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PAGE SIX SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS by 1 j _ Lewi'J Dameron i|!-' S.R. Hensley of Prices Creek and Harris Gortney -of Roses Branch have recently construct ed farm ponds on their farms. , 4 . These ponde were built on un productive areas, they have put this idle land to good use and to work for them, lit will now . furnish them food for the table as well as many days of recrea tion and relaxation. Personnel of the Soil Con servation Service assisted these two farmers with the surveying of their pond sites and in order ing fish for stocking purposes, through the U. S. Fish & .Wild life Service. * Lester Byrd of Jacks Creek and Tom (Morrow of Higgins have recently drained some wet areas on their farms by using tile drainage. These wet areas, some of their most productive land, are now dry and suitable Wt CANNOT SAY iuO OFTEN '■ \ tii'. . P* ,: wm # of. f I ,hS . I v-ii/Ry* V. j tl NEARLY 40.'000 " ’ KILLED IN I FVi . • • , ■ ' i 0 5 . . fl I ■ ■■ -—HM-TW .T-TfM. i«ll If T ''.••• '/<&• iri'S" ,)' fxif ■!'•?.-'" > M&. " v 1 • TEMPORARY SHELTER ... One farmer In need of a temporary shelter for young pigs in an open feed lot removed one of the slid ing doors from a corncrib and used It as shown. Baling wire was used to hold roller units against- top of fence. * 11 ■ ■—> -1 -1 .. .-I ■ 1..- i ■ ——■ —-■ - 1.1 / Mav'&f’so much - \ i DESOTO Qruwt Com! STYLES & COMPANY SOUTH MAIN STREET BURNSVILLE, N. C. for row crops and meadows. B. B. Hensley of Beelog has seeded some alfalfa on his farm this spring. Alfala production Is one of several soil and water conservation practices planned by Mr. Hensley in his complete soil conservation plan. This plan prepared in cooperation with the Yancey Soil >C 0 n s ervation 'District contains a soils map and a land use map of the farm Showing how he plans to use each held. Vacation time is here. Time to hit the open road. Hit the road, but don’t hit anything else. Don’t foe a “Hurry Bug” in the heavy summer traffic/ Slow Down and Live! Sign at a railroad crossing: “The average time it takes a train to pass this crossing is 14 seconds, whether your car is on it or not.” GOV. HODGES SjUGGESTO CAUTION, 0N MINERAL AGREEMENT Governor Hodges urges Nor th Carolinians to “proceed with caution” before they sign leas . es granting oths*s the right to search for minerals or explore for oil on their lands. The gov ernor has been advised by Dr, J L. Stucky, head of the De partment of Conservation and Development’s Division of Min eral Resources that a number of companies are actively en gaged in investigating mines' in North Carolina or inquiring about prospective mine sites. Dr. Stuckey states that “their interest in North Carolina should be welcomed by all of us who desire to have the . State’s mineral explored and developed.” Since it is possible that per sons not familiar with miner als and mining may make con tracts not to their best in terests, the governor and the state geologist urge all owners of supposedly mineral-bearing land to be certain they do not sign contracts granting mineral rights that they might regret later. They suggested that landowners consult mining ex perts in their communities be fore making any such agree ments. - • YANCEY MEN ENLIST IN NAVY Four Yancey County men en listed in the U. S. Navy and are now receiving their r e emit training at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes 111. The men enlisted are, Ray Johnson and Charles Helena Bryant from Bee Log, N. C.; Howard Edwards from Higgine; and Willie Howard Chrisawn from Micaville. Upon Completon of their re cruit training, they will foe a fourteen day leave period to visit at home before reporting to their new dujv. atatior^. ■ \ * HIETIEEVeJ ; PITY the younger generation no matter which way it turns it ( runs smack into criticism, invari ably from some wise elder highly upset over the fact that young ( 'oiks just won’t act the way older ( "oiks think they should. The latest (and perhaps the sil 1 c liest) complaint being lodged against the new generation is that { :t is walking with both feet on the -round and