tune first introduced by Bing Crosby in Paramount’s memor able musical “Holiday Inn'” many years ago, “White Christ mas” is an entirely new story with entirely new characters and with a new and fresh musi cal score. It teams for the first time the two men generally re garded as show business’s fin est entertainers, Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, and it further features the stunning dancing of Vera-Ellen and the warm song styling of Rosemary Clooney. GARDEN GLUB The Garden Club will meet Friday night, February 25, with Mrs. Fred Proffitt. Associate hostess is Mrs. John Watson. They say a telephone pole has j never hft » car except in self de fense. A 0 * , J/DLm " Get ready to start your spring planting •jrjlSPg Hoes, Rakes, Spades, Garden hose--in fact anything you need to make < your Garden something to be proud of. - ■ * - Ml K |1 j • • \\ 11 A • j|HL ”\u L/7 Come in and see our mk. Merry filler It is the finest thing on the market to take - the drudgery out of • gardening. 7^^^, BLUE RIDGE HARDWARE COMPANY PHONE 217 BURNSVILLE. N. C. Spruce Pine Again Is j Honored To Have Western Carolinas Junior College Basketball Tournament <i . - . • At HARRIS H. S. GYM I Thurs. Fri. Sat February 24, 25, 26 N. Greenville Asheville-Eiltmore Brevard Lees-Mcßae Gardner-Webb Spartanburg Mars Hill I • * V Sponsored by j SPRUCE PINE LION’S CLUB Admission 50 & S I.OO ■ ■ • _ Game Time Thursday Night 6: 30 p. m. . 3 Full Games Thursday Night I Basketball At It’s Very Best I Come Early 8L • THURSDAY SEEDS? fc# f i * ■ '■ j We have lots of them. Just to give you an idee-we have 15 var ieties of beans. - , «V vZ, s
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