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TEE YANCEY RECORD ~~T Established July, 1986 LESSOR ARNEY FOX ; EDITOR and PUBLISHER ERLING TONESS Published Every Thursday By YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY A Partnership Entered as second-class matter November 11th, 1936, at the Post Office, Burnsville, North Carolina, under the act of March 3, 1879. ■'■,*. ~ - EDITORIAL COMMENT^ LET’S UNSHACKLE OURSELVES As citizens of Yancey County we have often shackled oursel ves with the notion that we are 100 poor to afford good schools. Luckily this poverty psycho logy is changing. One sees more references than formerly to “this rich mountain area” in descriptions of Western North Carolina. We have a healthy resentment at being considered poor mountain folk constantly peeding things done for us. We prefer to help ourselves as far as possible. Only our vision of What is possible may be too limited. Great promise for the future of Yancey County lies in oup wealth of undeveloped resour. " ces. Several local industries (could be based on utilization of forest products now going to waste. A greatly expanded tourist business could be pro moted in this area of scenic beauty and cool summers. The standard of living on our farms could be raised considerably by taking advantage of better agricultural practices that have been found workable here. Whese are just a few examples and they are not pipe dreams. They are based on solid, present facts, not even taking account of future discoveries. But in this discussion of x natural resources tfne most important resource has been omitted our boys and girls. The future of our county not only belongs to them. It depends «TWI tttem. f«n Tffl ~t»MC I' DEYTON FARM SUPPLY {Yancey County CHECKERBOARD ' NEWS . tr >331 ■ Os Deyton One year ago in September l Wentz Mdntosh put his herd of dairy cows all the way on Pur ina Dairy Program. Since then he has followed Purina recom mendations on feeding both his dry and his milking cows. The average production per cow last September was 865 pounds. One year later the average production was 960 pounds per month or an in crease of 95 pounds per month. This increase came by follow ing tlhe Purina feeding program for one year. The program is designed to get all the produc tion from a cow that’s bred into her, and at the same time maintain her body condition to ensure a long milking life. Hurry -pigs to market on Purina's hog profit plan Time means nothing ot a hog, but it means everything to the hog man. * To make fast starts even faster Purina Research has added Baby Pig Chow to famous Purina Pig Startena. Super palatable Baby Pig Chow gets J)iga eating and gaining early— often in a week. Feed only 60 lbs. to the litter and switdh to Deyton Farm Supply PHONE 189 A ' BURNSVILLE, N. a t VWWWWVWUVyUWWWVW about these wonderful future developments if we are not to have people capable of doing the job? And Inow can people— even - the most intelligent— become capable without ade quate training? This brings us - right back to the question of better schools and our ability to afford them. (If anyone still questions the need for better schools in the county, we refer him to the report given elsewhere in this paper.) We have spent compar atively little on our Yancey County in the past 35 years, as our County Commis sioners point out. The total valuation of property in Yancey County comes to over 9 million dollars. Only 1% of this total is owed on schools—the lowest rate of any county in North Carolina. Since we can float the school bonds and still owe only 47c, we will not be taking on any great burden. Help from the State will be forthcoming only if we are willing to should er our responsibility by author izing this local bond issse. Let us unshackle ourselves from the “poor county” notion and help our boys and girls enter the bright future that is within our reach! Challenges to Education Yancey County is not alone in having to meet the challenge of inadequate school facilities. U. S. Commissioner of Educa tion Brownell recently wrote an article for Today’s Health canefl "CkaUanirfl ta I Pig Startena. The average weans only about 6.47 pigs per litter. At the Purina Farm we have weaned 9.15 pigs per litter. Since it takes 5 pigs to break even, we have profit on 4.1 pigs We’re sure you could use extra profit like this. And, we don’t stop here. The average hog man markets only about 11 hogs from each sow pe r year. At the Purina Farm 17 hogs are marketed from each sow. Thousands of hog men are marketing 1,750 to 2,000 lb. litters in 5 months on the Purina Hog Program. Let’s do some figuring next time you’re in town. HEALTH HINTS Check CRD with Purina CHEKJtMY CIN We hope by carefully controlL irtg ventilation and keeping drafts from tlhe house CRD won’t strike. Should you hear rattles, wheezing and see droopy birds, it’s time so rfast action. ADD CHEKJRJMYCIN to drinking water for 3 lays. A water soluble Aureomiycin pro_ , duct, it will get birds back on (their feet. Keep Chek. Mycin on hand where it will be ready 