a business-like eye to ( .he future. It seems that some . ducators took a look at the most ,-ecent crop of graduates and cried out in great alarm, “Where arc -the dreamers, the idealists, the would-be conquerors of science, business, fnance and Mars?” Th( obvious implication being that high schools and colleges are turn ■ ing loose upon our burdened econ omy thousands of hungry job-seek ers, which we already have plenty of. What is needed, they imply, are dedicated souls, not plain Joes and Janes w.io'll be happy with forty hours or less, plus paid va cation and retirement. Now those of us who remember the time when high aspirations and ambitions were considered the mark of an idle dreamer should get a good laugh out of the fact that the tuny has changed. There was a time when kids were told they would never amount to a “hill of beans’’ unless they got their noggin out of the clouds and their feet back on the ground where both visibility and ..i. were more secure. , SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECORD GOV. HODGES SUX t f A well planned food budget calls for an abundant supply of milk. Don’t skimp on nature’s most perfect food. Robinson’s Dairy ■ %xxxKxxxwrvwwwii(KKNKKKKmi iw«iwim«**womxxx%xxM THE YANCEY RECORD Spit- f . y ■■■:•. HE? \ : : SKI CHAMP . . . Willa McGuire, International and national water ski title holder, practices her ■tunts at Cypress Gardens, Fla. FIREMEISr BY THE OLD TIMERS ’ From Mrs. Maud Shawyer, Han- Uton, Montana: I remembei t‘ first school that I attended or. ti banks of the Gallatin River r Montana when I was six yea'ft old, in 1878. It was the first school in thr district, which had just been or ganized. The building was of newt; hewn logs. The door was rr.ide o unplaned lumber There were tw, windows on either side of th building. We had some kind of a blackboard. The desks werje hqmc made and we used slates ant pencils. There were nine cUiMre, attending. We used McGufTy; Reader and the Barnes History I still have them. They are prizeo possessions. Miss Lay was our first teacher She had been teaching in Missoni and came out to Montana to teac perience she had "a 3he was on her* way home, fio, school late one afternoon. She was on horseback, ridiiv leisurely, when she heard a pan ther scream. It came so near tha she could see it. Terribly frighten ed, she pulled thy veil from he ’ tat and threw it down The par her stopped and tore the veil in*< ihreds. Then it caught up wiih he igain and she threw her hat to. ii Curious, it stopped to look at th. lat. While it was doing that sh urged her horse on as fast sh' could and never saw the panthei again. She said that she had heard of others using that method r escape when being followed by panther. (Send contributions to this column «• Old Timer, Community Press St loo, Frankfort, Kentucky.) t" MIX UR..? IF YOU NEED HELP IN DESIGNING AN AD SELECTING WORDS THATshI LET OUR EXPERIENCE DO A BETTER JOB. • FOR QUICK RESULTS, • CALL THIS NEWSPAPER- NOW! , THE YANICEY RECORD STUDY U.S. FARMS . . . Nine girls from India arrive on S.S. Independence to study homemaking on American farms. They are: Asha Dawesar, Pushpalata Karnik, Atiys Sultana, Klruberathy Cross, Usha Sud, Eliz, Mammen, Fushpa Mltra, Hamlata Singh and Surrender Sainl, I' fy* /\ / i When you’re out to make an impression, an OK / fjß m MjmK Used Car will never let you down! The OK Tag | MM marks a used car that doesn’t look like one! - JF / . Thoroughly inspected and reconditioned, all OK * Look Used Cars carry the famous Chevrolet dealer / forth* warranty in writing-AT NO EXTRA COST. red 1 Sold only by an Authorized Chevrolet Dealer j . / ROBERTS AUTO SALES, Inc. PHONE 236 BURNSVIILLE, N. C. .rr: • 17* . ~ ; —; ° V Baby Contest \ fr , Burnsville Department Store Tuesday, June 28 « Pictures taken free Nominal charge for prints if desired. Ist Prize $25.00 oil-colored picture 2nd Prize Bxlo SIO.OQ oil portrait 3rd Prize Bxlo Portrait Anyone can have pictures taken-adults teen agers, family group. Contest for child ren only. See window display in Burnsville Depart ment Store. , ' THURSDAY JUNE 23, 1955
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