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THE YANGEY RECORD " "1 Established Jufcr, 11KJ6 LESSOR ARNEY FOX EDITOR and PUBLISHER ERLING TONESS Published Every Thursday By YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY ■ f A Partnership ■ i Entered as second-class matter November llth r 1936, at - the Post Office, Burnsville, North Carolina, under r the act of March 3, 1879. * *v . - - - - 1 : i EDITORIAL COMMENT It took us a while to make up our own minds about wheth er we would vote for one or two new high schools in the coming election. After collecting as many facts and opinions on the question as we could find, we have personally decided to vote for one. We do feel that in many parts of the United States, school systems have gone hog-wild on consolidation, forming unneces sarily large units where the in dividual pupil is swallowed up, so that the advantages of better facilities are offset by the dif ficulty of adjusting "to a hffge, impersonal school set-up. But this is decidedly not the case in Yancey County. Our whole county is so small that one high school for the county is still a comparatively small school. Remembering the 900-pupil high school which we attended, •it did not seem too large for a friendly, informal atmosphere. Admittedly it would be an advantage to every small com munity to have its own well equipped high school offering full range of subjects and facilities. But we all know that this choice is not open to us. The only choice at present is between one or two. Since most students will need to travel a considerable distance to reach either of the two high schools anyway, the additional distance to reach a better equipped school offering more subjects and better training either for college or a vocation does not seem very important. Figures given elsewhere show . » I DEYTON FARM SUPPLY Yancey County j ! I CHECKERBOARD ~ i NEWS r by i Os Deyton i Did you ever hear of a six weeks old pig gaining a pound a day the first month after weaning? Mike gained 28 lbs, in 28 days and he did this on only 54 lbs. of pig startena. That’s less than 2" lb. of feed per pound of gain and a cost of only eleven cents ’per pound. And what was - Ike doing these same 2$ days? He gained 10 lbs. on 45 lbs. of corn and shorts at a cost of 17.6 cents per pound. This is 6.6 cents more per pound than the cost of gain made by Mike. It’s the results that count! WHY DO YOU RECOMMEND BOOSTER CHECKERS That question is thrown at us quite often. In the case of pul lets just coming into produc tion we explain it tdis way. A good pullet usually lays her first egg at 414 to 5 months, but body growth is not com plete until about 10 months. Her greatest strain comes dur ing the first 4 t 0 5 months of production, when she should lay 85 to 115 eggs, complete her growth maintain her body. Special feeds to meet her de mands for a higher level of proteins, vitamins and miner als often help the pullet throu gh her peak production period without mishap. Booster Check ers are extra high in animal Deyton Farm Supply PHONE 189 ; BURNSVILLE, N. C l , ' " ’ '. J that one new high school will t provide our children with greater opportunity with less ; expenditure than will two. It 1 may be wondered why the com- 1 mittee whose report is given 1 recommended twot Well-found- 1 ed opinion seems to be that ] this recommendation was at] < that time considered a work- i able compromise between the * no-consolidation position and t the consolidation of all high < schools of' the county into one. ] A surveying panel from the < State Department of Education i had earlier recommended one high school for the county. 757 PERSONS X-RAYED * ! IN FIRST FIVE DAYS ! : ‘ •* ] The District Health Depart- , ment reports that a total of , 757 persons were X-rayed in , five days in the chest X-ray. ] survey in Burnsville from ( October 19 to 25. A break-down of the total by 1 days shows that 100 persons ( were X-rayed on October 19, i 150 the 20th, 171 the 21st, 'l6l i on the 22nd, and 175 on the 25. 1 < f\ mm : tmdUVi ©Copyright 1935, „ WoH Pitnoy Production* and vegetable protein, mineral * and vitamins. They’re designed for top-feeding during times of stress. Top feed Booster Checkers now to guard against production slumps later on. Also, great for conditioning older layers if needed. 