1 for fast treatment of CRD > outbreaks. VIOLET RAY;S 0I «* S mmammmmaammmmrnamamm tookmmjamammmmamomm i •« • « Note: This column is written . with malice toward none, but with the common good of all in mind. e* * • What a perfectly beautiful fall we're having in the moun tains. How balmy and warm the Indian Summer sun during mid-day. And how bracing the frosty mornings,—that is for those who are up and abroad before the frost melts away. The hillsides, mountain slopes and valleys are bedecking in a gorgeous array of colors that beggar our command of words to describe. Always the writer's favorite season, each succeeding Aut umn fires anew a gipsy kind of wanderlust in his mind and heart. And until recent years he was able to obey the urge to spend days on end, climbing from one rugged peak to ano ther, just for the sheer joy of viewing from different vantage points the far-flung panorama of Nature bewiteningly claA-itt her coat of many colors. It was on October 19, 1944, during our first Autumn among the picturesque bills and valleys of Yancey County, and following one of those invigor ating excursions, just men tioned, that the following lines were penned in an humble attempt to describe and express what had been seen and felt on that day. The writer offers the verses here dedicated, especially to those who love the Autumn as he does, and who may also lack the time or means, or physical stamina to leave the busy and clamorous world of men and machines behind, and go for a mind and soul cleansing among the lav ishly decorated hills of God: WHEN AUTUMN COMES I walked today ’mongst painted hills, O’er crooked trails, down pocky Where* Nature had bedecked the land iln varied colors, rich and grand. The hick'ry trees, in golden hue, Along with oaks and beeches too, Stood ’neath an Indian Summer sky, Where lazy cloud-sail# drifted by. Schools.” Although he might have been speaking directly to any group of parents, teachers, and other concerned persons in Yancey County, he was actually speaking to the whole nation. Commissioner Brownell calls education “a n investment in the guidance and growth— mental, physical, and spiritual —of today’s children, youth, and adults. He adds, “It is an investment protected always by community tradition, local pride and responsibility for the school.” “The 1955.56 academic year| will see a record school enrolL ment in the U. S.”, states the Commissioner. In less than two years th# census rolls have swelled by 5,000,000 persons. Mr. Brownell also calls at tention to health, problems that are a part of the educational picture. Nearly 5,000,000 child ren throughout the country need specialized educational attention because of physical, emotional, mental and other abnormalities. Great progress has already been made in sdhool health programs, and the remaining problems can be solved, Com missioner Brownell feels. Thesis are of concern to federal and state governments—“but pri. knary responsibility for their Solution rests with local com munities and citizens.” ; These last words have a familiar ring to citizens of Yancfy Comity, who have been told the same thing by Gover. nor Hodges and by our State (Department of Education. The yardstick by which the State will measure Yancey County's willingness to take a proper share of responsibility, and the county’s eligibility for further a{d by the State, is the re sponse of Yancey citizens in the October 29 School Bond Election. ~ THE YANCEY RECORD \ In pasture fends, 'hove browning grass, | I found the lowly sassafras, — Whose tender leaves, varied— shaped,—-' ~ * r “ "”~ The hoary frost had not escaped: j : four by to Bln Chip @ vabm Why pay more f forless? . i i Did you know that the new Blue Chip GMG - " • ■ Xi —acknowledged leader in modern features —in smart styling—caw now be bought for less than many competitive trucks—due to - Ybu’ll get Blue Chip GMG quality at the ''greatest bargain in history, ~ | ■ ***** *~.l ■■ us. too, for Triple-Chocked used trucks ' " ■” l "“ l STYLES & COMPANY SOUTH MAIN STREET BURNSVILLE, N. 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C. •- - ' - ."-: .; - ~.-r-. - - ' * “ ' " vVj * •'•• ~ “TT ‘ Along a ridge where maples grow, A rail fence staggered to and fro, — ' ' , ■ A greying line that reels and sags Beneath those gold and scarlet flags. , . The gum and aflame, And blushing red, as if in shame, That soon their limbs would ail be bare, Exposed to winter’s shilling tetare! Choice of 5 Power Ratings. 200 V-8 hp avail able with PowerPak in all 4 lines-Belvedere, Savoy, Plata and Suburban. Or chooae 187 hp in Belvedere vo r L ban I }? ea - 1,1 Sav °y an< * Plaza lines you get ISO V-8 hp. If -you prefer the super-economy of } Plymouth a PewerFlow 6 -also available in all 4 lines I 7- you get 125 hp, or 131 hp with PowerPak. TBUBBDAY OCTOBER 20,1955 All this I saw, then homeward turned, The day well spent,—a lesson learned: Our lives have season’s like thg ; - " " ‘j— — When Autumn* comes, then 'winter's near-. H- Alley
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