3 dozen extra eggs per pullet means extra egg profits Last year egg records from farm ladies just like folks in our area revealed they produc ed 3 dozen more eggs per pullet during the fall months when prices were highest than £he U. S. average flocks produced. We told them they could beat the averages by 40% on the Purina Laying Chows Program, but they beat them by an ex tra 20%) for good measure. There’s still time to switch to the Purina Program and go after extra eggs this fall. Ask about the plan that*s right for you. BIRDS NEED A CONDITIONER? If your birds are suffering from CRD,' poor appetites or are having trouble coming back after illness, you’ll be glad to know about Check-R- Aid, made by Purina. It’s for tified with extra health-promo ting vitamins and antibiotics. Cbeck-R-Aid ... a ready to feed flock conditioner. VIOLET RAYS ONODRWAYS By B, M. Alley ** * * Note: This column is written with malice toward none, but with the common good of all in mind. -7- --, * ** * * . There have been some real timely editorials in the Record recently relative to some very vital issues,—namely the Unit ed Fund Appeal and the school bonds and school building is. sues confronting the people of Yancey County. How many have read about and weighed those propositions there is no way t 0 tell, but it is interesting to note that the United Fund thermometer erected a.top the Merchants Association Building on Burnsville’s town square is showing a rising temperature. This is a good indication, of mounting interest in a worthy cause. Lets all do our best to keep that indicator mounting steadily until the goal o f $11,300 has been reached. ■ ***.* Concerning the school bonds and the school building issues all citizens will soon have oppor tunity to vote, deciding at the polls the fate of each. But may we remember that it is the fate not only of issues but of the welfare of Yancey County’s fine boys and girls that is to be decided. That is THE issue, — what is best for our children, both now and for many years to come. As one editorial stated it is not a partisan matter. That is it is not a matter that should be contested or championed by either party in a spirit of oppo sition to the other. For it mutually concerns all citizens, regardless of their party affili ations. It is one point where all politics should be ruled out, while sober_minded men and women vote their honest con victions without malice or prejudice. »* * # This column, without any de sire or motive to take sides with any party or faction, sincerely advocates the sshool bond issue as a wise investment that should not be neglected any longer. As to whether the best solu tion for our congested school system may be found in building one or two Centralized High Schools, or enlarging the plants and facilities at the several High Schools now operating is a matter that we cannot as yet take a definite stand about, because of the many conflict ing involvements, with many debatable pros and cons on every side. One thing we all should know, at the steady increase of the birthrate, —with more and more boys and girls reaching school age annually, it is soon going to become imperative to do some building or enlarging somewhere or other, regardless of cost or any other negative consideration. ** * * One thing that we can and do advocate with all sincerety ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals will be re ceived by the Towni Commis sioners of Burnsville in the office of the Town Clerk until Nov. 9th, 1955, for Labor and materials, tools and machinery for the construction of Garages and office in the Town of Burnsville. Drawings and specifications maty be obtained from the Town Clerk or Town Engineer. A deposit of SIO.OO will be re quired for each set of docu ments which will be returned upon the return of the docu ments in good condition. A performance bond will be required in an amount equal to 100 per cent of the contract price conditioned upon the faithful performance of the work and the payment to all persons supplying labor or materials for the construction of the project. Award may be made to the lowest responsible bidder pro viding it is to the Owners in terest to do so. The owner re serves the right to waive any and-or all formalities, and to reject any and-or all bids. The Town of Burnsville i , THE YANCEY RECORD is the redoubled efforts of parents and teachers to see that the boys and girls each school year shall be taught some practical lessons in per sonal conduct and ethics that are Tarely prescribed in the average sehool curricula. Re gardless of how., cramped or inadequate Class Rooms may be, —it is possible, —and oh, how important, to drill into the minds and hearts .qf school boys and girls.' principals of honesty, truth, courtesy, and fair-dealing that will make them respectable citizens of their native or adopted Coml munities after they leave school" We fear that it is possible to become so busy teaching some prescribed text book, as to Completely overlook'*and neglect f SCIENCE IN 1 YOUR LIFE !! The X Factor The X faetruepgbles one pltfent to bounce back rapidly to health, while another suffering with the same illness is laid low for weeks or months. This “indefinabe factor of per sonal resistance” explains away the important and fuzzling question why one patient recovers quickly and another docs not. So says Dr. W- N. Leak, wiiing in a recent isstie of the British medical journal hnctit inner. Although the I' ondei ', drugs 1 \ tave made it pos v / 1 sible to knock out /jjf IMM infections like At l j ~ pneumonia or y isVjk J *f' Nv strep throat in a few hours, actu -I*3 VVVV* *t may be sev y - irfn eral weeks before <r, a patient really feels well again. Dr. Leak says that long, drawn out recoveries also suggest that the infectious disease that strikes a pa tient may be an accessory rather than a primary cause of illness. It appears that lomething goes wrong inside the body and this may enable the disease causing bacter.ia to mul tiply and bee®me dangerous: The physician sees the need for some kind of therapy which can sim ulate and stiin date the patient’s in ternal defense nechanism. This kind of therapy, E•. Leak says, would fortify the acton of antibiotics and speed the proc ss of rebovery. A eombinati n of vitamins with antibiotics, T rra’niycin-SF and Tetracyn-SF, ate the pioneer form ulations that m«t the requirements for a double-baiielled attack on in fectious r Terramybin-SP and Tetracyn-SF arm the patient automatically with the weapons he needs to destroy his infection. and provide him simul taneously with the nourishment needed to accelerate his Recovery— they bolster the X facto ft jr ~ * HOUSE HUNTING? 7 HOUSE HUNTING CAN BE A PLEASANT TASK IPYOU AVOID WASTED TIME AND EFFORT BY CHECKING TH? HOMES IN. CLASSIFIED PAGE OF THIS * NEWSPAPER. 1956 DESOTO New Rish-Button Driving...New2ss H.P* ;. v , >-xJ&'...i -1L - " * _ . HU A t \ -lasts' •-X " -^r^«»-i'7 /■ . • ■;-• 'i -. ■’ ~- ’’ f .i" ; & Igpp'--' "'* J '^^-v^»^-''^i/. f STYLES & COMPANY SOUTH MAIN STREET BURNSVILLE, N. C. ' C. .__ • * * to teach the child. To put it another way, it may be posai. Lie to put so much emphasis on building new and better equipt ed school buildings, as to •completely forget and neglect the vastly more important job of BUILDING BETTER MEN AND WOMEN— ’Nuff Sed. ’ We tow 1 \_r'r ■ ' " I Qoiv/im&vXHY] -gljQ wr \T*“ -j QpYcfihevl *7 ) | —Che t>een eatM, A : your brain budget 1. Cuprecous means (a) fickle; (b) like copper; (c) flighty. 2. Dulse refers to (a) a stupid person; (b) edible seaweed; (c) thick cloth. r 3. Efflorescence means (a) full flowering; (b) well lit; (c) ever young. ANSWERS *fu|jd.uoy nnj g •paaAivat ajqipa Z •J9ddOJ #1(11 ‘I When children in _ I after strenuous play be sure they have a NUTRITIOUS snack. Give them a lunch with f Robinson’s Dairy I"! REMEMBER”! ; * BY TUB OLDTIMEftS *- ! ““— 1 From Mrs. Mary O. Melanoon, Jake Charles, Louisiana: I was bom in 1865, the year President Lincoln was assassinated and I re member when I was a girl back In the 1880's. We lived in the thriv ing port town of Washington, Lou isiana. There was no railroad, and the merchants of the town bad to await the arrival of the steam boats from New Orleans to replen-' ish the provisions on their shelves.' The town’s ice supply was also carried in by the steam boats, and It was customary that the steam boat captain would toot the iboat’s whistle to let the people know that the Ice had arrived. One day they forgot tq toot the whistle, and the Ice stayed on the boat all day, and was nearly all melted when someone remembered to toot the boat whistle. Our families went ( down to the docks and got what Ice was left. I The event of our lives was the twice-yearly visit of the jack-ped .ler to the plantation on which, my family lived. ! When one of the town's citizens became the owner of the first auto [ ’mobile, we would always Inquire if he was going to be out in his 'car before we would' venture out with our horse and buggy, because the horse was afraid of , the gaso -!ine contraption and would run iway if we happened to meet the automobile on the road. Recalling some of the tilings 'bat happened during my 90 years if life, those early years we ■ < times of toil, yet years of a sth. pie. happy way of life. (Send contribution# to thl*> to The Old Timer, Community I're»s Serv ice, Frankfort. Kentucky.) THURSDAY OCTOBER 27,1955 * A new automatic electrical sys tem for high performance aircraft eliminates at least 10 pilot func tions— ant. requires no manual switching. It sharply cuts time needed by the -pilot to get in the air once he climbs in the cockpit. j*************.*********'** * £ \ YOU CAN’T I !BEAT| * - ? i 5 J. 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